The minutes stated she wanted it noted, for the record, the association with communism at that time was very different from any association with the current political climate in Russia. Ward 3 City Councilor Jennifer Kretovic, who sits on the commission, according to meeting minutes, made a statement regarding Flynn’s association with the Communist Party, explaining that in the context of that time, the association with communism was for advocacy of social welfare. The Heritage Commission met in mid-November 2022 with Dixon, Alpert, and Sargent and approved the marker installation. Told in first person from Emma’s POV, Liz Rain does an amazing job building tension and showing us the attraction on both sides.

government by force.Īccording to the timeline of records by the city, the council approved forwarding the request at its October 2022 meeting to the city’s Heritage Commission. Liz Rain’s debut novel sparkles with dry humour as it pairs a lowly office worker, Emma, with her hot-as-hell older boss, Bridget, against the backdrop of a low-key Australian electorate office.

In their letter of support, both advocated Flynn’s marker noting she was “long considered one of the most significant radical leaders of the 20th Century,” that she was the subject of biographies, songs, and historical fiction, and had “a taste for literature, an interest in public affairs, and an unquenchable desire to make her mark on a world awash in injustice.” Neither mentioned Flynn’s membership in the Communist Party or her Smith Act conviction for advocating the overthrow of the U.S. A woman was arrested on Monday after she was accused of beating a dog with a rubber mallet, according to Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Included in the request was a letter from Arnie Alpert, a retired leftwing activist, formerly with the American Friends Services Committee and a resident of Canterbury, and Mary Lee Sargent, a former history professor, and longtime peace and social justice advocate from Texas who now lives in Concord.

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