Jewel Williams campaign posters defaced in East Falls
The Committee of 70 and the District Attorney's Office have received complaints that campaign posters for Democrat Jewel Williams were defaced with "scam" stickers at the Mifflin School in East Falls. An alert voter sent us this photo of the stickers.
Jewel Williams campaign posters defaced in East Falls
Chris Brennan
The Committee of 70 and the District Attorney's Office have received complaints that campaign posters for Democrat Jewel Williams were defaced with "scam" stickers at the Mifflin School in East Falls. An alert voter sent us this photo of the stickers.
Williams is the daughter of Philadelphia Sheriff Jewell Williams, who resigned from his state House seat in North Philly's 197th District in January. Her opponents in today's primary election have accused father and daughter of trying to confuse voters into thinking he is again seeking the seat he held for 10 years. D.A. Jones, campaign manger for Jewel Williams, says she is trying to capitalize on her father's legacy but not trying to confuse voters.
The Committee of 70 said the District Attorney's Office decided against investigating the complaints about the posters being defaced because it "did not rise to the level of criminal activity."
Typical election day games in Philly, and they want to bother the DA's office with this semi-annual nonsense.— TomM- Wow! It's been a long time since I last saw an election poster with the truth in it. Remember Budd Dwyer's poster? It had "He gets the job done" printed on it. Well, he got the job done didn't he? And all in front of the TV cameras, too.— DonQ
- Bandit signs are illegal. They should have just torn them down.— stefek23
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