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DEL.ICIO.USFour women kick it off
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Denver — Four powerful women marked the launch of the Democratic National Convention on Sunday, with Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin among them.
Joining Franklin as co-chairs of the convention are Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and Texas Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, plus national chairwoman Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
Franklin praised Pelosi as the first female leader of the U.S. House.
“On behalf of all the mayors who are looking forward to change in Washington, I say congratulations,” Franklin said.
There was a group of young journalists in the press conference, noted by their lack of height, but also for their red T-shirts declaring them as part of “children’s pressline.”
During a q&a session, Franklin caught a query from one of the kids about corporal punishment in schools. Specifically she was asked about a case in Texas where a student was, according to the questioner, paddled for missing a math problem.
Atlanta’s mayor handled the question by saying she does not condone corporal punishment in her city’s schools.
— Aaron Gould Sheinin
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By Lola
August 24, 2008 4:26 PM | Link to this
Good for Shirley—“it takes a small man (or woman) to hit a small child” —Biden.
I still love Shirley, I hope she continues serving the public. Glad to see her at the convention, representing.
By robin
August 25, 2008 11:33 AM | Link to this
Too bad she did not do much for the city of Atlanta. Good riddance to bad trash next year. Hopefully we can get a good man in office to fix the city
By robin
August 25, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this
Too bad she did not do much for the city of Atlanta. Good riddance to bad trash next year. Hopefully we can get a good man in office to fix the city
By robin
August 25, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this
Too bad she did not do much for the city of Atlanta. Good riddance to bad trash next year. Hopefully we can get a good man in office to fix the city
By robin
August 25, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this
Too bad she did not do much for the city of Atlanta. Good riddance to bad trash next year. Hopefully we can get a good man in office to fix the city
By robin
August 25, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this
Too bad she did not do much for the city of Atlanta. Good riddance to bad trash next year. Hopefully we can get a good man in office to fix the city
By robin
August 25, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this
Too bad she did not do much for the city of Atlanta. Good riddance to bad trash next year. Hopefully we can get a good man in office to fix the city
By robin
August 25, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this
Too bad she did not do much for the city of Atlanta. Good riddance to bad trash next year. Hopefully we can get a good man in office to fix the city
By robin
August 25, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this
Too bad she did not do much for the city of Atlanta. Good riddance to bad trash next year. Hopefully we can get a good man in office to fix the city
By Dave
August 25, 2008 12:19 PM | Link to this
Atlanta is how many millions in the red due to thieves in government? Are people so stupid that they don’t realize that Atlanta is gone? Or is it that they just don’t care?
By RW
August 25, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this
Shirley Franklin hasn’t done anything for the City of Atlanta? Where have you been for the last seven years? Under a rock? And the reason the City is showing a deficit at all at this point is that the Mayor instituted a new accounting system to replace the archaic one that had been around for decades, and the real nature of the City’s finances appeared. She could have just left the old system in place, and no one would have been the wiser. But that’s true leadership.
By kb
August 25, 2008 1:55 PM | Link to this
I think Mayor Franklin has done a good job, considering she had to clean up the mess that Bill Campbell left. Also, he was the one who used up the City’s reserved money, now who is truly to blame for the City’s finances.
By Charles Stevenson
August 25, 2008 6:16 PM | Link to this
think Mayor Franklin has done a good job, considering Bill Campbell is serving a prison sentence for the mess he did while in office. I just know that the past, present, and future mayors that come through serving mayor for the capitol of Georgia continue to help their city grow. I can’t say the same for my old state of MS. You can just ask the citizens of Jackson, MS how they feel about their mayors, which just keep pushing their city further and further backwards. Where can I begin unfinished projects, old rugged roads, high crime rate, and mayor’s full of lies. I would like believe someone could clean that capitol city up, but it still has not changed.
By Dumbing Down
August 25, 2008 6:24 PM | Link to this
With her staff’s “acounting errors,” she should be hanging her head in shame and would be fired in thr public sector. But alas, the Georgia Democrats who vote blindly for their party (“of color”), get what they deserve= ineptness, nepotism and incompetence. The joke is on us! This revolving door of idiots and low standards is amazing!
By R1070
August 26, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this
This cities debt has nothing to do with the race of our mayor! New York has a white mayor and last i heard they were $2.3 Billion in debt. The rising costs to do anything has thrown off the entire country. Last I checked mayor Franklins staff does not include a psychic to advise her of the inflation the country has been dealt. If you look at the big picture the city has come a long way in a short time. She had a big job ahead of her to clean up the mess from Campbell.