The Temples of the Drug Trade in Mt. Hope
Ever wonder where the drug trade is centered in Mt. Hope and who controls the embedded drug trade in Mt. Hope?
How much are you willing to contribute to end the death grip in which the embedded drug trade has held Mt. Hope for so many years?
Are you willing to overcome your fear and prejudice to end the embedded drug trade and it's death grip on Mt. Hope?
Are you willing to overcome your pride?
Are you willing to face hard and difficult truths?
Are you willing to accept that the powers that be have allowed the Mt. Hope drug trade to flourish because of political connections?
Are you willing to accept that financial and political corruption has for years contributed to and supported the embedded drug trade in Mt. Hope?
Are you willing to recognize that African Americans are the foot soldiers of the Mt. Hope drug trade, as well as the Kingpins in Mt. Hope and that in recognizing that fact, that recognition does not make you racist or politically incorrect?
Are you willing to learn the truth and then do you have the courage to act?
Are you willing to support an all out effort to end the embedded drug trade in Mt. Hope?
Are you willing to make financial contributions to cover legal fees to support the effort to end the embedded drug trade in Mt. Hope?
Ask yourself these questions, because soon you will be called on to answer.
Would you attend a Mt. Hope Drug Trade Summit, where the Mayor's Office, the NOFC, (Narcotics Organized Crime and Firearms) division of the PPD, as well as the Providence Police Department hierarchy is called upon as well as all the power brokers of Mt. Hope, including the Mt. Hope Neighborhood Association, the Camp Street Ministries, The Mt. Hope Learning Center, the Hector Family Chapel, Southlawn Corporation, and the Pleasant Street owners of that subsidized housing.
GCCC intends to form a coalition of the willing to end the embedded drug trade in Mt. Hope. We will ask the States Attorney to join us, the Mayor's office, the Police Department, and all the non-profits operating in Mt. Hope.
With this coalition, if all are willing and cooperative, we should be able to get to the bottom of who controls the drug trade in Mt. Hope and why it has been allowed to go on for so long.
But most importantly, GCCC will be hiring a private sector law firm to dig, dig, dig the financial records of all involved and the public records of the City of Providence. When the overwhelming evidence comes to light, we will file a Class Action Lawsuit: it takes only 3 people to file such a suit, if we have 3, we will be filing a Class Action Lawsuit.
You want to end the embedded drug trade in Mt. Hope? This is your last best chance to get in on it. Get out your checkbook, free up your time to attend this meeting.
Soon pictures will reveal the most active, alleged drug dealing locations in Mt. Hope, the people, the families behind the drug trade, the organizations that serve as a cover for the drug trade.
Everything will be done with the utmost respect for privacy, civil rights, and the letter of the law by accessing only public records. Anyone or any organization who has nothing to hide has nothing to fear.
You want to kill the embedded drug trade in Mt. Hope? Join the Greater Camp Concerned Citizens, contribute to this effort.
It's our last best mission.
John Twomey
Posted at 12:01 PM | Community | Comments (0)
Congratulations Barack Obama
Barak Obama Accepting the Nomination
Congratulation to Barack Obama for winning the Democratic Primary and accepting the Democratic Party's nomination as the Party's Presidential Candidate.
Let's hear some words from the man himself:
Four years ago, I stood before you and told you my story -- of the brief union between a young man from Kenya and a young womanfrom Kansas who weren't well off or well-known, but shared a belief that in America, their son could achieve whatever he put his mind to.
It is that promise that has always set this country apart -- that through hard work and sacrifice, each of us can pursue our individual dreams but still come together as one American family, to ensure that the next generation can pursue their dreams as well.
We meet at one of those defining moments -- a moment when our nation is at war, our economy is in turmoil, and the American promise has been threatened once more.Tonight, more Americans are out of work and more are working harder for less. More of you have lost your homes and even more are watching your home values plummet. More of you have cars you can't afford to drive, credit card bills you can't afford to pay, and tuition that's beyond your reach.
These challenges are not all of government's making. But the failure to respond is a direct result of a broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush.
It's not because John McCain doesn't care. It's because John McCain doesn't get it.For over two decades, he's subscribed to that old, discredited Republican philosophy -- give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. In Washington, they call this the Ownership Society, but what it really means is that you're on your own. Out of work? Tough luck. You're on your own. No health care? The market will fix it. You're on your own. Born into poverty? Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps -- even if you don't have boots. You are on your own.
And Democrats, we must also admit that fulfilling America's promise will require more than just money. It will require a renewed sense of responsibility from each of us to recover what John F. Kennedy called our "intellectual and moral strength." Yes, government must lead on energy independence, but each of us must do our part to make our homes and businesses more efficient. Yes, we must provide more ladders to success for young men who fall into lives of crime and despair. But we must also admit that programs alone can't replace parents; that government can't turn off the television and make a child do her homework; that fathers must take more responsibility to provide love and guidance to their children.
But what I will not do is suggest that the senator takes his positions for political purposes. Because one of the things that we have to change in our politics is the idea that people cannot disagree without challenging each other's character and each other's patriotism.The times are too serious, the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook. So let us agree that patriotism has no party. I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain. The men and women who serve in our battlefields may be Democrats and Republicans and independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag. They have not served a Red America or a Blue America -- they have served the United States of America.
So I've got news for you, John McCain. We all put our country first.
For those who still like to read here is a link to the full text of the speech from CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/28/obama.transcript/index.html
and for you interactive junkies, here is a great link to an interactive feature with speech and text from the New York Times:
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/conventions/videos/20080828_OBAMA_SPEECH.html#
Enjoy!
John Twomey
Posted at 11:37 AM | Politics | Comments (0)
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Looking Back
Mt. Hope is in the process of becoming a great neighborhood!
Looking back only to 2005, one finds it difficult to recognize Mt. Hope, now, compared to what it was then.
Remember this mural in the park?
The neighborhood grew, or was dragged, out of the embarrassing shambles it was, with drug dealing rampant on many corners, garbage littering every street, constant noise, gang graffiti, and the constant fear of crime.
Remember the graffiti defacing our property?
The powers-that-be supported the status quo out of a sense of misplaced political correctness, blind to the self-destructive nature of the entrenched drug trade that for so long ruined Mt. Hope and poisoned its population.
Remember this guy: the Great Enabler?
I was looking at the stats for the website tonight, and I noticed that there were very many hits for the month of September, 2005, so I revisited that month on the blog.
http://www.mthope-eastside.com/blog/archives/2005_09.html
That was quite a month for the Mt. Hope Community Website. We had great blog contributions from Jen Bakios, from Shabnam Hashemi, from Nada, from Jessica Klein, from Uri and Ellen Baver, from myself, Nama Gridon, others.
Man, we had something going. I feel sorry that I could not sustain the momentum. It remains a beautiful month on the blog, beginning with Nadezhda Petrovic's wonderful poem, 1937, Leningrad, Before the Snow, to Kevin's post and Nada's cry for Katrina relief.
September, 2005 was also the month I convened a meeting to set up succession for the leadership of the GCCCC, because I, and my wife were in very poor health, and could no longer maintain the energy level needed for this type of community work.
Alas, jealous enemies soon poisoned the well with rumour and innuendo, and people fell for it without ever looking me in the eye, falling for the age old tactic of turning allies against one another: so I gave up on the people I thought I could count on to carry on the work.
But I continued on, advocating for Mt. Hope, as a free agent, and keeping the GCCC alive through this website. I'm happy I did, dispute my poor health and my disappointment in my neighbors and some so-called friends.
I can see and feel the results daily, and I greatly enjoy the new, peaceful Mt. Hope.
Take a look at the link below, September, 2005: this is what the website could have been and still be if everyone had foresight, fortitude, and thick enough skin to battle it out and not give up.
I never gave up, and look at Mt. Hope now.
Read the September, 2005 blog, and enjoy.
http://www.mthope-eastside.com/blog/archives/2005_09.html
John Twomey
Posted at 01:29 AM | Community | Comments (0)
