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  By Mel Dyer At ease, with our own... Knowing our own and what it took to get us here, to this moment. Having respect for that...that's Sevenbeeism. That's part of it. The last three and a half decades, post Civil Rights Movement, post-desegregation, post-riot, post-urbanism, post-inflation, has been rough on Penn Branch ..and the rest of Seven Bee (ANC-7B), generally speaking. We want commercial development - now, it's here - and always have, ..but, not the kind that attracts people, who don’t respect or appreciate the wholesome, small-towny, slightly Cosbyesque thing we’ve got going here–the Brancher Way. If gang violence, over-crowding, loitering and the pungent fragrance of urine wafting up Carpenter Street is the price of having a cineplex and steakhouse burgers and a proper bar in the neighborhood... No thanks! We also like people! We like music, color and laughter in the air! We like carefree retirees, newlyweds, families and big, goofy dogs! We like to work hard ...

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REP. JAMES TALARICO, TX (D) ...interviewed on MSNOW's 'Morning Joe'--did you see that? I just watched some of it. I'm doing my homework on this young, dynamic, Southwestern Democrat, ..and I like what I'm reading. There's something hopeful about what he's showing us and, more importantly, the issues he's taking stands on: civil rights for all, the Border, culture war fatigue, affordability at home. Don't want to jinx his mojo or make another Beto O'Rourke of him, ..but I'm almost moved to use the K-word in consideration of him...of how he presents himself. There's no real comparison to be made with that icon, this early in the game, but James Talarico's got something. I think leadership coming from the WEST or the SOUTH might do our great nation some good, ..and the farther away from the big, Northeastern cities, the better. Someplace where plain, clean and 'corny'--that's what the young folks are calling old-fashioned--is...