Editor’s note: We were unable to reach Tamika Pledger, a candidate for the Unified Government, 1st District at large, seat. In order for the readers to have some information about the candidate, we are presenting some material based on information received four years ago, when she was running for the UG Commission, 4th District. (Commissioner Tarence Maddox won that contest.)
Tamika Pledger is a candidate for the Unified Government Commission, 1st District at large, seat.
Pledger graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1994 and volunteered in the Alvin Brooks’ Ad Hoc Against Crime group, holding candlelight vigils for families that lost loved ones because of homicides. She has continued this effort for the past several years.
Pledger is a past administrative assistant and program coordinator for Habitat for Humanity. She has served as treasurer of the Quindaro Northeast Neighborhood Association and has volunteered her time mentoring to adults.
She started her own business in 2000 as a child care provider in a home that she helped build in Kansas City, Kan. She had created a number of activities for youth in the area.
Shortly after Pledger filed for office in 2015, she was involved in a traffic accident. She allegedly was the driver of a vehicle that ran into four youth Jan. 30. One of the youth died, and Pledger is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter, as well as three counts of reckless aggravated battery, in connection with that accident. They are felony charges.