Our neighbors do include the homeless, muslim, black, gay, immigrant, jewish, atheist, disabled, addicted - and the poor as our neighbors. They may simply be mostly invisible and silenced. This is their town. It is not pay to play democracy is it?
It was heart crushing to see the celebration of hate and bigotry at a fast food outlet - directed from outside our city - but attended by far too many neighbors.
Also this week, nobody wants to see or hear activists acting like nitpicking nincompoops in the press comment threads or in a once cherished blog. Personal fixations during a campaign? Really?
One good experience was Encinitas Undercover giving a rough overview of candidates this week. This was an articulate and acurate (by all of our reports) accounting of the situation.
Entries into the campaign to assist the shit-stirring forces with us always in Encinitas are those who strive to divide and keep community a mere buzz word because their own goals are so special.
With transparency and open government the central theme of this 2012 campaign, it is puzzling to find so little online about the ballot initiative for 2013. Density couldn't possibly be the only point, could it? Let's chalk it up to a tough week to feel patience and trust. Open to hearing a more justice oriented goal . . .
Breaking news today of another mass shooting by a lone gunman in a Wisconsin Sikh Temple with 7 dead (including shooter). Hate and bigotry kill hope.
