Valerie Jarrett, Co-Chair, Obama-Biden Transition Project comes to the stage after the two round table discussions. She says she has been nervous about moving to Washington DC because she has spent so much of her career complaining about Washington DC. She is a long time Chicago resident.
Jarett continues with describing the President Elect Obama’s [...]
The other night I was offered a box ticket seat to see Tina Turner Live at the Verizon Center. I turned them down although it was presented to me by a distinguished and attractive African American man. I only wished I had a friend I could call that could make the ten minute curtain call. [...]
Sadly Senator Barack Obama’s grandmother died one day before his name was announced as the next President of the United States. He traveled to Hawaii to visit her. Many had speculated about his reasons for going to see her. He didn’t have to tell the world he might have known her battle with cancer was [...]
On October 30, Congresswoman Donna Edwards Hosted a “Save Your Home” Event at the Sports and Learning Annex in Maryland. Gov. O’Malley had a respresentative from his office present. She talked about the governor’s program. I have a video clip that I will post later describing some of the statistics and issues surrounding the bailout/corpwelfare [...]
Tonight’s presidential debate included the voucher system that has been implemented in D.C.. For those that don’t live in the nation’s capitol this maybe an unfamiliar topic. For those that live in the district and don’t have children in the public school system this topic is also very unfamiliar.
I can’t say that as a parent [...]
Sadly this question had to be asked. McCain continued to talk about Obama’s spending on his ad campaign that has been clearly more than the McCain Campaign. Current numbers estimate that Obama’s Campaign spends 4 million to 1 million of the McCain Campaign on ads. However, every campaign ad that McCain has put out is [...]
I grew up in the projects of Harlem and the Bronx. Most would love to believe that my mother was a young teen who had children out of wedlock. It is considered the norm for poor black women today. She was married, had two children, and then got divorced, in that order.
My [...]
