Last week, I did our first cut of analysis after the Village of Camden’s Mayoral Forum (full video), then Jared Hunter followed with his thoughts. This week, we’ve reversed the order. You can find all the video broken down by question here. Monday’s public forum for the city council candidates at the Camden Village was … Continue reading Where Politics Lives by Jared Hunter…
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The Camden Village City Council Forum (Full Video)
Last night, the Village of Camden hosted a City Council forum. Five of the 9 candidates (competing for three at-large positions) showed: including mayoral candidate Ray Lamboy’s slate of Tracey Cooper Hall, Namibia El, and Quinzelle Bethea, as well as April Saul and Falio Leyba Martinez who are not affiliated with any moral candidates. I’ll … Continue reading The Camden Village City Council Forum (Full Video)…
What Council Candidates Should Learn from Mayoral Forum by Jared Hunter
Jared Hunter’s latest provides another take on last week’s mayoral forum, and sets the stage for tonight’s City Council Forum. Come join us at the Village tonight! It’s not new to the city for leaders to come in promising things left and right and the community slowly begins to open up and then eventually the … Continue reading What Council Candidates Should Learn from Mayoral Forum by Jared Hunter…
Who Suspends the Highest Percentage of Camden Students? Freedom Prep
There’s a growing consensus that suspending students is extremely problematic. The American Education Research Association sums up the research and critiques with two succinct tweets (h/t Keith Benson, who pointed me towards these): Researchers have found that being suspended or expelled tripled the risk of involvement with juvenile justice. #AERALectures— AERA (@AERA_EdResearch) April 12, 2017 … Continue reading Who Suspends the Highest Percentage of Camden Students? Freedom Prep…
Ray Lamboy Wins the Village’s Mayoral Straw Poll, Shows Early Organizational Strength
It’s early in Camden’s Democratic Primary. Monday night’s mayoral forum kicked off campaign season here in the city, where both mayoral and city council candidates will be sprinting from today (when candidates are getting calls about their validated signatures) until the June 6th primary. In a sense, the horse race has already started — there’s not … Continue reading Ray Lamboy Wins the Village’s Mayoral Straw Poll, Shows Early Organizational Strength…
The Village of Camden Mayoral Forum (Full Video)
Election season is upon us. Last night the Village of Camden hosted the first forum of the mayoral primary. Analysis to come, but here are the basics: frontrunner and City Council President did not attend. Challengers Theo Spencer and Ray Lamboy both did. I’ve included video broken down by individual question, so you can see … Continue reading The Village of Camden Mayoral Forum (Full Video)…