THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2024 Page 5 Celebrate Mother’s Day and support women’s wellness with free Bluebikes rides from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts A s part of a month-long celebration for National Bike Month and Women’s Health Awareness Month, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (“Blue Cross”) will sponsor $5 Bluebikes credits each upcoming Sunday in May. WHAT: Blue Cross invites families and friends to take a complimentary spin on a Bluebike this Mother’s Day as part of National Bike Month and Women’s Health Awareness Month. On Sundays through the remainder of May, Blue Cross is off ering a $5 credit for Bluebikes rides, which can be redeemed for traditional pedal bikes or innovative e-bikes (additional per-minute fees apply), encouraging individuals to prioritize physical activity and reap the numerous health benefi ts of cycling. The credits are available for same day use, while supplies last. WHEN: Mother’s Day Sunday, May 12, 2024. HOW: Individuals can access the $5 Bluebikes credit for Sunday, May 12 with code BLUECROSSHEALTH12 in the Bluebikes app, and it can used across the Bluebikes system’s 13 municipalities for both pedal and e-bikes (per minute fees apply): Arlington, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Newton, Revere, Salem, Somerville and Watertown. WHY: Biking promotes physical activity and supports cardiovascular health, reducing stress while strengthening muscles. Blue Cross, the proud title sponsor of Bluebikes, encourages the community to join this fun and healthy celebration of moms and women’s wellness. ~ THINKING OUT LOUD ~ When Did We Stop Prioritizing Veterans? I By Sal Giarratani always read Bob Katzen’s Beacon Hill Roll Call. It highlights votes on amendments that we otherwise do not even know what happened to, as our state legislators vote measures up or down and often quickly and silently. As I read Katzen’s Roll Call on May 5 in the Advocate, I noticed the vote on House 4600. The House rejected an amendment on a 27-129 vote that would prioritize honorably discharged homeless veterans for eligibility for placement in the shelter assistance program. As someone who enlisted in the US Air Force right out of high school back in 1966, we shouldn’t even need this amendment. In the past, it would have been just common sense that veterans move to the front of the line when in need. Yesterday, such a thing would have been common sense but that was yesterday. The amendment’s sponsor was House Republican Leader Brad Jones, R-North Reading, and as Jones pointed out, “No individual who has served his country with valor and dedication should ever be forced to sleep on the street. Ensuring the well-being of homeless veterans, who have sacrifi ced so much for our country and our commonwealth, is not a policy decision, it is a moral imperative.” Apparently, only 26 other state reps agreed with him. Many Democrats called this bill a political ploy by the Republicans which was their excuse to vote it down the drain. The original reason behind the right-to-shelter law was to help not just veterans but all who lived in Massachusetts who ended up homeless for no reason of their own. Now, this law has been refi ned by Gov. Healey and Democrats up on the hill to provide housing for the overfl owing migrants coming into Massachusetts thanks to the Biden Open Border policies. Remember when Martha Coakley once stated it isn’t illegal to be an illegal in Massachusetts? Well, that has now become the reality. Legally present undocumented migrants are now seemingly no longer illegal in Massachusetts, they now need room and board, free food and so much more. Good country America, especially if you don’t come from here. Same for those 129 Democrats who pretend we don’t have a homeless veteran crisis here among us. When I was growing up in the 50s, I remember knowing a lot of WWII veterans. I also knew several who survived Pearl Harbor, too. They were heroes to all of us back in those days. I even knew a member of the Rough Riders who went up San Juan Hill with Col. Teddy Roosevelt in 1898. Our politicians have all gone far too woke for their own good and ours. Ronald Reagan once observed that America is always one generation away from losing its cherished freedoms. We must stand together. Kudos to the 27 mostly Republicans up on Beacon Hill who made the right vote on H.4600. Veterans like me thank them for their vote. Shame on the others. 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