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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Perhaps these officers knew what an incompetent she is.
I’m sure she will be glad to replace those who resigned with cronies that will support her no matter how incompetent she is.
Perhaps these officers knew what an incompetent she is.
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That’s a dumb-ass thing to say.
Maybe, maybe not. This story may not be as simple as it sounds. Another thread on FR yesterday addressed it in more detail.
I notice that comments from the citizenry indicate they were unaware there even were six police officers.
Faced with the prospect of having to get out and do something to get paid, a lot of lay abouts in the municipality chose to hit the road in search of another easy gig.
That was my first thought. Not her skin color. What creds does she have and what is her background on issues? If she is a friend of Al Sharpton, Jessie Jackson and Eric Holder, I'd quit too regardless of her/him, black/white/red/brown, athiest/Christian/Muslim or cartoon character.
I suspect she may hate police officers and think they are all racists. Did she run on pushing sensitivity training among the ranks? Has she made comments assuming the police force needs to be "fundamentally changed"?
I bet there is more to the story than Yahoo reports.
Probably did since it was a town of only 700 so it could be everyone knows everyone, at least in the gov there.
It’d be interesting to know how many of those 700 residents are gov employees. How many does it take to manage a town of that size? Shouldn’t be a lot, but last I looked at BLS statistics, about 1 out of 14 people in the country is a gov employee, which is pretty shocking.
So if they follow the national average of about 7%, then 49 are employees and about 24 walked.
Six police officers in a town of 700 people? That is very odd.
The town of 2,000 that I went to HS in had a 1 town cop, in addition to the County sheriff and 2 deputies (who obviously worked then entire county of 6,000 people). The smaller towns of of 100-200 in the county had no cops.
From the article,Lisa Kirk, 58, who owns a convenience store in Parma, was surprised that the town even had six people on its police force.
“There was never police around in town,” she told the wire service. “We have no idea where the six officers worked or who they are. If they did work, I don’t know where they were.”
Kirk said her shop has been burglarized nine times over the past decade.
I read they deleted hard drives and shredded files on their way out the door.
I suspect this exodus had less to do with the new Republican mayor's race or gender and more to do with these officials feathering their own nests for 37 years under the previous Democrat mayor.
“Perhaps these officers knew what an incompetent she is.”
Uh, you’re making quite an assumption there! She is a Republican! Been in the govt. as a town clerk for years. Town was run by a democrat mayor for 37 years. Probably a lot of corruption.
From yesterday’s article, she’s a Republican and the police may be scattering because of some scandals.
There seems to be more to this story.
The police seemed to have resigned due to a lack of confidence in the new mayor.
Of course, 6 police for a town of 700 does seem a high number.
One other possibility. The article says that “Rich Medley . . . said the town’s officers had several run-ins with members of Byrd’s family.”
Possibly she has a few troublesome youts in her family, who have had run-ins with the law? Pure speculation. But it’s unusual for the media to even hint at such a possibility.
As for those questioned who say they never saw the police doing their jobs, . . . whose side are they on?
I’d say we need more first-hand information. But we’re not going to get it from the media, that’s for sure.
“Perhaps these officers knew what an incompetent she is.
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That’s a dumb-ass thing to say.”
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What’s do dumb ass about it? I think everyone here is tired of the white liberal leftards throwing the race card we’re all fed up.
Can’t post the link on my old “smart” phone, but a search on Parma brings it up.
The new mayor is a Republican, apparently. Assumptions/knee-jerk reactions need to be checked.
Or, of course, maybe the opposite. Maybe the former mayor and the police were corrupt, and that’s why they had “run-ins.”
Wanna bet the primary income to the municipal coffers is through “traffic enforcement”?
Yeah. I get the impression these folks knew their gravy train had stopped a’rollin’, and there could be trouble without the old Mayor there to protect them. One cop was quoted as saying he resigned because he knew he was going to lose his job anyway. Says a lot.
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