The District 5 free-for-all is starting to look silly. Silly because the spectacle that it is causing plays right into the hands of the local media who have a vested interest in the lies and fraud that make up life here in the city Beautiful.
Like rabid dogs with a blood lust, local Republican media love feasting on District 5 and its many debacles. Especially when its black folks grinnin’, accusin’ and complaining.
In fact, we may as well admit that even the pseudo progressive community is enjoying the political porn, as it unfolds on the web and social media. Lapping it up and weighing in on a part of town that they’ve never cared about, sighing to themselves: “Ahhh, look at those poor Negroes, isn’t it a shame they couldn’t just learn to self-actualize a little better?”
And yes, the Lynum-Hill-Harris extravaganza is certainly entertaining, and don’t look now, but it’s bound to get worse. Now that the qualifying window has closed, I’m sure we can look forward to many more episodes of amateur hour and adults behaving badly.
It almost makes one yearn for the Ernest Page days. Not.
No one denies Daisy Lynum was terrible for District 5. More of a sell-out than a champion; no one can say she did much for the now gutted, gentrified community. It’s a shadow of its former self. And, just in case you haven’t noticed, amidst the nice new shiny buildings, the poverty is still third world grade.
Thanks Daisy. For nothing.
Regina Hill is a nice lady. She means well and I’m sure she thinks her troubled past makes her more than qualified to run for City Commissioner in a modern American city that has over leveraged its operating revenues and, to the bond markets, is burdened with an elevated debt profile. I would love to hear her plans for reducing the city’s deteriorating financial situation and its continued debt to revenue challenges.
Hey Regina, if you have any ideas on ways the city can pursue a path of economic diversification and strengthen its major revenue sources, now is the time to share them.
Cynthia Harris, the same goes for you. And while you’re at it, developing a thicker skin might also be considered, along with a quick refresher course in American civics, the risks assumed by candidates for public office and the privacy sacrifice.
As for the 2nd generation Lynum, Juan Lynum, one can fantasize that he would be highly motivated to redeem the Lynum name, or rather, damn near compellingly motivated to clean up the wreckage left behind by his mom.
He, at least, has a sense of public policy issues and is an officer of the American court system. He’s young and an experienced attorney. And, although he’d never admit it, we know for a fact that off the record he has privately questioned many decisions made by his mom. But, it’s his mom.
But, if Mr. Lynum thinks he should be able to waltz in to City Hall on his mom’s coattails, he should be reminded that she has none and that her legacy of betrayal and abandonment will be a tough mountain to climb.
To win, he will need to be honest and frank.
He will also need a plan, because without one he’ll be just another waste of time.
