SCHENECTADY NAACP chapter gets new leader BY MICHAEL LAMENDOLA Gazette Reporter Reach Gazette reporter Michael Lamendola at 395-3114 or lamend@dailygazette.com.
The Schenectady chapter of the NAACP has a new leader: The Rev. Theodore W. Ward. Ward, 52, of Albany, formerly of Schenectady, was elected to a two-year term as president in March. He replaces Paul Webster, who declined to seek a second term as president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Ward takes over a disorganized chapter that lost more than two-thirds of its membership in the past year and was put into receivership by the state NAACP organization for inactivity. This is the second time the local chapter’s charter has been revoked in the past two years. Ward, a pastor with Koinonia Christian Center, a small non-denominational church in the Lincoln Heights Community Center in Schenectady, vows to turn the chapter around and make it more effective. He realizes he faces a challenge. For one, he has already come under criticism for living in Albany and serving as head of the Schenectady chapter. His response is that NAACP bylaws permit his election because he works in Schenectady through his church. Also, when the state NAACP revoked the local charter earlier this year, some members of the community suggested the revocation be permanent, Ward said. Disagreeing with this, Ward offered himself up as president. “I believe in the NAACP, and I believe we can run a great operation,” he said. Because of a limited pool of members, the local chapter’s executive board remains short several people. The board currently consists of Joseph Skinner as first vice president, Marsha Mortimer as secretary and Allison Williams as treasurer. They are part of a 10-seat executive committee. Membership once stood at 180 but is now down to 60, Ward said. Many memberships lapsed because they were only for one year and applications for reenrollment were not sent out by the state organization, he said. He has sent out membership applications to former members, hoping they will rejoin. .........................>>>>.......................................>>>>.....................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r00900&AppName=1
Webster is getting ready to run again so now that he kept the seat warm for the democraps he is all set with a spiffed up resume to be on the democrap slate.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
Well you and I know you people had the guy become head of the NAACP so he could look more impressive when he runs for office again. Besides, you needed to keep the democrap party controlling it after some of the members began to take their democrap-blinders off to see through your local criminal enterprise.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
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