Garry endorsement

From the Garry campaign:


Today, Brian Garry, Progressive Democratic Candidate for Cincinnati City Council was endorsed by the Friends of the Sentinels. The Sentinels are Cincinnati’s African American Police Association. This endorsement comes on the heels of the Friends of the Cincinnati African American Fire Fighters endorsement of Garry which makes Garry the only white non-incumbent candidate to have received the endorsement of both of the publics safety organizations. Garry believes in the Safety First approach to our citizens concerns. "All of our citizens must feel and also truly be safe in their communities", said Garry. Both organizations agree with Garry’s position of addressing public safety from a root causes perspective. "Unless we address poverty now, we will never be able to build a jail big enough because so many people are now just struggling to survive. We need to focus on real, permanent solutions for our communities. We must bring to the table, solutions of economic equality such as good jobs with benefits, higher education, affordable housing and affordable health care", Garry explains. Garry, goes on to say that he believes that "if we were doing the right things for our community, like investing in children and supporting the hiring of felons, then there would be far less people in jail. Our job is to change people’s lives, to help people not hurt people, to improve people’s lives so that crime is no longer an option for them. Very few people who have good jobs and own a home are engaged in street crime, because they feel stable and secure and are in the mainstream. We must bring the opportunity of good jobs and home ownership within the reach of our 100,000 residents living at or below the poverty level, 70% of whom are African American. "