Mr. Jackson
Not too long ago, two months ago to be exact, our dear Mayor of Philadelphia attempted to close down certain libraries throughout our city in order to save money. However, not everyone felt that he was doing the right thing even though he believed it to be the only choice he could make at such a serious time. Angry Philadelphians met Nutter head on and combated him to the bitter end on this issue until it was resolved and resolved it was. Mr. Wade Jackson is just one of the outraged citizens within our city and these are his words.
To Mayor Michael Nutter,
Mr. Nutter, in my opinion, for your first year as Mayor of Philadelphia, you have failed. Some of the things that you promised to do as our mayor you really didn’t do and it seems to me that you are trying to hurt the poor African American, whites, and Hispanic communities. For a mayor who is supposed to be about education and preaches to the youth about getting off of the corner, you sure do have a funny way of showing it by attempting to shut down libraries in certain parts of the city. There are a lot of families who cannot afford books or a computer for their children and with the libraries, they have a chance to utilize what is there in order to get school work done, obtaining a good job, or beginning a lifelong career.
If you were able to shut down the libraries, what would Philadelphians do? If you were put in this predicament Michael Nutter and your Mayor was attempting to shut down your neighborhood library, something that your daughter depended on, what would you do? I believe that you are abusing your authority in the wrong way, an example not only being the libraries, but also the Mummers, who have been here a lot longer than you or me. I can’t forget to mention the swimming pools that you are closing, leaving kids with only one option to stay cool, the fire hydrant.
To me, you just want to be on television all of the time instead of going into the poor communities around Philadelphia to see what is needed. You don’t even check on senior citizens to see how they are doing, or take a McDonalds bag to the homeless, yet you want everyone’s votes. When are you going to come into these poor communities Mayor Nutter and ask, “What is it that I can do to make things better for you?”
It seems that your main concern is yourself and violence. We need a mayor who will care for the poor communities in Philadelphia. Furthermore, you actually remind of George W. Bush, he ruined our country, and now you are destroying our city.
Thank you
Peak Johnson, The Student Vanguard, Staff Writer
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I FEEL THAT MR JACKSON IS SO RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING HE SAYS IN THIS LETTER TO THE MAYOR. NOW MAYOR NUTTER WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR THE POOR PEOPLE ??
Thanks for the reply Tina, Mr. Wade is a very informative and outspoken guy, I’m glad I can give him the chance to actually be heard. I am sure Nutter could’ve thought of a better way to split what money we have in this city up instead of trying to close libraries, but I also feel that he is only doing what he believes is right. He is, after all, telling us what he can and cannot do, instead of sugar coating it I think