Yvonne Johnson
Yvonne L. Johnson, 73, of 413 Superior Street, died Saturday January 23, 2021, in her home surrounded by her family.
She was born April 16, 1947, in Meadville, PA, a daughter of the late Otis and Vera Lawrence Hunter.
Prior to her retirement, she was employed by Lutheran Social Services as a counselor.
She was a member of North Main Street Church of God.
She was the nucleus of our family. Her infectious laugh, her giving nature and her tireless commitment to togetherness was felt by all. Whether waking up early to make breakfast for the family, with soulful music playing in the background or taking the time to share her wisdom and loving hands with her children or grandchildren, there are an abundance of beautiful memories that we will cherish. There won’t be a family game night, celebration, cookout or even just a regular day sitting on the patio that will ever be the same. Part of her legacy will be her perseverance, wisdom and impact which will echo through t
Two State of Iowa workers fired for expediting a former colleague s jobless benefits claim
“Under NO circumstances should you open, adjust, review, alter or affect in any way claims of people who are your friends, family members or neighbors or an individual who asks you to do something for them as a favor,” Iowa Workforce Development Director Beth Townsend wrote in a memo to IWD staff this past spring. (Zach Boyden-Holmes/Des Moines Register) By Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Digest
Two state workers were fired this year for allegedly helping a former colleague collect unemployment benefits in the midst of an unprecedented surge in jobless claims.
He does state that black people (in Atlanta, Milwaukee, Detroit, and Philadelphia) won Biden the Electoral College; yet, he asserts, despite “overwhelming Black support 94 percent of Detroit voted for Biden,” Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania were still “worryingly close.”
One enemy to the black American’s ballot-casting says Brandon is the Electoral College:
One core problem is the Electoral College. Wyoming, which has just 580,000 residents and is 93 percent white, gets three electors because of its two senators and one representative in the House. By comparison, Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District which includes Atlanta, has 710,000 residents, and is 58 percent Black has no dedicated electors or senators and can only occasionally overcome the mostly white and conservative votes from elsewhere in the state.
Brandon Hasbrouck, who teaches criminal law, race relations law and critical theory, writes in
The Nation that the “core problem” is the Electoral College:
How fair is it, for example, that primarily white Wyoming gets three electors … while 58 percent-black Atlanta gets no electors and “can only occasionally overcome the mostly white and conservative votes from elsewhere in the state”?
“Without sufficient voting power,” Hasbrouck says, “Black communities receive substandard education, and politicians are free to appoint judges who sanction mass incarceration, abusive policing, and electoral disenfranchisement.”
The professor also says the Electoral College was “critical” to the preservation of slavery and “its continuation by other means.”