No More Trump Bronx Golf Club

The new year is not starting too well in my view. It seems to be somewhat of a holding action. I speak personally though in various ways maybe more than that. We will have to wait a while to see how things go.

I sent a news article (not the one I will talk about) to someone. A grammar software application kicked in. It said the article had over twenty problems. Maybe, the number of "mistakes" it picks up in my writing should be taken with a grain of salt. 

There was this bit of symbolism:

Trump golf club in the Bronx officially renamed ‘Bally’s Links’ on same day ex-president’s fraud trial concludes

The article noted:

As his legal issues started piling up, Trump entered into a deal this past September to sell the 20-year lease on the Ferry Point golf course to Bally’s. It’s unclear how much money Trump may have netted from the deal.

On hand:

Other elected officials in attendance included Bronx Councilwoman Kristy Marmorato, a newly-elected Republican who has ties to several prominent Trump supporters.

Councilwoman Marmorato (member of the "common sense" caucus) is my own member. She was the one Republican who had an upset against a sitting member (one term) for a variety of reasons, including the dubious NIMBY variety. She retweeted (#BXStrong) a tweet by the Bronx Borough President that "We are ready to chart a new course." 

I guess so. I doubt many (I wasn't) were aware of the golf course before. Ferry Point is rather isolated. Still, I am glad to cleanse its name. 

The campaign-related financial charges arising out of Manhattan are currently as "also ran" as a golf course in the Bronx. I continue to think that the charges are appropriate and an important part of the effort to gain accountability.  Other civil and criminal cases can both be more important and not the whole story.  We need to remove him and his lack of accountability (to use a term applied to segregation) "root and branch." 

It's a long and tiresome process. Each victory is to be celebrated.