Gay Palm Springs California, This Week, Aug 23- Aug 29, 2017

THE LAST WORD by Greg Pettis
Well, just as you think the circus is going to
leave town, it extends its performances.
This week we had the tragedy in Charlottesville
where a talented young woman lost her
life to a neo-Nazi at a rally made up of KKK
and white supremacists. The bigot-in-chief
remained on the golf course for two days and
then made a statement blaming “both sides”.
After intense pressure, he READ a statement
denouncing the haters but when he couldn’t
help himself a few days later went off script
about infrastructure and went on a diatribe
supporting white nationalists. Later in the
day he went further supporting statues to
confederate traitors to the nation during the
Civil War.
Finally, one Republican senator – Corker of
Tennessee broke and said the President did
not have the capacity or make up for the job.
The Speaker of the House did his best weak
voiced statement against hate speech and the
Senate Majority Leader stayed silent. Where
are all the good Republicans??
Leaders from around the world spoke out
against Nazism and called on our President to
do the same
The Joint Chiefs of the military all went on
their Twitter accounts to denounce racism
and hate speech and the Chief of Staff finally
had enough and fired the senior advisor to the
President, Stephen Bannon, but that has not
quieted the furor. For their part, the President
went back to the golf course and his best
bud – Vladdy Putin went to the beach, being
photographed sans shirt soaking up the rays.
We cannot sustain this farce of a President
for four years. Congress or the Cabinet – DO
YOUR JOB!
Labor Day there will be a Resistance Rally at
the Cathedral City Town Square Park by the
Civic Center. It will be from 5:30pm – 7:00pm
and feature speakers from local and county
government, education, healthcare, environment
and more. There will even be kid’s activities
so folks can bring the family. Come join
us as the valley says NO to Donald Trump and
his regressive policies!
Well, that’s it for this week. Keep moving forward
and RESISTING!
Greg Pettis is a 22 year city councilman in
Cathedral City. Greg was the first openly
gay elected city council members In Riverside
County. He has served on the boards
of the National League of Cities and the
League of California Cities and as President
of the Southern CA Association of
Governments.
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