Reply #16: There's a lot going on here [View All]

[supernova]

There's more to this tar-baby than meets the eye:

1) We got a guy (apparently white) using the expression "tar-baby." 'Kay... I'll give him the benefit of the doubt because he worked previously in Asheville and for The Eastern Band of Cherokee. One hopes with that history he is at least aware of diversity.

BTW, the Uncle Remus tales all have the subtextual meaning of coping with slavery, subjugation, and getting by when you are not a full citzen. Song of the South doesn't convey this meaning well enough in the eyes of some.

2) We have a city council that seems adversarial. He succeeded Collette Creppell, the agency's director since early 2001, who resigned under pressure in September. Yolanda Rodriguez, the commission's deputy director under Creppell, served as interim executive director since September.

So since early 2001, they've gone through two planning commission EDs.

One insensitive blockhead + overreaching city council = he needs a new job.