Post by Logan on Mar 21, 2016 7:06:51 GMT -6
Bill Henry, the city councilman from North Baltimore, says people will be looking for three things in a mayor this time around: Someone who can manage the city government. Someone with a vision for the future. Someone who will represent the city well to the rest of the country — indeed, to the rest of the world, post-Freddie Gray.
That's how voters pick a mayor, he says, based on which of those qualities they think is most important.
Henry is correct. But I also think we should be looking for the candidate who offers the complete package: Not just one quality, or two, but all three.
And a fourth akin to the third: Integrity.
You might think it was always thus — sound management skills, bold vision, good public image — but, the way I see it, Baltimore mayors were never expected to have all three of those traits. (If there's one thing Baltimoreans have been too good at, it's keeping expectations low.)
Read more: www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/dan-rodricks-blog/bs-md-rodricks-0320-20160319-column.html
That's how voters pick a mayor, he says, based on which of those qualities they think is most important.
Henry is correct. But I also think we should be looking for the candidate who offers the complete package: Not just one quality, or two, but all three.
And a fourth akin to the third: Integrity.
You might think it was always thus — sound management skills, bold vision, good public image — but, the way I see it, Baltimore mayors were never expected to have all three of those traits. (If there's one thing Baltimoreans have been too good at, it's keeping expectations low.)
Read more: www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/dan-rodricks-blog/bs-md-rodricks-0320-20160319-column.html