Under many names – including Paul Leka’s GLENWOODS – this song was written by Leka, Gary DeCarlo [sang the lead] and Dale Frashuer in the early 60’s. This 1969 version lipsyncs an earlier recording…fronted by Leka’s 1969-70 road band STEAM.
I probably went to elementary school in the East End of Bridgeport with some of the originals. 🙂
Eideard 
▶️ “GSA Holds the Key to When or If Biden Gets Access to Full Transition Resources : With President Trump’s campaign threatening lawsuits, it is unclear when GSA would grant access to full transition resources.” (GovExec November 6, 2020)
▶️ “A nonpartisan group of officials and presidential transition experts have urged the Trump administration to immediately begin the process of transferring executive power to President-elect Joe Biden.
In a letter, the Center for Presidential Transition called on the General Services Administration to “immediately begin the post-election transition process.” (UPI 11/9/20) https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/11/09/Nonpartisan-group-calls-for-key-federal-agency-to-begin-Biden-transition/1231604936109/
▶️ “President-elect Joe Biden’s campaign is urging the head of the General Services Administration (GSA) to approve the beginning stages of an official transfer of power as President Trump refuses to acknowledge the outcome of the presidential election.
A GSA spokesperson told The Hill, however, that Administrator Emily Murphy, a political appointee named to the post by Trump, is waiting to determine that “a winner is clear.” (The Hill https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/525083-biden-campaign-pushes-gsa-chief-to-approve-transition
▶️ “Here Are All the Lawsuits the Trump Campaign Has Filed Since Election Day—And Why Most Are Unlikely to Go Anywhere” (TIME 11/8/20) https://time.com/5908505/trump-lawsuits-biden-wins/
▶️ “Trump team vows more lawsuits in key states, as top Republicans mum on projected Biden win” (Fox News 11/8/20) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-legal-moves-top-republicans-mum-projected-biden-win
♳ “President Trump announced the ouster of Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper on Monday, marking the exit of Trump’s fourth Pentagon chief and naming a senior intelligence official to take his place.
“Mark Esper has been terminated. I would like to thank him for his service,” the president said on Twitter.
Trump said that Christopher Miller, head of the National Counterterrorism Center, would immediately become acting defense secretary. “Chris will do a GREAT job!” Trump said. (Washington Post) https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/defense-secretary-mark-esper-fired-trump/2020/11/09/9b7cbcbc-a5b9-11ea-8681-7d471bf20207_story.html
♴ “The final straw, which took months to break the camel’s back, was Esper’s belated public rejection in June of the active-duty military to put down nationwide protests against institutional police racism. Just days earlier, he had supported Trump by saying the military stood ready to “dominate the battlespace,” a comment that drew rebukes from national-security luminaries, including one of his predecessors, for its blithe portrayal of American cities as legitimate battlefields for the military.” (Daily Beast https://www.thedailybeast.com/mark-esper-who-flinched-at-military-crackdown-out-at-pentagon)
♵ Meanwhile: “David Bossie, who just days ago was tapped to handle President Donald Trump’s effort to challenge the results of the presidential election, has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Bossie’s diagnosis was disclosed hours after news broke that Trump Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson was positive with Covid-19, and days after White House chief of staff Mark Meadows was revealed to be positive with the virus.”
♶ Also: “The first witness Giuliani called at his press conference alleging voter fraud was a convicted child sex offender. Daryl Brooks is a perennial candidate in New Jersey who also owes thousands in overdue child support payments and served jail time in 1998 after being convicted of exposing himself to two young girls.” (Daily Mail UK) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8929777/Rudy-Giulianis-witness-claims-saw-voting-fraud-convicted-child-sex-offender.html
“James Anderson, the Pentagon’s acting undersecretary of defense for policy, resigned Tuesday a day after President Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper. Anderson had been assigned to second-in-command, but had been acting as the Pentagon’s top policy chief since June. “Now, as ever, our long-term success depends on adhering to the U.S. Constitution all public servants swear to support and defend,” Anderson wrote in his resignation letter, which came in advance of an expected request to resign from the White House.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-pentagon-s-acting-policy-chief-resigns-day-after-trump-fired-defense-secretary-mark-esper
“Official who once called Obama a ‘terrorist leader’ takes over Pentagon policy : Anthony Tata, a retired brigadier general whose nomination for a top Pentagon job collapsed this summer due to Islamophobic tweets and other controversial statements, began overseeing policy for the Defense Department on Tuesday.
On top of Anderson’s departure, defense officials say Joseph Kernan, undersecretary of defense for intelligence, and Jen Stewart, Esper’s chief of staff, will also be leaving the Pentagon as soon as Tuesday. Neither could immediately be reached for comment.” https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/10/pentagon-top-policy-official-resigns-435693
“The Pentagon elevated Trump loyalists to powerful positions a day after the sudden termination of Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. The moves also followed the resignations of multiple senior officials in the Defense Department. In a lengthy statement released Tuesday afternoon, the Pentagon said that Anthony Tata, Ezra Cohen-Watnick and Kash Patel had been promoted to key roles.” https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/10/trump-loyalists-promoted-to-powerful-pentagon-roles-after-esper-firing.html
“Trump administration removes senior defense officials and installs loyalists, triggering alarm at Pentagon” https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/10/politics/pentagon-policy-official-resigns/index.html
“White House tells federal agencies to proceed with plans for Trump’s February budget in latest sign of election defiance : The directive is a new example of Trump aides acting as if he won the election and won’t leave office on Jan. 20” https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/11/10/trump-federal-budget-post-election/
Anthony Tata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Tata See also Conspiratorial and inflammatory comments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Tata#Conspiratorial_and_inflammatory_comments
Ezra Cohen-Watnick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Cohen-Watnick
Kashyap Patel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump%E2%80%93Ukraine_scandal#Kashyap_Patel
(Washington Post 11/10/20): “Speaking about Trump’s and his legal team’s myriad and baseless claims of massive voter fraud [link], an anonymous senior Republican official offered a rhetorical shrug.
“What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time? No one seriously thinks the results will change,” the official said [link]. “He went golfing this weekend. It’s not like he’s plotting how to prevent Joe Biden from taking power on Jan. 20. He’s tweeting about filing some lawsuits, those lawsuits will fail, then he’ll tweet some more about how the election was stolen, and then he’ll leave.”
Indeed, what’s a little undermining of democracy between friends?” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/10/whats-downside-humoring-him-gop-officials-unintentionally-revealing-quote-about-trump-era/
p/s: “Exclusive: Esper, on his way out, says he was no yes man” https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/11/09/exclusive-esper-on-his-way-out-says-he-was-no-yes-man/
8AM MST, tomorrow morning, 11th
“The White House is instructing federal agencies to fire political appointees of President Donald Trump who are looking for job opportunities after Trump’s election defeat to President-elect Joe Biden.
A senior administration official says presidential personnel director John McEntee, the president’s former personal aide, told White House liaisons at departments that they should terminate any political appointees seeking new work while Trump has refused to accept the electoral results.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.
Trump’s term ends at noon on Jan. 20. Several thousand political appointees across the government will see their jobs end by that date.” https://fox2now.com/news/politics/white-house-wants-job-seeking-appointees-fired/
John David McEntee II (born May 9, 1990) is an American political advisor and former athlete who serves as the Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office in the Trump Administration. McEntee was asked to take on the role of body man and personal aide to the President shortly after Trump was elected. He was unable to obtain a security clearance and was dismissed in March 2018 amid allegations of gambling debts and financial crimes, but immediately took up a position as a senior advisor to Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign. McEntee controversially returned to working in the White House, becoming the Director of the Office of Presidential Personnel in February 2020. Controversy increased when Trump assigned McEntee the task of identifying for removal political appointees and career officials who are insufficiently loyal, a task that aligns with the President’s focus on acting against actual and perceived disloyalty.
Prior to working in the White House Office, McEntee was the starting quarterback for the UConn Huskies football team. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McEntee_(political_aide)
☐ Leaders at agencies across the federal government have been instructed not to cooperate with Joe Biden’s transition team until President Donald Trump finally accepts that he’s lost the election, The Washington Post reports [link]. The report states agencies have been told to ignore communications from Biden’s team until his victory is confirmed by the General Services Administration—an agency that, in normal times, signs the paperwork to start the transition, but its Trump-appointed leader has so far refused to do so. One senior administration official told the newspaper: “We have been told: Ignore the media, wait for it to be official from the government.”
On Monday, a Biden transition official said legal action is “certainly a possibility” when asked how they plan to resolve the obstruction [link]. https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-instructs-agencies-to-ignore-bidens-transition-team-until-trump-accepts-defeat-says-reprt
☐ “Trump’s Challenge to Vote in Arizona, Where Biden Leads by 14,000, Involves Just 180 Votes: Attorney” https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-challenge-to-vote-in-arizona-where-biden-leads-by-14000-involves-just-180-votes-says-attorney
☐ “The White House has removed the head of the program that produces the federal government’s most definitive scientific report on climate change, according to three sources with knowledge of the move.
Michael Kuperberg had worked as executive director of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which produces the National Climate Assessment. The move comes just days after the White House tapped Betsy Weatherhead to lead the sweeping climate study. Weatherhead joined the U.S. Geological Survey after working at climate analytics firm Jupiter Intelligence.” https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/09/trump-removes-head-of-climate-science-report-435620
● “JOHN BARSA, President Donald Trump’s acting head of the U.S. Agency for International Development privately told political appointees on Monday that, despite Biden’s victory, the transition of power has not started and will not begin until EMILY MURPHY [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_W._Murphy ], the administrator for the General Services Administration acknowledges the outcome of the election.
Barsa announced the departure of Trump appointee BONNIE GLICK from USAID November 6th.” https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/09/trump-agency-official-privately-says-no-transition-is-in-place-after-bidens-victory.html [Bonnie Glick, the second highest-ranking official at the US Agency for International Development, was ousted Friday, two sources familiar with the situation told CNN. Glick’s removal from the deputy administrator post came the same day that John Barsa’s term as acting administrator of the agency expires under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, and sources believe that she was fired so he could remain at the helm.” https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/06/politics/bonnie-glick-ousted-usaid/index.html ]
“At the meeting, USAID leaders were plowing ahead with Trump administration developments, almost as if Trump had won.
On the call, they announced a new USAID White House liaison. CATHERINE O’NEIL, a former Trump official in the U.S. State Department, will be the new White House liaison for the agency, BARSA said.
O’NEIL said she was on the campaign before rejoining the administration. She reportedly is the daughter of GEORGE O’NEIL JR., a Rockefeller heir and conservative writer. O’NEIL is replacing WILLIAM MALONEY, who, as CNBC reported, was being criticized from within the agency for the way he handled his role.” (see https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/10/usaid-hit-with-low-morale-controversial-hires-under-trump.html ).
● Reportedly “GEORGE O.NEIL, a supporter of Russia, was close to MARIA BUTINA and ALEXANDER TORSHIN, O’NEIL was not charged with any wrongdoing.” See 2018 article on his daughter CATHERINE O’NEIL, who had interned for California GOP congressman DANA ROHRABACHER & served on Trump’s 2016 transition team: “‘US Person 2’ in the case of alleged [and subsequently convicted] Russian agent MARIA BUTINA Maria Butina is GEORGE O’NEIL https://medium.com/@wsiegelman/us-person-2-in-the-case-of-alleged-russian-agent-maria-butina-is-george-o-neill-his-daughter-bb569202cf06
● Wall Street Journal (July 26, 2018): “Rockefeller Heir Was Contact of Alleged Russian Agent : GEORGE O’NEIL JR., conservative columnist, is ‘U.S. Person 2’ in MARIA BUTINA case.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/rockefeller-heir-was-contact-of-alleged-russian-agent-1532622860
● AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION FOR A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT (Re: ‘Person #2″. see FBI report, Relevant Persons and Definitions, Page 3 number 8.)
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1080766/download
“The Justice Department’s top election crimes prosecutor resigned Monday in protest after Attorney General William Barr told federal prosecutors that they should examine allegations of voting irregularities before states move to certify results in the coming weeks.
Richard Pilger, director of the elections crimes branch in the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section, told colleagues in an email that the attorney general was issuing “an important new policy abrogating the forty-year-old Non-Interference Policy for ballot fraud investigations in the period prior to elections becoming certified and uncontested.” Pilger also forwarded the memo to colleagues in his resignation letter.” https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/09/politics/william-barr-voting-irregularities/index.html
“The Justice Department May Have Violated Attorney General Barr’s Own Policy Memo : In a memo from May, the attorney general reminded Justice Dept. prosecutors to avoid partisan politics. Then a U.S. attorney in Pennsylvania announced an election investigation that had partisan overtones. https://www.propublica.org/article/the-justice-department-may-have-violated-attorney-general-barrs-own-policy-memo
“New Justice Dept. election fraud guidance could allow boosting of Trump’s exaggerated claims, legal observers say” https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/justice-department-election-fraud-trump/2020/10/07/b92a12c2-08d4-11eb-a166-dc429b380d10_story.html
“With President-elect Joe Biden’s lead in Georgia growing, President Donald Trump took to Twitter Monday night to claim victory in the Peach State.
For much of Monday, Biden’s lead was in excess of 10,000 votes. By 8:30 p.m., it had grown to 11,413.” https://www.wyff4.com/article/georgia-sec-of-state-respond-to-perdue-loeffler-call-to-resign-not-going-to-happen-1605014168/34628375
“Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue of Georgia demanded the resignation on Monday of Georgia’s secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, a Republican.
The two senators cited “mismanagement and lack of transparency” as the reason for their demand but did not cite evidence for either.
Raffensperger called their complaints “laughable” and said President Donald Trump remains on track to lose the state’s electoral votes to Joe Biden.” https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/09/loeffler-perdue-demand-resignation-of-georgia-gop-secretary-of-state-.html
“Trump’s recount team wants full hand-count of ballots” [nearly 5 million ballots were cast] https://www.wyff4.com/article/georgia-sec-of-state-respond-to-perdue-loeffler-call-to-resign-not-going-to-happen-1605014168/34628375
4,988,179 total votes registered as of 9 AM Tuesday [10.6 million people are residents of the state of Georgia] https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/politics/elections/live-updates-joe-bidens-georgia-lead-widens-to-more-than-12000/85-4d271ac6-8645-4e1b-9d9c-ae099e59673e
Recount laws in Georgia: https://ballotpedia.org/Recount_laws_in_Georgia
“Here’s the real reason Mitch McConnell won’t say Trump should concede” (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/10/politics/mitch-mcconnell-donald-trump-conceding/index.html
“Are presidents required by the Constitution to concede?” (Fox News) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/are-presidents-required-constitution-concede
“Deborah Birx has not been approached by team Biden about staying on as a government employee” (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/09/politics/deborah-birx-biden-coronavirus/index.html “A major caveat that could prevent Biden’s from reaching out to Birx thus far involves the new administration having to get permission from the current administration if it wishes to employ or officially approach anyone in the executive branch or any federal post.”
Presidential Transition Enhancement Act of 2019 [Public Law 116–121] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-15658/pdf/COMPS-15658.pdf
“Trump privately discussing 2024 run” https://www.axios.com/trump-2024-presidential-run-4add0d86-02be-41f9-b2fd-5aaca96ce6ce.html
“Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle are making moves to expand their influence at the Republican National Committee, three GOP sources, including advisers to the President tell CNN. Some sources say they may seek to take over the party structure themselves.
President Donald Trump’s eldest son and his girlfriend, a Trump campaign fundraiser and former Fox News host, have made it clear to campaign and White House officials they are unhappy with RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, who they view as not having done enough to win a close race.
Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle could seek leadership roles at the RNC to position the committee for a comeback run for the President in 2024, the sources said.” https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/10/politics/donald-trump-jr-kimberly-guilfoyle-rnc/index.html
“As president, Donald Trump selectively revealed highly classified information to attack his adversaries, gain political advantage and to impress or intimidate foreign governments, in some cases jeopardizing U.S. intelligence capabilities. As an ex-president, there’s every reason to worry he will do the same, thus posing a unique national security dilemma for the Biden administration, current and former officials and analysts said.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-possible-security-risk/2020/11/09/f19c853e-229e-11eb-952e-0c475972cfc0_story.html