The trouble with American politics

[Jackbass]

The city of Worcester is a "perfect" Microcosm of the issues we currently see in all aspects of American politics. It is disturbing.

Worcester has seen a significant rise in violence on all levels this year. We have seen students teachers and administrators attacked in school. To the point where one high school had over half the student population sit out on strike to protest the fact they do not feel safe. We have had 20 shootings this year. Probably twenty since the beginning of summer. Some fatal some drive by. In the past week there have been two shootings into parks where children were playing. Tonight a 2yr old and his mother caught stray bullets. (I have heard 1 2 and 3 on the age of the child)

Meanwhile our mayor paraded other Mass. Mayors around a neighbor hood in transition while being applauded for the cities efforts(the neighbor hood was shot up within 48 hrs of the tour). Similarly the "canal district" was toured by none other than Jim McGovern which then was shot up by idiots in cars shooting at each other. Interestingly the tours received press coverage by the local paper. It is an election year.

Now there has been a black lives matter protest blocking streets similar to Boston. There have been protests at council meetings due to "systemic racism" in the city. we have had the DOJ in town to investigate, through a series of town hall workshops, "institutional racism". All of the race talks have been perpetuated by one group of individuals. This group of people are the center pieces of Black lives matter, communities United collective and mosaic cultural complex. These groups exist at the will of the city and via funds and space donated by the city. Odd thing is not a single group has 501C3 status and the group receiving the checks was not even a legal organization for a year and a half due to their inability to file articles of incorporation to the AG's office.

We have on one side two city councillors looking to fund additional police officers on the street, and Place cameras and a police officer in the schools to try and maintain a level of peace. The other councillors and mayor brought in the DOJ to investigate racism and provide the city with a report as to how to deal with it.

These groups of roughly 15 people scream loudly in the city managers ear, the school committees ear and make sure their mantra is heard all over major publications wether direct or indirect. So rather than be called racists or insensitive our fine council chooses to instead bow to their wishes ignoring public safety, education of those who choose to be educated and taxpayer well being. This is our world. One small faction drives the system to their favor placing fear in those with the ability to enact real change. I haven't even brought up the public housing situation.