Did it end in 2007? At least we thought it did, well they are at it again today this time in Washington, DC before the United States Supreme Court. Governor Bob Riley and Attorney Troy King have state attorneys arguing on his behalf that his appointment to the Mobile County Commission District 1 seat was legit and that the lower court was wrong to remove Mr. Juan Chastang from office.Gov. Riley a republican appointed republican African American Juan Chastang to fill the vacancy in District 1 on the County Commission in 2005 after Sam Jones was elected as Mayor of Mobile. After that appointment several local State Representatives filed a lawsuit to stop the appointment of Chastang and that a local election would held to fill the vacancy in District 1 a majority black and democratic district.
We hope that the United States Supreme Court would decide this case immediately, and be fair in its decision it renders in this case. What we see is that partisan politics again on the rise, seeking to end fair choice and elections by the American people. Here on the political beacon we believe that every elected office in this country should be elected by the people and not handpicked. I pray and hope that the ACLU, the Justice Department and the NAACP would make good arguments today to the United State Supreme Court Justices, which would keep America’s election fair and open not only in Alabama but across this nation. We should not disenfranchise any ethnical group or community in this country from the elective process, we all should have equal rights.
As this story develops I will bring you more.
