I was busy with my Campaign activities, and heard a commotion outside the window. I was not sure what to expect, but living here, I have seen most everything so nothing surprises me anymore. I was actually gratified to see that it was nothing illegal or related to rampant drug activity which is what I have been dealing with on a daily and all night long basis for years upon years. All of my efforts to bring about change had fallen on deaf ears or earned me the enmity of those involved in the illicit activities and the criminal segment of our Worcester population that tries to, and have succeeded for the most part in intimidating ordinary folks into being too afraid of retaliation to speak their minds, or make a stand to take their neighborhoods back, and make them safe and secure places to raise healthy children into mature and responsible adults. I have sat back and watched this all unfold since I can remember, and with me, that is a long, long time. I have ability, I have knowledge, and I have answers at long last that I have been asking the questions too for so long. No one had the correct or complete answers to my questions, so I had to discover them for myself. I have been digging and rooting around the city of my birth, mostly at night, having worked for many years as a Licensed Taxi-cab operator, to have the opportunity to hear from the people themselves what they thought about various subjects, what experience they had that was unique to themselves, and what if any ideas did they have to make our City of Worcester a better place for all to live in harmony, together in unison with other people on an equality based basis. I have heard everything I need to know from the many various special interests groups, the people have spoken, and I have listened. The key word there is: Listened. I have a three decade plus affiliation with the 12 step recovery programs, and for much of that time, instead of speaking, I listened. I enjoy hearing from those that suffer from the same disease of the brain that I do; the inability to moderate my consumption of alcohol, which caused me to be Court ordered to attend 10 A.A. meetings. I went to my first one when I was only 21. The legal drinking age had just reached my current age of 21 after having been raised once a year since I was 18 on the first of April each year. My best friend growing up was born on March 17th of 1961, and I was born on the 23rd of May the same year. What this meant was that each year the age went up, John Taylor was able to legally drink, yet Ronald O'Clair was not. This struck me as an injustice, I hated it. I was able to pass for legal since I had been 15 anyways, having lied about my age to secure employment that you had to be 18 to work there, I had to keep up with appearances and when my co-workers pressured me to join them after work for some drinks in bars around Worcester I kept refusing to go, but eventually in fear that they would discover my secret about my age, I joined them. I never got carded except for one time, Tad's Tavern on Main Street, which was owned by Teddy who has owned and operated Yellow Cab #2 for many years since he sold the bar long ago. Tad's Tavern was located in the building that is on the corner of Main & Exchange Streets here in Worcester. A friend of mine, Attorney Joseph Brennan has an office there with the 285 Main Street Address up above where Teddy's bar used to be. Anyway, I hope you like the video, I would appreciate your support in the upcoming election for City Councilor At-Large so that I can have the ability as your City Councilor to address the issues affecting the quality of life here in the City of Worcester based upon my knowledge, strength, experience, willingness to stand up to all threats of intimidation and violence, and my infinite capacity to forgive those who have trespassed against me in my quest for justice on a personal level, so that I can have back the one thing that I cherished the most, my reputation of being an honorable man that was taken when I made the ill advised deal with Attorney Kevin Reynolds at Judge William J. Luby's request on the 14th or the 15th of October, 1986 at 305 Belmont Street here in the beautiful City of Worcester, Massachusetts USA. I promised on a handshake not to sue, but never promised not to write about it, never realizing how difficult it really is to write an entire book, and to do it so that the reader enjoys what I have to say. For questions or comments, contact the producer of this video series at: ronaldoclair@hotmail.com Copyright c. 2015 O'Clair, R.L. & Peace Incorporated, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, U.S. Code Title 17, sections 107-119, No duplication of this material in whole or in part without the express written permission of the author, Mr. Ronald L. O'Clair. For permission, or rights to publish this or any other articles, or videos, please feel free to contact me.

• published: 18 Mar 2015
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