But if you blink, you may miss it.
When discussing this afternoon’s City Hall rally for Dianne Bellamy-Small, Pulpit Forum member Cades Brown asked why no one called for Mayor Keith Holliday’s resignation after he left council members Yvonne Johnson and Goldie Wells out of the loop on the city’s lack of response to the Truth and Reconciliation report:
“That seems to be an action that betrays the trust people have put into him,” Brown said.
Holliday said Monday that four other council members sought him out about the report and that he wrongly gave the black council members the idea he purposely had not sought their opinion.
Holliday said he has apologized for the misstep and for giving black members the impression that their opinions didn’t matter.
“Does that mean an apology doesn’t mean anything?” Holliday asked of Brown’s comments.
The mayor also said he doesn’t support Gatten’s call for Bellamy-Small’s resignation.
So the mayor finally states his view on a controversial (to say the least) city council member, and that’s all we get? To me, this is an important development, and a little elaboration on somebody’s part, whether it’s from the mayor or the N&R, would have been nice. Unless, of course, nobody’s really taking the controversy surrounding Bellamy-Small all that seriously. To tell the truth, I can understand that point of view, because it’s debatable whether or not Bellamy-Small herself should be taken seriously.
