You may not have seen those "CRAZY, CHAOTIC CRIMINAL" campaign signs because Sultana's children defaced many of them and were in fact nabbed in the act of doing so by a state trooper. She filed a defamation action over those signs, but her case was tossed by President Judge Craig Dally.
Before I tell you about Saturday night, let's review her recent history. She is the Council member who was charged in 2023 with assaulting her own adult son. After being placed on ARD, Sultana claimed that the charges filed against her by Easton police were racially and politically motivated. Easton police responded by releasing the body cam footage on the day of her arrest. to demonstrate that officers acted professionally in response to a 911 call for help. She has been a divisive presence, claiming among other things that she is the only person on Easton City Council who cares about the brown and black community. This should be news to Kenny Brown, who is both black and brown. In a failed bid for the state house, she submitted a false nomination petition that included the forged signature of State Senator Lisa Boscola. (Her photographer husband, Nadeem Qayuum, both circulated and attested to the forged signature. Believe it or not, he is a NorCo Council member elect). Over 250 Eastonians in her district called on her to resign, claiming that "[s]he has brought more division in the City and has continuously been combative with her constituents. ... She seems more interested in making headlines addressing national and international business as a priority."
Just two weekends ago, at a Christmas parade in downtown Easton, she attempted unsuccessfully to have Big Easy Easton Band leader Jeremy Joseph charged with harassment for telling her what he thought of her tenure with the city. Easton police filed no charges because there were no threats or harassment.
I thought that we all could take a Sultana siesta for the rest of the year. I was wrong. She struck again on Saturday night. That's when Easton West Ward's Community Initiative conducted its second annual tree-lighting ceremony at Paxinsosa Elementary, 12th & Northampton. Santa was there. Food vendors were there. There were arts and crafts for the kids. No long speeches. Sultana decided to come and bring her own version of Christmas cheer. In utter disregard for people who drive on busy Northampton Street, she double-parked her van on what is probably Easton's busiest road and left it there for two hours until police came and started to run the plate. She took over a table that was intended for people to be able to sit down and eat. But she had free toys. "I loved giving out free toys to the kids as Christmas gifts; their smiles made my night," she recounted on her Facebook page. But event organizers soon began receiving complaints from parents about those "free toys." She was handing out bar room darts. No, Not terf darts. They were honest-to-goodness bar darts. No targets. Just bar darts.
"You'll shoot your eye out!", parents were telling their kids.
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