When children die
Intervention is necessary when children die October 12, 2015 While in Kansas City recently, I opened up the daily newspaper to a grim headline on the front page: Kids in the crossfire. If you know me, you know that I’m a sucker for babies and children so the article drew me right in. Since my […]
COB Hearing Tonite
Tonite’s Public Safety Hearing was interesting; No uniformed SLPD in the house. A call for DeBorah Ahmad’s to withdraw as a COB nominee due to a conflict of interest. Etc. Concern about the COB needing subpoena power is echoed. One thing that needs to be clarified again is that COB nominations came out of the […]
Forward to Equity
Published in the St. Louis American, October 1, 2015 The long-awaited report by the Ferguson Commission is appropriately titled “Forward Through Ferguson: A Path Toward Racial Equity.” Before I could be overwhelmed by the 189 recommendations embedded in the nearly 200 pages, I was underwhelmed by the region’s so-called leaders. Where were the declarations of […]