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« Judge says developer can demolish historic food terminal | Today | Sen. Reed will head to Iraq for his 11th visit there » January 14, 2008Update: Nature disrupts naturalization ceremonyA group of soon-to-be American citizens faced a setback today when a naturalization ceremony was canceled due to weather, but they were not informed. The ceremony, set to be conducted by Magistrate Judge Lincoln Almond, was canceled last night, according to U.S. District Court Chief Deputy Clerk Paulette Dube. The ceremony was supposed to be at 9:30 a.m. today at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium In Providence, but the clerk of the court, David A. DiMarzio, decided to cancel the ceremony as winter storm warnings rolled in. “The governor was saying, ‘If people don’t need to go out, then stay off the roads,’” Dube said. So the court made calls to several media outlets, asking for the cancellation to be broadcast. “We thought we were covered,” but the message, for some reason, didn’t get out. The ceremony has not been rescheduled, but Dube said it will likely take place next month. At about 8:30 this morning, one of the prospective new citizens called The Providence Journal and said that about 400 people had shown up for the ceremony. The naturalization ceremony, he said, is a day many years in the making. “Today was the day that I was supposed to become a U.S. citizen,” said the caller, who did not want to give his name. “Now I’m not. It takes a year or so to get through the process … It’s a big deal, it’s a huge deal. It’s marriage, having a kid, then this.” -- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post incorrectly said that the judge magistrate had made the decision to cancel the 9:30 a.m. ceremony, which was originally reported as scheduled for 9 a.m. Posted by Brandie Jefferson CommentsJ. C. | January 16, 2008 9:59 AM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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"If people don't need to go out?", people plan for this, people take time off work for this, people cancel trips for this, people make sure they are there. And everyone did.
"The court made calls to media?", so why would the media not broadcast the cancellation? That does not sound right.
Even so, why did they let everyone in if it was known there had been a cancellation? Some people were dropped off at the site, just to call their rides half-an-hour later to come back and pick them up. Was the building staff not informed either? That does not sound right.
Overall this shows a bit of lack of respect for people, and not a good example for soon-to-be American citizens, from a country which has overcome so much adversity, and all because of some light snow. Who did the cancellation serve? Not the 400 people, they made its way there. Not the public, roads were still busy on the way there. The only people the cancellation served where the few court officials that did not show up.