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*Former mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin will release a book about his time in office during the costliest natural disaster in Unites States history Hurricane Katrina. Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Pens Book on Katrina Experience Ray Nagin, the former New Orleans mayor during the time of Hurricane Katrina, has written a book [...]
*Rahm Emanuel is hitting the ground running as the Mayor-elect of Chicago. He hails from the mighty position of President Obama’s former White House Chief of Staff and now is using the moves he learned from the President to innovate and revive Chicago’s public school system. He doesn’t even officially move into the position as Mayor until [...]
*He’s been talking about doing it for months and now it’s time to make it official. Luther Campbell, yes, “Uncle Luke,” has filed the necessary paperwork to run for mayor of Florida’s Miami-Dade County. The 50-year-old controversial ex-rapper and member of the 2-Live Crew, spoke to a crowd about being taken seriously as politician. “My [...]
*Former U.S. Ambassador and Atlanta ex-Mayor Andrew Young is being honored by the Emmy Awards for television work more than 50 years ago, reports the AP. As a young minister living in New York, Young made frequent appearances on the CBS-TV show “Look Up and Live” from 1957 to 1960. The National Academy of Television [...]
*In the Chicago mayoral race Tuesday night, Rahm Emanuel has been declared the winner, gaining well over the 50% he needed to avoid a runoff, according to unofficial returns. Emanuel held just under 55% of the vote with 87% of the precinct votes counted. Meanwhile, Gery Chico, his nearest competitor, only received 24%. Both CNN [...]
*Despite Michael Vick’s dark past, Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway presented the Eagles quarterback with a key to the city of Dallas. However, Mayor Tom Leppert denies any approval of the gift. “The action taken was not sanctioned by my office and was not an official ceremonial honor on behalf of the city of Dallas,” [...]
*The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel met residency requirements and that his name will stay on the mayoral ballot in Chicago. The justices said Emanuel’s opponents did not prove that he had given up residency when he served in the Obama administration in Washington. “Given the [...]
*Carol Moseley Braun, the first black woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate, has emerged as the sole prominent African American candidate in the Chicago mayor’s race after the withdrawal of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis. Davis’ decision, announced at a New Year’s Eve news conference, followed weeks of pressure from many African American leaders who [...]
*Illinois state Sen. James Meeks withdrew his candidacy for Chicago mayor on Thursday, and he urged other African-American candidates to follow his lead and rally what he called a divided black community around a single candidate. The surprise Christmas week announcement came a day after he met to discuss the idea of a unity candidate [...]
*Oakland, Ca., has really made a serious mark in their city’s history. They finally decided to do the right thing and elect a woman for the first time in the city’s history. The change will probably be a breath of fresh air for the city. Her ad campaign certainly suggested that she’s definitely on the [...]
*James Meeks is a senator in the Illinois senate representing the 15th district. He’s been in that seat since 2002, but now he’s interested in becoming mayor of Chicago. According to the Chicago Sun Times, he was interviewed about his run for Mayor and said he was not interested in being defined as “the black candidate.” [...]
*South Carolina is nearly the home of the confederate flag, yet the city of Columbia will see its FIRST Black mayor ever. Steve Benjamin is poised to take over at the helm tomorrow. He will soon be in the trenches of the old regime’s policies that will have him more entrenched in the muck than [...]
*As Mayor Ray Nagin leaves office, hundreds of damaged city buildings including police stations and fire houses sit unrepaired more than four years after Hurricane Katrina, stark reminders of how the recovery has floundered. Only seven percent of 283 city-owned structures slated to be rebuilt have been completed or are under construction, according to an [...]
*It’s a small suburban town out side of St. Louis with a African American population of about one percent and the mayor wants to keep it that way.
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