Closing the park only band aids the issue and moves the problem to another location. You have to actually deal with the problem, that’s why you’re there. Pull up your sleeves, if you don’t know what to do or feel like this is over your head bring people in… use that money aldermen get to fly in some problem solvers, experts in black psychology and sociology. Learn what you’re dealing with… the correlation between poverty and crime. Your constituents are suffering, many in survival mode. Create an environment in which they can heal and evolve. Divert the millions y’all spend putting fancy streetlights on blighted streets to investing in the people in your ward. Instead of voting to fund the police you should have voted to fund your people.
” But there’s a ruthless, dictatorial quality to small-town politics that defies American democratic traditions and very often violates the law.<br><br>The experiences of residents and political activists in such communities underscore why the formula for fragmented local governance needs revamping across the county. The dysfunctionality of 88 separate municipalities, coupled with the massive temptations for abuse of power, scream for a course correction.<br><br>Post-Dispatch reporters Jesse Bogan and Joel Currier recently detailed some of the pitfalls of local governance in the minimally scrutinized villages of Hillsdale and Bel-Ridge. In both cases, long-serving elected officials have come to view their authority as unchallengeable. They bristle at questions of transparency and accountability, even in cases when the law requires it.”<br><br>Every black operated municipality in St. Louis County engages in some form of this, their payoff for staying out of white folks business (St. Louis County government)… White leaders do their bidding and black leaders do theirs.
Meanwhile… <br><br>”The rate of syphilis cases in St. Louis County increased 42 percent between 2016 and 2017, the largest increase in at least five years, according to data released by the county’s health department.”<br><br>Who do you think this impacts more? #DamnAPhoto
Video – If the Arch fiasco and response showed anything, its why nothing ever gets solved or resolved in St. Louis… leaders are tone deaf, out of touch and both sides are stuck on racial oneupsmanship, ‘showing’ the other side. Every action and reaction is based on emotion. There are no adults in the room. There is no ‘good will’… this type of governance has the region on a downward spiral facing high crime and murders, businesses and residents are fleeing, those who can leave, those who can’t become disengaged, apathetic. And these are the people who actually care, they’re leaving in droves. <br><br>Not surprised by this at all… anything St. Louis leaders touch turns to shit. Black leaders would have done better leveraging the photo of the Arch ribbon cutting ceremony, letting the white establishment Democrats own this and take the L but they weren’t gonna be happy unless they were in the picture. Now they’ll get a share of the blame. <br><br>Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. – Napoleon
😂 This dude…
Not only is Diddy’s quoting some fathom investigation nobody can verify he’s moonwalking away from his pursuit of a NFL team, get this, because the NFL oppresses black men… not because those old white NFL owners laughed him out the stadium… all it takes for us is some bs excuse and that’s what he’s giving us,<br><br>”Last month, another of Diddy’s potential ventures—owning an NFL team—made headlines when the Bad Boy boss revealed he was no longer interested in the pursuit. “I don’t want to be associated with oppressing black men,” he told Big Boy. “I don’t want to be associated with telling grown ass men what they can and can’t do . . . Because I’m such an NFL fan, and I hope they do what they have to do to fix it, and I hope they re-engage my dream to want to do that.””<br><br>Wow. He didn’t walk away from the white owned machine that controls hip hop, exploits women, uses the radio to pump negativity into our communities 24/7/365… not positivity, not upliftment, but the murder of young black men that look like him. How many rappers have been murdered in the past month? He didn’t offer any guidance or insight, he’s not using Revolt TV for the struggle, to amplify unapologic black voices or to push positive hip hop. He didn’t walk away from any of it. He made millions cheating artists in the process. And gave little if anything back. <br><br>But y’all wanna believe so bad…

Sunken Space | STL January 12, 2018 Sunken Place St Louis

A man who spent his entire career going along to get along, never pushing the needle or taking a stand against police brutality… who never advocated changing the culture of policing isn’t gonna suddenly morph into a crusader for justice

A man who spent his entire career going along to get along, never pushing the needle or taking a stand against police brutality... who never advocated changing the culture of policing isn't gonna suddenly morph into a crusader for justice

New chief can change combative attitude of police

Kevin Boone is correct that the “New chief, mayor must address reasons for crime” (Jan. 5). And he is correct that St. Louis city (and the region) has an “underclass