My introduction to hearing Pastor/Candidate Greg Edwards speak was at the Hip Hop forum last week. He spoke eloquently, staying on topic within the time allotted him. To his credit, he did not mention the campaign, even once. Edwards is running for the new 7th Congressional District, which for the most part is Charlie Dent's old 15th District.
He has built his non-demoninational Resurrected Life Community Church into a local social/political force for minority empowerment. He is CEO of the Resurrected Community Development Corporation, which developed from the church's social and educational ministries. He is also president of the board of directors for Power Northeast which sought to remove the previous Allentown school superintendent and replace him with one of their liking. They succeeded in that task.
I don't know if Edwards will succeed in his quest for congress, but he is certainly becoming a strong voice in the community.
photo from campaign website
ADDENDUM: An earlier version of this post misidentified POWER NORTHEAST as a component of the Resurrected Life Community Development Corporation, they are affiliated with Alliance For Sustainable Communities.
I saw a couple of interviews with Mr. Edwards and he is a great orator. However, because of his staunch support of minority representation, the Lehigh Valley doesn't need this one-sided approach in our political sphere. We need representation for all residents!
ReplyDeleteIn that effort to remove the superintendent, they smeared him as a racist. It was ugly! Those involved are contemptible people. it is that simple. Dr Mayo was a good man who devoted his life to public education. He took the slander hard, who wouldn't and after I was removed from the board Mayo was forced out.
ReplyDeleteNow the district is in big trouble, a 28 million dollar deficit, no reserve fund, a superintendent in over his head, a board populated by less than stellar self servers with nothing but bad ideas.
The school district is an example the "good works" of Greg Edwards. Take note of that voters.
Demagogues are always good speakers.
ReplyDeleteDent and now Paul Ryan are perfect examples of the take over of the GOP by the Bannon/right wingnuts under the fiction of Trump style "popularism." While successful in the gerrymandered deep red rural counties, the overall numbers for the GOP will decline, as former mainstream Republicans like Dent/Ryan are the ones whose seats are more likely to flip in 2018 and beyond. Educated suburban voters who had supported these Republicans are now becoming appalled at the anti-Planned Parenthood, anti-education, anti-union, anti-common sense gun control, anti-healthcare, abandonment of fiscal responsibility, yadda yadda rhetoric of the Trump GOP. The election of Connor Lamb in the Pittsburgh area was the canary in the coal mine for many of these now threaten "moderate" establishment style Republicans. Retiring and taking the money and run is a much more appealing prospect for them now.
ReplyDeleteLike reactionary Catholics who espoused a desire for a smaller, but more rigid orthodox church, the Freedom Caucus types are perfectly happy to
Dr. Mayo and his crowd certainly held a hand in the School District deficit! It did NOT occur in 1 year. Mr. Mayo and his sabbatical were paid for by taxpayers -ripped off I call it. Move on to some other suckers in the educational abyss.
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