The commission has six months from its first meeting to deliver a report on what structural changes need to take place in the county.
William Johnson
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The Johnson years
Bill Johnson came to office in 1993 as an outsider, an Urban League CEO who had been highly visible but had no political experience. In a Democratic Primary upset, he defeated four candidates, two of them well-known politicians with powerful backing: County Legislator Kevin Murray and former City Councilmember Ruth Scott. He said when he […]
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Johnson on Johnson: The mayor looks back
Schools. Crime. The city’s economy. Even a cursory glance at media coverage from this year’s mayoral election is enough to tell that the issues haven’t changed all that much from 1993, when Bill Johnson first swept into the mayor’s office in an upset victory. Twelve years of politics and policies later, are we better off? […]
