174. Tangazo!: Hurricanes Politics and NAACP

Tim Person and I put our traveling shoes on, in the first hour of the 174th  episode, of Tangazo -----  Beginning with East StLouis Director of Elections Kandrise Mosby, for an update on our sister city's preparations, for the upcoming General Elections. ----- Next we spoke with Tallahassee Floridas, former Mayor Dorothy Inman-Johnson and former Omega Grand Basileus Dr. Antonio Knox, from Raleigh North Carolina.  ----- Both guest talked about the hurricanes and flooding, that has wreaked havoc on their respective state's, having caused over 250 deaths, so far.  ---- We also discussed political matters, focusing on the upcoming presidential elections and the race for governor, in North Carolina. ------ Adolphus Pruitt, President of the StLouis City branch, of the NAACP, joined Jerryl Christmas and I, in the second hour for a discussion on the failure of public schools,in St.Louis City and County, to improve reading levels for black students. Pruitt acknowledges, that he has taken a more proactive approach, to issues impacting minority communities. He  says his office receives, more than one hundred fifty discrimination related complaints, on a monthly basis. ----- The 174th episode of Tangazo is dedicated to the memory of Otis Walker and Attorney Richard G. Hughs, Gone but forever remembered! Our sincere condolences to their families and friends! ------