The current administration’s first 100 days have passed and neither the Senate nor House has seen fit to activate or defend its constitutional role in managing the affairs of our country. The work of structured, consensus-driven decision making by our elected representatives for the benefit of our entire society has been arbitrarily dismantled by a small handful of zealots committed to governing by the few. Cruelty and revenge are now the primary drivers of daily administrative initiatives instead solving the problems posed by climate change, economic inequality, or racism. The cabinet of incompetents, appointed for their personal loyalty instead of competency to support fulfillment of their agencies’ missions, has exposed our country to further intrusion by hostile forces, alienation from our allies, and diminishment of potential for making our country even greater. Now is not the time for citizen spectators; it is time for us to persistently advocate for DEI, which harnesses everyone’s potential to keep us on the path to greatness.

Larry Cervelli

West Chesterfield