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PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia denies that it illegally discriminated against and fired an Islamic firefighter who wore cuffed pants above the ankle and facial hair, in observance of his religion.
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Mary Kathryn Woods, at the blessed age of 75, was called home to be with the Lord, on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021.
She was preceded in death by her sons: Chancel Jr. and Lincoln Woods; her parents, Melvin and Ruth Thompson; sisters: Corrine Anderson, Evelyn Jean Love, Elizabeth McClellon and Zelma Brown; and brothers: Clyde Wesley Thompson, Robert J. Thompson, Curtis L. Thompson, William M. Thompson, Alonzo Thompson and Fred Gaston Jr.
Mary leaves behind to treasure her memories, her loving husband of 55 years, Chancel Woods; her daughter, Aretha (Floyd) Davis of Cleveland; her grandchildren: Martez Barber and Aneisha Barber, both of Cleveland, Matrika Saintaudes of Chattanooga, and Matasha Davis and Reginald Carruth of Murfreesboro; great-granddaughter, Jaleesa Saintaudes of Chattanooga; great-grandson, the ‘little prince’, Amir Clay, of Clevelan; nephew, Kevin Bradford of Baltimore, Md.; her sister, Estella (Howard) Woods of Georget
Posted at 5:07 pm on December 28, 2020 by Brett T.
The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin is holding on tight to her Trump Derangement Syndrome as long as she can; she’s been riding that wave so long we’re not sure what the “conservative” columnist is going to write about for the next four years, except to show her support for the Democrats. (By the way, she finally changed her Twitter bio from “conservative” to “NeverTrump, pro-democracy opinion writer.”
Rubin didn’t write this piece, but she’s extracted a quote from Dan Balz’s piece on what Trump supporters believe and clarified that it’s the definition of white supremacy.
Spartanburg’s Police Chief Alonzo Thompson approached the city’s elected leaders in February and requested better pay for his officers a raise that hadn’t occurred since 2016.
Heads nodded in support behind the dais. It seemed for sure it would happen in the coming weeks to help a department that is currently ten officers short and has struggled with retention and recruitment as neighboring agencies pay better.
But then, the COVID-19 pandemic crept in and cast a dark cloud of financial uncertainty over residents, businesses and even government bodies.
When the city council inked a more conservative budget in July, police raises weren’t a part of it as the city braced for the pandemic’s impacts.