tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post2789967361120293..comments2024-03-01T07:43:16.529-06:00Comments on Smart City Memphis: City Council Antics Lose Their Humor When Consequences Are No Laughing MatterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-37523658211406594042007-06-07T10:37:00.000-05:002007-06-07T10:37:00.000-05:00Observing the Memphis City Council for over 30 yea...Observing the Memphis City Council for over 30 years, I have noticed that members,black and white, are often looking at the past versus the future or even the present.<BR/><BR/>I used to observe this with the older conservative white members. Now the same mentality affects the older reactionary black majority. I sincerely hope that younger professionals of both races will decide enough is enough eventually, get involved, and also keep a broader perspective of the City's direction. I remember that Mayor Herenton used to be considered part of the new up and coming thinking African American generation but has descended into nothing more than a macho grandstander, a caricature of an old black political boss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-15559594298393139522007-06-07T09:52:00.000-05:002007-06-07T09:52:00.000-05:00Had I been on the council, I would have voted for ...Had I been on the council, I would have voted for neither LeMoyne-Owen nor the Beale Street Landing boondoggle.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately, there is a potential to replace 8 councilors this year in the City elections, and we should take every opportunity to do so.Steve Steffenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104688163653632284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-17687300551529308172007-06-07T08:27:00.000-05:002007-06-07T08:27:00.000-05:00This is exactly why Memphis is doomed in its feebl...This is exactly why Memphis is doomed in its feeble attempts to keep up with other, better cities and exactly why I'll be moving somewhere else in the next couple of years.<BR/>Who needs this bs anyway? The grass really IS greener elsewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-8809643093327212752007-06-07T06:13:00.000-05:002007-06-07T06:13:00.000-05:00Excellent post. It should be sent to every council...Excellent post. It should be sent to every council member and the Mayor. <BR/><BR/>The people at the top who run the City base so many decisions on race (I know as I have worked for the MPD for 23 years) while the workers - black and white - only want what is fair and want to work with and for the best of the best -not the whitest or the blackest - just the most qualified. I am not sure if we will ever get away from that mentality during my career.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com