re: Will America’s "Black Mecca" [Atlanta] Elect a White Mayor?

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Certainly the first Democrat I've put up a sign for

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She’s about the best one can hope for in a southern majority-minority city. Most of the pragmatic, business-friendly black political leaders seem to have gone the way of the dodo. Though Atlanta’s have still been better than most other cities’.

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Most of the pragmatic, business-friendly black political leaders seem to have gone the way of the dodo. Though Atlanta’s have still been better than most other cities’.

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Personally, I thought Reed was fairly reasonable as mayor.

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Peter Aman or Mary Norwood winning it all

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The butthurt from certain segments of the city if those two were the ones that made the runoff would be so fun to watch.

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Personally, I thought Reed was fairly reasonable as mayor.

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Reed was good at a couple of things. He wasn't openly hostile to the business community, and he did a fair job keeping racial frustrations in check. He stood up to the far left elements of the black community a few times, and I applaud that.

But, he was openly hostile to police officers, while facilitating raises for far more worthless segments of Atlanta government. He oversaw continued inexplicable incompetence at Watershed and other Atlanta agencies. He abandoned mostly white neighborhoods during several years of isolated crime increases (every summer in Buckhead, basically). He fights with members of City Council and stonewalls their projects, only to eventually try and take credit for the projects when they move through despite his longstanding objections.

He's probably the most petty politician I've ever met IRL. And, of course, this doesn't account for the folks who think he is very likely on the take.

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Hello Felicia Moore and the Bolton-Marietta Publix.

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bingo