Thursday, October 7, 2010
An Open Letter to the Richmond Police and Fire Unions
Regarding the recent disclosures about Mayor Gayle McLaughlin of Richmond:
How dare you? How dare you encourage the stigmatization of the mentally ill for political gain? How dare you insinuate that suffering from depression somehow makes one unfit to lead? Does the name Abraham Lincoln ring a bell? How dare you search out old wounds that are completely unrelated to the Mayors performance in office and try to rip them open after a difficult, painful and successful recovery. Mayor McLaughlins past challenges and her victory over them is cause for celebration and admiration, not an invented handicap to be used as a campaign weapon. Is it your intention to get to the Mayors office by crawling through the sewer? How can people that act with such bravery on the streets be so cowardly in smoke filled rooms?
How dare you? How dare you encourage the stigmatization of the mentally ill for political gain? How dare you insinuate that suffering from depression somehow makes one unfit to lead? Does the name Abraham Lincoln ring a bell? How dare you search out old wounds that are completely unrelated to the Mayors performance in office and try to rip them open after a difficult, painful and successful recovery. Mayor McLaughlins past challenges and her victory over them is cause for celebration and admiration, not an invented handicap to be used as a campaign weapon. Is it your intention to get to the Mayors office by crawling through the sewer? How can people that act with such bravery on the streets be so cowardly in smoke filled rooms?
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