Lamont Jones
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I'm just a conduit that can help our city get to where we need to get to, bringing in the right individuals to move our city forward.
I'm just a conduit that can help our city get to where we need to get to, bringing in the right individuals to move our city forward.
When I did things wrong, I paid for it. Even when I was doing the right thing, they still made me pay for the things I did before. So if I can stand up to that and own it, why can't I?
When I did things wrong, I paid for it. Even when I was doing the right thing, they still made me pay for the things I did before. So if I can stand up to that and own it, why can't I?
I think we were fighting for the same thing at that moment, and he was showing support by showing up at my events, and we became more comfortable with each other through conversation.
I think we were fighting for the same thing at that moment, and he was showing support by showing up at my events, and we became more comfortable with each other through conversation.
So I left that meeting in the middle of it when I seen that he had pulled it off and I came out and I called him. He wasn't answering a lot of phone calls, but he took mine.
So I left that meeting in the middle of it when I seen that he had pulled it off and I came out and I called him. He wasn't answering a lot of phone calls, but he took mine.
I was like, man, dude, you just made history. I just made history, right? We both made a vow to each other that we would continue this fight on this side of the spectrum. We would go and stir it up. We would go stir it up and make sure that we're holding people accountable.
I was like, man, dude, you just made history. I just made history, right? We both made a vow to each other that we would continue this fight on this side of the spectrum. We would go and stir it up. We would go stir it up and make sure that we're holding people accountable.
He told me that I wasn't eligible to serve. And I said, show me where it says that I can't. Article 2, Section 7, Pennsylvania Election Code, where anyone with a conviction or infamous crime cannot hold public office, right? So I said, what the election code doesn't say is that I couldn't run, right?
He told me that I wasn't eligible to serve. And I said, show me where it says that I can't. Article 2, Section 7, Pennsylvania Election Code, where anyone with a conviction or infamous crime cannot hold public office, right? So I said, what the election code doesn't say is that I couldn't run, right?
So in that interim, this pardon process is lingering.
So in that interim, this pardon process is lingering.
I had a support letter for the pardon from the district attorney. So it encouraged me.
I had a support letter for the pardon from the district attorney. So it encouraged me.
You get in front of the board of pardons and you have to, you know, see what they're going to do.
You get in front of the board of pardons and you have to, you know, see what they're going to do.
Wonderful. To sum it all up, it felt wonderful.
Wonderful. To sum it all up, it felt wonderful.