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[Pototan]

I'm from Boston and have been active in state and local politics all of my life, and that's a long time, considering I'm 70 years old. I have been married for 20 years to a Filipina wife, who is 67. We met at a party in which her sister was the special guest. Her sister is a civil engineer.

I have retired from my position as a union officer and my responsibilities included negotiating contracts for union Maintenace workers throughout greater Boston, including hospitals, colleges, museums, casinos and bio-tech labs.

I have retired and plan to spend at least 10 months a year at my home on my wife's family's large compound in the town of Pototan, near the City of Iloilo on the Island of Panay in central Philippines.

The other one or two months, I intend to return to Boston, where I still have a modest residence outside of the city.

I was involved in elections, legislation and other political endeavors as part of my job with the union.

I have followed DU since the Spring of 2004, when John Kerry ran against George W. Bush. Can you imagine that Bush looks like a statesman after 4 years of Adolf Trump?

Part of my move out of the US was made easier because I can't stand the politics anymore. Nearly all of my contemporaries (I can no longer call them friends or relatives) are white males over 60 years old without a college education. You know what fascist asshole dominates that demographic.

I now live in a town in which I rarely, if ever, run into another Caucasian, never mind a racist.

I think most of you may enjoy my posts, because they will come with a pretty unique perspective