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| Source | D. Ohmans |
| Date | 15/04/22/17:34 |
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Patrick A. Lucero, East High School class of 1966, voluntarily joined the Army after graduation and spent much of 1967 in Vietnam as part of the 173rd Airborne Division. A former Eagle football player and wrestler, Lucero had nearly finished his yearlong combat tour when he was killed on March 14, 1968, in Ba Long Province. Patrick A. Lucero Library-Pueblo, Colorado 
Pueblo City Council Public Comment-4/14/2014 My name is J. Doug Ohmans. I have lived on the East side of Pueblo since 2005. I will read my headings as well so you know where I am going... pre-conceived decision In my humble opinion, you have already made your decision. Let us wait for tonight's results to speak for themselves. stacked committee So who was on the committee. How was it chosen. Jeff Chostner, current vice-president of the Pueblo Medal of Honor Foundation and councilor Eva Montoya's childhood friend; Ron Cerna, Eva's right-hand man; Charlotte Macaluso, lifelong associate of ex-school teacher Montoya; and Father Anthony Wojinski, priest at Saint Leander's church, now making our government decisions. Was there anyone who came in with a different idea. fallacious arguments Quote 37 nominations were submitted, 27 were for a single man. No other individual received more than one nomination.Unquote If I had gone out and gotten Pueblo's 30 progressive Democrats to endorse naming it my suggestion, would that have been decisive. When we ten losers made our suggestions, we did not think it was an election, we thought it was a selection. the other ten ideas What were the other ten ideas. Seriously. Why did you reject them. How convenient—sickening really—that your committee was “tasked to select someone who resides or resided in the neighborhood.” Never heard that rule before. When you hire a librarian whose cause was to honor her friend with a library in Vietnam, could she not perhaps leave the name of this one to us. Is dying in war “symbolic of” ALL “the values emblematic of Pueblo.” a democratic process A democratic process would be for the committee to select three or four of the best suggestions, hopefully of a diverse nature, and have public feedback or even a vote. Or reject this one and have the committee try again. My suggestion one of the ten San Patricios Library: the San Patricios were the 19th century Abraham Lincoln Brigade. They argued the U.S. land grab of Texas, et cetera, right up to the Arkansas River—Pueblo's South Side—was illegitimate, to put it mildly, fought for Mexico, and paid with their lives, inspiring millions. Patrick Arnold Lucero also paid with his life: what was his cause. He was from Pueblo. General remarks Your process has all the bells and whistles of a railroad. Good night...thank you. |
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