Baltimore Women Rise to the Top
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Baltimore Women Rise to the Top
Rec'd in an email from the White House project
Baltimore Women Rise to the Top
![]()
In the city of Baltimore, Maryland, women have stepped up to lead. Currently, women hold the top four elected political seats: Mayor, City Council President, City Controller and Baltimore's State's Attorney. Mayor Sheila Dixon is not only the city's first female mayor, but one of just two black women heading up the country's 100 largest cities-the other is Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin. Dixon has served as the city's interim mayor since January, and recently won the Mayoral primary. She is expected to win election in November. Mayor Franklin is thrilled about seeing other African American women join the ranks. "Women are underrepresented in executive positions across America, and have been for my lifetime and hundreds of years," said Franklin. Listen to Mayor Dixon talk about leading in Baltimore at NPR or read the story in the Baltimore Sun.
Baltimore Women Rise to the Top
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
It's unfortunate that these particular four women are unworthy and do not inspire pride. Mayor Dixon is dumber than a stump, totally corupt, and can't even speak grammatically correct English. Council President Rawlings-Blake is morbidly obese, walks around with a Starbucks cup at all times, and is a total puppet on the Governor's string. Comptroller Joan Pratt has been nothing more than a bump on a log for years. She's the best of the bunch, but that's not saying much. State's Attorney Jessamy has done a disservice to the black community on many levels for years. She seems to have sold her soul to the devil years ago. I am a black professional woman in Baltimore. These women have made the city worse and I am not impressed by them in the least.
ReplyDeleteCaryn,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your observations. How did these women get elected? Were the male candidates even worse?