Posted on 04/21/2015 3:23:22 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Voters in Parma, Missouri voted in their first African-American female mayor.
Tyus Byrd will be sworn in as mayor on Tuesday evening, April 14, at the Parma Community Building.
According to Mayor Randall Ramsey, five out of six police officers resigned this week, effectively immediately.
Mayor Ramsey said the clerk and the waste water treatment plant supervisor also turned in resignation letters citing “safety concerns.” …
(Excerpt) Read more at kfvs12.com ...
I don’t know anything about her resume or qualifications, so...
In MANY cases they have to mean it. Some do skate in the GOP basically carrying out Democrat lite policies because nobody will dare confront them, it ain’t politically correct.
My prayer is that this lady is not on the (spiritually) dark side.
Served as city clerk before being elected.
That’s not much of a recommendation.
That just means they’re more transparent.
Probaly. She must have relatives that need a job.
we’ll see ... might just be ‘nother chok’lit city
Well, for a town of just 700 people, it isn’t much of a pool to select from.
She may have been the best candidate, it’s just impossible to know at this point.
It is about time, when haters of the Republic get elected, it is time for Republic lovers to not be part of their administration, it is time for Republic lovers to stand on the sidelines and watch a new Detroit take place.
It may be — but what does it have to do with this article?
The mayor’s political affiliation is not that important because Parma likely has a weak mayor system of govt where the town council has all the power to hire the city manager, police chief, and other positions.
So which is it? Parma will turn into Detroit because the new mayor is black or corruption will be cleaned out of City Hall because she’s a republican? You can’t have it both ways.
you have to dig real deep to get to the truth here...
turns out “her honor” the new mayor’s family have had more than their share of run in’s with local officials including police...
they had legitimate safety concerns from her family..
i would have quit too...
of course this is “racist”..
She’s a Republican. Sounds like the “haters of the Republic” were the ones who ran.
Yup..David Dinkins was City Clerk before being elected mayor of NYC..and look how that tuned out..
2010 census[edit]
As of the census[3] of 2010, there were 713 people, 283 households, and 196 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,033.3 inhabitants per square mile (399.0/km2). There were 342 housing units at an average density of 495.7 per square mile (191.4/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 67.46% White, 29.45% Black or African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.56% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 1.12% from other races, and 1.26% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.81% of the population.
There were 283 households of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.4% were married couples living together, 22.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.7% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.97.
The median age in the city was 39.8 years. 26.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.5% were from 25 to 44; 28.6% were from 45 to 64; and 15% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.9% male and 51.1% female.
Source: Wikipedia
The population is in decline.
The fact that she is a Republican , and black..is the key point, IMHO, of the story..but you wouldn’t know it..would you, from the covergae?
If that is the extent of her experience and without knowing if she has anything more to add, it’s difficult to guess if she will be up to the task.
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