It’s Thanksgiving Rep. Vanessa Brown & Others; James Sullivan Joins Boycott by Van Stone vspfoundation@yahoo.com (215) 747-8746

It’s Thanksgiving Rep. Vanessa Brown & Others; James Sullivan Joins Boycott
by Van Stone vspfoundation@yahoo.com (215) 747-8746



Philadelphia – It’s official. Now that people of diverse races in both Philadelphia and nearby Delaware counties have celebrated their own President Elect Barack Obama to the White House we need to take a look at what is happening and has happened in local elections. But first let's make something clear to all the non-voters in Philly and Delaware County. This is a time when approximately, 61% white folks, 57% Latino folks, and nearly 30% black folks, voters can claim that they are actually co-owners of the first black president of the United States of America in the White House due process. And this is extremely important to them because now they can truthfully understand what it means for anyone to covet what they own in politics. Neighbors, political parties, and even certain religions are jealous of what these voters for President-elect Obama have. So, it just might be a long time coming before voters for Obama would be able to celebrate a day of giving thanks for the Obamas. Sad to say, givers somehow end up stomped on.

However, there are so many people who are the recipients of votes given to them during the past historic United States 2008 Presidential Election that they alone are able to be the local political reenactment of what became Thanksgiving. And we all know what Thanksgiving was originally about. Thanksgiving was about a group of independents giving thanks for getting something for nothing and then planning their way of life as never proposing to give anything in return for the hard efforts of others except for saying thanks. So, again today the people that I am talking about who easily reenact the Thanksgiving takers are our local elected Democratic and Republican politicians, newly and re-elected, who gained Pennsylvania House of Representative Honorable State Rep. seats. Our Legislators. And I am especially speaking about Democratic State Reps. who are Members of the House 2008 serving Philadelphia County (Part). Now that they won, running as a Democrat during the Obama v. McCain presidential election, winning means that nothing is expected of them. And you better believe they know it! Here’s why.

Take newly elected State Rep. Vanessa Brown for example. Rep. Brown won in a Democratic dominated demographic area. She will be seated to serve a very small but largely diverse populations of about say 30,000. Rep. Brown’s challenger got only 300 or so votes. In a high and emotional voter turn out, but having absolutely nothing to do with her, Rep. Brown got a whopping 97% of the vote. Facts are that Rep. Brown could not possibly have known personally or otherwise, over 25,000 people in her West Philly neighborhood. It’s just not possible for thousands of people to come out and have personally voted for Brown because from what most of her neighbors understand she is not a native Philadelphian. Yes, voting is and can be personal. In other words, the ways to successfully get to know that many people by name, address, and phone number in a particular community is to be either a traveling minister serving in a district, or a person who is attending at least 6 mega churches of 5,000 members each. Or be a close relation of a popular person who is known for giving whatever they have to families during good times and tough times. Other State Reps who received with nothing more expected in return but thanks was Rep Jim Roebuck. Roebuck got triple thousand vote digits and had no challenger at all. Legislator is an occupation. Can voters stop giving to them?

Speaking of giving to someone and expecting something in return: When you give your time to support a boycott of a newspaper that discriminates you should take pointers from someone with experience in these matters. That someone with experience in protesting bias is none other than James Sullivan, West Philly activist since 1958.

James Sullivan has joined Darryl T. Nutter Sr. and my boycott of Delco Daily Times because he says that the Delco Daily Times has not properly reported on the record inmate count in Delaware County Prison by the hands of certain Media Courthouse Common Pleas judges. Sullivan says that Delaware County prison totals outspace Bucks County, costing the city of Philadelphia millions a year. Thousands of low-income dads who had custody have been put behind bars by judges who recuse themselves once the victims make complaints. (Darryl T. Nutter Sr. contributed to this article.)