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Missouri town responds to officer exodus after election of black female mayor
yahoo.com ^ | April 22, 2015 | Michael Walsh

Posted on 04/22/2015 8:23:39 AM PDT by PROCON

A small city in Missouri caught national attention when roughly half of its employees resigned following the election of its first African-American female mayor.

Many news outlets and bloggers have speculated that racism and sexism drove the exodus in Parma, a city of about 700 near the Mississippi River; whereas several residents say other factors were at play.

Mayor Tyus Byrd, 40, who beat longtime incumbent Randall Ramsey, has not yet released a formal statement on the controversy, but did address it briefly after being sworn in last week.

“Moving forward, I’ll get with the board. I’ll speak here in a little bit,” she told KFVS-TV, “and we’ll talk and discuss those issues that have taken place today. And we’ll try to get things in order for the city.”

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To: PROCON

She’s a republican; The former 37 year serving mayor a democrat. In a town of 740, I bet there was a lot of nepotism in those jobs. And possibly covered up corruption.


21 posted on 04/22/2015 8:38:08 AM PDT by Betty Jane
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To: max americana

Well

Apparently some Freepers just can’t get enough use of said card can she


22 posted on 04/22/2015 8:38:29 AM PDT by wardaddy (Dems hate western civilization and GOP are cowards...We are headed to a dark place)
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To: SampleMan
Six police officers in a town of 700 people? That is very odd. . . . Kirk said her shop has been burglarized nine times over the past decade.

Hate to be judgmental, but it sounds like they have the type of citizenry where they could use a dozen. Or six which actually did their jobs.

23 posted on 04/22/2015 8:38:58 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: wardaddy
Like any of these black supermajority southern farmland towns it’s dying...

Actually, the town is about 65% white.

24 posted on 04/22/2015 8:40:25 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (It's time to repeal and replace the GOP)
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To: max americana

Because the new mayor is a Republican, and the folks bolting may be doing so ahead of a decades long spree of corruption by Democrats gets exposed.

But the article wants to create the perception that there’s a racial issue here, through selective presentation and ommission of facts.


25 posted on 04/22/2015 8:40:29 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: PROCON
Hi.

Perhaps these officers knew what an incompetent she is.

Possibly, or it could also mean that after 37 yrs of Rat rule, the place resembles Chicago.

5.56mm

26 posted on 04/22/2015 8:40:31 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: tanknetter
The new mayor is a Republican, apparently. Assumptions/knee-jerk reactions need to be checked.

Is this really true? Oh man, this would be great. Of course the media would hide this fact.

27 posted on 04/22/2015 8:40:45 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: max americana; PROCON

What’s do dumb ass about it?

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If you have read the previous threads, then you would know this is not a race issue. And for PROCON to assert she must be incompetent shows ignorance of the backstory.


28 posted on 04/22/2015 8:41:11 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility.)
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To: TomGuy
The police seemed to have resigned due to a lack of confidence in the new mayor.

Winning on an anti-corruption platform, I suspect they lacked confidence that she would keep the river of graft flowing like the old mayor did.

29 posted on 04/22/2015 8:42:07 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Responsibility2nd

Nah, I didn’t read the backstory nor did I search the previous threads. To us in L.A., early morning is 8 am so I im still lazy to search the previous threads.


30 posted on 04/22/2015 8:44:08 AM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: Blood of Tyrants

I think I like this town. It’s in the Missouri boot heel which is a pretty conservative location and is a short drive from where Rush Limbaugh was born and raised. I’m not surprised that she’s a Republican.


31 posted on 04/22/2015 8:45:14 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: Tenacious 1

See my #10


32 posted on 04/22/2015 8:45:42 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: dfwgator

“Black female Republican becomes mayor, exposes and confronts corruption, Democrat cronies resign en masse” doesn’t fit the narrative.

“Black female becomes mayor, white civil servants abandon their jobs” does.


33 posted on 04/22/2015 8:46:02 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: PROCON

Hey that’s the price you pay when you don’t get out and vote!


34 posted on 04/22/2015 8:47:36 AM PDT by Harpotoo
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To: Betty Jane
I am betting you are right. We have a county of 380,000 people which has been trending GOP. In the 2011 municipal elections, the Democrats lost every row office on the ballot and control of the commission for the first time since the Eisenhower administration. There was a mass exodus at every level of country government. It also turned out that one of the former commissioners signed an over inflated long term lease with the country for additional office space on downtown building which he personally purchased for pennies on the dollar.

This type of crap is standard protocol in places where one party or faction stays in power for too long.

I say party or faction because the GOP has run large swaths of counties and municipalities in conservative parts of the Rocky Mountain states for years with minimal corruption. But this is because the TEA party types regularly take out the GOPe types from time to time.

35 posted on 04/22/2015 8:48:57 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Responsibility2nd; max americana
What’s do dumb ass about it?

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If you have read the previous threads, then you would know this is not a race issue. And for PROCON to assert she must be incompetent shows ignorance of the backstory.

I didn't assert anything, "perhaps" means maybe....or maybe not.

36 posted on 04/22/2015 8:50:25 AM PDT by PROCON (CRUZing into 2016 with TED!)
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To: PROCON

If she had let it be known that she was going to fire everyone in order to make her administration “more inclusive” then yes, if I were an employee there, I would quit.


37 posted on 04/22/2015 8:51:36 AM PDT by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: tanknetter

However, usually in small towns mayors don’t usually have a party affiliation.


38 posted on 04/22/2015 8:52:27 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Mercat

In that case, let me say, “You Go, Girl!”


39 posted on 04/22/2015 8:57:38 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: PROCON

How does a town of 700 even fund their own department? That’s barely even considered a town.


40 posted on 04/22/2015 8:57:44 AM PDT by miliantnutcase
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