The Numbers Are In, Mayoral Control Is Out: Community Members Testify Against Mayoral Control
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With all the hoopla in the media regarding yesterday's spectacle of a "public hearing", it's important for those who were not able to attend (after all, most people work on Friday mornings and/or afternoons or have other daytime obligations) to understand clearly what actually went down, what was said, and perhaps most importantly, who said it.
Based on close listening and note-taking throughout the first six hours of the seven-hour forum, here are some interesting numbers I recorded on the subject of "who said what."
Of the 43 people I witnessed speak, only twelve spoke in favor of the legislation. But what's most interesting is the fact that of those twelve who spoke in favor of the legislation, six were elected officials/politicians, and three were affluent CEOs. Only three community members and/or parents or RCSD students, with no financial and/or political ties to mayoral control spoke in favor of the legislation.
On the other hand, 31 spoke against the legislation. Of those 31, eight were elected officials/politicians. Twenty-three community members and parents spoke against the mayoral control legislation.
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Elizabeth Brown , Carrie Peetluk , Crystal Johnson , Tim Adams, Lori Thomas, Rev. C. Michael Tillman, Sr., Mary Adams, Ricardo Adams, Chris Edes,
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