Whether it concerns the bankrupting of our public institutions and municipalities (“PL schools lobby to be heard as district’s budget crisis deepens” and “Lifeguard staff reductions on table as deficit balloons,” page 1), limited resources for human needs (“Holiday food/toy drive gears up to aid needy,” page 1) or police harassment of civilians (“Skateboard safety enforcement misguided,” page 6), the Beacon brought home the “cost of freedom is not free” message.
Demagogues may lay the blame at the feet of pit bulls, the union movement, the poor and other “evildoers” all the while offering us snake oil panaceas for our troubles, but the sorrows of empire will soon overrun even the swift.
So as we head into the season of peace, let me thank real leaders like Mike Ryan (skateboard) and Anna Daniels (library) for taking initial steps for the people. After all, aren’t we Americans too?
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