From the Right-Robin Lowe

As the year closes, I feel that I must tie up several loose ends, and I find that these loose ends not only stretch all the way to Washington, but back to our own cities as well. 

The new year marks a new beginning as well, and with it, we are blessed to have a new mayor, Mayor Russ Brown in Hemet, and a new mayor in San Jacinto, Mayor Andrew Kotyuk. We were blessed several years ago with a new president and yet, disparate, divisive voices sought to divide our country instead of unite it.  I find, unfortunately, the same thing happening here at home in our own cities of San Jacinto and Hemet.

Those who market conspiracy theories both in Washington and here at home must be taken to task and their thinly-veiled accusations must be given the light of day. 

As the old bromide goes: sunlight is the best disinfectant.

Nationally, we have seen almost 3 full years of nothing but: innuendo, out right lies and millions of dollars wasted. Locally, we have seen innuendo and accusation with not even the flimsiest amount of evidence given. This must stop. 

There is a reason that Lincoln’s battle cry of “a house divided against itself cannot stand,” is still quoted today. When our city and our nation is being attacked from within, it makes no sense to quarrel among amongst ourselves: we must stand together to forge a new, positive and open future.

To do anything less is to invite more of the same lies, waste and insurrection from within…and is tantamount to straightening out deck chairs on the Titanic.

We must rally around our new mayors as we must rally around our president, sure in our adherence to the constitution and to the rule of law.  We must not sit idly by while elected officials waste time and money with useless, baseless accusations designed to do nothing but divide our cities and our country.

If we are unhappy with the state of our country or our local governments, the answer is not to pervert the law as is so obviously being done on national level.  Neither is the answer to mouth accusations without any real evidence.  We must instead use our laws and conventions in the most positive and productive ways possible.

Let us take this unprecedented opportunity to move our cities and our nation forward.

As we have seen with the passing of both Phil Brigandi and Steve Covington…our hold on life…is just as is our hold on freedom: so tenuous, that we must guard, protect, defend and cherish these things at all costs: wasteful, hateful divisive, partisan politics and rumor-mongering isn’t the answer: unity is.

We must bring back the days when the losers in a political battle come together to unite for the good of the city…and the nation: not spy on, defame or plot against those who won…especially those of the same party.

I wish you a very Merry Christmas, and pass on my hope that, with the new year, comes a spirit of renewed healing for our cities and our nation.

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Guest commentary from Dick Gale, Head of the Democrats of Hemet-San Jacinto

Editor’s note: This week we begin a new series of opinion pieces intended to give voice to the Hemet-San Jacinto political scene.  Both Republican and Democratic parties, and that of the Libertarian Party, have been asked to comment on issues most concerning their party and their constituents. Our first article on the “Democratic side of the aisle” comes from Mr. Dick Gale, President of the Democrats of Hemet-San Jacinto. We are most grateful to Mr. Gale for his acceptance of our offer, and also that he took the time to comment. 

From the Democrats of Hemet – San Jacinto

We have been noticing an increased interest in next year’s coming election. There seems to be an increased interested in the politics, both local, state and national that determines the kind of country that we will be leaving to our heirs: that determines the quality of our education of our children, that determines the access we have to quality health care, the kind of climate we will be leaving our descendants, and the quality of our lives.

One of the services our club offers is voter registration. We believe that everyone who is eligible should vote, regardless of race, ethnicity, age, orientation or politics, so we help register all who ask. We have extra busy lately. So if you want to verify your current registration, change your address, change your party affiliation or register in California for the first time, stop by our office at 530 ½ East Florida Ave., in Hemet between the hours of 10 am and 2 pm, Tuesday through Thursday. 

It is not only through registration that we notice the increased interest in all things political: a delightful man of 92 years of age stopped by our office a few days ago and wanted help in contributing to Joe Biden. Of course we provided the help. 

A couple of years ago when the future of our Hemet Fire Department was being determined, we jumped into the campaign to keep our fire department under local control.

We have members who are active with our local school districts and local politics. If you would like to learn more about issues-whether local or national, or to engage in a friendly discussion of issues of interest to you, or just make some new friends, please stop by. 

Dick Gale

President of the Democrats of Hemet – San Jacinto

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