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'It will come back to haunt her': Kip Holden on Carl Dabadie, Sharon Weston Broome's relat
Posted on 7/24/17 at 4:03 pm
Posted on 7/24/17 at 4:03 pm
Per The Advocate:
Kip was a perfect example as to what the mayor of BR should be. He never put race into consideration when attempting to make rational decisions.
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quote:
The former mayor-president who tapped Carl Dabadie as his police chief said Monday that Dabadie has been treated unfairly and that his retirement will be a terrible blow to Baton Rouge.
Former Mayor-President Kip Holden named Dabadie as BRPD chief in 2013. The two had an especially close relationship and spoke every day, Holden said.
Holden credited Dabadie with leading Baton Rouge to its lowest level of homicides in a decade during 2016. And Holden criticized current Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, who has been calling for a new BRPD chief since she was on the campaign trail a year ago.
"She made a decision on a good man, a good person, a good law enforcement officer, and it will come back to haunt her," Holden said.
Kip was a perfect example as to what the mayor of BR should be. He never put race into consideration when attempting to make rational decisions.
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This post was edited on 7/24/17 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 7/24/17 at 4:08 pm to MettShow69
quote:
Kip was a perfect example as to what the mayor of BR should be.
I was never a full-blown Kip supporter, but I'm coming to appreciate him more and more each day he's been out of office.
Posted on 7/24/17 at 4:18 pm to MettShow69
quote:
Kip was a perfect example as to what the mayor of BR should be. He never put race into consideration when attempting to make rational decisions.
This. Kip's greatest gift and biggest weakness was that he was a dreamer. He had a real vision for Baton Rouge and worked tirelessly (well, between dress-up sessions and picking up white women) to make that grand vision a reality.
Much of it has now come to pass (Revitalization of Downtown, Kids Museum, downtown greenway, Greenlight Part One, hosting PBA Championships, Bayou Country Superfest, Miss USA Pageant).
Some is now underway (Nicholson Gateway, Children's Hospital).
Others thought to once be pipe dreams (Downtown Alive, new zoo, bike paths connecting BREC parks, BR/NOLA commuter rail, LSU Lakes Project, widening of I-10, BR Loop, streetcar, etc) have all either become possible in the future or have died on the vine due to NIMBY's, interference from the Governor's Mansion, or a lack of leadership by the new regime.
Kip dreamed big, bigger than anyone else in this town. He dreamed of a Baton Rouge that was the South's next great city. In doing so, he often proposed projects that didn't make since for a city this size, yet somehow, he pushed us farther in that direction than any mayor in the city's history, all without resorting to race-baiting or partisan politics.
Kip, here's to you
Hopefully, some day you can be the greatest Lt. General this state has ever seen, or will ever see.
This post was edited on 7/24/17 at 4:28 pm
Posted on 7/24/17 at 4:25 pm to MettShow69
His green light plan was a very big success in my opinion
Posted on 7/24/17 at 4:43 pm to MettShow69
So who's gonna be the new police chief? Gravy?
Posted on 7/24/17 at 4:53 pm to MettShow69
How she could push for a new chief and give the incompetent/criminal Director of Council on Aging a pass is frickING INSANE!
Posted on 7/24/17 at 5:21 pm to MettShow69
Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't Kip run for Mayor again in 3 years? I hope someone could talk him into running for BR Mayor again.
Posted on 7/24/17 at 5:56 pm to MettShow69
Baton Rouge is done.
It's over.
Get out while you can.
It's over.
Get out while you can.
Posted on 7/24/17 at 6:19 pm to MettShow69
This bitch has got to go.
Gravy, if you read this, tell your girl to pack her bags. BR is to good for her.
Gravy, if you read this, tell your girl to pack her bags. BR is to good for her.
Posted on 7/24/17 at 6:30 pm to MettShow69
Kip seemed to be a pretty good guy for BR.
The progression for red state metro areas has been:
Republican Mayors
Then a White Democrat
Then a black male Democrat
Then maybe a black female Democrat
All of that is fine if the voters vote for them but the black mayors always purge out department leaders that are not black and replace them with people that black with race being the only consideration for the hire.
It plays out over and over.
The progression for red state metro areas has been:
Republican Mayors
Then a White Democrat
Then a black male Democrat
Then maybe a black female Democrat
All of that is fine if the voters vote for them but the black mayors always purge out department leaders that are not black and replace them with people that black with race being the only consideration for the hire.
It plays out over and over.
Posted on 7/24/17 at 7:05 pm to MettShow69
The police department hates her guts now.
Posted on 7/24/17 at 8:11 pm to MettShow69
What do we need to change to allow him to run again? Is there anything we can do? Petition? Beg the metro council?
Baton Rouge needs Kip in for another 2 or 3 terms.
Baton Rouge needs Kip in for another 2 or 3 terms.
Posted on 7/25/17 at 5:56 am to MettShow69
Kip was a great mayor. As the OP stated Kip put BR first and was one of the few that could rise above all the racial mud slinging. He was a credit to the democratic party. Too bad the liberals hate guys like him. Guys that refuse to tow the party line and incite division.
Posted on 7/25/17 at 6:18 am to MettShow69
Holden was a respectable mayor. Some of his tax initiatives did not pass, but he was a great cheer leader for Baton Rouge and Louisiana. He'd have made a great Lt Governor.
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