Comments on: Slay Silenced, Troubles Grow Uglier

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:41:00 +0000

I do believe that Mayor Slay acted very (VERY) unprofessional in his handling of Chief George. This I say because one could transpose any ethnic, religion, sexual orientation or the like into the same situation, and the offended group would be angered.

However, when those in leadership poorly execute decisions the best way to respond is to vote and that is because the people have that right.
With strong respect for Dr. King, I question the Old Courthouse protest because African Americans do have the right to vote. And, having an awareable responsibility to use that right in times like these, that’s what honors Dr. King and those of the Civil Rights Movement.
It serves no good to continue to shame and punish a person…by doing so you begin to bring more sympathy to your opponent than attention to your cause. And I really believe Mayor Slay is banking on that. “Appearing” to extend the olive branch…all politics…to make the protesters look worse than he.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:34:00 +0000

Thank you Don Fitz and Zaki Buruti for laying out all of the reasons that citizens want Mayor Slay to go. Some times you just have to remind people of the facts in a case.
As the mother of a son who would have graduated from SLPS this year, I have very strong reasons to want to see the mayor gone. He and his cohorts have almost completely destroyed SLPS. Without accreditation, the district is almost a shell. His actions caused our schools to lose 26 points of achievements when we were only 2 points away from full accreditation. So for all of the people who talk about how bad SLPS was before the takeover and how it was failing, it must have been doing something right under Supt. Cleveland Hammonds to be only 2 points away from full accreditation.
The fact is, is that some people don’t want to be confused with the truth, because they have an opinion and the truth doesn’t matter.
Mayor Slay disregarded the will of the citizens of St. Louis who voted for the Elected Board of SLPS by working to have them stripped of the power that goes with their position. The people who are hurt and disenfranchised are our children in St. Louis Public Schools. But, Mayor Slay could care less, and I consider it an insult for to ever say that he does. So yes, I want to see him go because of what he has done to our schools as well as the other things that he has done to disregard the will of the people of this city.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:05:00 +0000

Don Fitz and Zaki Baruti made a mistake. Francis Slay is mayor of ST. LOUIS, not UNIVERSITY CITY where they live.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:18:00 +0000

Thank you protesters!!!

Your ingnorant, distastful tantrum on the King holiday showed the area just what a bunch of hateful and racist militants the City is dealing with.

To the moron in the Klan outfit, priceless, I think it's the perfect costume for the black youth of today. Since, they are responsible for more pain among their own than the klan could have ever dreamed of.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:51:00 +0000

How ridiculously out of touch were the people who organized the rally? They were asked in advance to disinvite Slay, but ignored the request. The boos really show the disconnect between the organizers of the rally and many the people who attend.