Mondays Legislature Safety Committee Meeting at the E911 Conference Room had no real surprises, but some major disappointments.

Letter to the Editor 2-5-26

Mondays Legislature Safety Committee Meeting at the E911 Conference Room had no real surprises, but some major disappointments.

When the No Collusion Resolution came up the two legislators that spoke out against had obviously not read it or had already “resolved” to say no for political reasons.  Legislator Herbert Yerndon went on at great length about all the reasons he wouldn’t support it, BUT if he had read it he might have learned that all the things he stated he would have the Sheriff Department do in an emergency were already covered and allowed in the no collusion policy, not forbidden as he stated.

Legislature Vice Chair Mary Ellen Chesbro went on a very MAGA inspired rant about the reason there was so much violence “on both sides” was because Minneapolis had a No Collusion policy and that was the cause of all the problems, because no one was helping ICE do their duties there.

When I saw her on Tuesday at the Economic Development and Planning Committee meeting I asked her if immigrants have the right of due process and she replied “No, they are illegal”! She is not the first Legislator to tell me that, so I told her she was incorrect and that the Supreme Court had decided that they did, along with the 5th and 14th Amendments of the Constitution. I gave her some additional information with some follow-up questions along with my phone number if she wanted to discuss this. I have not heard from her.

My questions with my researched answers were as follows: How many police officers are there in the Minneapolis Police Department? (600 sworn officers) How many ICE officers were sent to Minneapolis? (3000) Who needed protection from who? What crime did Alex Pretti commit that allowed him to be executed by ICE? (Medical Examiner is calling it murder) How many ICE officers have been shot by protestors nationwide? (None that I can find reported!) How many people are taken from courthouses by ICE? (If they were at hearings they were in the legal process)

It’s hard to take our Republican County Legislators seriously when they don’t know the law and follow the MAGA party line to make new ones. Maybe if ICE shows up and an Oswego County Sheriff’s deputy is in the camera lens when ICE commits an atrocity here, they might get on board with protecting ALL the residents in our county.

Thank you

Jim Cannon – Fulton NY

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