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RECOGNIZE ENDURING SCARS OF SLAVERY’S SHACKLES

This article puts Ferguson and racial tension in America 2015 in its appropriate context? Know your history! This was taken from the editorial page of the Arizona Daily Star (Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014) http://tucson.com/news/opinion/column/farrow-recognize-enduring-scars-of-slavery-s-shackles/article_86270181-2bbe-5f4b-a5f0-78a308754e63.html Anne Farrow is the author of “The Logbooks: Connecticut’s Slave Ships and Human Memory” and co-author of “Complicity: How the NorthContinue reading “RECOGNIZE ENDURING SCARS OF SLAVERY’S SHACKLES”

MARIAS’ MAGNIFICAT, MY FAVORITE BIBLE PASSAGE, IS TODAY’S GOSPEL READING!

by Brian Flagg, The Magnificat (Luke 1, 46-56) And Mary said: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord and my spirit exults in God my savior; because he has looked upon his lowly handmaid. Yes, from this day forward all generations will call me blessed, for the Almighty has done great things for me.Continue reading “MARIAS’ MAGNIFICAT, MY FAVORITE BIBLE PASSAGE, IS TODAY’S GOSPEL READING!”

John the Baptist, Jesus, the Paulists and the Holy Father

by Brian Flagg, Here is one more reason I am a super-blessed vato. Since I became a disciple of Jesus when I was 22, I have come to believe that the keys to life, the keys to the Kingdom, can be found in the Holy Scriptures, especially the 4 gospels. Many years ago I startedContinue reading “John the Baptist, Jesus, the Paulists and the Holy Father”

The impact of trade and immigration

by Brian Flagg, My feeling is that Arizona Daily Star syndicated columnist Esther Cepeda is almost never progressive, helpful or big picture oriented. However, on Friday, December 12 the feast day of La Virgen de Guadalupe, La Reina de las Americas, she laid out the truth about the root cause of immigration (NAFTA, CAFTA andContinue reading “The impact of trade and immigration”

COUNCIL VOTES 5-2 TO NOT RAISE BUS FARES OR MAKE SERIOUS CUTS IN THE BUS ROUTES

We Thank God for Councilwoman Karin Uhlich, Regina Romero, Paul Cunningham, Richard Fimbres and Shirley Scott for standing tall in the face of opposition to bus riders living in poverty, our award winning bus system and the planet earth for a true Transit constituency, the Tucson Bus Riders Union. Special thanks to Karen for explainingContinue reading “COUNCIL VOTES 5-2 TO NOT RAISE BUS FARES OR MAKE SERIOUS CUTS IN THE BUS ROUTES”

SUPPORT BUS RIDERS – SUPPORT PLANET EARTH

Attend the City Council Meeting Tuesday Dec 9th at 2:00pm at City Hall 255 W. Alameda The Issue: Route Cuts and Fare Increases   SUPPORT BUS RIDERS – SUPPORT PLANET EARTH by Brian Flagg, The all Democratic City Council needs to follow the recommendations of their own Transit Task Force. For the sake of busContinue reading “SUPPORT BUS RIDERS – SUPPORT PLANET EARTH”

IN DEFENSE OF AUGIE ROMERO

by Cesar Aguirre On the second page of today’s Daily Star (12/2/14) the headline reads, “State reviewing TUSD on Mexican American Studies”. This is because Augustine Romero was baited into an argument over whether or not Mexican American Studies had returned to TUSD in the form of a federally required Culturally Relevant Curriculum (CRC) thatContinue reading “IN DEFENSE OF AUGIE ROMERO”

To: Mayor Rothschild and Councilman Kozachik… Go after Oregon Ironworks with the same tenacity that you go after the BUS RIDERS!

by Brian Flagg, At the December 9th City Council meeting getting money from Transit will again be the issue – the bureaucrats claim they need approximately $500,000 infused into the system to cover last year’s transit budget short fall ?- We have a solution to their budget problem. Councilman Kozachik pointed out (AZ Daily StarContinue reading “To: Mayor Rothschild and Councilman Kozachik… Go after Oregon Ironworks with the same tenacity that you go after the BUS RIDERS!”