A mayor’s work is never done, but mayors have to make progress in ways large and small. Here’s a look at LaToya Cantrell’s three biggest challenges:
First and foremost is crime. Cantrell took an important step by keeping Police Chief Michael Harrison, whom she swore in Tuesday.
Street repairs are ramping up all over town, but they never seem to happen fast enough.
Then there’s the Sewerage and Water Board, which needs an overhaul in its administration, its infrastructure, and its billing. Eyewitness News spent months investigating the agency’s billing problems. You’ll get an eyeful tonight at 10.
Those three challenges are all “job one” for Cantrell. The inaugural ball is over. Welcome back to reality, Madam Mayor.