Election results from Philly. This makes me sick.

2007 Municipal Election Tuesday, November 06, 2007 Unofficial Returns *** 6,626 out of 9,268 Districts (71.49%) Reporting Statewide ***

Judge of the Municipal Court Judicial Retention 1st Judicial District (Philadelphia County) Candidate Votes Percent DAHER, GEORGANNE V. “Yes” 72,250 68.3% “No” 33,457 31.7% DENI, TERESA CARR “Yes” 70,385 66.1% “No” 36,107 33.9% GRIFFIN, DEBORAH “Yes” 75,976 71.3% “No” 30,647 28.7% MERRIWEATHER, RONALD B. “Yes” 82,952 77.2% “No” 24,560 22.8% PEW, WENDY “Yes” 78,480 76.1% “No” 24,707 23.9% PRESENZA, LOUIS J. “Yes” 77,646 75.1% “No” 25,694 24.9%

Gretchen posting here, I’m proud of her and welcome

Having come from the rad fem side to the sex worker rights movement in 2004, I know first hand the pressure that is placed on many radical feminists from within the community to not work with sex worker rights people under any circumstances and the risks of being defined as “pro prostitution” and thus no longer welcome in the radical feminist movement for something as simple as finding common ground. I don’t know if Gretchen is facing any repercussions from the radical feminist community of the nature I did back in 2002, 2003 when I reached out to the sex worker rights activists on common interests and suffered a great deal of backlash and ultimately left radical feminism entirely. My hope is that she does not face any repercussions.

I want to say from a first hand perspective that I appreciate that she came here and posted and found common ground with us. That she spoke of her political feelings on the issue of sex work and they differ from many of ours but she did so respectfully without making anyone wrong, that she found common ground with us in this case and was willing to speak with us and support us in this effort regarding Judge Deni and supporting the survivor.