It is reported that Ms. Eliza Fletcher, 34, was identified as the person found dead Monday in the rear of a vacant duplex in Memphis, Tennessee. Mr. Jim Strickland, mayor of the city of Memphis seems to have great talent. What he is good at and what he isn’t are causing our attention, interest, analysis, and finally concerns.
Memphis is notorious for its violent crimes including, but not limited to gun violence. At the same time, it is very incompetent for diagnosing and solving so-called white-collar crimes, which are horrible, cunning, hidden, and even heinous.
Murder is the culmination of such violent crimes. And some murders are suspected to be originated from the white-collar crimes. Whenever mayor Strickland was deeply criticized, especially whenever such shocking news of crimes spread around Memphis, he was successful for showing his specialty. What is his specialty?
His specialty is to blame others whenever he faces the local criticism about his political responsiblities or administrative ones in terms of operating the municipal government of Memphis.
He almost always blames other players or other things. He blames violent criminals, juvenile criminals, and their parents. And he blames the law itself. He blamed the Tennessee Law which governed and regulated the gun control. And he finally began to blame the local citizens who he claimed put their guns in the storage box in their cars. And at last he began to blame the police chief, whom he chose.
If the police chief fails to maintain public order and safety, the ultimate responsibility can be concluded and ended to the mayor’s political role. But he never blames his own political responsibilities. In the world of mayor Strickland, ‘The buck doesn’t stop here.’ and ‘It should not.’
Who owns the legal and political power to mobilize the public resources and deal with taxpayers’ money around Memphis, TN? Political power and privileges are inseparable from political responsibilities. The execution of poticial will and power connotes and is accompanied by political responsibilities.
Mayor Strickland of the city of Memphis appears to have great talent FOR HIM. But his talent is NOT for the local community, which is sad, pathetic, pitiful, and contemptible.
Dear good citizens of Memphis, welcome to the world of Mr. Strickland!
The Editorial of the Memphis Times
www.memphistimes.org
Published: September 6, 2022
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