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Mayor Jon Mitchell said deep cuts to his already bare-bones budget are short-sighted, concerning, and could have long-term consequences.

The battle over public safety funding in New Bedford is coming to the city council. Mayor Mitchell has a financial plan. It's tough to stop a train with mush.

I shudder to think about what might happen the next time one of those police officers is forced to deliver an ultimatum to a lawbreaker on the street.

Any member of the council who will not stand in support of our police officers is either afraid to or supports the notion that they are not worthy of praise.

The New Bedford City Council, fearful of seeming out of step with today's virtue signaling mob mentality, has failed to stand with our police officers.

A person's reputation is everything. Give Gomes a chance to defend his.

The illegal alien lobby was out in full force in New Bedford this weekend. They hate the choices made by the voters in our democratic republic.

The council voted 7-4 to register opposition to the Safe Communities Act.

According to the Sierra Club, 134 Massachusetts communities have already instituted such bans.

Mitchell spoke of a new, positive vision for the city as firefighters protested outside the Zeiterion Theater.