Re: [Mpls] SSB Boulevard

[Brobson34]

I hate to rain on peoples' imaginary parades, but Sharon Sayles Belton and her two closest allies on the city council were unceremoniously drummed out of office less than a year ago, a fairly compelling repudiation of her (at least recent) performance. It's not really the time to be talking boulevards, not when deservedly controversial projects such as Block E and Holman aren't fully erected and the city is facing a budget hangover from all the "development and growth" SSB led over the past decade.
If a public servant does indeed accomplish things that stand the test of time, they will be remembered, cherished and eventually honored--that's why it is a good idea to wait until someone's legacy has been pretty well established before naming things after them.
With all due respect to SSB, even a charitable review of her legacy and accomplishments finds that it does not measure up to those of Nellie Stone Johnson, to use an example that might satisfy Brandon's gender preference.

Britt Robson
Lyndale