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Mayor Charlie Carley Statement

This morning, the United States Congress is certifying the vote for the Office of President. After a day of chaos, it is heartening that our elected Representatives are doing their duty in accordance with the instructions of our Constitution. God Bless America.

When you get older, you find yourself counseling your adult children. As you get older still, you hear yourself saying, “When I was a boy …”

When I was a boy, I grew up in the company of Men. My Father, my Parish Priest, my Neighbors, my Town.

Many of them grew up with the privations attendant to the Great Depression. All of them served this Nation and its democratic ideals. Whether in North Africa, Europe, the Pacific, Korea, or in Vietnam.

Each were Great and should be celebrated in Memory.

When they were at the age I am now, they had witnessed the turmoil that comes with the American experiment - the assassination of the Kennedy’s & Martin Luther King, Vietnam, and Watergate.

I do not believe for a moment that they would have stomached yesterday’s shenanigans.

They were proud Americans. They held our Country dearly. They fought for the Country. They bled for it. They had nightmares over it.

That is Our Heritage. Ours to Win or Lose.

We; if we Persevere in our Loyalty to our Nation, our Constitution, our Institutions and the Promise of a more Perfect Union - We will see Better and Prouder days.
 

- Mayor Charlie Carley

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