Meanwhile, back at the ranch…
Residents to Columbia Association: Leave our facilities alone, Jess Nocera, Baltimore Banner
I found this article to be helpful in shedding some light onto the current CA controversy. Big news: even if you don’t subscribe to the Banner, you can read it, too. The Howard County Library System has added the Baltimore Banner to its collection of free online resources.
Heads up: you will need your Library Card barcode and PIN to do this.
- Go to HCLS website
- Click on Online Resources
- Under “Download”, click on enewspapers
- Under Current Enewspaper Issues, click on Baltimore Banner
- You will neeed the barcode and PIN for your library card account to gain access.
- Next, you will need to enter the designated code to gain free access.
Whew! You’re in!
Now you just need to find the article. You can search using the handy-dandy magnifying glass icon, or you can simply scroll down until you find it.
Even if you don’t want to read the article, you should still go through these steps for two reasons. Firstly, it’s good to have the ability to access news through the library. Secondly, I’d like you to look at the photographs that accompany the article. (Photo credit: Ulysses Muñoz)
I sighed when I saw the photos of the CA meeting. Can you tell why? Yet again news from the Columbia Association shows us predominantly white people of a certain age.
We are doomed. Doomed, I tell you.
Deep breath.
This is not to negate the issue at hand nor to cast aspersions on the people who showed up. But it’s never a bad time to remind ourselves that the New American City was not meant to turn out like this. At least, I don’t think it was.
“But that’s not the point!” you might say, especially if this particular issue is important to you. And I guess you’d be right. But the longer I live here, the more I’m convinced that it’s always the point.
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