Comments on: On Cindy Brown http://www.folo.us/2008/10/14/on-cindy-brown/ Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:40:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Daemon http://www.folo.us/2008/10/14/on-cindy-brown/#comment-42127 Daemon Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:38:34 +0000 http://www.folo.us/?p=6379#comment-42127 As a resident of Tupelo, I felt obligated to state my view. After reading afotl's comment, I have nothing further to add. As a resident of Tupelo, I felt obligated to state my view. After reading afotl’s comment, I have nothing further to add.

]]> By: Ben Cole http://www.folo.us/2008/10/14/on-cindy-brown/#comment-42120 Ben Cole Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:04:57 +0000 http://www.folo.us/?p=6379#comment-42120 What afotl said .... What afotl said ….

]]> By: a friend of the law http://www.folo.us/2008/10/14/on-cindy-brown/#comment-42116 a friend of the law Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:58:50 +0000 http://www.folo.us/?p=6379#comment-42116 No doubt that the issue of this person's credentials and credibility should have been brought to a head by the council about the time of Emily's report. The only reason it wasn't was due to the reluctance of the white council members to potentially anger Ms Davis, a black lady who sits on the council, and the black community, who had demanded such an investigation and who, by then, were very supportive of Cindy Brown, despite the serious questions about her credentials, the apparent lying on her resume, the delays in the investigation/report, and the bizarre public statements made by Brown. This "kid gloves" approach has not served the city well, and has only compounded the problem ---and such was predictable. There is little, if any, confidence in the report's findings and the city has wasted quite a bit of money and time ---time and money that could have been spent on retaining the services of a different consultant with provable, demonstrated credentials and professional reputation, who no doubt, by now, would have a credible report delivered to the city upon which it could reasonably and safely act upon. Most of the council members are so leery of this report that they do not even want to retain a copy of the unedited version for fear of being linked to a leak of the contents and being sued. In defense of the council a bit, the person they originally contracted with punted the ball to Cindy Brown and did not participate in the investigation and report. Why the city, at that moment, did not cancel the deal with this person that they did NOT contract with and simply start over has a lot to do with what I stated above. And after Emily's report, the council had a second golden opportunity to fix this mess and start over, but chose not to do so. You reap what you sow. What a mess. No doubt that the issue of this person’s credentials and credibility should have been brought to a head by the council about the time of Emily’s report. The only reason it wasn’t was due to the reluctance of the white council members to potentially anger Ms Davis, a black lady who sits on the council, and the black community, who had demanded such an investigation and who, by then, were very supportive of Cindy Brown, despite the serious questions about her credentials, the apparent lying on her resume, the delays in the investigation/report, and the bizarre public statements made by Brown. This “kid gloves” approach has not served the city well, and has only compounded the problem —and such was predictable. There is little, if any, confidence in the report’s findings and the city has wasted quite a bit of money and time —time and money that could have been spent on retaining the services of a different consultant with provable, demonstrated credentials and professional reputation, who no doubt, by now, would have a credible report delivered to the city upon which it could reasonably and safely act upon. Most of the council members are so leery of this report that they do not even want to retain a copy of the unedited version for fear of being linked to a leak of the contents and being sued.

In defense of the council a bit, the person they originally contracted with punted the ball to Cindy Brown and did not participate in the investigation and report. Why the city, at that moment, did not cancel the deal with this person that they did NOT contract with and simply start over has a lot to do with what I stated above. And after Emily’s report, the council had a second golden opportunity to fix this mess and start over, but chose not to do so.

You reap what you sow. What a mess.

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