Posted on 03/21/2016 10:36:13 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
The planning board for the upstate town of New Paltz has voted against saying the Pledge of Allegiance at its meetings after one of its members called it a “total waste of time.”
The showdown over the Pledge came at Monday’s session, when board member Amy Cohen introduced a motion to say the patriotic oath at future bi-monthly meetings as a show of respect.
Cohen, a local business owner and former mayoral candidate, said she’d been contacted by several veterans and “many community members” with the suggestion.
“This is a government building, we have a flag here,” Cohen told fellow board members. “Personally, coming in off the street to do our governance . . . I feel that it helps me kind of transition.”
But when objections were raised, the motion was voted down 4-3.
“To me, it’s a total waste of time,” said Vice Chair Lyle Nolan.
“It’s a pressure type of thing, because if you don’t stand, it looks like you’re against it and I don’t think we need that. We’re all adults. We’re all here to do a job,” Nolan added, before voting no.
Board member Lagusta Yearwood also spoke out against the oath, calling it a “funny little thing.”
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How much time does it take out of a board meeting? Like 20 seconds?
They are refusing to recite it because there is a black man in the White House #Spin
Reason #1 why I am voting for Trump: Treasonous liberals.
They should have all federal funding, grants and monies stopped until the Pledge is restored.
Jeez, even my 4 year old grandson knows and recites the American Pledge of Allegiance.
BOYCOTT THE TOWN
how many times must someone of honor pledge allegiance?
i pledge to honor and obey the constitution of these great united states and fight all enemies foreign and domestic.
just because i do not want to pledge to a flag in front of a bunch of folks who are just paying lip service doesn’t make them more of a patriot than me.
New Paltz looks to be “upstate” only because it’s not actually connected to NYC. I get that anything that’s not actually “The City” is considered “upstate” in NY, but really to me you’re not “upstate” until you’re at least 15-20 miles North and/or West of Albany.
“They should have all federal funding, grants and monies stopped until the Pledge is restored.”
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Restored?
They haven’t been saying it at all.
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“New Putz is like San Fran-on-the Hudson.”
San Francisco isn’t Jewish!
It’s a planning board, what did you expect? Just let people build what and where they want to.
Ha! We used to stop in New Paltz for growlers of chocolate port on our way up to the Shawangunk Mountains. Lots of great rock climbing in that area.
Guess some of these people are not Americans. Should move to Cuba or somewhere that makes them happy.
Yo can hike in the Gunks near there.
...just another northeast sinkhole...
Exactly, my first reaction as well. It is a matter of context.
The Pledge is to the larger government; board members as agents of the governed take and spend money from that larger government. The governed have a continuing interest in knowing the board intends to proceed in compliance with the government
The town is going to be renamed New Putz..
“Lagusta Yearwood is a vegan chef, blogger and chocolatier based in New Paltz, New York”
A guardianista and the usual homely lefty.
If memory serves me, New Putz is where they train teachers, now propogandists..
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