Florida Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL) recently lost her congressional seat and is embroiled in an alleged corruption scandal.
Alabama DMV Closings Limiting Access To Photo ID, Affects Ballot Via Voter ID Laws Alabama state officials’ decision to close 31 driver’s license offices in what is known as the “Black Belt” has raised the eyebrows of many, with some calling it an attempt to suppress the African-American vote through limiting access to state IDs and […]
Indiana Municipal Primary Highlights The field is set for the November general election for Mayor of Indianapolis. After Tuesday’s Primary Election, Joe Hogsett handily beat his field with 89 percent of the vote and will take on Republican Chuck Brewer. There’s your face off. Brewer, the GOP-slated candidate tallied 77 percent of the vote in the primary. Three […]
Click Above to Hear Full Interview. Runs 22 Minutes ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma previewed the major issues he and Republicans will bring up in the coming 2012 Indiana General Assembly. Right-to-work legislation is Speaker Bosma’s and Republicans’ top priority. The Speaker talked about that issue with Amos along with redistricting, jobs […]
Click Above to Listen to Interview. Runs 51 Minutes ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. In their first, live Indianapolis media interview, the new Democratic leadership of the City-County Council appeared on Afternoons with Amos to talk the Council Democrats’ priorities, goals and objectives. Maggie Lewis, the new Council President, Brian Mahern, the new Vice-President and majority […]
Click Above for Full Interview. Runs 11 Minutes ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. My commentary from this past Friday on the sloppiness, ineptitude and potential violations of the Federal Voting Rights Act behind the efforts by Marion County republicans top redistricting the City-County Council. Three hours after my commentary, Council Republicans unveiled a more detailed map of […]
Click Above for Full Interview. Runs 26 Minutes ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. A plan to redraw more than half Marion County’s 600 precincts and create new City-County Council districts was blasted today on Afternoons with Amos. Amos Brown, one of the city’s experts on demographics talked about the flaws in the precinct and district plan being […]
A coalition of minority groups has accused the Republican led San Diego County Board of Supervisors of using redistricting to help themselves in upcoming elections. The power grab redraws political boundary lines to reflect the new 2010 census in a city where three quarters of the population is Latino. Jess Haro, a local protestor who […]
