Letters to the Editor
Loftin-Bell for East Ward
To The Editor:
Kismet Loftin-Bell is prepared to work hand in hand with the residents of the East Ward. Kismet Loftin-Bell is a long-time, teacher, professor, businesswoman and a supporter of the East Ward community. Kismet Loftin-Bell has changed the lives of many for the better. As a City Council Representative for the East Ward, Kismet Loftin-Bell will continue to create opportunities and advancement for the youth, families and seniors. Kismet Loftin-Bell will be a knowledgeable, empathetic and passionate City Council Representative for all the people of the East Ward.
The time is now to Ring the BELL for Kismet Loftin-Bell and the people of the East Ward.
Darlene Whited
Winston-Salem
Support for Kismet Loftin-Bell
To The Editor:
It’s not often you get the chance to meet and be on first-name basis with the person that’s your voice in any form of government. If you’re lucky and get that chance, you understand the magnitude it holds and the solace it brings knowing that you are really being represented and not just heard.
I met Kismet Loftin-Bell in 2019 as the director of the PIE association for MSEN at WSSU. She would be so bright and enthusiastic at 8 a.m. on a Saturday morning, talking with parents on ways to help foster and excel their students learning journey. She took the time to provide not only needed information, but to answer any question you might have or steer you in the direction on how to obtain service.
So, when she announced she was running for City Council of the East Ward, I was elated. This was a person that not only held true to my beliefs in education, but can also relate to the struggles of single motherhood, living in a ward that seems to not have the same development as other wards, and knew firsthand what it can take to get the East Ward back to community that believed in building up its people to promote more thriving neighborhoods.
Her focus for our ward is not what’s only needed, but requests from the residents themselves. Affordable living wage housing, economic growth with better paying jobs coming to the area, and viable transportation systems. So, when I think of Kismet Loftin-Bell as the East Ward’s City Councilwoman, I feel proud in my choice, I feel understood and I feel like my seat has just been pulled to the table.
Kendra Campbell
Resident of the East Ward
Winston-Salem
