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Originally Posted by Frontst17
I’d love to know what Kenney has done that’s so horrible? Is it really about street sweeping and sugar taxes that pisses people off so much? I don’t even know why his name get brought up positive or negative he’s kind of just there. If anything people should be thrilled he actively travels around and out of the country as an ambassador to the city bringing in business. Crime rate is still an issue and drug use is still an issue but what’s worse than it was? Honest question
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It’s a fair question. Crime rate at a decade high, sugar tax, drugs, and street sweeping are big points of contention. Especially, that he kept several communities from investing in their own street sweeping programs.
Roads are in the worst shape in 20 years and when asked about it, he responded something like “Tough. That’s the price you pay for progress” totally condescending and unwilling to look at basic solutions to make the pot holes created from gas department hooking up new houses better.
For the sugar tax, he positioned it as helping expand pre-k, but did a bait-and-switch and put the tax into the General Fund, most not going to education.
He refused to go to debates, and walked out of the African American forum when he didn’t like being asked why his Admin doesn’t have more POC in it.
Lots of corruption charges from people under him, but more importantly were the audits that showed total mismanagement of something like $250m worth of budget. I’d need to go back and check the exact amount.
His record, and his attitude, leave a lot to be desired.