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UNITED STATES: STATES: MISSOURI :
RACISM:
More Than Half the Employees of Tiny Parma, Mo., Resign
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More Than Half the Employees of Tiny Parma, Mo., Resign
By Stephen Deere
Saint Louis Post Dispatch
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/
more-than-half-the-employees-of-tiny-parma-mo-resign/
article_94def193-962b-5cc4-9815-37387cd9d176.html
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/kgmh7ee
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PARMA, MO. The drugstore is long gone. So, too, are the bank and the
barbershop, the opry house and the hardware store.
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All that is left of downtown are collapsed awnings, caved-in ceilings and
broken windowpanes of century-old buildings.
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And now that the city of Parma has elected its first black mayor, the town
of about 700 residents is suffering another kind of abandonment: Six of
its 11 employees including the police chief, city clerk and water
department supervisor have resigned.
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I dont understand, said Tyus Byrd, who was sworn in as mayor a week ago. I
never said anything about cleaning house.
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People here cite a variety of reasons for the departures. Hurt feelings.
Worries about being fired. Loyalty to the former mayor, who had been in
power for much of the past half-century.
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I think its about being a woman and being black, said Nelvia Donaldson,
who is also African-American, and was elected alderman in April. He
(former Mayor Randall Ramsey) thought he had it in the bag.
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A LONG SLIDE
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Ramsey had good reason to believe he would win re-election. He was first
elected mayor in 1962 when he was just 25 years old. Even he acknowledges
that during his tenure, the city went downhill. Thats not to say it was
his fault.
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The story of this city in Missouris Bootheel is no different than that of
many once-bustling and now-deserted municipalities scattered along the
fertile banks of the lower Mississippi River.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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