[Summit] Recall Update: Kevin Jackson Still Hasn't Filed Campaign Finance Reports

Thu Apr 27 15:20:01 UTC 2017

I will be voting YES as well....and add my grateful thanks for all of the
good efforts and community care by everyone who worked so hard to make this
happen!

A very well written op-ed by Tricia!  Thanks!

Best,
Lee C-T

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Robert Mathiesen <rmath13 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thank you one and all, Mark, Michael, Tricia, and anyone else who helped
> the effort along.  I greatly appreciate it.  (I'm voting YES, if it wasn't
> already clear from the previous sentences.)
>
> --  Bob M
>
> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 5:38 AM, Kelly Taylor <ktaylor at ktid.net> wrote:
>
>> Wow Tricia!
>>
>> Beautifully and concisely said.
>>
>> I left Ward 3 two years ago, so sadly, I cannot vote—if I could, I would
>> vote YES—get him OUT!  He has acted above the law for years by refusing to
>> tell us where his campaign funds have been coming from and going—and then,
>> to no surprise, he is accused of mis-using them.  Long before he was
>> indicted, I felt he should go.  NO ONE is above the law.
>>
>> I can’t vote on Tuesday, but I’ll be at the polls helping other people
>> vote.
>>
>> I lived in Ward 3 from 2001 to 2014 and now I am in Ward 2, not that far
>> away.  Ward 3 deserves better.  This city deserves better.  Council people
>> affect a lot more than the individual neighborhoods they each serve.  I
>> personally hope that each of you will vote YES to removing Kevin Jackson.
>> We owe it to the city of Providence to clean up our city council.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kelly
>>
>>
>> *KELLY TAYLOR*, IIDA, LEED GA, NCIDQ #018910
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>>
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>> On Apr 26, 2017, at 9:39 PM, Karina Holyoak Wood <karinahwood at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hear, Hear! Thank you, Mark and Michael for all your great work on the
>> Recall effort!
>>
>> Tricia Kammerer, the leader of the Recall Jackson grassroots campaign
>> wrote an excellent op-ed making the case for Jackson's recall that was
>> published in the Providence Journal:
>>
>> http://www.providencejournal.com/opinion/20170426/tricia-kam
>> merer--why-providences-ward-3-residents-should-vote-yes
>>
>> VOTE YES ON TUESDAY!
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Michael McGlynn <mmcglynn at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> >>This is an opportunity for you to make yourself heard.<<
>>>
>>> And this opportunity comes, in part, from the valiant and selfless
>>> efforts of some of our neighbors. Were is not for them and their generous
>>> donors, the councilor's frivolous challenges at multiple stages of the
>>> process could have scuttled this election.
>>>
>>> It also comes from *good* people in city and state government doing
>>> their job. All politicians are *not* the same.
>>>
>>> I for one, plan to mark that distinction on May 2.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Mark Binder <mark at markbinder.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Neighbor,
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday May 2, voters in Providence's Ward 3 have the opportunity to
>>>> vote to recall our City Councilor, Kevin Jackson.
>>>>
>>>> I've heard people complain, "It won't do any good. All politicians are
>>>> the same."
>>>> This is an opportunity for you to make yourself heard.
>>>> It will take about five minutes of your time. I encourage you to show
>>>> up and vote, no matter what you choose.
>>>>
>>>> One of the reasons for the recall is the long years of neglect by Mr.
>>>> Jackson of campaign finance rules
>>>>
>>>> Despite the recall process, Mr. Jackson has not filed a Campaign
>>>> Finance Report since February 2016.
>>>> As of today (April 26), he currently has all of 2016 reports listed as
>>>> past due*.
>>>>
>>>> Filing a campaign finance report is not rocket science. It's not
>>>> difficult. It's minor bookkeeping designed to show that an official is
>>>> being honest. It's an obligation of a public official. Mr. Jackson, who
>>>> gave your campaign money? Where did you spend it? We don't know.
>>>>
>>>> I'm voting to Recall Kevin Jackson.
>>>>
>>>> I encourage you to do the same.
>>>>
>>>> - Mark Binder
>>>>
>>>> *You can verify this yourself at: http://www.ricampaignfinance.c
>>>> om/RIPublic/Filings.aspx
>>>> Put "Jackson" in the Last Name/Org Name field.
>>>>
>>>> For additional information about why many citizens have called for a
>>>> recall:
>>>> https://recallkevinjackson.org/why-recall-kevin-jackson/
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thank You,
>>> Michael McGlynn
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Karina Holyoak Wood
>> 401-595-2999 <(401)%20595-2999>
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