[Summit] Kevin Jackson

[James Kelley]

Thank you.

On Sat, Oct 6, 2018, 10:35 PM Karina Holyoak Wood <karinahwood at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Upon that point we can most certainly agree.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 6, 2018, at 9:22 PM, James Kelley <jameskelley4444 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> My point is that he was negligent with his filings in 2004-years and that
> there was no authority to enforce any action again in 2006 when he ran
> again. He was still negligent and should not have been able to run. The law
> needs to be changed to prevent this lack of accountability and enforcement.
>
> I ask our representatives to change the law so that candidates that are
> negligent in their filings to be ineligible to run for office and that
> money flow in the city be better controlled.
>
> On Sat, Oct 6, 2018, 8:31 PM Karina Holyoak Wood <karinahwood at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Kevin Jackson has admitted he embezzled $127,000 from his nonprofit that
>> served youth from underserved communities.  He stole from the kids. And he
>> additionally used $12,000 from his “Friends of Kevin Jackson” campaign
>> finance funds to pay for his own personal expenses.
>>
>> This embezzlement happened over many years, and was not due to oversights
>> or mistakes or accounting errors. He didn’t file his campaign finance
>> reports because he was hiding his embezzlement.
>>
>> He lied to us, his constituents, repeatedly. This man was the Majority
>> Leader of the Providence City Council. He proclaimed his innocence and said
>> he would fight these charges in court. He refused to step down from his
>> seat after a grand jury indicted him for embezzlement. We had to recall him
>> from office- 3,000 of his constituents signed the recall petition and he
>> was recalled with over 90% of the voters in favor. He had the audacity to
>> file a lawsuit against  two of his constituents (Tricia Kammerer and me)
>> for seeking his recall. And now he has finally admitted the embezzlement
>> charges and faces prison time.
>>
>> There are no excuses to be made here.
>>
>> Karina Holyoak Wood
>> Ogden Street
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Oct 6, 2018, at 11:46 AM, James Kelley <jameskelley4444 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Kevin kelped many people for many years so it's sad to see it end like
>> this.
>>
>> It's possible that a couple of legislative and oversight reforms such as
>> better auditing and inspection of discretionary spending by the city could
>> mitigated or maybe even caught this and steered it in a different direction.
>>
>> Governor Raimondo intoduced a couple of bills last year that included
>> things like you can't run if you haven't filed all previous campaign
>> finance reports. Kevin started missing many in 2004. I hope our
>> representatives will help strengthen the rules better the process for all
>> involved.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 6, 2018, 9:14 AM Emlyn Addison <noisyblocks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I saw this too. All that time, money, and work to unseat him, as he
>>> protested his innocence while working the system to keep his post. A liar
>>> and a crook all along; where do they find these people?
>>>
>>> This is why we have oaths of office.
>>>
>>>
>>> Emlyn
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 10:02 PM Carol Cancro <cscancro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20181005/former-providence-city-councilman-kevin-jackson-admits-to-embezzling-from-track-club
>>>>
>>>> Carol C.
>>>>
>>>>
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