Lynne and the Machine
by ChrisMarch 24th, 2005 1:31 pm
If you are interested in the May District Attorney primary featuring Lynne Abraham and Seth Williams, Young Philly Politics has a nice little write up today which discusses Seth Williams‘ apparent inability to gain much traction as yet. It’s still fairly early for a low interest primary such as this one, so I’m still quite hopeful. For a brief glimpse into how the facts on the ground suggest that it is well past time to shake up Philadelphia’s law enforcement agencies, including but not limited to the DA’s office, have a look at this morning’s post from Will Bunch. Granted, he doesn’t discuss Abraham specifically but current spate of murders and gun crimes in our city implicate the whole law-enforcement system and she sits at the top of that system. Machine politics are Keeping Abraham’s career alive. The situation is just too grave to accept that as ‘just the way it goes.’ It’s well past time for a change
