So I was reading this article and the comments posted on The Commercial Appeal's site about Herenton and his 5th term. Ohhh... it was very negative. A lot of criticism, I think, from people who just have a lot of hot breathe to blow, but who will inevitably do anything to help solve Memphis problems. I do not agree with Herenton the least bit. I believe he is concerned about the wrong things, and he adds flame to the already blazing fire of racial tension in the city. And he is a pretty cocky fellow. He would not even debate any of the other candidates. He was too sure he was going to win, but I do have to hand it to him---he did win.
And now he is in office...again. The people who cared voted; and this is the result. But just because Herenton is in office does not mean that Memphis can not grow as a city. Change takes collective action. Everything can not be left up to one person to make change. We have to work together as a city.
And most of those comments on the site, I noticed were pretty racial. That is the problem. Race has nothing to do with the rising crime rate, the taxes, or anything else these people are bitching about. Everyone needs someone to blame, though. The blacks blame the whites for not supporting Herenton. And the whites blame the blacks for putting him back in office. Well the fact is that he is back in office, so we might as well support him. He is our mayor for another term. And as long as we stand divided, we will never be able to see the change everyone wants so badly----whether they are BLACK or WHITE...
I hate the fact that people are just sitting around complaining about how Herenton was reelected. How Memphis is going to go down hill from here. How everyone who voted for him is a complete idiot. How they want to move away. How bad a job Herenton has done. Blah blah blah. But what are they going to do about it? Herenton won; nothing can reverse that now. If you say things are going to go down hill, you're negative thinking just adds to the problem. Everyone who voted for him is not an idiot; what made the other candidates so great? People just voted for who they thought would do well. If you want to move---move! Herenton is not all bad, and maybe he would do better if more people took action and supported him.
I don't know what, if anything, Herenton will do to improve Memphis. With that being said, what is Memphis doing to improve Memphis??
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Herenton has done a lot to help out Memphis business. He's pushed along projects such as the building of the FedEx forum. But, what's that doing for the city. I don't agree with his policy one but but he is doing at least something.
However, he doesn't focus on poverty, welfare, and city education. When was the last time any of the Memphis city schools got a renovation or new facilities? Memphis needs help from the bottom up, rather than from the top to the bottom. How can our population afford to drive Downtown and spend 50 dollars or more on a NBA ticket if they can't even afford to buy their kids school supplies?
You right, Memphis doesn't do anything to improve itself. People just move away, or bitch endlessly. As long as there's not enough dissent or agreement to what needs to be done, nothing gets done.
You are so right. Even a cocky mayor can't strong-arm a public which stands up to him and to the poverty, crime, racial tension, etc. in this city. We absolutely do have to join a collective effort to force Herenton to live up to his campaign slogan "continuing progress."
And, the FedEx Forum has cost the property owners of Memphis over 25 Billion Dollars - and the Grizzlies are still threatening to leave. Is that really a success?
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