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Subject: All Eyes on FergusonFrom: Patricia Bynes - Ferguson
Township Democratic CommitteewomanDate: 4/2/2015 8:00 AMTo: Nick
Kasoff
Citizens for Patricia Bynes
Nick --
The events that have taken place in Ferguson and the St. Louis
region
since last August have changed our world forever. Fifty years
after Selma
and the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the actions in Ferguson
and other
cities across the country have exposed the open wounds in
our
communities.
Race relations have simmered here in Ferguson and this region
for years.
Too many city governments fund their municipal budgets with
highly
questionable traffic enforcement measures carried out by
mostly
white police departments, and backed up by a draconian court
system. Racial profiling of African Americans in the region,
oppressive and
unconstitutional police tactics, and municipal courts handing
out harsh and
excessive fines have led to solidify the institutional racism
experienced in
the community. These findings were indicated in the Department
of Justice
Report on the Ferguson Police Department and Ferguson Municipal
Court
released earlier this month.
The DOJ Report has already served as a catalyst signaling to the
old
establishment in Ferguson that things must change. We have seen
a
series of resignations including the City Manager and the Police
Chief. A
broad multi-racial coalition calling for change has been
registering new
voters for more than six months, but we need to make sure we get
them to
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the polls on Election Day.
My campaign committee has developed an aggressive GOTV
effort
but we need your help! Please click here to make a secure
online
donation of $25, $50, $75, $100, $250 or any other amount and
help us
raise the funds we need to execute our plan. Please do not
delay.
Now the moment of accountability is upon us. The April 7th
elections are
just days away. This date marks another opportunity for real
change in
Ferguson and will operate as a signal throughout the region that
Black lives
matter to all of us. In that spirit, our coalition is supporting
three strong
candidates for the Ferguson City Council.
In the 1st Ward, our candidate is Ella Jones, a 36-year
Ferguson
resident who comes from a strong union family and will bring
an
independent voice to the council. She has 3 opponents which
means every
vote will count in her race.
In the 2nd Ward, we are supporting Bob Hudgins, a protest leader
and
former journalist who is making transparency in government
and
accountability his platform. Bob's opponent is current Ferguson
Mayor,
James Knowles predecessor, who, during his tenure as Mayor,
hired both
the City Manager that recently resigned and signed off on the
widely
discredited Police Chief.
In the 3rd Ward, we are enthusiastically backing Lee Smith, a
retired
union electrician and the first African American President and
Business
Agent for a local IBEW union in the Midwest. Lee is also a
widower who
has raised ten children in Ferguson and is committed to
rebuilding trust in
local government. Lees opponent is a lawyer, as well as a
prosecutor in
one municipality, while serving as a judge in a neighboring
municipality.
This is exactly the circle of influence that needs to be stopped
in the
municipal courts locally and throughout the region.
Please, click here to make a secure online donation today of
$25, $50,
$75, $100, $250 or any other amount!
If youd prefer to donate by check, please make your checks
payable
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to Citizens for Patricia Bynes and mail to:
Citizens for Patricia Bynes
c/o Majority Strategies
393 N. Euclid Ave. Ste. 220
St. Louis, MO 63108
All three of our candidates have been working hard, making phone
calls
and knocking on the doors of Ferguson residents in their wards
to meet
them, listen to their concerns, and talk about how they want to
improve their
city. Lets bring home a victory for the residents of Ferguson
by
electing the candidates who will address the issues and begin
to
move our city in a better direction.
Sincerely,
Patricia Bynes - Ferguson Township Democratic Committeewoman
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