the sad truth that you all don’t want to hear or know is that if those communities (and others) had a reputation for honest business dealings and honest use of public funds, there probably wouldn’t be half the opposition. Feel free to deny it but coming from the outside of those places, I hear what the “haters” have to say and it is a huge, if not primary factor. By NO means is this behavior from the majority of us, but when it happens, it hits the news, and represents us all. We need to be diligent in following halacha or we pay the price for everyone’s mistakes.
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