Friday, November 6, 2009
'WHERE IS FRANK JACKSON?"
Posted by Frank Lewis on Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 2:11 PM
We aren't alone in arguing that Mayor Jackson's self-imposed low profile is quickly passing from quirky to intolerable. Today Roldo lets him have it over the serial killer story:
As if the Cleveland police don’t have enough on their hands. Now they have another missing person: Mayor Frank Jackson.Where is Frank Jackson?
I’ve covered a lot of mayors going back to Ralph Locher. I don’t know one of them that would not have had a strong public presence in a situation as the one where 11 women have been murdered. And where so much evidence points to an embarrassing lack of policy, execution and service from the city and its bureaucracy.
I don’t know any of the Mayors for more than 40 years who would not be very visible, trying to guide the city, calm the city and give it some assurance of action. I don’t know any of them who wouldn’t be consoling the residents, trying to reassure them in every way, every day that the Mayor has concerned for them, for what has happened and for a just resolution.
This Mayor is absent without leave. He can’t hide behind, “What is, is.”
It won’t fly. Not this time.
Roldo goes on to note that a lengthy New York Times article on the case doesn't mention Jackson once. Read Roldo's entire post here. — Frank Lewis
(Incidentally, the NYT article was co-written by former Scene staff writer and Cleveland resident Chris Maag, and the photo was shot by Scene contributor Ken Blaze.)
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We need to get his dna before he gets lost, well lost from his city anyway, since he presented us the 63 million budget crisis in 2003 and we just re-lected him him we really need the dna of the city budget also.
The last I heard, Frank Jackson is not the mayor of East Cleveland. Why would he need to comment?
the perp is arrested and in jail, nothing to worry about. he has more pressing issues to deal with now. im not making light of the situatin but nobody seemed to miss these poor women till now. there is nothing he can do at this time but let the situation playout the he can figure out how to keep this from happening again.
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