Momentum PAC hosted the "Candidates and Cocktails" event last Wednesday @ Faces Bar and Lounge in 3rd ward and I had the pleasure to meet some of the candidates and get a real live impression of each person's personality and point of view. Sometimes at these types if events you can have a lot of intellectuals and "socialites" that can have a tendency to look down on normal folk, that at the end of the day, are the same people that they want to help so intensely. This was the complete opposite...
It was an open forum where every question was answered with a sincerity and honesty that you don't necessarily expect when you speak to politicians this day and age. It was refreshing to to be received and acknowledged which I feel is what a lot of Americans are looking for when it comes to these types of public figures. We've had enough double talk and broken promises. We want to see results and I believe that the candidates the Momentum P.A.C have chosen to endorse represent the change we would like to see in our cities and communities on every level.
In my opinion, one of the most crucial issues this election cycle is the election of judges. Particularly in the black community, where the incarceration rate is extremely high, we need to have judges in place that will not only properly interpret the law but have other options as a form of redirection for lost brothers and sisters instead of just "lock up" with no hope of education or reformation. This year a historic number of African American judges will be running for office. Please do your duty as an American and VOTE. Don't let our ancestors sacrifice and struggle be in vain.
Below are links to more information regarding candidates, polling places, and any other questions you might have about your right to vote.
Special thanks goes out to David Anderson and James Donatto.
http://www.harrisvotes.com/
http://www.raiseyourvote.com/
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