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AF-AM News bits – February 2022
SOPHIA JEFFRIES Sophia Jeffries, who recently passed, was all the good things people said about her and more. She often reminded me that she was attending Howard University when I was there in the 60s. But, for some reason, I only vaguely remembered her from those days if at all. I didn’t really get to…
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AF-AM News bits – March 2022
SEPARATION OF POWERS IS REAL EVEN IN SPRINGFIELD Springfield’s Mayor Domenic Sarno is learning the hard way that the concept of the separation of powers that anchors all real democracies is real since the courts have broken the back of his many years of dictatorial leadership, which he and his small cadre of sycophants used to…
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AF-AM News bits – January 2022
LATONIA NAYLOR I mistakenly wrote in last month’s Bits that “no other candidate on the ballot” other than Justin and Denise Hurst received more than 6,000 votes. LaTonia Naylor also broke 6,000 in her win for the Springfield School Committee. IT NEVER PAYS TO PUT YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND It’s an ancient saying that holds…
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AF-AM News bits – December 2021
SPRINGFIELD MUNICIPAL POST-ELECTION BITS MY NOTES We endorsed nine candidates for contested offices in Springfield. Two lost, Jynai McDonald and Ayanna Crawford, and seven won. Two of the winners ran for City Council ward seats, Zaida Govan and incumbent Victor Davila, and the other five were At-Large incumbents, all of whom won (Justin Hurst, Kateri…
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AF-AM News bits – November 2021
VOTE AS IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT! Reprinted from October 1, 2021 By now you must have heard or read about the results of the Boston mayoral primary election in which the Black acting mayor was defeated along with two other Black candidates. They all lost to two nonblack candidates for many reasons, not…
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