Tag: Roosevelt Wright Jr.

Each year various organizations present awards in memory of one person or another, but usually, the recipients are politically acceptable, safe, or deceased. The City of Monroe gives Trailblazer awards to individuals who charted paths in the community. They were…

We are officially in “It’s safe to be black month.” For 28 days, the black community can explore its culture, history, successes, and failures without risking being labeled racist. During “Black History Month,” we can safely be “Black” until March…

Three years ago, candidates for Monroe City Council and Mayor all sang a song of working together to build a new Monroe, most notably a united Monroe. Even though we’d heard that song before, for some reason, people believed Mayor…

    We have seen it before but it seems to be increasingly worse as evil increasingly raises its deadly head. Senseless murders, shooting sprees, drive-bys and assaults are increasing all over the country. What happened last week in Buffalo…

    When it comes to city workers there has always been a fight with city hall. Last week city employees received the short end of the stick from all sides: state law, its union leaders, and the city.  …

   Our community has been traumatized by escalating violence in our community, now the fingerpointing has begun.    Last week Monroe Mayor Oliver Friday Ellis and police Chief Victor Zordan hosted a press announcement placing blame for the violence in…

  In October present members of the Monroe City Schools will be up for re-election. It doesn’t seem like four years, but time passes quickly.   Since the racial makeup of the present board is five blacks and two whites,…