Hogsett appoints city’s first chief diversity officer, reorganizes cabinet

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14 thoughts on “Hogsett appoints city’s first chief diversity officer, reorganizes cabinet

  1. Why do we need a Diversity Coordinator?
    Should we not hire the most qualified person without discriminating based on skin color or gender?
    Seems like we’re going backwards in an effort to be Woke.
    I wish our Mayor and Prosecutor would focus on locking up criminals, thus cutting down on the number of our youth dying each day.

    It’s a shame the state of Dem run cities.

    Support our police and the victims of crime.

    1. So obsessed with diversity that you read right past the fact that a new position was created at the highest level to coordinate public health and safety efforts.

  2. Right on, Bernard L.

    It must be frustrating being a Democrat. They wake up every morning and must decide: Are the bulk of my decisions today going to be based on my ignorance or my stupidity?

    1. It must be such a burden for you, Bob, to be SO extraordinarily intelligent. How ever do you manage it. Must be exhausting to have to put up with all the low-IQ cretins around you.

    1. Chief Diversity Officer? Aren’t they paying attention to recent Supreme Court deliberations?

      “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

  3. The value of “equity” is backward and counterproductive.

    In the long, long run it is a (mostly skin color) discriminatory tool to make decisions based on skin color /gender / identity.

    The values of excellence, kindness, hard work, common sense, and honesty would be far better values to promote.

    A chief “excellence” officer would be a better use of resources than a “chief diversity (discriminatory) officer”

    There we go — CDO = chief discriminatory officer

  4. “After the mayor’s announcement, the newly-appointed diversity officer (seen in this photo laughing hysterically) was asked what his first priority would be. Catching his breath, he replied, “I’m going to DISNEYLAND!” before convulsing again in uncontrollable guffaws.

  5. Before Covid most of our Corporate or Customer meetings were Downtown – The JW or the Westin. Not no more – We just had a customer Dinner meeting at the Sheraton / Keystone. Worked out great. Felt safe – plenty of parking.

  6. Look, I accept that “Diversity” is the new priority for city officials. Replacing things like Safety, Security, Strong Business and Conference attendance. We are hearing this week that our standing for meetings and conferences is being threatened by neighboring cities like Nashville, and Louisville. We are being told that it is due to “facilities” but most of us know that the city just doesn’t feel safe anymore. Restaurants and other businesses are leaving downtown. And yet instead of putting in a Director of Public Safety, our Drunk-On power Mayor goes with the diversity headline. And so here we are.

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