Brooklyn: A recent Daily News article referenced numerous citations from Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro’s department memorandum regarding the conduct of active and retired FDNY members at political rallies and functions (”Be brave, not bozos,” Jan. 15). I find the tone and equally biased slant of the article to be of particular concern as someone who was there at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
One of the more tedious aspects of American presidential inaugurations is the customary wall-to-wall commentary about how the “peaceful transfer of power” is a unique feature of the United States, as if it is not routinely done by others. Indeed, the Westminster model manages to dispose of the whole affair in a matter of days, not months, with nothing more required than dropping in on the Queen or governor general. As recently as December,.
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The Washington Mall will be closed during the inauguration. As someone who has made many trips to the Capitol and D.C. and has attended three inaugurations, I find this disheartening, although I agree with the decision.
How has this country gotten to what seems like its lowest point? We have had controversial elections before, but civility was evident. A few days before Bill Clinton’s second inauguration, my then-eighth grade daughter asked why we weren’t going to the inauguration. I explained that you had to have tickets. At that point I promised her that no matter who was elected in 2000, we would go.
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