tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post8146988179840182260..comments2023-10-30T05:45:18.219-04:00Comments on Bronx News Network: Bronx News Roundup for Oct. 6Bronx News Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03022201181076163457noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post-30306982500407438382008-10-06T16:08:00.000-04:002008-10-06T16:08:00.000-04:00There is no doubt that during that era, many parts...There is no doubt that during that era, many parts of the South Bronx had an 'air of menace' and we told friends and family of areas not to tread. Fortunately, the dispair did not descend into ethnic warfare. Instead, Bronxites organized across ethnic, religious and language boundaries and worked hard to restore our neighborhoods ad a sense of community. We ought to organize a delegation to travel to Paris to help the residents of the 19th arrondisment to turn their "Bronx" around.<BR/><BR/>Over the last two years, my wife and I, along with the German government, established a pact against ignorance by starting a Berlin-to-Bronx student exchange program. By acting in a positive manner, we can correct misperceptions about the Bronx in the 21st century.<BR/><BR/>Assemblyman Michael BenjaminAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com