re: How To Write A Dianne Wilkerson Hit Piece In Eight Easy Steps

Chris Faraone — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:54:08 GMT

For the record:

1 - I don't believe that Dianne belongs in prison - I just think she should be a bit more careful. A lot of people in her district love her, and in many ways I respect and commend their passion.

2 - Whoever wrote that big long rant above accusing me of being uncomfortable with hip-hop should copy my name (Chris Faraone), paste it into Google, and see where that takes you.

re: How To Write A Dianne Wilkerson Hit Piece In Eight Easy Steps

The truth hurts — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:12:01 GMT

Once again we see why Diane doesn't belong in the state house but rather in prison.

re: How To Write A Dianne Wilkerson Hit Piece In Eight Easy Steps

Cheap Change — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:33:27 GMT

The wolves are out for blood. First of all a hip-hop voter registration rally that is organized by a community that is excited about the prospect of increasing voter participation in an historic election has nothing to do with Dianne Wilkerson. Perhaps you take offense at the word hip-hop and this is somehow threatening to you that young hip-hop enthusiasts may be interested in civic engagement. Last time I checked there was a right to free association in this country and a right to freedom of expression. Perhaps you belong to a group of people that has traditionally and historically sought to quell enthusiasm in communities that you find threatening.

Oh, and the thought that there might have been someone who said, and who mentioned and who referred to Dianne Wilkerson in a positive way, must have been a conspiracy because after all, she has given 15 years of her life to a community that has reaped the benefits of lower crime over the last decade is too much for you. Perhaps you should read the FBI report that concludes that violent crime is down in Boston since 1990, and if you compared that to Chang Diaz’s plethora of inaccurate repetition of false statistics, you might see what I am referring to. If you ever are to have a credible career in journalism perhaps you might undertake the task of finding our what the community concerns were which underpinned the hip-hop registration event. Perhaps you should come off the pot-shot training wheels and write about the issues that will make Boston a better place.

As for Dianne's legislative career, she can be seen at events around the

district on a daily basis, she is one of the most proactive and hardworking

members of the legislature, as all of her colleagues will attest. She and Mayor Menino have done more to break down barriers between races and to building understanding among the different ethnic communities that make up Boston, new and old and made this city a better place to live. Let me guess, you aren’t even from here and you’re trying to determine the future of this district from the outside, just like Sonia Chang-Diaz.

As for giving up. Dianne never has said "Die" which is why she has accomplished so

much during her tenure in the legislature. One does not pass legislation

and make sweeping social changes as had done Dianne without working long

hours, being committed to her cause and never giving up. Her continued

efforts underscore her dedication and hardwork over the years, and the

promise of accomplishment that we expect from someone on the public dime.

It is clear that this is not what we are going to get with a newbee agent of

change, supported by outsiders. That’s what I call cheap change. The cheap change opponent is an outsider

who never set foot in a community meeting the district over the last 2 years and what will be

coming if the voters elect for change is an absentee who doesn't

care to show up at meetings where change happens and where hip-hop communities come together for civic engagement and to build enthusiasm in a community which has been engaged in civic life for the last 15 years. Perhaps you would like to quell these unsightly expressions of civic interest and revert to a community which resembles inner-city Philadelphia, Chicago or Los Angeles. No thanks, that’s cheap change which will cost this district dearly. I want a legislator who recognizes that and brings attention to issues of

critical social interest, builds civic engagement, enfranchises voters an and who works to make changes. The agent of change is Dianne.

re: How To Write A Dianne Wilkerson Hit Piece In Eight Easy Steps

jeffery mcnary — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:38:54 GMT

perhaps an inquiry to the obama campaign as to any legitimate lingages between the two efforts. i doubt it inasmuch as that's not how the junior senator from illinois has rolled to date. what we have here is a distraction...a tawdry, tragic, un-inspirational distraction.