{"id":4202,"date":"2020-02-05T13:59:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T13:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/?p=4202"},"modified":"2020-02-18T20:55:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T20:55:50","slug":"why-study-history-so-we-arent-doomed-to-repeat-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/elections\/why-study-history-so-we-arent-doomed-to-repeat-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Why study history? So we aren&#8217;t doomed to repeat it."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Teaneck Today <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/TeaneckToday\/permalink\/2835830586470178\/\">published<\/a> information about the Democratic Municipal Committee creating an &#8220;ad hoc committee&#8221;. In an email from the Chair of the TDMC, she said the purpose of the committee was to &#8220;<em>explore[] the limitations and rights of the Teaneck Democratic Municipal Committee to participate in n on-partisan municipal elections<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about the issue and participate in the discussion at the link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/TeaneckToday\/permalink\/2835830586470178\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020-01_TT-Post-re-TDMC-endorsments.jpg\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/TeaneckToday\/permalink\/2835830586470178\/\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4204 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020-01_TT-Post-re-TDMC-endorsments.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020-01_TT-Post-re-TDMC-endorsments.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020-01_TT-Post-re-TDMC-endorsments-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seeking to change longstanding rules isn&#8217;t something that should be taken likely.\u00a0 Political powers wax and wane.\u00a0 And while this may seem like a move that would help some today, it may not be so desirable, tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth remembering that this isn&#8217;t a new idea, either.<\/p>\n<h2>From the minutes of Council on June 11, 2008:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2008-06-11.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2008-06-11_C-Kates-on-election-and-community-issues.jpg\" alt=\"C. Kates agreed with C. Feit.\u00a0 C. Kates does not think it is coincidental of the challengers to be representatives of a certain group.\u00a0 Hopes Teaneck remembers that it is a nonpartisan professionally managed community.\u00a0 C. Kates spoke about the County politics influencing Teaneck, the shared vision of African Americans and Jewish people in the fight for civil rights and that she feels the community does not trust the Council. Recommends the Advisory Board on Community Relations needs to be more involved and Council needs to use them.\" width=\"940\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2008-06-11_C-Kates-on-election-and-community-issues.jpg 1211w, https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2008-06-11_C-Kates-on-election-and-community-issues-300x51.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2008-06-11_C-Kates-on-election-and-community-issues-1024x173.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2008-06-11_C-Kates-on-election-and-community-issues-768x130.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do we want to go down this road, Teaneck?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Teaneck Today published information about the Democratic Municipal Committee creating an &#8220;ad hoc committee&#8221;. In an email from the Chair of the TDMC, she said the purpose of the committee was to &#8220;explore[] the limitations and rights of the Teaneck Democratic Municipal Committee to participate in n on-partisan municipal elections&#8221; You can read [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections","category-teaneck"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why study history? 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