tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post6456086872946589865..comments2023-10-21T03:07:18.017-05:00Comments on Enclave: If leadership is merely about holding press conferences, then Mayor Dean has been a perfect leaderS-townMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948307051485318061noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-57277281492649089492010-05-16T10:54:43.656-05:002010-05-16T10:54:43.656-05:00The community at work in the field didn't have...The community at work in the field didn't have the media to rely upon. You see, they weren't watching the news or reading the paper. Instead, they were doing the hard work in the field. <br /><br />If the grasstops are responsible for impacting the grassroots, what examples could you provide? The examples of those from outside the county are irrelevant in this discussion because they could only be considered consumers of the media, at best. Unless of course they were in the trenches doing the work. Consumers of the media are reacting to the administrations spin, but I am sure you knew that. <br /><br />If you want to know how the adminstration fared during this disaster, go talk to homeowners who had significant losses in the flood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-30670628398553379162010-05-14T09:10:41.123-05:002010-05-14T09:10:41.123-05:00But can't a self-starting community initiative...But can't a self-starting community initiative on the part of those areas of the city that you chose to give credit to be attributed, at least in part, to their seeing steady leadership from a mayor whose response mitigated any possible nascent feelings of panic? As much as I respect and admire the actions by so many members of our community, it's silly to completely deny the effect of the grasstops on the grassroots.<br /><br />Beyond that, the fact that you've only chosen to hear the response of PR professionals in the city doesn't mean that they're the only ones praising the mayor. Every individual I've spoken to about the flood from outside the city, including my mom (from Gallatin) and a state representative from west of Davidson County, has praised the leadership of Mayor Dean, without any prompting from me. So it's quite possible that the flacks actually have a pretty good finger on the pulse of the population.David Rutledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13631614935443600327noreply@blogger.com