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Charles T. Tarr's editorial about Andy Harris' inconsistent take on the gas tax was published in both the Bayside Gazette and Ocean City Times-Dispatch
Harris once called tax move a "stunt"
Tish Michaels article about protecting the Chesapeake Bay appeared in the OC Times-Dispatch. "Protecting the bay a shared responsibility"
Click on the links to read the full Letters to the Editor. Many thanks to our members who continue to bring relevant topics to our local newspapers.
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The following was written by Tahya Marte for her Facebook blog. Tahya and her family live in our community. She and her husband both worked in restaurants in the Berlin and Ocean City area. Recently Tahya's husband was and remains detained by ICE. She wrote about this in her blog and has given permission for it to be shared:
I honestly cannot believe this is the America we are living in right now.
Watching what is happening to immigrants and families across this country has made me angry, heartbroken, and honestly disgusted. I don’t think enough people truly understand what mass deportation actually looks like when it stops being a political talking point and becomes a real person being taken away from their wife and children.
Policy has become more important than people. Politics has become more important than families. And somehow, we have gotten so caught up in the circus that we’ve forgotten there are HUMAN BEINGS behind these policies.
Immigrants are not just numbers or headlines. They are the people you have worked beside for years. They are the people who came here as students, who worked, paid bills, raised families, built businesses, cleaned homes, cut lawns, worked in restaurants, built houses, and helped keep this community running.
Ocean City! You know exactly who I’m talking about!!
You worked alongside these people. You trusted them. You depended on their work. Their labor put money in your pockets and helped businesses thrive. But suddenly, when they are no longer convenient, some people act like they don’t belong here. (you know exactly who you are)
My husband is not a statistic.
He is a husband. He is a father. He is a provider. He is a human being who has worked hard, built a life, and contributed to this community. And now my children and I are living with the consequences of an immigration system that has taken their father away from them.
America failed my family & with no fair trial.
To the people who support these policies without taking the time to understand what they actually mean for families like mine. I hope you stop for a moment and look beyond the politics. Look beyond the flags, the slogans, and the circus.
Look at the families.
Look at the children.
Look at the mothers who are suddenly trying to figure out how to survive without the person who helped keep their family together.
And to the people who love Sunset Grille so much and support everything happening right now remember that my husband helped run that kitchen. He poured his time, energy, and hard work into that restaurant. His coworkers and the people there know exactly what he contributed. And they have made it clear that it will not be the same without him.
You can have your political beliefs. You can disagree with me. But I will never stop speaking about what is happening to my family.
Because this isn’t politics to me anymore.
This is my husband.
This is my children’s father.
This is my family.
And I will fight for my family every single day.
On Judgment Day, God doesn’t like ugly. What you put into this world your cruelty, your judgment, your lack of compassion matters. I hope when that day comes, you can live with the way you treated people who were simply trying to build a better life.
“Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:31
#AbolishICE #immigrationnews
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