As we head toward another hate filled election, the country ought to Seattle in the 1990s for a model
Rice wins election as Seattle’s first African American mayor on November 7, 1989. |
We voted for Norm . The thing that is so hard to remember now is that the issues surrounding him were not race but conservatism. In that era, conservatives might be republicans and some wondered if Norm was an R … imagine such a question today.
At least in Seattle, folks were more worried that coming from the banking world, Norm was too conservative for our liberal ideals. The only time I saw discussion of Norm’s skin was on national news shows.
Norm today is known for his agenda … Mayor Nice, as he is called, pushed neighborhood development.