Editor,
Police across the country are treated like an enemy and Redwood City is a glaring example of the recent national pattern. With the speed we are going, defunding is not far behind. A 1,000-strong group of local residents decided that we will not allow police hatred to be perpetrated in our name. Not in Redwood City.
We asked Mayor Diane Howard to sponsor an agenda item at the City Council to declare a Police Appreciation Month. Activities to include the city’s official proclamation of appreciation and respect for our law enforcement, raising of the police flag and a temporary wall of gratitude in the plaza, encouraging businesses to display “we love our police” signs in their windows, provide discounts, etc.
Mayor Howard is bent on not allowing it. Why? Why did BLM get a Broadway mural, a huge wall in the library lot, a city proclamation of support, and those bi-weekly police lynching sessions where police must “sit quietly and listen” to the badly veiled attacks on their professionalism and ungrounded accusations of racism? Why can the City Council keep rolling out the red carpet for BLM and spend our city budget on them, and yet, when it comes to showing at least a bit of love to our police we get such a steadfast refusal by Mayor Howard? Ensuring law and order is a direct obligation of the City Council. Lecturing us about our morals is not. Mayor Howard must display some courage and leadership and show our city’s unequivocal support for our police.
Maria Rutenburg
Redwood City
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(5) comments
Hi Maria- many in the community support you and encourage you to keep that fight going. I think many other citizens in local cities should be pushing the same thing. It at least in showing the hypocrisy we see in many city halls in San Mateo County.
Maria,
This is a "five-star" letter. Thank you to you and your community for standing up for what is right and based on integrity. BLM has roots in Marxism, and is blatantly attempting to overthrow our government. This is no secret. Thank heavens the majority of us love America with it's traditional values, and are saying "enough."
And I agree with Chris, that our city of San Mateo should be addressed in this also.
Thanks for that Lou
Ms Rutenburg,
At first look the idea of Police Appreciation seems like a good idea. You offer the suggestion and indicate the Mayor has refused. Has the Mayor answered the request with a reason for the refusal? Is there a technical or legal problem in the details of the city charter for example? Are there details in the request that are not in your letter that would be problematic? I can't help but wonder if the "devil is in the details".
The devil is in the politician. There fixed it for you
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