Rowhouse Logic - Breathtaking Inanity

I’ve been thinking about change a lot recently. Significant changes in my own life, some brought about by me, others thrust upon me by an unforgiving world. But I’m doing OK, learning to accept things and moving forward with the changes I’ve initiated. Does anyone really love change? I don’t think so, but sometimes it’s necessary.

Next week, we have an opportunity to enact change in the District Attorney’s office of Philadelphia. Clearly, the methods of Lynne Abraham are no longer working, if they ever were. The murder rate appears to be spiraling out of control and under Abraham’s control, lots of suspects have been released because the D.A.’s office was not ready to prosecute the cases.

Look, I know we live in a large city and there will always be crime, but at least Lynne Abraham’s challenger Seth Williams knows what is wrong within the D.A.’s office and has ideas on how to improve it, ie. community based prosecution. We should give him a chance to prove himself. We’ve given Lynne plenty of opportunity and in my opinion, she’s failed.

Fear of change is a strong disincentive to take action. But next Tuesday, let’s conquer our collective fears and vote for a change.

See you at the polls.

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