JUST ONE DAY AHEAD OF
AN ELECTION TO RECALL
HIM--
AN EMBATTLED
PROVIDENCE CITY
COUNCILMAN IS SPEAKING
OUT.
(HE)
RESIDENTS OF THE CITY'S
WARD THREE WILL VOTE
TOMORROW ON WHETHER
TO RETAIN KEVIN
JACKSON ON THE CITY
COUNCIL, OR TO MAKE HIM
THE FIRST PROVIDENCE
COUNCILOR EVER TO BE
RECALLED.
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JACKSON WAS INDICTED
IN JULY ON CHARGES----
HE EMBEZZLED MORE
THAN 125-THOUSAND
DOLLARS FROM THE
PROVIDENCE COBRAS
YOUTH TRACK AND FIELD
TEAM.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEVE
NIELSEN SPOKE WITH
KEVIN JACKSON TODAY--
AND JOINS US NOW WITH
WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
STEVE?
NO PROVIDENCE CITY
COUNCILOR HAS EVER
BEEN RECALLED.
THAT'S WHAT'S AT STAKE
AS VOTERS ARE HANDED
BALLOTS TOMORROW.
THE LONGEST SERVING
PROVIDENCE CITY COUNCILOR
MIGHT NOT FINISH THE WEEK...
theres a lot of energy toward
recalling him. i think that ward
3 is
fed up we would like
representation.
WARD 3 RESIDENT KIM CLARK
AND OWNER OF RHODY CRAFT
IN THE SAME WARD... SAYS SHE
WAS SHOCKED COUNCILMAN
KEVIN JACKSON DIDN'T RESIGN
WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED LAST
MAY ON CHARGES HE MISUSED
HIS CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT AND
EMBEZZLED FROM THE YOUTH
SPORTS GROUP HE CO-
FOUNDED IN 1978...
RESIDENTS GATHERED 2
THOUSAND VOTES TO FORCE A
RECALL ELECTION....
you dont see him you dont hear
from him except whe nhe makes
the news for breaking a rule.
SN: when they look at that
indictment and what youve been
charged with. why should
someone keep you in office?
KJ: well the biggest reason is
that
again by our legal rights we are
innocent until proven guilty and
i
maintain my innocence.
YOU HEARD FROM SECRETARY
OF STATE NELLIE GORBEA ON
NEWSMAKERS OVER THE
WEEKEND.
HER OFFICE PUSHED CITY
COUNCILORS TO MEET A
DEADLINE IN MARCH TO VOTE
FOR AN ELECTION TO TAKE
PLACE....
SAYING IF THEY DIDN'T... THE
STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
WOULD.
for federal purposes im the
chief
state election official and
people
have a right to see their voices
heard.
THEY WILL BE HEARD
TUESDAY....
A YES REMOVES JACKSON
FROM OFFICE... A NO LETS HIM
FINISH HIS TERM....
IN A SITDOWN INTERVIEW
JACKSON TOLD ME HE'S PROUD
OF HIS 22 YEAR RECORD.
theres no council person whose
been as liberal and progressive
as i have been on the council
floor that should tie in to what
the
thinking of the majority of the
people on the east side
are about.
IF JACKSON IS
RECALLED... A SPECIAL
ELECTION WOULD BE
HELD 90 DAYS FROM
WHEN THE VOTE IS
CERTIFIED TO FILL THE
SEAT...
JACKSON SAID HE WOULD
CONSIDER RUNNING IN
THAT SPECIAL ELECTION...
BUT EMPHASIZED HE
HOPES TO WIN
TOMORROW AND NOT
WE'RE LOOKING AHEAD
NOW ---
TO WHAT COULD
POTENTIALLY BE A FIRST IN
PROVIDENCE'S POLITICAL
HISTORY.
TOMORROW, RESIDENTS
IN THE CITY'S EAST SIDE ---
WILL VOTE ON WHETHER
OR NOT TO RECALL ----CITY
COUNCILOR KEVIN
JACKSON---- FOLLOWING
HIS ARREST LAST YEAR.
NEW AT SIX ---
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEVE
NIELSEN HAS A LOOK AT
THE BALLOT--- AND WHY
VOTERS NEED TO DOUBLE
CHECK THEIR POLLING
PLACE.
(SN)
MORE THAN 2 THOUSAND
SIGNATURES WERE
GATHERED TO FORCE THIS
RECALL VOTE
TOMORROW...
COUNCILMAN KEVIN
JACKSON WAS ARRESTED
LAST YEAR ON CHARGES
HE MISUSED HIS
CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT AND
EMBEZZLED FROM THE
YOUTH SPORTS GROUP HE
CO-FOUNDED IN 1978...
NO PROVIDENCE CITY
COUNCILMAN HAS EVER
BEEN RECALLED... SO WE
WANTED TO LET WARD 3
RESIDENTS KNOW WHATS
GOING TO HAPPEN
TOMORROW....
IF YOU GO TO OUR
WEBSITE W-P-R-I DOT
COM...
WE POSTED A LINK TO
THE SECRETARY OF
STATES WEBSITE...
IF YOU PUT YOUR
ADDRESS IN --- AGAIN
ONLY IF YOU'RE A WARD 3
RESIDENT ---
IT WILL TAKE YOU TO A
SAMPLE BALLOT...
IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHT
FORWARD...
"SHALL KEVIN JACKSON
BE REMOVED FROM THE
OFFICE OF WARD 3
COUNCILMAN"
YES WOULD RECALL HIM...
A NO WOULD KEEP HIM IN
OFFICE.
KEEP IN MIND.. IF YOU
NORMALLY VOTE AT A
SCHOOL... YOUR POLLING
PLACE HAS CHANGED...
THE SECRETARY OF
STATES WEBSITE WILL
ALSO TELL YOU WHERE TO
VOTE...
POLLS ARE OPEN 7 A-M TO
8 P-M TOMORROW.
WE HEARD FROM THE
CITY COUNCILOR TODAY
PLUS A SMALL BUSINESS
OWNER WHO LIVES IN
WARD 3.
["
theres a lot of energy toward
recalling him. i think that ward
3 is
fed up we would like
representation.
theres no council person whose
been as liberal and progressive
as i have been on the council
floor that should tie in to what
the
thinking of the majority of the
people on the east side are
about.
"]
(SN)
JACKSON MAINTAINS HE'S
INNOCENT OF THE
CHARGES AGAINST HIM.
IF VOTERS RECALL HIM..
THERE WOULD BE A
SPECIAL ELECTION IN 90
DAYS TO VOTE FOR WHO
SHOLD REPLACE HIM.
JACKSON WOULDN'T
RULE OUT ATTEMPTING TO
RUN AGAIN IN THE
SPECIAL ELECTION BUT
TOLD ME HE HOPES IT
DOESN'T COME TO THAT.
IM STEVE NIELSEN
EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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AND RIGHT NOW ON W-
P-R-I-DOT-COM --- DAN
MCGOWAN LOOKS BACK
AT COUNCILMAN KEVIN
JACKSON'S COMPLICATED
POLITICAL HISTORY----AND
TALKS TO PEOPLE WHO
ARE COMING TO HIS