THE PLAN “So Far – Ignored”

TO:  THE MAYOR, THE COMMON COUNCIL AND CITY DEPARTMENT LEADERS 

PREFACE: “The Plan” (Please go to “word on the street tablehopping.com.) Scroll to July, August and September of 2022. You will find Part I, Part II and Part III outlining a heretofore never tried methodology to apply to neighborhoods, a small section at a time, and remove the evil and human suffering that is permeating our city.  

THIS IS WRITTEN WITH HIGH REGARD AND RESPECT.  IT IS WRITTEN TO SHOW YOU “WHY AND HOW”  TO CIRCUMVENT BARRIERS. “THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT POOR PEOPLE.  IT IS ABOUT VERY HEAVY DRUGS AND THE DAMAGE THEY DO TO HUMAN BRAINS AND THE GRAVE SUFFERING OF THAT REALITY. IT IS ABOUT A PATH TO FIX THIS.”

IT IS NOT ME THAT IS BEING IGNORED. IT IS THE 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL, STRUNG OUT ON A FILTHY FLOOR, PANTS DOWN, VISITED BY HEARTLESS MEN AND THE THINKING AND PAIN SHE MUST ENDURE. ALONE. HELPLESS AND ADDICTED.  IT IS ABOUT SUCH THINGS BEING PERPETUAL IN THIS WORLD OF HORROR UNDERNEATH THE VENEER OF WHAT YOU SEE.  I COULD GIVE YOU PLIGHT AFTER PLIGHT. THAT IS JUST ONE OF MANY THAT I CAME UPON. THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR CITY IS VICTIMIZED.

I am going to lead with a disgusting truth that has permeated our monied political scene and has degraded our once glowing Beacon, as the guiding light for mankind.  This Beacon shown proud and brightly in the Post WWII years of my childhood. And is barely flickering today.

This all circles back to “The Plan” and why it is ignored. The next two paragraphs are perhaps the most disgusting paragraphs I have ever written:  

Lyndon Johnson launched the “War on Poverty” fifty-nine years ago in his State of the Union address – A quarter century passed and Ronald Reagan made his famous quip that “some years ago, the federal government declared war on poverty, and poverty won.” In the Public Papers of the Presidents, that line is followed by what might serve as the war’s one-word epitaph: “Laughter.” This was a rape of our once gleaming beacon.  We did not lose the war on poverty. It is our two-party system and the lies they tell, with extreme opposing beliefs that alter policies as elections dictate. We simply gave up.  

L.B.J. called for co-operation among federal, state, and local officials. What’s clear is that we are approaching six decades since Johnson pledged “not only to relieve the symptoms of poverty, but to cure it and, above all, to prevent it.” Today poverty is the lesser evil by far in Syracuse neighborhoods. “It is human brains being dissolved and robbed of the minds normal chemicals to help themselves.” Politicians thus far show a bipartisan resolve to “avoid” the subject. The reasons for this are fairly straightforward.  It’s a truism of American politics that helping the poor is an idea that polls poorly. And with money controlling politics heroes are far and few between. And that is at the heart of why the plan is ignored. Therein lies the disgrace of America and the disgrace of you allowing this horror to go on each and every day in our tortured neighborhoods. My God, Why? Ladies and Gentlemen, Why? Please take the time. Read and absorb the words. Read the plan. 

Please, allow me to show how to circumvent the barriers of unpopularity. This is covered in more detail in the plan, Parts II and III. Our system of money is not smart.  People are inherently good and will agree to a sensible compassionate workable course.  What you need is the easily available wisdom to present your case in a way that will reverse attitudes and easily cause positive polling. The plan is laid out so that fixing the first village is easily affordable and proves workability. Once that is done the plan shows you how money will flow. i.e., State and Federal Grant access and eligibility will soar, private donors will become excited and the base for this is national and massive. (See the plan) The ease of fundraising via all conduits will ease massively once a village success is achieved. Corporate interest will swell massively. The city will need a fundraising team. Neighborhoods will become attractive to small business and the city will become attractive to companies. An easy 90% of our city’s human suffering will end. Yes, that much. Because no one has been holding the reins where evil lies. Evil has little fear of law in our neighborhoods. The suffering runs rampant and we can skim most evil quickly. (Read the Plan) Be attentive and absorbing. You will get it.

This City can become the beacon for others to follow. Our example could well become the blueprint and may well be adopted by others. Great things begin with one person.  Mayor, this is your time. Syracuse could become the symbol that honors the wish of all that is good, be it your God or the one great quality that gives deservedness to humanity: “Care for others.” I would be happy to suggest a draft of the speech that you give to propel this forward. It is the speech that will overcome most of the naysayers. It must be done well and appeal to the people. Just let me know.   

“The Plan” (Please go to “word on the street tablehopping.com.) Scroll to July, August and September of 2022. You will find Part I, Part II and Part III outlining a heretofore never tried methodology to apply to neighborhoods, a small section at a time, and remove the evil and human suffering that is permeating our city. I served in the United States Army Special Forces. (Green Berets) I did a three-year tour of duty. I did not go to Viet Nam.  It is the guys that stay in that turn into the legends you have heard about. The finest of them were my friends such as Captain Roger Donlon, Staff Sergeant Vernon Beeson and Sergeant Barry Sadler. (They make an intriguing google and show what formed my early days) However, I did undergo the required training to become qualified. That is all I had time for. I explain this so you see I look for no gratuitous accolade, (too old for that nonsense) yet I seek recognition for being exposed to unique concepts that would fix Syracuse if leadership decided to seek the honor and the bravery I once served with.

That is not said with condescension. It is said to make you see what disfigured systemic evolution (seeking approval of the monied and the powerful thus drawing too many overzealous seekers of personal status) has done to the quality of your pursuits.  There has been no collective effort to end the grave human suffering that has evolved in our city. How does this not offend you into workable action. The decimated are saturated into the vast majority of the population. The City has degraded annually for generations. The invasion of heavy drugs has caused a suffering you are not seeing. Not fancy words, just pure truth. Our neighborhoods are not full of just poor anymore, but human beings drenched in a brain destroying drug world with enormous agony. How can you ignore me?  

In the words of Mahatma Gandhi: “The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” In this great wisdom it is you Mayor, and Council Members and Department Leaders. (Refer to the Plan) It is you that are the team that can begin greatness in our town. Not doing things for those that currently provide no return flow easily in politics. The value and massive diverse contribution of restored neighborhoods is not correctly perceived. (See the Plan – It is all there) Above all the degree of human salvation is not seen clearly at all. This is truly your time. I have laid it all out for you. With the purest of motive. I want only for these people to be ok. I am 77. I have just enough time to freely give you the value of my years. I believe my judgement comes through. It is now to you.     

In the Army we were trained in how to influence villages. This was done “One Village at a Time” (similarly outlined in the plan) and morphed into an enormous effective and highly successful collective combat and guerilla movement. In each village the leaders, the demographics, the problems and deficiencies, especially human, within a village would be identified. The first step was to identify and excise the enemy element. “In the plan, Drug Dealers” The Plan is a strict, unique compendium embracing the wisdom, ideas and expertise to end this scourge in our City and to save and give hope to “thousands” of tortured and suffering victims. And if you read it comprehensively you will see it is something that will work. Spare an hour. Each Part is about a 20-minute read. Absorb your read. Be attentive. 

When you drive down the street things are not as they appear. That is simply deceiving veneer. I have been underneath, inside the doors. I have talked to girls on the street. I have been to drug dens, I met and spoke with many dealers, junkies, prostitutes and the abused and used.  I cannot emphasize enough, the degree of grave suffering, where mercy is a stranger. Where our citizens, our responsibility, are alone in their thoughts of despair with no hope in sight. When you show care, they want help and they want to help.  Be decent and information flows. Read the Plan. This can be done. For that 16 year old and all like her. Make the invisible visible. For the quality of our city. Mayor, Common Council and City Department Leaders: We are bigger than just the well off. Please, use your power and “Save Our City.”   

Bill McClellan