Lead organizer of Change for Concord, Fisto Ndayishimiye, asks our city councilors for a fairer shake at planning and budget making deliberations that affect residents of the Heights where many of Concord’s new Americans and refugees live. (Concord Monitor, 12/28/22). Specifically, he asks that funds for lighting at Keach Park, originally scheduled for 2018 and later deferred to 2031, be re-scheduled to a sooner date.

Deferred to 2031! That must have felt like a gut punch to young people wanting to play soccer after school. City Councilors Byron Champlin and Candace Bouchard call for better communication with our new American populations. Hello, councilors! This long-time neighbor on the Heights hears Fisto Ndayishimiye loud and clear. I hope you can hear him, too, and will act promptly in the new year to rectify this budgeting injustice.

Patricia Bass

Concord

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