We here at TheSixthWard strive to be as objective as possible (though we have a particular interest in 6th ward residents), and we also welcome comments and suggestions from different people in the ward.
We are also working on policies to create a fair & just atmosphere for you, our readers to make decisions on candidates in the upcoming election. We will post that shortly.
There have been decisions made for the upcoming primary elections...
Final Summary of Decisions (December 8, 2009) by the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago as the duly constituted Electoral Board for the hearing and passing upon objections to nomination papers of candidates for the February 2, 2010 Primary Election in the City of Chicago:here are relevent decisions for the 32nd district (which made up 1/3 of the approximately 28 decisions made):
10-EB-RGA-15: (see also RGA-16, RGA-17): Andre Thapedi vs. Bobby Joe Johnson - Democrat - 32nd District State Representative - Objections Sustained - CandidateAs we can see, Syron Smith actually withdrew his nomination, while Bobbie Joe Johnson didn't have enough valid signatures. So it's Yvette Williams vs. Andre Thapedi.
OFF - 12/01/09 - Insufficient number of valid signatures
10-EB-RGA-16: (see also RGA-15, RGA-17): Yvette Williams vs. Bobby Joe Johnson - Democrat - 32nd District State Representative - Objections withdrawn and case dismissed as moot - Candidate OFF - 12/01/09 - See decisions in RGA-15 and RGA-17
10-EB-RGA-17: (see also RGA-15, RGA-16): Donald Tucker vs. Bobby Joe Johnson - Democrat - 32nd District State Representative - Objections Sustained - Candidate OFF - 12/01/09 - Insufficient number of valid signatures
10-EB-RGA-18: (see also RGA-19): Andre Thapedi vs. Yvette Williams -
Denmocrat - 32nd District State Representative - Objections Overruled - Candidate ON - 12/08/09 - Sufficient number of valid signatures
10-EB-RGA-19: (see also RGA-18): Donald Tucker vs. Yvette Williams - Democrat - 32nd District State Representative - Objections Overruled - Candidate ON - 12/08/09 - Sufficient number of valid signatures
10-EB-RGA-20: (see also RGA-21, RGA-22): Yvette Williams, Virgil E. Jones vs. Syron M. Smith - Democrat - 32nd District State Representative - Petitions withdrawn and case dismissed as moot - 12/08/09 - See decisions in RGA-21 and RGA-22
10-EB-RGA-21: (see also RGA-20, RGA-22): Andre Thapedi vs. Syron M. Smith - Democrat - 32nd District State Representative - Objections Moot - Candidate OFF - 12/08/09 - Candidate withdrew
10-EB-RGA-22: (see also RGA-20, RGA-21): Donald Tucker vs. Syron M. Smith - Democrat - 32nd District State Representative - Objections Moot - Candidate OFF - 12/08/09 - Candidate withdrew
10-EB-RGA-23: Virgil E. Jones vs. Andre Thapedi - Democrat - 32nd District State Representative - Objections Overruled - Candidate ON - 12/01/09 - Valid Statement of Economic Interests Receipt
A question i have ...who is Donald Tucker? He seems to support Andre Thapedi, but Rep. Thapedi has made his own objections...
If only I had been more cognizant of those comments and found IP addresses and what not. Saying that because those comments almost reek of shenanigans as it only distracted from the issues of this race.
ReplyDeleteAs for bias, well someone made a judgment that I didn't think was correct. We haven't really discussed Syron Smith's campaign on this blog other than his initial campaign announcement. Any further updated provided by Smith himself would have been seen on both Twitter and our Facebook Page.
At the same time we have had videos of Smith outside of politics. Particularly we've over time had videos of him in the throes of his activism. His primary mission is as a community activist and a very active one at that.
BTW, I found some videos of Smith in Michael Madigan's neighborhood. I posted those on the Facebook page, but I plan to post them on different venues than here. I will link to them when I finally post them. The story seems to be getting more interesting.