The Oliver Ellis administration apparently thinks it can ignore touchy issues and they will go away. It appears that part of the city’s new brand is to “say nothing about touchy issues and hope they go away.” Unfortunately, the Black…
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Mayor’s “State of City” infomercial ignored many minority concerns
Mayor Oliver Ellis released a thirty-minute infomercial style television broadcast on Easter Sunday in which he summed up his first eight months in office. It was a beautiful production, but many didn’t see it and many minorities who saw…
Secret Non-Zero grading policy allows lazy students to pass
It’s not spoken outside of education circles, but it’s known by every public school teacher and student: No matter how poorly a student performs in class, or assignments are missed, the student will never receive a zero. It’s a…
What is the strategy of this generation of Black leaders?
Each generation of our community has benefited from the thinking power of men and women who formulated the strategy for our community and led the struggle. The challenge for today’s leaders is to learn what those before them have done…
Whites with DWIs and Opid addictions are ill, black drug offenders are criminals; why?
Laws and law enforcement officials have a totally different approach to public safety depending on the crime. Many people sell marijuana, oxci pills, crack powder, and other controlled substances; this is primarily a preoccupation of the poor and blacks. Among…
Council vote hurt Black chances for a slice of $48 million pie
The Ellis Administration ripped another page from the past Tuesday night when it pushed through a plan to spend $48 million on improving the Monroe water plant, without an aggressive push to include minorities, women and otherwise disadvantaged businesses. The…
Despite Chief Zordan’s “Woof Ticket”, murders are continuing
City hall is generally quiet about what is being done, if anything, to address both its actions to reduce violent crimes in Monroe. When Chief Victor Zordan became Chief of police, he came in like John Wayne riding a white…