Consider where the Democratic Party was in 2001 when I came to Braddock, PA; just a few years prior:
“Ended Welfare as we know it” 👈
The infamous Crime Bill. 👈
Instead, I came to work against our nation’s raging inequality in one of the most marginalized places in PA.
“Ended Welfare as we know it” 👈
The infamous Crime Bill. 👈
Instead, I came to work against our nation’s raging inequality in one of the most marginalized places in PA.
I’ve never had to “evolve” on core values like:
✅ Living Wage.
✅Healthcare a fundamental right.
✅ The Union Way of Life.
✅ Environmental Justice.
✅ Compassionate Immigration Reform.
✅ Criminal Justice Reform.
✅ LGBTQIA 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 Equality
✅ Ending the War on Drugs.
✅ Living Wage.
✅Healthcare a fundamental right.
✅ The Union Way of Life.
✅ Environmental Justice.
✅ Compassionate Immigration Reform.
✅ Criminal Justice Reform.
✅ LGBTQIA 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 Equality
✅ Ending the War on Drugs.
✅ Rebuilding distressed communities.
✅ Power of a 2nd Chance.
✅ No places left behind.
✅ Legal Weed for USA. 🇺🇸
✅ Your zip code must not be your destiny.
For 20 years, as a social worker, mayor or Lieutenant Governor, I’ve always fought for what I know to be true.
✅ Power of a 2nd Chance.
✅ No places left behind.
✅ Legal Weed for USA. 🇺🇸
✅ Your zip code must not be your destiny.
For 20 years, as a social worker, mayor or Lieutenant Governor, I’ve always fought for what I know to be true.
Back to 2007, as the ONLY elected official in Western PA opposed to running a 4 lane interstate- the Mon-Fayette Expressway- through poor black communities like Braddock.
post-gazette.com/opinion/2007/0…
post-gazette.com/opinion/2007/0…
Or breaking Pennsylvania and Federal law to officiate the first gay marriage 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ by an elected official in Pennsylvania.
wtae.com/article/braddo…
wtae.com/article/braddo…
And fighting for 2nd Chances for people like Corry Sanders who couldn’t be fully free until the past was closed: post-gazette.com/local/south/20…
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