I think the worst time to live in the Heights/Inwood for me is when there are local elections. It really is. For all you new residents, I know you can’t stand the noise coming from Mister Softee, salsa blaring from radios late night, and motorcycles. But me? I’m used to all this. I don’t even [...]

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Now listen… whatever I write here goes. Read this slowly. I just want to make sure it all sinks in. Here are the rules; I tell you what to think. Don’t argue with me now. This is best for all of us. You do not think for yourself. I repeat, you do not think for [...]

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Congratulations to Tom Perez for gaining the post of Assistant Attorney General in President Obama’s administration. I’m very proud of this moment because he is a son of two Dominican immigrants who fled the DR during the time of the tyrant, Trujillo’s dictatorship. Perez, graduated from Brown undergrad, Harvard law school and its Kennedy School [...]

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Scene: 125th and Adam Clayton Powell Day: January 20, 2009 (1 day before my birthday) Time: 10:50 – 12:05 Temperature: Freezing I’ve done a few things in my life that I’m proud of, but the proudest moment of my life was today. I didn’t stay home to watch the inauguration on the tube, but instead [...]

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Congratulations to Eric Holder. A much deserved post for a man who was deputy attorney general for four years under former president Bill Clinton and was co-chairman along with Caroline Kennedy of Mr Obama’s vice-presidential selection process. Let’s hope he does well and doesn’t do bad like my Latino bridgren, Alberto Gonzales. Sheesh was Alberto [...]

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Nov 4, 2008 Throughout the day, my nerves were racking. I knew he was leading for weeks in the polls by a margin of 6 or more percentage points, but I never trusted the polls considering the historic nature of the candidate and the history of this country when it comes to race relations. I knew [...]

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What better day to launch my blog than today with the definition of this website. Currently volunteering in the calles (streets) of Washington Heights. Hope to be partying in the streets tonight. Yes…We…Can!

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