re: 'It will come back to haunt her': Kip Holden on Carl Dabadie, Sharon Weston Broome's relat

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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. 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.