UJim Whelan.EzopolitikoNJ Ukuze uthi uvela kwisiXeko iAtlantic, kufuneka uzalwe ukhulele apho. Ngaphandle kokuba ubenguJim Whelan. Wayengaphandle kuba abantu beAtlantic City babezidla ngokumbanga njengababo. Wayewuthanda umzi njengoko wayemthanda. Bobabini bashiye uphawu lwabo omnye komnye.
Uzalelwe eWest Philadelphia ayithandayo, isidanga seYunivesithi yaseTempileni safumana indlela eya kwisiXeko iAtlantic kwaye zange sakhangela ngasemva. Wathabatha onke amathuba enkonzo, ukusuka ekujikeleza elwandle ukuya kwiBhunga lesiXeko ukuya kusodolophu ngexesha lokuchuma okukhulu kunye nokukhula ukuya kuthi ga ngoku kwiNdlu yoWiso-mthetho njengendibano kunye nelungu leSenator xa isixeko sasifuna kakhulu ilizwi eTrenton.
IAtlantic City yidolophu yamabali aqhelekileyo kwaye uJim wayezazi zonke. Nje ukuba aqale ukuthetha ngesixeko sakhe, yayilixesha lokuba uhlale phantsi umamele. UNjingalwazi Whelan wayefundisa. Ndibe nenyhweba nelungelo lokuba ngomnye wabafundi bakhe.
Phantse iminyaka emithandathu, ndasebenza, kunye, kunye nendoda echithe ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu njengesigebenga kwilizwe elinobunzima kunye nezobupolitika laseNew Jersey kwezopolitiko kunye nenani elikhulu kunobomi baseMzantsi Jersey. Ndingabalisa ngamabali ngoJim phantse lawo awaxelileyo ngeAtlantic City, kodwa okwangoku, ndiza kwabelana ngeenkumbulo ezimbalwa.
Ngo-2011, xa ndandisebenza njengomlawuli wezonxibelelwano kwiphulo lakhe lokunyulwa kwakhona, sasilwa nalo kumdyarho onzima nxamnye nendibano eyayiza kubakho. Ixesha elide yayiyintamo nentamo. Kodwa ndilukhumbula ngokucacileyo usuku ekuqaleni kukaSeptemba ka-2011 xa ndandisazi ukuba uJim Whelan akazukuphulukana nalo mdyarho okanye enye into kwakhona.
Ngelixa kwi-Iowa Avenue kwisiXeko iAtlantic ngeqela labasebenzi beefilimu bethengisa urhwebo lukamabonwakude, uJim waya kulutsha lwase-Afrika nolwaseMelika olwenziwe ngesikhephe esitratweni ngesiginitsha yakhe, senza njani? bamba ibinzana. Bema kwaye bathula umzuzu, bamjonga, bathi nje, Awunguye Mnu Whelan? Kwimizuzwana kamva, abantwana abothuswe ngabantu abangabaziyo abaneekhamera bebethetha nathi ngokungathi bayazi uJim iminyaka.
Ndiye ndaqonda kwangoko ukuba wayengumntu okhetheke ngokwenene uJim. Wayethandwa eAtlantic County hayi kuba wayeligosa elonyuliweyo, kodwa ngenxa yokuba wayenyanisekile, engenabubhanxa, mfo onxibelelana noluntu lwakhe. Abantu bebemazi uJim noJim bebazi abantu. Wayekhathalela into enye kuphela - ingingqi yethu kunye nabantu abakubo.
Nangona ndandincoma ukuthethelela kukaJim eNdlwini kaRhulumente kunye nokuzibandakanya eluntwini, awona maxesha am amnandi ayelungile kwiofisi yethu yezomthetho. Kwakuyixesha lam lam ibali kunye noProfesa Whelan. Oogxa bam kwaye sasihlala noJim kwidesika yakhe kwaye wayesibalisela amabali eminyaka eyadlulayo yeAtlantic City. Ukusuka kwisixeko esasisakuba yiAtlantic City ukuya kwezopolitiko, ukuya kwiintsuku zoBukhosi beBhodiwalk, uMnenga, njengoko wayebizwa njalo ngothando, yayiyintyilalwazi yesiXeko iAtlantic.
Ayinguye wonke umntu osebenza kwezopolitiko onethuba lokuthi uyasebenza nenkokeli oyithandayo ngokwenyani njengomntu. Ndinethamsanqa lokuba ndingatsho malunga noJim Whelan, uVince Mazzeo, kwaye ngoku ngumlandeli kaJim kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu, uColin Bell. USenator uJim Whelan wayengumhlobo onqabileyo. Wayeyindoda enkulu kwiindawo ezikufutshane neAtlantic City kunye neeholo zikaRhulumente. Inkumbulo yakhe iya kuhlala kwizinto ezininzi azenzileyo kunye nobomi abuchukumisileyo, ukusuka ebantwaneni awayebafundisa ukudada kwizizukulwana zabahlali baseAtlantic County abangcono kuba bayazi kwaye bakhonzwa nguye.
Phumla ngokulula, Jim, siyakukhumbula.
UMarshall Spevak uyiNtloko yaBasebenzi kwiNdibano yeNdibano uVince Mazzeo (D-Atlantic). Kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo, iNdibano yeNdibano uMazzeo kunye noSenator Whelan babelane ngeofisi yowiso-mthetho edibeneyo kwiAtlantic County.
Isikhumbuzo sikawonke-wonke siza kubanjelwa uSenator Whelan ongasekhoyo kwiBhodi yeBhodiwalk eAtlantic City ngoLwesine. Intsapho iya kufumana iindwendwe ukusuka nge-10: 00 kusasa ukuya kwi-11: 30 kusasa kulandele inkonzo nge-11: 30 kusasa. Ngolwazi oluthe kratya qhakamshelana neofisi ka-Sen. Whelan kwa (609) 383-1388 okanye nge-imeyile SenWhelan@njleg.org.
