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Hundreds of people marched from the Hillsdale Shopping Center to San Mateo Central Park in honor of Congressman John Lewis. It was one of hundreds of ‘Good Trouble Lives On’ events across the nation on Thursday to protest the growing attacks from the current administration on our civil and human rights.
A crowd of more than 1,000 gathered Thursday in San Mateo to protest the Trump administration’s unprecedented consolidation of power and to honor the late Congressman John Lewis’s famous adage to “create good trouble.”
Protesters, who walked from the Hillsdale Shopping Center to Central Park for a rally, sported a wide variety of clever signs. The march was part of a national day of action, dubbed “Good Trouble Lives On,” to stand up for democracy and rebuke the actions taken by the Trump administration, organizers said.
Indivisible San Mateo President Mary Bevan cited Lewis’ renowned work as a civil rights activist as an inspiration for protesters, who’ve gathered in droves in the county and across the nation since Trump’s election.
“Today, all over the country, Good Trouble Lives On is to honor Congressman John Lewis and take inspiration from his life as we work to defeat Trump,” she said.
Claire Mack, former three-time mayor of San Mateo, spoke at a ‘Good Trouble Lives On’ rally at Central Park in San Mateo.
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The guest speaker of honor at the rally was Claire Mack, a former three-term San Mateo mayor. Mack recounted her own story of creating good trouble early on in her political career, standing alongside other women in the community and risking their own safety to stop drugs from being sold at a particular corner in North Central San Mateo.
“We did good trouble. We women stood on a corner and stopped drug dealing,” Mack said to applause. “Or [at least] they weren’t so blatant.”
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She applauded those who were in attendance at the rally, who were creating good trouble of their own, Mack said. She emphasized what she termed a dire political situation in the White House.
“Trump is ruining this country. He ruined it. We are under dictatorship right now,” she said. “Don’t be fooled. We are under a dictatorship by a fool.”
Many of the rally’s participants felt the same way.
“I feel that the country is definitely going in the wrong direction. I think we all need to support each other and get on board with trying to have the Congress and the courts hear our problems and our needs,” Belmont resident Ann Arfstem said. “I just can’t believe that the country is going where it’s going.”
Attendee Roberto Noceda said that Trump’s immigration crackdown and aggressive rhetoric was creating debilitating levels of fear among immigrant communities, both those with citizenship and without.
“It’s affecting our students. They’re afraid. I mean, just imagine going to school and trying to learn in an environment like this. It’s very hard,” he said. “And for the parents, too, because they’re afraid.”
Former Mayor Claire Mack lobbied and helped to remove a bike lane in an Equity Focus Area. The single mothers and children that need bike lanes the most are punished because this "equity warrior" and her friends Amo Lee, Nicole Fernandez or Danielle Cwirko-Godycki colluded with MAGA and YIMBY to punish children from low-income neighborhoods and take away their equity infrastructure.
And for what? 'Corporate Interest' of course. Claire Mack sells unhealthy cakes from her frontyard and invites car violence into the neighborhood to sell goods high in sugar content. Or in plain words, she thinks she owns the parking spots in front of her house. And those of her neighbors as well.
Shame on these women (and Rob Newsom and Adam Lorraine of course). When they are in charge they are constantly failing the residents. And mostly because of their own personal bias they cannot seem to overcome.
Female politicians like Claire, Nicole, Amo, Danielle, the Papans always think "equity" is achieved when they tricked voters into gaining office. They never try to improve it for others - in this case single mothers with children.
It appears that most of these marchers would actually benefit by the provisions of the Trump tax bill. But, because of indoctrinated TDS, and fueled by our trusty legacy news channels' misinformation, they march anyway, like lemmings. Don't worry though, MAGA will make sure you will have a soft landing.
This is ironic. And a bit amusing. The same day these folks are marching against our (yes, our) great President Trump, Congress is passing a rescission bill clawing back $9 billion in wasted taxpayer money. Are these marchers against saving taxpayer money – the same taxpayer savings they benefit from? How about these 1,000 folks donate, say $9000 each to USAID, NPR, or PBS. They won’t make up the $9 billion shortcoming but it's a start. They can contact other folks marching, even paid activists, to unite in achieving a $9 billion goal. But what are the odds of that happening? Virtually nonexistent, akin to the overall impact of their misguided protests. BTW, isn’t it also amusing these folks say they’re “honoring” John Lewis but didn’t the Civil Rights Act pass with bipartisan support? Is there any bipartisanship at these marches? Likely not. Meanwhile, I'm looking forward to many more big beautiful rescission bills being passed. Maybe in time for the next misguided march…
If the country is going in the "wrong direction," can you please do something positive and give us a plan ( positive leadership, in your opinion) to go in the " right direction?" No constructive ideas here, just criticism.
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Former Mayor Claire Mack lobbied and helped to remove a bike lane in an Equity Focus Area. The single mothers and children that need bike lanes the most are punished because this "equity warrior" and her friends Amo Lee, Nicole Fernandez or Danielle Cwirko-Godycki colluded with MAGA and YIMBY to punish children from low-income neighborhoods and take away their equity infrastructure.
And for what? 'Corporate Interest' of course. Claire Mack sells unhealthy cakes from her frontyard and invites car violence into the neighborhood to sell goods high in sugar content. Or in plain words, she thinks she owns the parking spots in front of her house. And those of her neighbors as well.
Shame on these women (and Rob Newsom and Adam Lorraine of course). When they are in charge they are constantly failing the residents. And mostly because of their own personal bias they cannot seem to overcome.
Female politicians like Claire, Nicole, Amo, Danielle, the Papans always think "equity" is achieved when they tricked voters into gaining office. They never try to improve it for others - in this case single mothers with children.
It appears that most of these marchers would actually benefit by the provisions of the Trump tax bill. But, because of indoctrinated TDS, and fueled by our trusty legacy news channels' misinformation, they march anyway, like lemmings. Don't worry though, MAGA will make sure you will have a soft landing.
This is ironic. And a bit amusing. The same day these folks are marching against our (yes, our) great President Trump, Congress is passing a rescission bill clawing back $9 billion in wasted taxpayer money. Are these marchers against saving taxpayer money – the same taxpayer savings they benefit from? How about these 1,000 folks donate, say $9000 each to USAID, NPR, or PBS. They won’t make up the $9 billion shortcoming but it's a start. They can contact other folks marching, even paid activists, to unite in achieving a $9 billion goal. But what are the odds of that happening? Virtually nonexistent, akin to the overall impact of their misguided protests. BTW, isn’t it also amusing these folks say they’re “honoring” John Lewis but didn’t the Civil Rights Act pass with bipartisan support? Is there any bipartisanship at these marches? Likely not. Meanwhile, I'm looking forward to many more big beautiful rescission bills being passed. Maybe in time for the next misguided march…
If the country is going in the "wrong direction," can you please do something positive and give us a plan ( positive leadership, in your opinion) to go in the " right direction?" No constructive ideas here, just criticism.
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