Staging Test
In this edition follow ⇛ link to articles:
- City Council candidate → campaign contributions summarized by Peter Loeb,
- → PPA endorsed candidates: Mayra Espinosa and Marj Davis,
- Thoughts on Facing the → Whirlwind of 2020 by Rev. Kathy Crary,
- I am a mom, and I am pleading for change
- I am a descendent of men who fought in the American Revolution,
- Of brothers who battled on opposing sides of the Civil War,
- The granddaughter of a Rosie the Riveter,
- Of veterans who defended democracy in World War II,
- The daughter of a Vietnam Veteran.
- Now, I am a mom to children who have had Active Shooter drills since preschool.
- Right now,
- I am not proud to be an American if being American means guns over kids,
- I am not proud to live in a country that values the second amendment over all else.
- This is not freedom. This is not what my family has fought for.
- There have been so many mass shootings in my lifetime, that I relate milestones with the deaths of innocents.
- I was in 8th grade for Columbine,
- Gabby Giffords was shot the year I got married,
- Sandy Hook was before I became a mom,
- Fort Hood was the year my daughter was born,
- Pulse Nightclub was on my birthday,
- Parkland was when my son was 10 months old.
- After each shooting, there are thoughts and prayers and moments of silence.
- It’s too soon to discuss guns the GOP will say.
- Gun sales go up.
- Then the world continues to spin and we move on.
- Except for the families that don’t.
- The moms and dads and brothers and sisters who never get to hug again.
- The babies, only identifiable by DNA.
- School is done for the year.
- Our kids will be safe for a few weeks.
- As long as they don’t go to church.
- Or a medical facility.
- Or drive down the freeway.
- We have to do something now.
- I want to honestly tell my children that school is a safe place and I cannot say it is.
- I want to.
- I want it to be a place where they are protected.
- A place where teachers will never have to make the ultimate sacrifice.
- I hope to be proud again someday.
- If America is the land of the free,
- We must be brave enough to put down the guns.
- Enough is enough.
- I am a mom, and I demand action.