Online Day of Action For Seth Williams
by ChrisApril 21st, 2005 7:19 pm
The group of bloggers participating in the Online Day of Action For Seth Williams has gotten big enough that I need to make a bulleted list.
- Young
Philly Politics - Above
Average Jane - Karl and Matt from Philly
Future - A
Smoke Filled Room - Alex Urevick from Music
For America - Dragonballyee
- Philadelphia:
America’s Hometown - Suburban
Guerrilla - Chris Bowers from
MyDD - The
West End - Swing
State Project
When I was writing my own post at around one this morning, I added a sentence including all of the known participants, who at that point included only Young Philly Politics and Above Average Jane. Being a pessimist, I was bit concerned about the possibility that the list might not grow beyond those two and myself. Let’s just say I love being wrong. Danielua from Young Philly Politics really did a terrific job of organizing the whole adventure, and it was great to watch it grow throughout the day even though I couldn’t really participate due to work constraints. There are still a few more hours left and I imagine this list will grow some more. Let’s hope it amounts to something. This election is very tough but very winnable. It would be oh so nice to see this one come out our way.
In Philadelphia, as in any city or region dominated by one party, the primaries are the only place where a citizen really gets the chance to vote for change and not have that vote burried in some brutal landslide. That’s why this primary matters, because we have the opportunity to vote for signifigant change and signifigant reform, and we have a candidate who can win. No doubt it’s a tough climb because the party’s apparatus is geared up to protect and promote the incumbant, and insurgencies ussualy die an meak and unglorious death.
Read what some of the people I linked to above had to write about Seth Williams and visit his site to read about him and his proposals for reforming the D.A’s office, and I think you will walk away impressed. If you aren’t, take the time to visit with him at one of his campaign functions, and I know you will walk away impressed. There is a great deal of work to do, and little time in which to do it. Get to work.
