Posted on 05/09/2021 10:25:46 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Mayor de Blasio is refusing to allow a group of military veterans to march on Staten Island on Memorial Day — after welcoming public pot smokers to puff their way down Broadway in last week’s Cannabis Parade.
“It’s a slap in the face,” Jamie Gonzalez, 57, a Marine infantryman who saw combat in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm, told The Post.
Gulf War vets like Gonzalez were set to be given special honors in Staten Island’s 102nd annual Memorial Day Parade this year to mark the 1991 conflict’s 30th anniversary — until the city pulled the plug.
“For many of us, a parade is a form of closure,” Gonzalez said. “We gather together and support each other.”
“I’m incensed,” said Ted Cohen, 82, a retired Air Force reservist who was on alert through the Cuban Missile Crisis. “It’s pathetic.”
The United Staten Island Veterans Organization, the association of 16 local vets’ groups that has sponsored the annual march for decades, filed a request for a parade permit with the NYPD on Feb. 27, following the same procedure they use every year in keeping with the city’s official rules.
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Drug dealers donate to the Democrat Party.
New York is getting as bad as Oregon where cocaine is legal and straws aren’t.
Some people and their BS rules need to be disregarded, methinks.
If straws aren’t legal, how’re they gonna snort the coke?
It’s clear Democrats lie when they spew nonsense about supporting the military and veteran.
They probably all voted for Wilhelm jr.
I had the extreme privilege to join a So.Cal group of 150 bikers in what was called, Run For The Wall, some years back. The Run For The Wall consisted of numerous groups from all over the country to converge on DC for Rolling Thunder. Every time we had to pull through a town for gas and lodging, we were escorted by the local police. They couldn't thank us enough, nor we for their service.
We also had an invitation from the Navajo Nation who couldn't express their appreciation enough. Many of us choked up as the main street was packed with locals waving American flags while heading to the Navajo Capitol (Window Rock).
I couldn't go all the way to DC because of other obligations, but it was one of the most rewarding things I've ever done. Bless them for doing this every year.
March anyway.
Jamie Gonzalez should run for the Mayors office.
That’s the kind of stuff that can happen when people elect a certifiable Communist nutjob dirtbag as mayor. Twice. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that pot smokers would have a higher standing in NYC than lackeys of U.S. imperialism do.
What do you expect from an America-hating communist who hates his own race intensely.
Some one need to remind Mayor DiBlasio that Memorial Day is the day set aside to honor those died while in the military service to their country.
Yep. DumblASSio strikes again, favoring druggies over veterans. He is SUCH a DumblASSio...
Rolled up dollar bills McDonalds got rid of their tiny coffee spoons years ago.
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