Time for Freehold to Embrace New Reality

[richardkelsey]

I moved this to its own thread in the letters section. (This letter should come with a you are all racists and fringe radicals alert).


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Time for Freehold to embrace new reality

The anti-immigrant crowd has spewed much hate in recent years. But it seems that Dave Landry managed to be all-encompassing during his xenophobic and ill-informed diatribe in his letter to the editor, ("Town Must Keep Going After Residential Overcrowding," News Transcript, March 12, 2008).

In his letter Mr. Landry accuses illegal immigrants of overcrowding, of living off his taxes, of blasting horns 24 hours a day, climbing through windows, and of course he says most likely engaging in some type of activity that we read about in the papers every day.

Mr. Landry, how do you know these immigrants are illegal aliens?

Of course I tremble when questioning Mr. Landry's wellinformed and well-researched opinions, but I'll take my chances. Mr. Landry, where is the empirical evidence to substantiate your accusations that those engaging in these behaviors are illegal immigrants, and in this case Latino immigrants specifically?

Boy, this gentleman really has a vivid imagination, doesn't he? His hate-filled ethnocentric views are so closed-minded that he seems to be convinced that everyone engaged in this type of behavior is not only an immigrant, but an illegal immigrant as well, wait, let me rephrase that, "hordes of illegal men, women and children."

Mr. Landry, about the value of your homes, yes, they are dropping because of an economic downturn in the housing market as has been talked about in every news outlet for the past couple of years.

But more importantly, intolerant attitudes such as yours do more to damage the reputation of Freehold Borough than anything else, and certainly do not help with the value of the housing market, so before you criticize immigrants for bringing down property values in Freehold Borough, you might want to examine your own behavior and how your actions are bringing down the property value of hardworking homeowners in Freehold Borough.

It seems there is a fringe element of a few individuals in Freehold Borough that is always embarking on some type of bigoted behavior and can't seem to accept change very readily.

Immigrants have been called promiscuous, they have been accused of being a quality of life issue, of loitering, and one of my favorites, of polluting the streets of "their" Freehold Borough by abandoning shopping carts through town. To this, we now need to add Mr. Landry's latest angry and misguided outburst.

You see, Dave Landry's illinformed comments are offensive to the great many hardworking people who are striving daily to provide a plate of hot food and a roof for their family.

Mr. Landry seems to be living in some sort of parallel universe with donkey blinders on. He seems unable or unwilling to accept the fact that his town is turning brown around him. It is time for Mr. Landry to stop living in the past and embrace the future; only then will he be able to experience the prosperous town that surrounds him.

Lazaro Cardenas
Deputy Director
Monmouth County Chapter
Latino Leadership Alliance
of New Jersey
Freehold Borough

[casualreader]

Freehold Borough Residents

I think Laz has hit on some tough truths with his letter. The borough is changing. The Mexicans and other Hispanic immigrants have done a lot for the town.

Most of the resistance to them is based on culture and race. The Obama man did a lot to bring that issue to the forefront of American debate yesterday. Freehold Borough needs to join in that liberating conversation.

The problem is most people cannot be honest about the fact they don't want things to change. They want their white bread Freehold with a couple of black and brown people on the fringes so they can claim they are diverse.

Some people just cannot accept the new reality.

Freehold Borough is a Brown Town. Its a new borough! Its a new America!

God Bless America. God Bless Freehold Borough.

Casually Like Obama

[richardkelsey]

richardkelsey said:

I moved this to its own thread in the letters section. (This letter should come with a you are all racists and fringe radicals alert).


newstranscript.gmnews.com/news/2008/0319/Letters/023.html

Time for Freehold to embrace new reality

The anti-immigrant crowd has spewed much hate in recent years. But it seems that Dave Landry managed to be all-encompassing during his xenophobic and ill-informed diatribe in his letter to the editor, ("Town Must Keep Going After Residential Overcrowding," News Transcript, March 12, 2008).

In his letter Mr. Landry accuses illegal immigrants of overcrowding, of living off his taxes, of blasting horns 24 hours a day, climbing through windows, and of course he says most likely engaging in some type of activity that we read about in the papers every day.

Mr. Landry, how do you know these immigrants are illegal aliens?

Of course I tremble when questioning Mr. Landry's wellinformed and well-researched opinions, but I'll take my chances. Mr. Landry, where is the empirical evidence to substantiate your accusations that those engaging in these behaviors are illegal immigrants, and in this case Latino immigrants specifically?

Boy, this gentleman really has a vivid imagination, doesn't he? His hate-filled ethnocentric views are so closed-minded that he seems to be convinced that everyone engaged in this type of behavior is not only an immigrant, but an illegal immigrant as well, wait, let me rephrase that, "hordes of illegal men, women and children."

Mr. Landry, about the value of your homes, yes, they are dropping because of an economic downturn in the housing market as has been talked about in every news outlet for the past couple of years.

But more importantly, intolerant attitudes such as yours do more to damage the reputation of Freehold Borough than anything else, and certainly do not help with the value of the housing market, so before you criticize immigrants for bringing down property values in Freehold Borough, you might want to examine your own behavior and how your actions are bringing down the property value of hardworking homeowners in Freehold Borough.

It seems there is a fringe element of a few individuals in Freehold Borough that is always embarking on some type of bigoted behavior and can't seem to accept change very readily.

Immigrants have been called promiscuous, they have been accused of being a quality of life issue, of loitering, and one of my favorites, of polluting the streets of "their" Freehold Borough by abandoning shopping carts through town. To this, we now need to add Mr. Landry's latest angry and misguided outburst.

You see, Dave Landry's illinformed comments are offensive to the great many hardworking people who are striving daily to provide a plate of hot food and a roof for their family.

Mr. Landry seems to be living in some sort of parallel universe with donkey blinders on. He seems unable or unwilling to accept the fact that his town is turning brown around him. It is time for Mr. Landry to stop living in the past and embrace the future; only then will he be able to experience the prosperous town that surrounds him.

Lazaro Cardenas
Deputy Director
Monmouth County Chapter
Latino Leadership Alliance
of New Jersey
Freehold Borough

As Brian aptly pointed out -- this is who the Mayor and Council are working with when they make appointments, make accommodations, reach out, and otherwise play patty-cake with.

The authors own words, anger, hate, racism, and false accusations expose him and his open-borders' movement. This is, in essence, a Jeremiah Wright moment for those who associate with this fringe organization.