TKC BREAKING AND EXCLUSIVE NEWS!!! LIVE FROM TONIGHT'S KANSAS CITY NAACP AUG. 7TH PRIMARY CANDIDATE FORUM!!!
This evening at The Bruce Watkins Cultural Center the Kansas City NAACP hosted a candidate forum attended by more than a hundred voters.
While the NAACP isn't making any endorsements, this is likely the only forum before the Aug. 7th Primary in the 3rd District.
Here are just a few images and what we heard at the forum . . .
3rd District Councilman Jermain Reed was in attendance and seemed to be listening closely.
On stage when we arrived State Senate District 7 Candidate Jason Hoslman was speaking. At the right edge of the image . . . Jackson County Sheriff Candidates George R. Poletis and Dwon Littlejohn.
The highlights of this part of the discussion . . .
Jason Holsman noted that his priorities as a State Senator included Kansas City Public Schools and building sustainable and working to develop a new economic model of sustainable jobs for the urban core.
In a lively part of the forum, the Sheriff's candidates discussed diversity and racial profiling.
Mr. Poletis emphasized his law enforcement record of working in a diverse field and experience in searching for the best candidate for the job.
Dwon Littlejohn cited employment numbers for The Jackson County Sheriff's office and noted that increasing the level of diversity was one of his main priorities. He intended to accomplish this goal by looking for job candidates already working in the prison system and searching for new applicants at Community Colleges.
Democrat Crystal Williams for MO State Senate and Incumbent Jackson County Sheriff Mike Sharp were not in attendance.
Eugene Stanford Jr. and Anamarie Jackson are NAACP members who helped to organize the informational event.
Johnson County NAACP Leader Henry Lyons and NAACP Member Ron Finley directed the forum and took questions from the crowd.
Candidates were eager to search for voters given that turnout in the primary is expected to be low.
Making his way inside the forum we captured this shot of MO House Rep. Brandon Ellington on his motorcycle.
Later we grabbed this shot of Rep. Ellington and MO House Candidate Sarah Gilloly sharing a brief conversation.
Republican 24th District Candidate Jonathan Sternberg was also in attendance which is encouraging given that he's unopposed in his primary.
Following scathing media coverage . . . MO Secretary of State candidate MD Alam was still campaigning hard. Here he is with Syed Asif (31st District), Share Alam (District 30), and spokeswoman Sharo Handcock.
Finally . . . I couldn't leave without grabbing this shot of AUTHENTIC STAGE DRESSES OF DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES ON DISPLAY FEATURED AT THE BRUCE WATKINS CENTER!!!
All things considered, it was a pretty informative evening and one of the few opportunities for Kansas City voters to ask questions of the candidates before the upcoming Aug. 7 Primary.
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GOP showed up. Cool.
Pretty shitty turnout, if ya ask me. So don't.
Ha.
Wonder why Sharp didn't attend? I guess its business as usual that he 's absent!!
Sharp never shows up anywhere.
NAACP should have searched the voters, not searched for voters.
But they gotta keep it real.
Will there be any other candidate forums TKC?
Sharp didn't attend because dewonne is a fucking joke to the rest of Jaco
Its obvious Randy Dunn isn't committed to his work as a planner or he would try to run for the city council where he could see the implementation of his plans instead of the state.
I didn't think Randy Dunn could be a city planner and run for office in a partisan. I would think he would be covered under the Hatch Act Freedom is so stupid for backing him
Randy Dunn?
A Forum moderated by Ron Finley. Priceless. After 8 years in Jeff City, that guy still never figured out that it's called a 'fiscal' note and not a "physical" note.
There is another candidate forum next thurs, 3 pm at KCPT. Ron will not be the moderator I am told.
Rumor has it that Randy Dunn *Jermaine Reed's buddy that he took out of town with him at the taxpayers expense
@11:31 Sharp didn't attend because the citizens of the inner city and the NAACP are a joke to Sharp! Sharp was scared and it showed.
Bonnaye Mims? Seriously??
No, Sharp just doesn't give a shit about wasting his time on people who don't ... Vote.
The only thing missing from the second to last pic was Apu from Kwik-E Mart. Also Ms Handcock has her nigger species confused. The Sand variety isn't hung like the African.
Why do people constantly confuse having endles meetings and forums with actual results? The same candidates who attended all the forums during the last city election are now in office and aren't doing squat as usual.
The turnout will be less than 10% in the August primary and much lower than that on the east side. But somehow talking to a handful of folks and each other at these meetings is what passes for a campaign.
And Poletis running on his record and experience? Good luck with that!
Sharp isn't scared, it would seem he is running a smart campaign, staying positive and focused as any good leader does, the only thing that happend last night was Littlejohn and Poletis pissing off a lot of folks. A handful of people attended, many got up and left becasue it was a joke. Many that didn't were staged by Littlejohn... Nobody that was in that room can argue that.
Sharp just can't talk in front of even small groups of people.
Now thats a bag of shit. No one walked out because they were pissed off.
And Diana Ross has what connection to KC? Or, was this exhibit just special ordered so that Jermaine Reed could visit the Watkins Center after hours to -- see how they feel all over his body.
@7:48 and exactly what is your definition of campaigning? Not attending meetings?
Do your research partner
@8:14 you weren't there so get your facts straight. Regardless, Sharp could have sent a representative. A good leader would have sent someone to the meeting on his behalf if nothing more than to pass out literature and yard signs.
Big Red Holsman was talking trash in the lobby after his part of the program where he said he was running against "a slut who was whore Jim Nutter and Dutch Newman."
I have never seen a candidate so confident of victory in a major race. Jason is not looking back! Crystal is not showing-up!
The Holsman quote was: "a slut who was a whore for Jim Nutter and Dutch Newman."
I thought Jason's use of past tense when it comes to Crystal was accurate.
@8:56 Your post is inaccurate, Jason spoke to only two people in the lobby as he left and I was one of them and the conversation had nothing to do with his opponent. Nice try!
@8:53 I was there!
One thing came out of the meeting last night, so it couldn't have been all bad.. I was undecided on the Sheriff's race, I am black, and would like to see us have a black sheriff. I can tell you for sure I am not voting for Mr. Littlejohn. I was dissapointed
@9:27 So Sharp made a decision as an elected official of Jackson County not to show up at a NAACP function. That's disrespectful to the citizens that believe in the good work that the organization does not only for the advancement of blacks, but women and other minorities. You can argue that it was a waste of Sharp's time because blacks don't vote, but he had no prbblem visiting these same groups when he was running for office the first time around. Now that it's time to speak about issues, he absent as usual!
@9:35 The purpose of the meeting last night was to educate voters about the candidiates. It's good that you made a decision on who you want to vote for after attending. That's what the meeting wanted to accomplish. As a Littlejohn supporter, I can assure you that he doesn't want people just voting for him because he's black. He wants people to vote for him because they feel he can do a better job than the current Sheriff. This election comes down to which candidiate can best improve the quality of life for Jackson County residents. We know that the Sheriff now has done a few good things but it is not enough in the eyes of Littlejohn suppoters who believe he can do more to reduce crime!
Hopefully they let all of the grandmothers in wheelchairs leave before Dewon drove off.
Grandma got run over by a deputy walking home from our house christmas eve
you can say theres no such thing dewon
but as for the judge and the police they believed
Mr. Little John doesn't know anything about budgets or driving or report writing or wearing a uniform properly or shooting a gun accurately or policy or procedure or basically anything pertaining police work. Mr. Little John does know how to whine, sue his employer, accidentally discharge guns, get free lunches with his badge, get Ice cream for his girlfriend, lie on police reports, lie about his education, and lie to his wife.
Duwon du yu run over grandmas?
8:56 is a liar
@10:03, 10:19, 10:23 hahahahahaha, you just made my day. hahahahahahaha
Sounds like nobody learned anything about what any of these people might actually DO if elected.
Another great meeting!
@10:47 well we sure didn't find out hat Sharp has done or will do either and he's in office so another politician not doing anything which is not hard to believe.
This is the bottom line, the meeting was a dabacle, ask any of the people that were there. Mainstream media made no mention of it at all, NONE. This was a non-event. The people that were there already new who they were voting for, except for maybe one that obviously decided Littlejohn wasn't the answer. Seems like knocking on doors is a better use of time than an event that gets no coverage and is attended by the same choir.
@11:04 The meeting had potential had all the candidates been there and encouraged the citizens to come out and get informed! The missing candidates sent a clear message to the public with their absence!
Interesting that I just got a campaign mailer from Judy Morgan that says she is endorsed by Jolie Justus?
Why would one lesbian endorse against another lesbian? She must know something.
Littlejohn is funny
MD and Littlejohn are 911 truthers
How tall would George Poletis be if he was not crooked and stood up straight.
There are no bad candidates, just bad posts about people. Making racial comments only hurts the process, hurts the voter turnout, and hurts the credibility of the office the candidates are trying to win.
7/20/12 9:36 AM
Get the facts on voting. According to the fact that whites are in a majority, based on percentages, they don't vote in great numbers either. I hope that most blacks don't buy into this crummy crap. Voting has decreased during recent years.
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