Shirley Franklin
Shirley Franklin
Shirley Clarke Franklinis an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, from 2002 to 2010. She currently serves as a member on the board of directors for both Delta Air Lines and Mueller Water Products...
brick federal response talking
Deplorable. Disappointing. Outrageous. That is how I feel about it. The federal response has just been unacceptable. It is like talking to a brick wall.
chicago love mayor
I like Chicago and Mayor Daley, ... But I love Atlanta. And, in this case, we are the big fish.
time
So much has happened, or is about to happen, ... The time is right.
atlanta four offered people stood wonderful
Four years ago, I stood before the wonderful people of Atlanta and offered myself as their mayor,
executives my-friends
When you are an executive, my friends, that is not leadership.
federal government heavy possibly water
The ramifications would have been a moratorium on new development, all new development, residential and commercial; heavy fines from the federal government through the federal courts; and possibly the takeover of the city's water system,