Namuhla, kolunye lokhetho olubiza kakhulu emlandweni we-Pennsylvania State House - ingxenye enkulu ngenxa yeminikelo eya kobambe iqhaza evela kusozigidigidi kanye nommeli wesikole se-charter. UJeffrey Yass โ U-Cass Green ugijimela ukukhumula i-Rep. Amen Brown eSifundazweni Seshumi sase-Philadelphia, emncintiswaneni wokhetho lwango-2022. Okhethweni olwedlule, uGreen uthole amavoti angu-183 emfushane ngokumelene noBrown, obemele iSifunda se-190 ngaphambi kokuphinda ahlukaniselwe. Kusukela lapho, uBrown wangenela isicelo esingaphumelelanga sokuba yimeya yasePhiladelphia futhi usezibandakanye ukukhwabanisa.
Esekelwa izinhlangano ezifana ne-Working Families Party kanye nesahluko sase-Philadelphia seDemocratic Socialists of America (DSA), uGreen unethemba lokujoyina ibhentshi elikhulayo labakhethiwe abanenqubekela phambili esishayamthetho sezwe, okuhlanganisa noSenator wezwe osekelwa i-DSA u-Nikil Saval kanye nabamele umbuso u-Elizabeth Fiedler. kanye noRick Krajewski. Jacobin obambe iqhaza u-Peter Lucas ukhulume noGreen mayelana nesizinda sakhe ekuhleleni nasekusebenzeni komphakathi eHhovisi Lommeli Wesifunda sika-Larry Krasner, ukuthi uhlela kanjani ukusekela imfundo yomphakathi e-Philadelphia, kanye nezinye zezinkinga anethemba lokubhekana nazo uma ekhethwa.
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Isizinda sakho sisekuhlelweni komphakathi. Lokho okuhlangenwe nakho kukulolonge kanjani indlela yakho yokungenela ukhetho?
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โUmhleli womphakathiโ angasho izinto eziningi ezahlukene. Ngike ngaba nomsebenzi wokusebenzela ukuze ngiziphilise, kodwa futhi njengowesifazane nomama omnyama eMelika, ngicabanga ukuthi ngivame ukuba umhleli womphakathi ngokwemvelo. Mayelana nalokho, singabahleli bomndeni wethu, endaweni yethu, ezikoleni.
Ngiye ngayamukela leyo ndima ekuphileni kwami โโnezingane zami ezingizalayo kanye neqembu elikhulu kakhulu lentsha engilibiza ngokuthi โizingane zami zasesigodini,โ engiye ngabafundisa. Ngingumfundisi wezobuciko, futhi ngaqala uhlelo lapho ngafundisa khona izingane ezivela emphakathini mayelana nobuciko nokukhuluma ngobuciko futhi ngasebenza nazo ngokuhlukumezeka. Ngisho nokusingatha amakamu osuku kanye nemibuthano yodadewethu ekhaya lami - konke lokho kuyingxenye yokuba umhleli womphakathi kimi. Angikubheki njengokunomusa - kumayelana nokutshala imali emphakathini wakithi ukuze ngibhekane nokukhathazeka kwami โโโโngezingane zethu, ezomakhelwane bethu, nemindeni yethu, kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu bayafinyelela izinsiza.
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Ngo-2022, waqhudelana no-Amen Brown owayephethe futhi washodelwa ngamavoti angu-183. Kungani unqume ukugijima futhi?
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Ngo-2022, sashaya phansi ngonyawo futhi sakhankasa kanzima amasonto ayisikhombisa nje. Ngakho-ke sizizwe sishodelwa ngamavoti angu-183 ekuthatheni isihlalo kulowo osesikhundleni, sinesikhathi esincane kangaka eminyango, kwakusengumphumela omuhle kakhulu. Siphinde sabona sengathi lowo mkhankaso wabeka isisekelo wathumba la mandla aphethwe abantu adingeka kakhulu kwezombusazwe. Futhi nakuba singawinanga isihlalo, siqhubekile nokuhlela emphakathini.
Eminyakeni emibili kusukela okhethweni lwango-2022, ngangibona abantu bephuma - bahlangana nabo e-Aldi noma enkundleni yokudlala noma beqhuba amakilasi obuciko emphakathini - futhi babebuza, "Ingabe siyagijima futhi? Sesilungile. Asiyithole kulokhu.โ
Kuqinisekise inkolelo yami yokuthi ngo-2022, nesikhathi kusukela lapho, sakha inhlangano ejula kunomkhankaso owodwa, kunevoti elilodwa lokhetho. Ingqikithi yalowo mjaho bekuwukuhlangana nabantu abebedinwe yipolitiki njengenjwayelo futhi bengenaso isiqiniseko sokuthi izwi labo liyazwakala, kodwa sikwazile ukutshala ithemba kubona ukuthi kubalulekile ukuthi sibambisane.
Yilokho okungenze ngabona ukuthi ngisenabo laba bantu abeseka iziqondiso zomkhankaso nombono esiwubonayo weSifunda Seshumi. Futhi nakuba singawinanga, bahlala benethemba.
Ngangikhathazekile. Nganginendaba nendlela abantu abasisebenzise ngayo isikhathi sabo, amandla, nemali, futhi ngangingafuni badumale noma badumale ngemva kokuba sihlulekile. Kodwa lezo zinhlobo zokusebenzisana ezigqamise ukuthengwa kwabantu zingenze ngazizwa sengathi kubalulekile ukuphinda ngiqalise.
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Umehluko owodwa phakathi komkhankaso wakho wango-2022 kanye nalo wamanje ukuthi usujoyine futhi wagunyazwa u-Philly DSA.
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Bengingazi nge-DSA okokuqala ngqa. Abantu abaseduze nomkhankaso wami bangidlulisele ku-DSA, futhi ngathola ukuthi inqubo yabo yokungikhuthaza yayimangalisa. Bekucatshangelwa kakhulu futhi kubanzi. Bengingenalo ulwazi oluningi noma isizinda ngenhlangano yezenhlalakahle, kodwa ngifunde okuningi ngenhlangano ngenqubo yokugunyaza, ehlanganisa izinto zokufunda ezibanzi kanye nezingxoxo eziningana ezahlukene.
Kunginikeze ukuqonda kuwo wonke umsebenzi obalulekile abawenzayo nokuthi ngingaba kanjani ingxenye yawo, okuhlanganisa nokuxhuma abanye abantu engibaziyo okungenzeka ukuthi abayazi i-DSA. Ukubaluleka kokuba nenhlangano - ingqalasizinda, amathuba emfundo yezepolitiki, indawo yomphakathi - esingakwazi ukuhlangana ndawonye ukuze sifeze izinhloso zethu ngokuhlanganyela angeke kweqiswe.
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Kunenani elikhulayo labathuthukayo kanye nosonhlalakahle abaphethe ihhovisi kulo lonke elasePennsylvania, e-Philly ikakhulukazi - abanye babo bagunyaze umkhankaso wakho. Uma ukhethwa, umbono wakho wokuba sesikhundleni ungaba njani? Uhlele kanjani ukusebenzisana nezinhlangano ezifana ne-DSA kanye ne-Working Families Party kanye nabanye abakhethiwe abaqhubekayo?
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Ngizibophezele kakhulu ekugcineni le nhlangano yabasekeli kanye namaqembu asekelayo uma sengiphethe, ukuze sakhe uhlelo lweSifunda Seshumi ndawonye. Ngoba lo mkhankaso angiwubheki njengomkhankaso wami nje. Kungase kudingeke ukuba ngibe phambili, kodwa angilutho ngaphandle kwalo mphakathi.
Siyimbumba ebingagxilile nje ekukhankaseni. Lo mbono wokuthula, inqubekela phambili, namandla uyinto yangempela, hhayi nje umsindo ozwakalayo. Ngike ngakhuluma ngokuthi izishayamthetho ezehlukene sezinazo izinto emsebenzini, ngakho ukungena ezikhundleni, sibheke ukuthi singabaseka kanjani, bese sibheka izikhala nokwandisa kulowo msebenzi weSifunda Seshumi yikona okuhamba phambili. .
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Uqhudelana no-Amen Brown osesikhundleni, ochithe iminyaka embalwa edlule egcwele amahlazo. Ngokubona kwakho, isikhathi sakhe sokubusa besibukeka kanjani?
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Ukube u-Rep. Brown ubewuhlobo lommeleli nomholi emphakathini wethu engangizizwa ngizethemba, ngabe angingenele. Kodwa ngikhathazeke ngempela ngendlela esizihlela ngayo izinto zesikhathi esizayo. Ngibona sengathi eminye yemithetho ayisekelayo ayigcini nje ngokulimaza namuhla, kodwa ingaba yingozi emashumini eminyaka ezayo.
Enye yalezo zinto umthetho wakhe oyimpoqo wokugwetshwa okuncane, olimaza ngokulinganayo imiphakathi empofu kanye nabamnyama nabansundu. Ayikhulumi ngezimbangela [zobugebengu]. Kuyindlela yokwenza ubugebengu ngaphandle kokuvimbela, ukuphambukisa, noma izinqubo zobulungiswa bokubuyisela esimweni.
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Usebenzele Ihhovisi Lommeli Wesifunda Lika-Larry Krasner, okube wukuhlola okulangazelela kwabathuthukayo abahlose ukuguqula uhlelo lwezobulungiswa bobugebengu e-Philadelphia - futhi osekuthukuthelise ama-Conservatives amaningi aphikelela ngokuthi i-Left ithambile ebugebengwini. Ngabe yini isipiliyoni sakho ekusebenzeni kulelo hhovisi?
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Ngiyazi ukuthi sinezinkinga ezinzima ngobugebengu. Ngokubona kwami โโehhovisi le-DA, ayikho inkolelo yokuthi singavele sibe nezinxushunxushu futhi singabi nasibopho sokuziphendulela mayelana nobugebengu nokuphepha; udlame lwezibhamu luphansi e-Philadelphia.
Ngifunde okuningi ngokusebenza ne-Transparency Analytics Lab Yommeli Wesifunda kanye ne-57+ Blocks Coalition, emayelana nokuqinisekisa ukuthi idatha kulawa macala ifinyeleleka emphakathini. Leyo ngenye yezingxenye ezintsha eziphuma ehhovisi lethu le-DA nasePhiladelphia, futhi ihluke kakhulu. Esikhathini esedlule, omunye wemisebenzi emayelana nokuguqulwa kobulungiswa bobugebengu wawusekelwe ezinhlelweni ezingazange zisebenze ngokwesiko ukunciphisa ubugebengu kodwa kunalokho zakha izindlela ezengeziwe zokwenziwa kobugebengu nobumpofu. [Indlela yehhovisi lika-Krasner] iyindlela ehlanganisa konke ebonisa ukusebenzelana komphakathi.
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Ummeli uBrown usekelwa usozigidigidi uJeffrey Yass, onomlando wokunikela ukuze kumiswe abantu abathuthukayo ePennsylvania. Ukuphikisa kwakhe umkhankaso wakho kukubonisani?
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Umphikisi wami akagcini ngokuthatha imali kuye, kodwa nakwabanye abaxhasi beRiphabhulikhi abangamabhiliyoni. Esinye sezizathu ukuthi bazinikele ekwandiseni ukuba khona kwezikole eziqashiwe esikhundleni sokutshala imali emfundweni yomphakathi, osekuyinkinga ePhiladelphia amashumi eminyaka.
Olunye udaba esiFundeni Seshumi ukuthuthukiswa kwezindlu zikanokusho ngaphandle kokuxhaswa ngezindlu ezithengekayo. U-Rep. Brown naye akazange aphumelele Uhlelo Lokulungisa Ikhaya Lonke ukuthi uSenator Saval wethule [uhlelo lokuhlinzeka ngezimali zezwe ukusiza abantu basePennsylvania benze ukulungisa okubucayi kwezindlu zabo].
Umphikisi wami ubengomunye wabathathu be-House Democrats abavotela ukuthi kuphasiswe uMthetho 40 [umthetho onikeza umshushisi amandla akhethekile okuphatha ngamacala enziwa endaweni yeSoutheastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority], osula amavoti abantu abayizi-155,000 abavotele i-DA. I-Krasner - hhayi kanye kuphela kodwa kabili. Sine-DA ekhethiwe manje engase ithathelwe indawo ngumshushisi oqokiwe, okuyinto ebukela phansi inqubo yentando yeningi.
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Ukhulume ngamavawusha. Ngonyaka odlule, umbusi wasePennsylvania uJosh Shapiro akazange aphumelele ukudlulisa imali engu-$100 wezigidi, uhlelo lwevawusha yesikole esizimele oluxhaswe ngemali nguhulumeni. Futhi naphezu kokuba yiDemocrat ngokwakhe, wathola ukusekelwa ngabashayimthetho baseRiphabhulikhi. I-Philadelphia inomlando ocebile wabagqugquzeli bezinyunyana kanye nomphakathi abalwa nokwanda kwamashadi nezinhlelo zamavawusha. Wena umi kuphi ngalolu daba?
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Ngikholelwa ukuthi kufanele kumiswe izikole eziqashiwe, futhi ngiyawaphikisa amavawusha. Futhi, uhlelo loxhaso lwezimali lwasePennsylvania lwenziwe kuthathwa njengokuphambene nomthethosisekelo [ngenxa yokungalingani kwezomnotho]. Kunomlando wokungaphathwa kahle kwezimali ezikoleni zethu.
Olunye udaba engingaluboni ludingidwa ngokwanele wukufunda kwezingane zisencane. E-People's Emergency Centre, ngenze umsebenzi owawugxile kulokho, futhi ngingathanda ukubona lokho kubekwa eqhulwini ngoba konke kuqala lapho. Iphinde ihlanganise uxhaso lukahulumeni kanye nemfundo yomphakathi.
Akulona nje usuku lwesikole ngo-8 ekuseni kuya ku-3 ntambama Kumayelana nendlela owakha futhi uvuselela ngayo umphakathi, futhi ngikholelwa ukuthi lokho kungenzeka ngezikole zikahulumeni. Ngoba unabazali, othisha, abasebenzi, nezingane bonke endaweni eyakha umphakathi, futhi unamathuba okuhlela ngalowo mbono. Izikole zikahulumeni ezithuthukayo azigcini nje ngokuphathelene nokufunda; ziphathelene nokwakhiwa komphakathi okwenzeka ngaphakathi kwesistimu yezikole zikahulumeni ezixhaswe kahle.
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I-Philadelphia yaziwa ngobukhona bayo obuqinile benyunyana. Uthole izincomo ezivela ezinyunyaneni eziyisithupha ezahlukene. Ucabanga ukuthi kungase kubukeke kanjani ukusebenza nenhlangano yezinyunyana ukuze kuvikeleke ikusasa elingcono lesigaba sabasebenzi ePhilly?
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Izinyunyana zihamba phambili ekulweleni iPhiladelphia enobulungiswa nelinganayo, futhi kungenxa yamandla azo ahlangene okwenza idolobha lonke lihlomule kulokho ezikuzuzile. Sidinga ukwenza umsebenzi ongcono sikuvuma lokho. Abasebenzi abaningi bezinyunyana babhekwa โnjengabasebenzi ababalulekileโ ngesikhathi se-COVID, kodwa kusho ukuthini lokho uma iholo labo nezinzuzo zabo zingakubonisi lokho? Zazibalulekile ngaphambili, futhi zibalulekile manje.
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