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A leader with a heart (Original Post) leftofcool Jun 2019 OP
I love Mayor Pete. murielm99 Jun 2019 #1
No, my dear murielm99--he is NOT finished, not by a long shot. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2019 #3
completely agree. n/t MBS Jun 2019 #4
If he is finished, murielm99 Jun 2019 #6
some quotes from African Americans in South Bend MBS Jun 2019 #2
I hope these black citizens murielm99 Jun 2019 #5
some more comments from an iconic South Bend TV anchor MBS Jun 2019 #7
Let's hope this woman's words get out to the public. Capt. America Jun 2019 #8

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,103 posts)
3. No, my dear murielm99--he is NOT finished, not by a long shot.
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 02:20 PM
Jun 2019

This is his baptism by fire, and he's doing the best he can to help South Bend and all the wounded people who live there.

It looks bad right now because we're in the thick of it, but give it time, and it will assume its proper place in his history.

murielm99

(31,437 posts)
6. If he is finished,
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 04:21 PM
Jun 2019

I will accept that. I will vote for a yellow dog before I vote for an orange madman.

MBS

(9,688 posts)
2. some quotes from African Americans in South Bend
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 12:50 PM
Jun 2019

a little more complex than the usual soundbites
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/23/us/politics/buttigieg-south-bend-shooting.html?

Speaking to reporters after the event, Mr. Buttigieg, with emotion evident in his voice, said he was grieved by his constituents’ pain and committed to addressing their complaints. He said he attended Sunday’s event not out of political calculation, but out of a sense of duty. “I don’t know if it’s smart or not, I don’t know if it’s strategic or not, but it’s my city,” Mr. Buttigieg said. “I have a relationship with everybody in this city.”

Oliver Davis, a black member of the South Bend City Council who has been a sharp critic of Mr. Buttigieg on policing matters, paused a long time during a telephone interview on Sunday when asked if the mayor showed empathy. “If he cries and sheds tears then people say he’s weak,” he said. “If he doesn’t shed a tear people say he’s cold. If he gets angry people say he’s out of control. If he has a flat face and doesn’t say anything, people say he doesn’t feel our pain.” Mr. Davis said he admired the mayor for wading into a crowd of protesters and Mr. Logan’s grieving relatives on Friday night. “Very few people could have withstood what he went through without completely losing it,” he said.

Lwan Easton, an African-American resident of South Bend who attended the meeting on Sunday, said he was generally pleased with Mr. Buttigieg’s performance as mayor. But while parts of the city have indeed improved, Mr. Easton said the mayor had struggled connecting with black people and “needs to step up his game with community interaction.”“This is a defining moment for him,” Mr. Easton said. “I believe that he can probably figure this out.”

Toward the end of the meeting, Verma Blackman, an African-American resident, spoke about her questions about Mr. Logan’s death, about how he was transported to the hospital in a police car rather than an ambulance, about her frustration that the body camera her tax money helped buy was not turned on. And she told the mayor that her young grandson was scared of his city’s police officers. “I’m doing everything I know how to fix it,” Mr. Buttigieg told her.
As she left the high school, Ms. Blackman said she was pleased with the mayor’s response.
“I’m a big fan of Mayor Pete: he answered it and didn’t tiptoe around it,”
Ms. Blackman said. “That’s what I wanted: I wanted him to respond to our cries. Because we’re crying.”

murielm99

(31,437 posts)
5. I hope these black citizens
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 03:45 PM
Jun 2019

are the majority, or they become the majority.

There are some ways to fix this. Policy changes must be made. Heads must roll if these policies are ignored.

A man has died. That is the first thing to remember.

MBS

(9,688 posts)
7. some more comments from an iconic South Bend TV anchor
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 07:38 AM
Jun 2019

Maureen McFadden, described in this twitter feed as the "Walter Cronkite" of South Bend TV news, recently retired after 40 years of TV broadcasting.
Her opening tweet:

@CNN @BrookeBCNN
Don’t let the malcontents sway you. I am twice @PeteButtigieg age and spent my entire life in South Bend and worked 40 years in media. He has done more to try and mend our community than anyone I remember.


Many thoughtful comments follow, by McFadden and other South Benders, including members of the black community.

https://mobile.twitter.com/mmcfaddentv/status/1142379058099097600
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