Author Archives: Robert Antall

After reading your piece on the two teachers who walked the length of Cape Cod to protest conditions for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility, I was reminded of the protest hosted by a number of groups at the PCCF on Saturday, July 25th at 1:00 pm.  Given the […]

As the No Kings 3 protest approaches on March 28, it looks like it is on track to be substantially bigger than all the previous national days of anti-Trump protest. I’ve been watching the number of No Kings events listed on Mobilize go up each day since last Wednesday, and based on that trend, expect […]

The town needs to get its act together and fast track the approval of a Costco site or lose it to Kingston or elsewhere.  I was a retail executive, and I know at some point Costco may decide it would be better to open a new store elsewhere rather than spending time and money fighting […]

Her name was Renee Nicole Good. She was 37 years old with a six-year-old child. She was murdered Wednesday by a federal ICE agent, one of some 2,000 that have descended upon Minnesota in a profoundly unnecessary and performative show of force. If they can kill a U.S. citizen in broad daylight who was exercising […]

Sheriff McDonald is quoted [in a Plymouth Independent story] as saying, “Our cooperation with our federal partners continues to exist because it is my job to work with everyone in law enforcement.” Someone needs to inform the sheriff, and for that matter, Plymouth Select Board members of a state law on the books today. [The] […]

The Select Board needs to educate themselves on e-bikes, before considering any legislation. The vast majority of e-bikes are Class 1 e-bikes, designed to work only to assist in pedaling and do not engage when not pedaling. Most are owned by older residents who enjoy cycling safely as they struggle to ride up hills. These […]

The government continues to be shut down, putting millions of children in the path of hunger and hardship. The current administration refused a court order to release SNAP contingency funds, so we have an immediate emergency at hand. Right now, SNAP benefits have lapsed for 42 million Americans, including 16 million children; a surprising amount […]

In response to the Your View letter “Local officials should work with ICE” by Dick Horton: Mr. Horton characterizes the horrific capture, abuse, and kidnapping of a suspected undocumented immigrant in front of young children as “unfortunate.” Unfortunate is when you lose your sunglasses. This was horrific and these children will likely be traumatized for […]

A decline in tourism, fewer young customers, higher prices for goods, and a shortage of workers are negatively impacting The New World Tavern. With Trump’s tariffs and his war on immigrants, this restaurant is peek into our near future for most small businesses. Tariffs will cause virtually everything to go up in price for businesses, […]

President Trump has demonized all immigrants, undocumented and legal residents as well as U.S. citizens.  The Brazilian residents of Plymouth are not the murderers and rapists that Trump has characterized. They are law abiding refugees and neighbors living their lives like the rest of us, just trying to get by, providing necessary services for the […]