http://dailycaller.com/2019/02/20/philadelphia-mayor-goggins-mental-illness/
That's a helluva headline, now ain't it?!
From the article:
"The last Republican elected mayor of Philadelphia left office in 1952. With seven registered Democrats in the city to every Republican, any Republican hoping to win the mayorship in the city faces an uphill battle."
Somehow, I don't think the GOP is taking any of its candidates for political office in the City of Philadelphia seriously ... do you?
Goggins became the first black woman to receive the endorsement of the Philadelphia GOP on Feb. 13, but her endorsement swiftly came under fire after one of her primary opponents, Billy Ciancaglini, said she hasn't held a paid job since 2010 and has been relying on federal disability benefits to support herself.
The revelation prompted party chairman Michael Meehan to organize a meeting Monday with ward leaders to reconsider the party's endorsement of Goggins. The disability benefits she receives are meant for people unable "to perform any job in the national economy," Meehan said. "I think the mayor's job is one in the national economy and is a sticking a point."
The ward leaders voted 29 to 18 on Monday against reconsidering Goggins' endorsement, solidifying the Philadelphia GOP's support of her in the lead up to the May 21 primary.
Goggins, who is a ward leader herself, kept her colleagues in the dark prior to Monday's vote regarding the conditions that qualify her for disability benefits. Goggins said in January she suffers from fibromyalgia, a musculoskeletal pain disorder, but told reporters Monday that isn't why she collects disability.
This gets more and more interesting with each passing paragraph. Hold onto your seat!
"The reason I was actually disabled is mental illness," Goggins said in a phone interview. "I take a chance in saying this because I may lose some voters."
"Bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety is what I treat for," she said.
Goggins said her mental illnesses materialized after she stopped snorting cocaine in 2005.
"Voters"? You mean GOP voters, Daphne ... in Philadelphia???!!! Babycakes, you don't have a Stacey-Abrams-Chance-In-Georgia, dahlin'!
Goggins says she's ready to re-enter the workforce after her nearly decade-long hiatus. Her first stop is the mayorship of the sixth-largest city in the U.S.
"I've managed my life enough to be able to be a mayor because I've worked on it and I have been endorsed by my party," she said.
Goggins said she will only give up her disability benefits if she becomes Philadelphia's next mayor. ...
If she loses, Goggins said her next step would be to "continue to try to get better and try to get off disability."
"I am a homeowner and there are some things I would like to do and being on disability limits you from earning the type of money that would help you remodel your home and stuff," she said. "It's never been my dream to limit myself in income."
"But then I can always meet a husband and he could take care of me because I've been so busy working all my life that I've never had that opportunity to get married," she continued. "I don't know what God has in store for me but I know this - he's going to take care of me and make sure that I have what I need because that's what he's done for me since the day I gave drugs up."
More power to her, but I think she should do herself a big favor and immediately cut to the chase of finding herself a husband who can take care of her.
WOW ... only in Philadelphia!
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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