Jim Bates: Let me say this about that

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Published: 11-28-2023 4:46 PM

Modified: 11-29-2023 2:11 PM

The annual Franklin County Rivers Cleanup, formerly known as the Green River Cleanup, is a noble event that continues to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. People know they can dump items and trash along the river. Why? One, It’s free. Two, they will not get caught; defund the police anyone? Every September for the past 25 years, their trash gets picked up, gratis.

The two words “gender affirming” are a conspicuous and glorifying phrase. Gender affirming should be banned and against the law for children. Full stop. You can’t buy alcohol, tobacco, or cannabis until you’re 21. Giving chemicals to children to alter their development, for their lifetime, is despicable.

Passing a law to ban AR-15 rifles will do nothing to stop the shootings happening almost every weekend in this state. Drugs and handguns are the problem. Banning AR-15s is only targeting a certain group of citizens that liberals loathe.

Free college, free hotel room, free food, license to drive. If you crossed the border of the United States illegally, why wouldn’t Massachusetts be your next stop? Come on in, everybody. Stop complaining, Governor. Another reason citizens are moving out of this state?

People need to wake up and put an end to hiring, firing, passing over people based on their gender, skin color, and sexuality. It is a scourge going on across our society.

Christopher Columbus was the first European explorer to sail over the western horizon in 1492, an astonishing feat. Similar to the landing on the moon 500 years later. Yes, he sailed into the Caribbean islands, not our continent. Amerigo Vespucci achieved that historic achievement a few years later. Hence, America appeared on the world map. Our state Legislature considering changing the holiday name is a disgrace.

Green energy utopia meets NIMBY reality in Wendell.

Jim Bates

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