Adress of the City

Mayor A.C. Wharton,

Wharton is our mayor. He is a great orator and knows how to address the people of Memphis in a very realistic manner. What I mean by this is that he knows that memphis has had a negative stigma associated with it for quite a while. Before he got up to speak one of his associates gave an in-depth presentation on the history of Memphis.

Wharton knows that things in Memphis are not always the best. He knows that Housing Projects are a real stain on the history and understand of where we are as a city. He talked about initiatives that will change this "projects" stigma for a new generations.

Wharton had a slip in thought during his presentation. Concerning gentrification and displacement of families that have lived in the same place for multiple generations. "We do Not want to put old wine in a new Bottle." The energy put out by this comment was felt through the room. Wharton soon rebutted that statement by speaking about how he did not mean it negatively.

I do not know Wharton personally, and I will also be the first to admit that I am not a Memphian. I was born in Compton, California, Raised in Rogers, Arkansas, and am currently developing into an adult in the streets of Memphis. Wharton, I do not think you are a bad politician. Nevertheless you are a politician, please sir don't grow out of touch with the community. Help build up Memphis in the way that you say you want to, instead of just being a politician that does nothing but talk about change with out ever in acting it. I know that there is a limited amount of actual work you can do, but as mayor of Memphis you are a figure head in the community. Anything that you support will come to fruition through societal means.

-jslm