Thursday, May 10, 2007
News Los Angeles mayor acts, Atlanta's mayor travels
Posted by John F. Sugg on Thu, May 10, 2007 at 5:03 PM
When police rioted at an immigration rally in Los Angeles May 1, that city's mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, canceled a trade mission to Mexico to return home, take command, condemn the obvious wrongdoing and vow to get to the bottom of things.
Compare that leadership with Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, who, as I write in my column this week, goes on a junket every time things get hot at home. And, of course, Franklin was almost invisible for a week after the Nov. 21 slaying by corrupt police officers of 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston.
Meanwhile, Los Angeles has a real Police Commission that oversees law enforcement -- unlike Atlanta, which created one two months ago following the Johnston killing, but has yet to staff it.
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