GREAT SERIES WITH ONE CRITICAL OMISSION The Republican recently printed a three-part series on the Springfield police that was “fair and balanced” to the credit of the writer. But it contained one small mistake. When referencing the battle between Mayor Domenic Sarno and the Springfield City Council over the establishment of an independent police commission,…

ADAM GOMEZ WILL STAND OUT AND UP I have known Adam Gomez both through my son, Springfield City Council President Justin Hurst and by way of his father, the well-known Gumersindo Gomez who has been a tireless and outspoken community leader and Vietnam veterans’ advocate for decades. As the saying goes, “The apple doesn’t fall…

“WHO WILL POLICE SPRINGFIELD’S COPS?” “Who will police Springfield’s cops” was the title of a damning editorial in The Boston Globe (August 4, 2020) which pointed out that “Under the Trump administration, the US Department of Justice has largely abandoned its oversight and accountability mandate over local police departments. In fact, since Trump took office…