Charles Chisholm's Response
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davis_squareCharles Chisholm sent me this response via email to Ron Newman's allegations of xenophobia.
"Hello, Live Journal: I am more than happy to respond to the selective passages of my literature from 1991 which have been researched.
In 1991, I opposed Somerville becoming a Sanctuary City. I felt the proposal by folks in Cambridge to have us join them was one-sided.
I suggested that they were better able to afford adding students to their system than we were to ours. Our per-pupil cost was $5,000 per student; theirs was $10,000 per student. I also asked that, were we to become a Sanctuary City, would Cambridge agree to help with the cost.
Similarly, I also said a regional approach like METCO would better help diffuse cost and public safety issues. What was not stated in the selective outtakes by Mr. Newman, was my chiding of those upset by the violence associated with MS-13 and other groups. I said, how can such violent groups be chided, while overlooking the actions of the group sporting ND hats in the high school (ND did not stand for Notre Dame).
Further, I stated that we would have a moral obligation to educate these children of the undocumented (that term was not used back then).
Due to the effective actions of the SPD anti-gang violence task force, the gangs that came in the 90’s left Somerville in the early 2000’s. All Somerville residents are no longer disturbed by this issue.
Today, people flock to come to Somerville, as higher rents and housing prices reflect.
Today, my thinking is this: I support the Dream Act and President Obama’s executive orders. I support the Trust Compact as it now exists and oppose the Trump position on immigration.
As for my one term on the Board of Alderman, I was defeated for re-election basically because of my vote to retain rent control in Somerville, to protect the elderly. The Real Estate interests poured much money into my opponent, Timothy Creedon, who, three years later was jailed for taking bribes.
One reason so few people run for office is the name calling, the race baiting, the gay baiting that have already started in this campaign.
I have the right to say what I believe and voters can decide what they want. What ever happened to “I may disagree with what you say, but defend, to my death, your right to say it?”"
"Hello, Live Journal: I am more than happy to respond to the selective passages of my literature from 1991 which have been researched.
In 1991, I opposed Somerville becoming a Sanctuary City. I felt the proposal by folks in Cambridge to have us join them was one-sided.
I suggested that they were better able to afford adding students to their system than we were to ours. Our per-pupil cost was $5,000 per student; theirs was $10,000 per student. I also asked that, were we to become a Sanctuary City, would Cambridge agree to help with the cost.
Similarly, I also said a regional approach like METCO would better help diffuse cost and public safety issues. What was not stated in the selective outtakes by Mr. Newman, was my chiding of those upset by the violence associated with MS-13 and other groups. I said, how can such violent groups be chided, while overlooking the actions of the group sporting ND hats in the high school (ND did not stand for Notre Dame).
Further, I stated that we would have a moral obligation to educate these children of the undocumented (that term was not used back then).
Due to the effective actions of the SPD anti-gang violence task force, the gangs that came in the 90’s left Somerville in the early 2000’s. All Somerville residents are no longer disturbed by this issue.
Today, people flock to come to Somerville, as higher rents and housing prices reflect.
Today, my thinking is this: I support the Dream Act and President Obama’s executive orders. I support the Trust Compact as it now exists and oppose the Trump position on immigration.
As for my one term on the Board of Alderman, I was defeated for re-election basically because of my vote to retain rent control in Somerville, to protect the elderly. The Real Estate interests poured much money into my opponent, Timothy Creedon, who, three years later was jailed for taking bribes.
One reason so few people run for office is the name calling, the race baiting, the gay baiting that have already started in this campaign.
I have the right to say what I believe and voters can decide what they want. What ever happened to “I may disagree with what you say, but defend, to my death, your right to say it?”"
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