Ethicalego (Kenneth Brooks) discusses current events from a critical thinking perspective rarely expressed elsewhere

Paula Deen and American culture of racism

By Kenneth Brooks

6/29/2013

Paula Deen is a southern food cooking specialist, writer, and host of "Paula's Home Cooking" on the Food Network. She admitted in a legal deposition using the N-racist-slur long ago. In addition, she admitted allowing racial slurs in the workplace and quoting workers remarks with N-racial-slur in them. The Food Network and other business declined to renew her contract. Now Deen and many defenders protest the strong response against her remarks is unfair. However, she reaped the product of her racist seeding.

Zoning Ordinances Reviewed by Planning Commission-Economic Development Positively Impacted.

By Paula McConnell

6/29/13

6/17 meeting..." We were instructed to clear cut your River Park and bulldoze it all down," said a representative of North Bay Construction during a phone conversation which took place several years ago. Furious, a letter was fired off to the local newspaper condemning the Greater Vallejo Recreation District manager, Mr. Shane McAfee, for mandating such efforts. As it turned out neither Shane nor his staff, had anything to do with this arbitrary act. A man who has recently been removed from the city, and who has since been forgotten, had demanded the bulldozing while Mr. McAfee was away on vacation that year. When some of the then GVRD board members were contacted, they knew nothing about it either. The dirty deed was done and over with to the tune of $55,000 before anybody knew what hit them. Even the then City Council members knew nothing about it. The City of Vallejo was between a long stream of city managers at the time, so the timing was most convenient. We may rest assured, however, that this type of approach will not happen under the stewardship of the current City Manager Dan Keen who is the first professional city manager we have had in Vallejo for many years. That said, a long overdue apology is sent to Mr. McAfee!

BROWN WILL NOT RUN

6/28/13

The following statement has been issued by Vallejo Councilmember Marti Brown:

It is with a heavy heart and sadness that I announce I will not seek re-election to the Vallejo City Council in 2013.

After months of thoughtful consideration, I've realized that I cannot fully engage in the civic and political life of Vallejo while maintaining a full-time position in Sacramento as the Executive Director of the North Franklin District Business Association, a non-profit corporation.