Susan Howell Against Quotations

From a political standpoint, any aggressive initiative against crime helps the mayor. If he doesn't do anything, I think that would be more likely to invite opposition.

Racial polarization is very high over this commission plan and so any statement on the part of the mayor, any ordinance passed by the council is going to be interpreted, 'is this for me or is this against me' and it's going to be interpreted in a racial way by many people.