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Monday, July 23, 2007

South of the border

Word comes today of the latest stunt from our colorful reactionary neighbor, Mayor Steve Lonegan. The Record reports on the Bogota Mayor's plan to enlist his own local police force in the fight against illegal immigration. Naturally, there is a bit of suspicion that the Mayor is not motivated solely by his sincere desire to extend a helping hand to the federal government. Might there be some other reason that the same man who battled McDonald's over a Spanish-language billboard advertisement would be anxious to have Bogota's police officers also serve as immigration agents? To suppose so does not seem far-fetched.

A few miles to the north, the politically engaged minority in Teaneck is gripped with suspicion and resentment. Elected and appointed officials on both sides of the town's comparatively minor political squabbles are demonized by their opponents. There is little recognition that there remains a broad consensus in Teaneck that has endured many far more trying periods in the town's past. While one faction or another lays claim to the mantle of defender of Teaneck's principles and upholder of its legacy of tolerance, it is clear that the vast majority no matter what their outward affiliation remain committed to "live and let live" above all else. It may seem trivial to us, but that's not a given down in Bogota.

7 Comments:

At 9:54 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Do you think "Studs" is going to shoot people like they used to do in Bogota's sister city, Medelin?

 
At 6:57 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Good for him.

 
At 9:22 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Send them all back to where they came from.

And bleeding heart liberals want to know why the cost of living and taxes are so high

 
At 10:58 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Who would cut the grass?

 
At 12:28 PM, Blogger esther said...

I say we sign a nonaggression pact with Bogota and then if they won't allow themselves to be annexed without force, we invade.

Bogota will be relative easy to subdue. We can then concentrate our forces on the Bergenfield / New Milford front.

 
At 10:28 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Where did Teaneck's live and let live attitude get us? It's a good excuse for the town not to enforce it's ordinances being so enlightened by doing the right thing!

 
At 9:12 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Teaneck does exactly that, not enforce its ordinances! Dont you like where it has gotten us?

 

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