Let me tell you what’s happening in Cottleville and why every red-blooded American in this town should be alarmed.

Our new mayor, Stephen “Shady” Thompson, came to office promising “progress.” What we got instead was a cultural wrecking ball dressed in a suit. Thompson, originally from Tamil India, wasted no time before dropping his first little “reform” on us: he wants to  start government meetings with prayers from different religions which no doubt would include Hindu chants, Muslim invocations, and who knows what else next time. Shady Stephen claims to be Catholic but don’t be fooled . He’s a chameleon, just as lost in Catholic doctrine as he is in Robert’s Rules of Order.

Let’s be real, this isn’t about inclusion. It’s a calculated slow creep to dismantle everything this town stands for. You don’t need a bulldozer to destroy tradition, you just need a smiling politician who chips away at it, bit by bit, while calling it “tolerance.”

First, it’s a Hindu prayer before city council. Then it’s an Islamic blessing over school board meetings. Next thing you know, we’re not allowed to say “Merry Christmas” without getting side-eyed by some DEI consultant.

This is not what Cottleville is about. We’re not some blank slate for political newcomers to paint their globalist murals on. We’re a traditional American town with deep roots and those roots are under attack.

Mayor Thompson didn’t come here to serve. He came here to change us  and not in the way we voted for. He’s not fixing our roads. He’s not helping our small businesses. He’s not lowering taxes. He’s more interested in running a multifaith religious roadshow than actually leading.

Let me make something else clear: we’re not anti-immigrant. We’re anti-erasure. You come here, you live here, great  but you respect what’s already here. You don’t get to walk into a community and start rewriting its identity just because it doesn’t align with your world view.

Cottleville doesn’t need Hindu mantras, Islamic supplications, or Tibetan gongs ringing through town hall. We need leaders who understand and defend  what made this town great in the first place. And spoiler: it wasn’t spiritual tourism.

The founding values of this country  and this town  are worth defending. Because once they’re gone, they don’t come back. And if we keep letting leaders like Shady Thompson slowly chip away at them, soon enough, we won’t recognize Cottleville at all.

This isn’t about prayer. It’s about power. And it’s time we took ours back.