IS IT TRUE that Harvard University and Bloomberg Philanthropies have teamed up to develop an intensive seminar for newly elected mayors across the world?…this seminar series is called “The Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative” and is intended to train newly elected mayors in how to be more effective and impactful mayor to serve better the people who elected them to office?… Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry was selected as one of the mayors to be included in the upcoming cohort of new mayors?…it is an honor for Mayor Terry and the people of Evansville that she was somehow selected out of a large number of applications submitted?…the CCO hopes that Mayor Terry is instructed in better and new ways to become a change agent that solves some of the legacy problems of the City of Evansville?
IS IT TRUE the legacy problems of Evansville are truly legendary and have existed for more than half a century?…the legacy problems of Evansville have and continue to include over 10,000 houses that are either uninhabitable or nearly uninhabitable that would cost more to refurbish than they will ever be worth, a decrepit sewer system that is in the process of being upgraded due to a federal mandate, crumbling streets and sidewalks, and an obsession with becoming a tourist destination?…the obsession with tourism is not something likely to bear fruit or to positively impact the living wage job base the way manufacturing or technology will do?…it will be interesting to learn if the topics and agenda at the Bloomberg “Harvard City Leadership Initiative” will pay attention to prioritizing goals and spending as that has been a source of waste and confusion in Evansville for generations?
IS IT TRUE The Bloomberg “Harvard City Leadership Initiative” offers leadership and management training to mayors from around the world… Each year, 40 mayors participate in this yearlong program, along with two senior officials from each mayor’s city who play a crucial role in organizational change?… The program equips city leaders with tools, skills, and support to tackle complex challenges in governing cities globally?… It’s funded by a $32 million gift from Michael R. Bloomberg and administered through Harvard University?… THERE IS NO DIRECT COST FOR MAYORS OR THEIR SENIOR OFFICIALS TO ATTEND THIS INITIATIVE?…this does not mean that there is no cost associated with the part of the program that requires travel, lodging, and food?
IS IT TRUE that Michael Bloomberg is the person who reportedly spent a billion dollars of his own money to try to win the Democrat nomination for President of the United States in 2020?… Bloomberg lost his money on that effort and eventually dropped out when the other candidates got together and made a deal that put now President Joe Biden on the ballot?… Bloomberg has long been a person who uses his influence and money to further his political agendas?…we hope this program won’t turn out to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing designed to influence left-to-center progressive agendas in much the same way that George Soros and the Koch brothers have been doing for years?
IS IT TRUE that we do hope that Mayor Terry remembers where she is from and what the people of Evansville want and need before indulging her inner AOC to try and lead the City of Evansville down the same destructive path that one-party cities like San Francisco, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Los Angeles have followed?… Evansville does not want or need rampant homelessness, rising crime, civic demonstrations that result in destruction, or being overrun with undocumented immigrants?…we do wish her well and hope that this opportunity truly allows her to become a legendary Mayor by solving Evansville’s legacy problems.
IS IT TRUE that Harvard University’s ex-president, Claudine Gay, resigned from her position after a tenure marked by controversy and skepticism?… Several factors contributed to her exit from the prestigious role at the Ivy League school?… Gay faced a heated congressional hearing about antisemitism in higher education, allegations of plagiarism, and a conservative campaign aimed at eliminating what it calls the bureaucracy of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)?… As a symbol for DEI in higher ed, her resignation has drawn attention to the challenges faced by leaders in this space?…since Gay’s resignation from Harvard the practice of DEI has come under fire for being discriminatory, elitist, and exclusionary?… Harvard embraced this practice and we hope this philosophy is not embedded in the Bloomberg-Harvard Initiative to spread woke tentacles across the world in the form of indoctrinated mayors.
IS IT TRUE that Johnny Kincaid is doing an outstanding job with the City-County Observer-sponsored podcast? …Please take time and view the Johnny Kincaid Podcast You will be glad that you did?
IS IT TRUE that JAY YOUNG is doing a credible job as a “SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT” writer for the City-County Observer?
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Harvard University was elitist and exclusionary long before Bloomberg’s “leadership” camp. Why is it when affluent people refuse to open up membership to their country clubs, invite the public to $1K plate dinners, and promote nepotism it’s “the way business gets done” but when DEI (Diversity Equity Inclusion) initiatives promote an agenda that opens up opportunities to WOMEN and underrepresented MINORITIES it’s so threatening to the well established affluent community?