Still, the forum on April 5 sponsored by Atlanta Business Chronicle was food for the thoughtful. No headlines jumped from the text and no accusations provided the teaser soundbite. Instead, Shirley Franklin, Robb Pitts and Gloria Bromell-Tinubu offered themselves as students and veterans of government. Students and veterans, that is, not named Bill Campbell. Campbell's eight years in office are ending so badly that the front-running candidates are reacting more to him than to each other.
Daily headlines force that.
It's tough to outline a vision when City Hall is producing clouds of waste. It's also tough when factual information isn't forthcoming. In the Chronicle forum, both Franklin and Pitts took on the issue of police vacancies. These are not small distinctions. No businessman with 1,800 budgeted positions would be ignorant of the number of vacancies.