I say, 'Hell no. Still, it breaks Rice's heart to see what's happened to the city she loves. Rice is a Republican in a city that votes overwhelmingly Democratic. A former city council aide, she ran for council several times but lost. It doesn't work.
People here are too intelligent to tolerate that.
We don't need a General Becton to tell us to snap to because we've been snapping to for a long time. As she drives through Ward 7, Rice waves to friends and points to homes of residents who have lived there forever. People watch out for one another, she says. Oh, and there's Mr. Howard. She stops by to see her pastor, George Wilson.