By Pat Bryant | Hundreds of tax paying citizens crammed into Jacksonville’s IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) Hall to hear what Senators Rick Scott, Ashely Moody, and Congresspersons John Rutherford, Kat Cammack and Aaron Bean had to say about the current state of America. However, none of the invited guests attended. Time was not wasted as almost nearly 20 speakers took the opportunity to share their sentiments about the empty chairs in an auditorium of White Democrats and Republicans.
Honorable Glorious J. Johnson, former at-large Jacksonville City Council person, and former public school teacher, treated the microphone like an old friend as she spoke passionately about everything from voting records to disenfranchisement. She asked whose communities do the missing politicians care about? “Not the single mothers struggling to afford childcare. Not the students in underfunded schools. And certainly not the Black families disproportionately impacted by the policies he backs. Florida deserves better. We demand better,” said Johnson.
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW Local 177) was founded in 1891 to give workers fundamental human rights. Today The IBEW boats 750,000 members across the nation.
*Pat Bryant is a long-time journalist, human rights organizer in the southern United States. He may be reached at pat46bryant@gmail.com.
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