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Boss Tweedy, just a good ole boy, he never meant any harm, but heck, he has been hurting Elmont since the day he was politically born.

Reading the latest string of articles you would think the revitalization of Belmont Race Track is actually happening in Floral Park.  However, the truth… it’s not.

Ha the truth is, the revitalization of the Racetrack is happening over a half of a mile away, in the South Parking lot, completely in Elmont. For those that don’t know, Elmont is a completely different town, with different schools, different police, different government, and different people. What happens in Belmont stays in Elmont… and it has nothing to do with Floral Park.

Now I heard this hullabaloo all started a few months ago when it was discovered that Elmont, our “sack cloth” wearing neighbors to the south, was getting a deal.

We heard these big ole developers from outta town wanted to revitalize Belmont for Elmont. And all seemed good, the sun was gonna shine. Finally the meek was gonna inherit the Earth. Alas, “jobs” were gonna be coming. Thank you to the Almighty, the poor was gonna finally eat.

Everything seemed good until, “BOOM”… Boss Tweedy got wind of the situation.

Lookahere, some of you don’t know Boss Tweedy, he is not the kind of man who’s gonna let some “City Slickers” come into his neck of the woods and change things. Boss Tweedy is the law ‘round here, and simply put - he’s gonna maintain the “Status Quo”.

Boss Tweedy is a smart man, he knows, if you wanna get things done in ‘round here, you gotta be stubborn; you gotta be belligerent; you gotta say what you gotta say to get what you wanna get…and the heck with everybody else.

Facts ha, facts don’t mean nuttin’ to Boss Tweedy. He knows you gotta follow that age-old formula that the fella from Louisiana let outta the bag, “It pays to be stubborn”.

Boss Tweedy figured, if this revitalization is gonna go down, Elmont like always must get the raw end of the stick. If not…then it ain’t gonna happen.

So Boss Tweedy the genius that he is, summoned the minions and gotta planning. They figured first let’s get these “City Slickers” down here and see what dey up to. So surreptitiously, Boss Tweedy and dem City Slickers had a meetin’, right over here in the backroom of the Town Hall on July 14…I think. And I tell you, Boss Tweedy barked - but dem City Slickers had some back bone…they ain’t back down.

And like I said, Boss Tweedy don’t take kind to folks that don’t follow his law - so dis here, caused some trouble. And you know that Boss, he loves a good fight. So I heard, the Boss say, “it is my way” or da “highway”….  let da “smearing” begin.

A few days later after their secret meeting, we start reading articles in the paper and the Boss be writin’ ‘bout things that some folks ‘round here say…just ain’t true.

I tell you, we start reading that our wadder’s gonna be messed up. We start reading that dey gonna bring in foreigners to our area. We start reading that folks gonna stop using the Cross Island Parkway and drive through our local streets. Our babies are gonna get hit by cars? Hide yo’ kids, hide yo’ wife!!! Man…we start reading all kinda interesting things. Buford Hayse Pusser, I tell ya… “I think da Boss gone wild”.

Then I start worrying ‘cause the Boss never cited any genuine facts or studies in his articles. I start to worry that one of dose smart folks would “out” da Boss. I start to worry dat dem folks in Elmont might finally stand up.

Also, what worried me the most is that folks would start talkin’ bout how the Boss is gettin’ into constant fights with the Priest and the Church.  I worry ‘bout the Boss’s past. I worry…it might fall outta da closet.

Boss Tweedy makes me worry; he may lack prudence on this issue.

Yours truly