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“Racist”: Felon Defends Judge Who He Partied With. Claims Journalist is Racist.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — In response to a REAL News Michiana story in which we uncovered a local magistrate attended a mostly maskless birthday bash for a career felon, the felon is now defending the judge for his attendance by publicly calling Journalist Clifton French a racist and making false allegations that he was fired from his last job.
Clifford Bonds, who has been in and out of prison for the past two decades, made following post on Facebook, which is full of grammatical errors.
“#pleaseshare make this go viral it’s an attack on our own. Today’s one to grow on, I see the devil is vary busy this week, to the left of your phone is this disgruntled racist news reporter Clifton French was was fired from his last job and is now running around South Bend trying to get attention and momentum for his career by lying on Black public officials in our community. And, without doing any research some of our own are running with it and giving it the attention he wants. The articles he is posting is FAKE NEWS and his is also being vindictive. He posted this article about Judge Andre Gammage who attend my birthday party because he signed a restraining order for Clifton French to stay away from Aisha Avance and stop harassing her. He is taking actual situations and putting a criminal spin on them when he know there is no foul play or criminal activity involved. Share Share Share!”
The felon not only mentions Andre Gammage, but also tags Aisha Avance, who has been the subject of an RNM investigation involving grant fraud within the City of South Bend. You can read more about that here. Avance and the felon are friends on the social media site. She also responds by liking the post using the profile, Aisha ReitaWorld, as seen below.
On Wednesday, RNM published a story showing pictures of St. Joseph County Circuit Court Magistrate, Andre Gamm
Meet the Candidates: Kareemah Fowler, South Bend City Clerk
As we approach the May 5 Primary Election, it is my hope that I have made a positive impression. My name is Kareemah Fowler and I am running for South Bend City Clerk. I am a proud mother of two children, a graduate of Riley High School and also Bethel College with a B.A. in Business/Organizational Management and A.A in Human Services. I have 14 years of experience starting my career in public service working at the St. Joseph County Assessor’s Office as a Compliance Officer. From there, I accepted a position as the City Council Secretary in the Clerk’s Office, then served as Ordinance Violations Bureau Clerk and currently serving as Chief Deputy Clerk under the leadership of current City Clerk, John Voorde.
During these years of working in county and city government, I have gained valuable knowledge in government affairs and the expectations of the residents of South Bend. I am a relationship builder and have built valuable relationships within our community that will be a great asset as City Clerk. I’m committed to public service and look forward to continuing to serve in this capacity.
I have the most experience when it comes to the day to day operations. I have a passion to serve the residents of South Bend and I am the right person at the right time for the right reasons. I will work tirelessly to get the job done. Under my leadership, the office of the City Clerk will set the bar high in customer service.
South Bend deserves a leader committed to transparency and public service who has a proven track record of success – that’s why I’m running to be your City Clerk.
I am excited to move the office of the City Clerk forward in a positive direction and I ask for your vote on Tuesday, May 5.
Meet the Candidates is a series introducing candidates in their own words. Articles are posted verbatim. South Bend Voice will publish articles for all South Bend office seekers who are on the May 5th pr The 2011 South Bend, Indiana mayoral election was held on November 8, 2011. After serving for fourteen years, incumbent mayor Steve Luecke announced that he would not seek reelection. Luecke's decision not to run for reelection made the 2011 election the first open election for mayor of South Bend in 24 years. The election was won by Pete Buttigieg, who, at 29 years of age, became the youngest mayor, at the time, of a United States city with a population greater than 100,000. The election coincided with races for the Common Council and for South Bend City Clerk. The election coincided with races for the Municipal Council and for South Bend City Clerk. After serving for fourteen years, incumbent mayor Steve Luecke announced that he would not seek reelection. Luecke's decision not to run for reelection made the 2011 election the first open election for mayor of South Bend in 24 years. His decision not to seek reelection was considered a surprise, and initiated a large rush of candidates declaring they that they would seek to succeed him as mayor. South Bend was regarded to be a Democratic-leaning city. A Republican had not been elected mayor of the city in the four decades, since Lloyd Allen won his second term in 1967. In December 2020, David Varner, the only Republican on the South Bend Common Council was quoted by the South Bend Tribune as opining that there was a strong unlikeliness of a Republican victory in the city's upcoming mayoral election. Varner pointed to Joe Donnelly's strong victory across South Bend in the 2010 congressional election, despite a Republican wave election that year. Jack Cowell of the South Bend Tribune pred SOUTH BEND — When I came to South Bend in 1988 to work for The Tribune, I did not know where my life would lead. Would I choose to stay here, or would I stay a couple of years and move away? I certainly did not expect to receive the honor bestowed upon me and 19 other people on Tuesday by being honored during the third annual Black History Month Awards Ceremony. The honorees received a plaque from Mayor Pete Buttigieg in front of a standing-room-only audience at the Charles Martin Youth Center. All of the honorees will be featured on the digital billboards located in three public places through Sunday. That put the honorees at a loss for words because most of us aren’t used to “having our names up in lights,” as one of the elders at my church said upon hearing the news. “Wow, wow, wow,” was city clerk Kareemah Fowler’s response. She was one of three honorees in the under the age of 40 category. Then Fowler thought about how excited she’d be to see the images of fellow honorees Jewell Davis, Anthony Scott, Sr., Adeline Wigfall Jones, Clarence Abdullah and Julia Nabaa projecting from the billboards. “My heart will smile when I see those people on the billboards because they are so well deserved,” Fowler said. “A lot of them are people who work really hard behind the scenes and I will be more happy to see other people up there.” Behind-the-scenes people are people who are cool with — or at least accepting of — the reality that they might not always get shine for the good works they do. When public accolades do come, they don’t always know how to respond. “You know, I don’t know how I will feel to see myself on that billboard,” said Julia Nabaa, who was honored along with her late husband Clarence Abdullah Nabaa, newspaper publisher and longtime imam at Great News Islamic Center. Still, Nabaa, who had just returned from visiting family in Tennessee, where she was born, said she w
2011 South Bend mayoral election
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South Bend's Black History Month award truly humbling for Tribune's Howard Dukes