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> Clarence Hightower remarked in Doug Grow's column about what to say to young
>African-Americans about Sharon's defeat. I am concerned that young people are being
>taught that democracy is a zero-sum game, in which a defeat for the mayor is a defeat
>for them! "We tell them, 'stay in school, work hard,' and for what?" he asked. I say,
>"Work hard so that YOU can someday run for mayor, for city council, for governor, for
>president." Honestly, need one ask why to encourage young people to suceed?
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> I do not understand how Hightower can make that statement; SSB has been in office
>at City Hall for 18 years. She was being looked at by Al Gore for a cabinet
>appointment had he won. As a council woman and as a mayor she did some truly
>important things. First African American woman to be mayor of a big city. She carried
>the ball to get Harriet Tubman at the urging of MCDA secretaries. She led the
>struggle to get Ferris Alexander off Lake Street. She brokered bringing MN Employment
>Center to Lake and Chicago. She started Success by Six and Way to Grow.When the
>neighborhoods turned down Fraser for closing Hosmer, she got the CLIC money for the
>expansion. Though SSB might disagree, I thought some of her best work was for women
>and children.
She ran for office six times and won five of them. How this
could be construed as "sero sum" is beyond my ken. Also, SSB
hs been pretty classy in the way she's presented herself.
While I can always disagree with her, I do admire the woman
and see her as a role model for both children and adults of
all cultures.
Wizard Marks, Central
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