If you missed tonight's meeting you missed a lot. Lots of "I didn't say that" "that's not what I said" was the Mayor's response to the backlash she received from concerned residents of Ward 1. The resident that was offended during last Monday's presentation (see April 16 post) of "Target Improvement Areas" circulated a flyer in her immediate neighborhood. Attendance tonight was over 100 people. Many from the east side area that was heavily targeted. And they were mad. The Mayor kept stating that this came from the county and "facts are facts".
Fact is that last Monday the Mayor gave the presentation, not the county. There was no realization on her part that by the way she set it up and the terminology she used, she offended a great many residents. I don't think she ever got the point.
Many from the audience came up to the "anonymous" author of the flyer to tell her they fully supported "anonymous" - who was not really anonymous especially after the Mayor stated that it was "unfortunate that Mrs.... chose to do that" Anonymous regrets not signing the flyer but she never intended to be anonymous since she spoke to most of those residents face to face.
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