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I'm not a city booser today. Currently, I'm disheartened and disappointed in St. Louis, especially after reading this. I found myself agreeing with pretty much every point Steve Patterson made in his post yesterday.
City Hall is a joke and leadership is a word that City officials can't understand. Leadership, creative thinking and accountability are foreign concepts to every elected official in the City. And, let's be honest, things likely aren't going to change anytime soon.
Politicians in St. Louis like being big fish in a small pond, so they fight and jockey for position. They do what it takes to remain at the top, they provide favors to their friends so their friends will support them, and the citizens are left scratching their heads, wondering what direction their City is headed. I honestly do not believe that the elected officials in office right now have the experience, skills or competence to do what it takes to make St. Louis a first rate city. Even if we wanted to change STL's leadership, what choices do we have? I think back to the last mayoral election and the 3 choices we had for mayor. Like presidential elections, it seems we're always forced to vote for the best of the worst.
St. Louis, city and region, cultivates & nurtures uninspired thinkers while smothering (or pushing out) people with vision. We delight in our self-deprecation. We love being the underdog. The "We'll never be Chicago" mentality makes it easier for us to bypass the tough choices we must make to remain competitive in the 21st century. It makes it easy to keep the status quo.
I want to be wrong, I want to remain positive; however, with so much unrealized potential, I can't overlook the fact that our region and City remain stagnant, models for mediocrity.
Updated:
Just when I thought things couldn't get worse, they do.
City Hall is a joke and leadership is a word that City officials can't understand. Leadership, creative thinking and accountability are foreign concepts to every elected official in the City. And, let's be honest, things likely aren't going to change anytime soon.
Politicians in St. Louis like being big fish in a small pond, so they fight and jockey for position. They do what it takes to remain at the top, they provide favors to their friends so their friends will support them, and the citizens are left scratching their heads, wondering what direction their City is headed. I honestly do not believe that the elected officials in office right now have the experience, skills or competence to do what it takes to make St. Louis a first rate city. Even if we wanted to change STL's leadership, what choices do we have? I think back to the last mayoral election and the 3 choices we had for mayor. Like presidential elections, it seems we're always forced to vote for the best of the worst.
St. Louis, city and region, cultivates & nurtures uninspired thinkers while smothering (or pushing out) people with vision. We delight in our self-deprecation. We love being the underdog. The "We'll never be Chicago" mentality makes it easier for us to bypass the tough choices we must make to remain competitive in the 21st century. It makes it easy to keep the status quo.
I want to be wrong, I want to remain positive; however, with so much unrealized potential, I can't overlook the fact that our region and City remain stagnant, models for mediocrity.
Updated:
Just when I thought things couldn't get worse, they do.
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