Mob Majority? Have we gone all the way back to mid 1800's?

by Joe B.

Mob Majority?

Maybe its hearing Mr. Gavin Newsome, a glossy, glammed up, Supervisor ‘pol gunning for a quickie mayoral win with his "Care Not Cash" Initiative best known as Proposition N.

Have I seen this before or possibly being born with a "veil" My mama not me.
It may be genetic because I’m having lousy day mares
[daytime nightmares] about the CNC keening of the crowd, there’s something slightly ominous about it.

Yes, that CNC recently struck down by The Honorable Judge Quidachay.

Prop(N) You know the one; instead of money earned by poor folks on GA (General Assistance) and Work-fare its redirected into some general slush fund while houseless individuals and families now have $59 dollars in cash to by whatever they can while living in what use to be emergency shelter’s becomes a semi or permanent condition?

In exchange for monies given up Services for job vocational training, education, or upgrades (relearning)jobs people had worked at before becoming houseless.

Funny thing though, the services hyped as the main component in Mr. G’s (not the former New York, Mayor 'Guli guy).
but Gavin who traveled to the Golden Apple and returning with his 23-Point Plan.

As we now know there are lots of worms squirming in the shining city as people formally employed now live underground in the very bowels of New York.

Its like the old ‘Fritz Lang’ classic "Metropolis" or and updated "The Time Machine" with Morlocks and Eloi.

Guess who’s the beautiful people living above ground and their fate each night sundown arrives?

Today I personally saw how it might begin happening!

Supervisor Gavin Newsome had a love in today with like minded people enthralled with his "Care Not Cash" slogan.

"Its hard, but we need a change" I paraphrase but its essentially what he said to his constituents.

Tiny and I from POOR Magazine and a few brave people from Coalition on Homelessness and organizations I didn’t get the names of others who braved crowds wishing Newsome well.

"We need more bullhorns." I say looking at the people-for-Newsome.

It didn’t feel right, like an ache in the pit of my belly began to churn much different than hunger pangs.

When Tiny heard about Newsome’s continuing bid for a flash finish mayor win using working poor and house-lessness she is hopping mad and tried calling up troops to be combat the ‘Nukem ‘um Newsome’s love fest over at City Hall, me, I thought we needed critical mass of people to be there for an even fight but its almost too late to gather our like minded anti-Newsome forces.

Weaving in and out of the crowd I see frustrated people who love their city to the point of voting in sweeping changes in a misguided, muddle headed thinking of saving their city from the so called masses of crack dealing, drinking, drug addicted houseless, jobless nomads.

One slight, minor problem

Could that be next? No assets no votes?

Suddenly! It hit me when a man of color says to me
"We Are The People!"

I took issue with that
"You Are Not The People, you’re not all the people."
The nerve, The absolute gall to say because they’re in a larger group than we, that they consist of all the voices that day.

Obvious they don’t know or read human his/herstory or worse don’t care about the fact that this nation was founded, fought, blood spilled, lives lost by a determined minority not the majority that finally saw the light long after others tried dragging them into it.

These people I likened to a mob wore clean clothes, slacks, and ties though didn’t turn violent the one voice of Newsome guiding them like dodo’s to extinction or lemmings over a cliff reminds me of some one else and their famous poem before he died in World War II.

It was about speaking up but since he didn’t when the German’s in that war came for him no one was there to speak on his behalf.

Anyone know of whom I speak?

It looks like working poor individuals, houseless and mentally ill are being set up as new/old targets of opportunity.

Remember Coalition on Homeless worker Mr. Willie Warren, a big robust man was attacked by two or three men last year for being a homeless advocate being black was just a bonus.

Are these modern day brown shirted thugs believing in Newsom’s plan?

They may be in the minority but Man! if that’s a taste of what’s to come I dread this guy as mayor or any higher office he aspires too.

Folks we have an early heads up, find out everything we can about this guy and all is connections.

I might not have a veil like mama but "Damn, he make my sense twinge and its a bad feeling.

That’s all I’m going to say. Bye,

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