They came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the trade
unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for me and by that time no one was left to speak up.
The death of
democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a
slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.
Robert M. Hutchins
Cowardice asks the question - is it safe?
Expediency asks the question - is it politic? Vanity asks the question -
is it popular? But conscience asks the question - is it right? And there
comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor
politic, nor popular; but one must take it because it is right.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Supreme Co
Supreme Court Should Rule Against Sectarian Prayers Before Town Board Meetings, Says Americans United
Church-State Watchdog Group Urges High Court To Use Greece, N.Y., Case To Affirm Government Neutrality Toward Religion
May 20, 2013
The U.S. Supreme Court today announced that it will hear a lawsuit challenging Christian invocations before town board meetings in Greece, N.Y.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the organization that is sponsoring the lawsuit, urged the high court to affirm government neutrality on religion.
“A town council meeting isn’t a church service, and it shouldn’t seem like one,” said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United. “Government can’t serve everyone in the community when it endorses one faith over others. That sends the clear message that some are second-class citizens based on what they believe about religion.”
Americans United brought the litigation on behalf of two community residents, Susan Galloway and Linda Stephens. They objected to the Greece Town Board’s practice of inviting clergy to open its meetings with sectarian prayers.
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Heisler Continues His
Anti-Transparency Initiative
On Thursday, March 28th, 2013, the Lafayette City Council is meeting in yet another "Special Meeting".
Ironically, given all the promises of open records and conducting the 'people's business' in front of the people, Heisler holds the record for the largest number of Executive Sessions under his watch.
Executive Sessions can be held for a number of reasons, but are always held without public observation or input. They may be legal, but are entirely unnecessary if you believe that you are truly working to represent others.
We have no records and we have no future of ever expecting any transparency with the current council members.
While they are elected to represent us, they have chosen only to represent their own agenda. And, instead of having a city administrator that they oversee, they are happy to continually reward someone who manipulates them for his own entertainment.
Welcome to Lafayette.
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Upcoming City Meetings in Lafayette
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Water Resource Committee Packet w/ Agenda |
Tuesday - 3/12/2013 6:00 pm Lafayette City Hall Council Room |
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Lafayette City Council Council Packet |
Thursday - 3/14/2013
6:30 pm Lafayette City Hall Council Room |
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Agendas will be posted as they are available. |
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We kept asking the city to provide a resource for citizen access, records, projects, meetings and other relevant information. They charge outrageous amounts for most everything. Since citizens already pay for this information to be available, we decided we would get it to people for free. We buy it, or get it, and post it here.
This also gives us an opportunity to keep people up to date with what’s going on in the city and at the council level. We have been told it is a valuable resource to people who cannot attend meetings. And since the council continues to meet at times inconvenient to most residents, won’t waive the fees for the documents and won’t post the documents themselves, it appears we will be needed for quite some time.
Keep checking back as we continue to update things. We have a lot of new documents and information coming.
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