[Summit] SPAM-LOW: Marcus Mitchell

[Art Norwalk]

As a volunteer in Marcus Mitchell's campaign and 40+ year resident of 
Ward 3, I'd like to respond to Karen's concerns.

Marcus has deservedly taken credit as a leader of the effort that 
saved the library branches through formation of Providence Community 
Libraries, but never as the only person responsible for that success. 
It could not have been accomplished without the active participation 
of library advocates and ultimately the City Council. Marcus's key 
role in galvanizing all the related interests was recognized in his 
election as founding president of PCL.

Marcus became a community and economic development staff member in 
Senator Santorum's office because of his demonstrated experience in 
community service in the Philadelphia area. He has never shared the 
senator's views on social issues and his work did not involve them. 
His accomplishments while there included leveraging more than $1 
billion in federal funds for affordable housing, educational and 
healthcare facilities in low income communities, and labor skills and 
apprenticeship programs. Those skills would be welcome here.

In evaluating the two candidates, we should also take into 
consideration Councilman Jackson's failure to submit required 
campaign finance reports to the state Board of Elections since 2010 
and his failure to pay over $30,000 in fines levied by the board for 
failing to file the reports.

-- Art Norwalk

At 12:12 PM 10/29/2014, Karen MCA wrote:

>I have known and worked with both Kevin Jackson and Marcus Mitchell 
>on many issues, particularly due to my position as the union 
>representative for the Providence Community Libraries.
>
>Based on my experience, I have concerns about Marcus Mitchell's candidacy.
>
>In addition to his association with Rick Santorum, who holds 
>repugnant views on any number of issues I hold near and dear, I also 
>object to him taking credit for work preserving the branch libraries 
>in Providence when in fact there were several of us who worked on 
>this issue (with Kevin Jackson's support) long before Marcus got 
>involved and who continued to do the lion's share of the effort.
>
>Although I share the frustration that Kevin is co-chairing Cianci's 
>campaign and know that his responsiveness to constituents is a real 
>issue, I believe he has a much stronger record of supporting 
>progressive community issues.
>
>Thanks for listening.
>
>Karen McAninch, 22 Memorial Rd.
>
>Sent from my iPhone
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