Could the Barron political dynasty be overthrown?
Charles Barron is vying to win his wife Inez Barron’s New York City Council District 42 seat, which she is leaving this year due to term limits. The majority-Black district encompases East New York and its subsections such as Spring Creek and Starrett City. Charles Barron previously won the same seat in 2001. His wife won the Assembly seat in 2008 and they swapped seats when Charles was term-limited out of the City Council in 2013, with Inez running successfully to replace him and Charles then replacing her in the Assembly.
But some have grown tired of the Barrons’ seat swapping, particularly local politicos who say the district is in need of new leadership, pointing to the neighborhood’s high rates of poverty and unemployment, and a recent upward trend in shootings as some of the most pressing issues in the district. Others remember the iconoclastic, radical couple known for generating their share of controversy, for their
Senedd election result 2021 for Cardiff North
Labour s Julie Morgan has represented the constituency since 2016
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Counting will begin on Friday morning after votes were cast in the Senedd Election on Thursday, May 6, and we ll bring you the result for Cardiff North here as soon as we have it.
Josh Cooper, 35, of Cleveland passed away Tuesday, April 13, 2021.
He was a 2004 graduate of Bradley Central High School. In high school, he was a member of the wrestling team and also played football. After high school, he went to Western State University, in Gunnison, Colorado, where he wrestled as well. He moved to Alaska and became a river raft guide.
He attended Mount Olive Church of God.
He is survived by his parents, Danny and Debra Cooper; his daughter, Avery Shadle; his grandmothers: Virginia Shelton and Elizabeth Cooper; along with several aunts, uncles and cousins.
A Remembrance of Life service will be held Thursday, April 22, 2021, at 2 p.m. at Jim Rush Funeral and Cremation Services, North Ocoee Street Chapel, with Pastor Gary Sears officiating.