<div dir="ltr">Bruce, in short, yes. <div><br></div><div>The guidelines for TownTalk, as you know, are listed at the link which is included in the footer of every TownTalk post (<a href="http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://riverdale-park.org/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/towntalk</a>).<div>Here are those guidelines:</div><div><h2 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:rgb(255,240,208)">Electioneering Prohibited</h2><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman";font-size:medium">Electioneering is not permitted on e-mail lists supported by the Town of Riverdale Park.</p><h2 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:rgb(255,240,208)">Promoting a Civilized Environment</h2><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman";font-size:medium">We find a list works best when everyone treats everyone else with respect. 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For more information on these and other hoaxes, see <a href="http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html">http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html</a> or <a href="http://www.snopes.com/">http://www.snopes.com</a>.</li></ol></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 8:22 AM, Bruce Wernek <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bruce.wernek@verizon.net" target="_blank">bruce.wernek@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:#000000;FONT-SIZE:12px"><div>Mr Moderator<br><br>Is this appropriate discourse for Town Talk? Lately, it appears to be becoming a platform for an ideology, which I and probably others find offensive. <br><br>Articulating the counter point, I don't think it's appropriate to disrupt the swearing in of our next president regardless of who he/she happens to be. It's not about getting what we want. It's about America and those (police, military, first responders, etc.) who shed their blood for the stars and stripes. Would they want this?<br><br>Let's give the fallen the respect they deserve and respect our next president, the Will of the People, and all of those who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we can live in comfort and peace in this great nation. <br><br>For God's sake, stop the hate. <br><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>Bruce<br></font></span></div><span class=""><div> </div><div> </div><div style="border-top:1px solid #bcbcbc;margin:5px 0px"></div><span style="font-size:12;font-family:arial;color:#000000">On 01/10/17, <span>Sarah Combs<<a href="mailto:lilmz79@yahoo.com" target="_blank">lilmz79@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:</span><div> </div><div style="font-size:12;font-family:arial;color:#000000"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119720"><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119721"><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119722"><span id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119723"><span id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119724">While Mr. Trump is taking the oath of office on Friday, Jan. 20, Swamp Revolt will train 2,500 people in nonviolence and active bystander intervention at locations across the D.C. metro area <b>including Hyattsville and College Park</b>.</span></span></div></div><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119725"><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119726"><span id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119727"><br id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119728"></span></div></div><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119729"><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119730"><span id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119731"><span id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119732">Get trained on how to respond helpfully and nonviolently when you witness hate speech or harassment by participating in one of dozens of trainings happening on Inauguration Day around Washington, D.C.</span></span></div></div><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119733"><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119734"><span id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119735"><br id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119736"></span></div></div><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119737"><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119738"><span id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119739"><span id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119740">Sign-up below to learn how to:</span></span></div></div><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119741"><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119742"><span id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119743"><br id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119744"></span></div></div><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119745"><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119746"><span id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119747"><span id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119748"> de-escalate conflict</span></span></div></div><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119749"><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119750"><span id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119751"><span id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119752"> use your mobile device or camera to document injustice</span></span></div></div><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119753"><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119754"><span id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119755"><span id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119756"> offer support to keep bad situations from getting worse</span></span></div></div><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119757"><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119758"><span id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119759"><br id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119760"></span></div></div><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119761"><div id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119762"><span id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119763"><span id="m_-4316688864957743428yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483764130421_119764">All of the trainings are free and organized by Swamp Revolt in preparation for the Women’s March on Washington (Jan. 21) and beyond. 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