Linda Bebko-Jones

**Linda Bebko-Jones** (1 ga Mayu, 1946 - 20 ga Nuwamba, 2011) 'yar siyasa ce ta Amurka wadda ta wakilci gundumar farko ta Majalisar Wakilai ta Pennsylvania, wacce ta ƙunshi sassan gundumar Erie .

## Na Kai
An haifi Linda Bebko a Erie, Pennsylvania, kuma ta kammala karatunta daga Kwalejin Kasuwanci ta Villa Maria a shekarar 1964.  Ta halarci Kwalejin Kasuwanci ta Erie daga 1964 zuwa 1965.  Kafin ta zama jami'ar zaɓe, ta shafe lokaci tana aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan barasa da miyagun ƙwayoyi kuma ta ce ita ma mashayi ce a baya.  Daga baya, ta kasance darakta a ƙungiyar Women Against Sexual Harassment daga 1989 zuwa 1992 kuma ma'aikaciyar shari'a a Community House for Women daga 1990 zuwa 1991. Aikinta a siyasa ya fara ne da aikin mataimakiyar gudanarwa ga Sanata A. Buzz Andrezeski na Jihar Pennsylvania daga 1984 zuwa 1989, inda ta koma aiki a matsayin mai shari'a ga tsohon Sanata Harris Wofford na Amurka a 1990. Mijinta, Tom Jones, ya mutu a 2001 bayan ya kamu da cutar kansar makogwaro da wuya.  Ta rasu a ranar 20 ga Nuwamba, 2011, tana da shekaru 65. 

## Aikin siyasa

### Farkon aikina
An fara zaɓen Bebko-Jones don wakiltar Gundumar 1 a Majalisar Wakilai ta Pennsylvania a shekarar 1992, inda ta kayar da Ken Kruszewski, ɗan takarar jam'iyyar Democrat na farko a zaɓen fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Democrat. Ta ci gaba da kayar da Jerry Knight, ɗan jam'iyyar Republican, mai taimaka wa ɗan majalisar wakilai Phil English,  a babban zaɓen da ƙuri'u 1,100.  Bebko-Jones ta lashe zaɓen 1994 cikin sauƙi da ƙuri'u sama da 5,000 akan Jerry Podolsky.  A shekarun 1996 da 2000, ta sake tsayawa takara ba tare da hamayya ba, kuma a shekarar 1998, ta yi nasara bayan abokin hamayyarta na jam'iyyar Republican ya janye takarar ya yi ƙoƙarin janyewa daga zaɓen. 

### Zaɓen 2004
A zaɓen fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Democrat na 2004, Bebko-Jones ta fuskanci Jim Herdzik. Kalubalen da ya fuskanta ya zo ne bayan wata badakala da ta shafi gobara a ofishin gundumarta. Nan da nan bayan gobarar, an sami rahotannin cewa Bebko-Jones ta bar sigari a ofishin.  Jami'in kashe gobara bai taba tantance musabbabin ba, sai dai kawai ya ce ba da gangan ba ne.  Bayan an yi gyaran ofishin, Bebko-Jones ta fice kafin karewar haya, tana mai ikirarin cewa iskar da ke cikin ginin ba ta da lafiya. Daga ƙarshe, mai gidanta ya amince da sulhu da jihar a kan kuɗin mai biyan haraji.   Herdzik ma ta yi hayar tsohon ofishin a matsayin hedikwatar kamfen, wanda hakan ya nuna abin da ya faru. A ranar zaɓe, Bebko-Jones ta yi nasara cikin sauƙi da kashi 60% na ƙuri'un.  

### Yaƙin neman zaɓe na Magajin Garin Erie
A shekarar 2005, ta tsaya takarar magajin garin Erie a kan Rick Filippi mai ci, wanda aka tuhume shi da laifukan cin hanci da rashawa.  Bebko-Jones ya zo na uku a takarar, bayan Joseph Sinnott wanda ya zama magajin gari. 

## Ritaya da tuhuma
An tilasta wa Bebko-Jones janyewa daga zaɓen fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Democrat na 2006 lokacin da aka yi tambayoyi kan ingancin takardun neman tsayawa takara.  Pat Harkins ta lashe zaɓen fidda gwani kuma ta ci gaba da lashe zaɓen gama gari. 

A watan Nuwamba na 2007, an kira babban alkalai a duk fadin jihar domin su binciki rashin daidaito a cikin takardun neman tsayawa takarar Bebko-Jone don zaben fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Democrat na 2006. A ranar 28 ga Fabrairu, 2007, Babban Lauyan Pennsylvania Tom Corbett ya tuhumi Bebko-Jones da tsohon shugaban ma'aikatanta da laifin yin jabun takardun neman tsayawa takara da kuma mika fom din bogi ga Sakataren Commonwealth .   

A ranar 6 ga Agusta, 2008, Bebko-Jones da tsohuwar shugabar ma'aikatanta Mary B. Fiolek kowannensu ya amsa laifin aikata laifukan da suka shafi ƙirƙira da gabatar da sa hannu na ƙarya da kuma makircin aikata laifuka. An umarci Jones da ya yi aikin hidimar al'umma na awanni 200 da kuma Fiolek na awanni 100.

A shekara ta 2007, an bayyana cewa Bebko-Jones, a matsayinta na mai ra'ayin mazan jiya, ta halarci  horo na majalisa a madadin jama'a bayan shan kaye. 

## Manazarta