Leading in the Right Direction
President’s Corner
Power Over Freedom
While our tireless President Donald Trump continues to hold rallies in key Senate and Congressional state races, we here in Arizona must be sure to vote in our important election. If you have not already voted, you have two more days to do so. At Goodyear City Hall voting is available Monday November 2 from 9 am to 5 pm and on Election Day, Tuesday from 6 am to 7 pm. If you plan to vote on election day, be sure to show up early because in the last general election the lines were very long. People were turned away when the polls closed and they were unable to vote!
Voting is a privilege we have as Americans. It is also our responsibility. We should never take it for granted. Years ago as a young graduate student at the University of Miami, I was fortunate to get a firsthand look at why we are so blessed in America to have a free electoral system. As a Spanish Major, my classes consisted mostly of Cuban refugees who had escaped the Castro Regime. They shared their stories of a Heaven turned into Hell during the Cuban Revolution. Communism had come to the island in the form of a “Rock Star” in green fatigues, Fidel Castro and his henchman brother, Raul Castro. What it brought was repression, starvation, incarceration, and death to anyone who dared to speak out against the regime.
I had learned about Communism in textbooks in school, but this experience was the best education on the subject I could have ever received. It brought the horrors to life in the stories of my classmates, many of whom barely escaped with their lives and many having to leave family members behind. They spoke of how most were duped by promises of “change and prosperity,” a tantalizing prospect for the poor and less fortunate. What they got instead was repression, incarceration, food rationing cards and the worsed poverty they could have ever imagined, as food was scarce and rationing was abundant. Eggs were limited to two to three per month per family. The firing squad began immediately targeting anyone who spoke out against the Castros. The press was shut down. Only state sponsored propaganda was allowed. It was a living nightmare.
Many Cuban Americans have been speaking out warning us. One is quoted as saying, “I will pay for a one-way ticket for you to Cuba and you can know what communism is.” Another said, “Getting out of a communist country or getting out of a socialist country is probably the best thing you can do”. Escapee Rick Gonzales recently said, “Why would Americans go in that direction? It blows my mind.”
Here in America, we see the entitled liberal elites who have co-opted our educational system and have indoctrinated our youth teaching them that Socialism and Communism is the best path forward to their future. We saw it in the 1960’s, it continues today and we need to call it out. Speak loudly, vote wisely. Support President Trump’s efforts to defeat the Democrats and also to dismantle the American Federation of Teachers!
Patricia Moore