NEW YORK CITY EERILY MIRRORING SAN FRANCISCO: ASSURED SAME OUTCOME?

ICHEOKU says the decay in San Francisco is so odious that anyone who knew the city will hardly recognize it now, the homelessness and general degradation currently being witnessed in the once golden city by the bay, considered. A city that used to be a Mecca of some sort for both tourists and holiday makers, but which woke liberal politics on steroids have turned upside down on its head that it is now headed straight into the sewer of decadence. 

All because of gross maladministration by a very incompetent female black mayor and a male black police chief who apparently has no clue on how to effectively police a city. The duo represent black folks in governance and their lackluster administration is giving credence to those naysayers who share the view that black people can hardly get anything right. 

To further elucidate their point, these doubters often point at Africa and the Caribbean as places being run by black people and how incompetently and inefficiently they are being run, the reason they are not thriving. They also segway to American cities such as San Francisco and Chicago as a continuity of the display of black people's lack of capacity to effectively govern. ICHEOKU says it is a bitter but true fact to concede that in many United States of America cities under black leadership, things are not going well compared to their white counterparts controlled cities. 

Whether it has something to do with genetical wiring or that these black folks are constrained by certain complexity which prevent them from effectively wielding the powers of their office, ICHEOKU does not know. Now that the big apple is awaiting its second black mayor, after the  not too stellar performance of first black mayor, with an also incoming first black female police chief, this question has once again resurfaced as people are very anxious about what another black governance of New York City will portend. 

The question on many people's lips is whether New York City will see a Mayor David Dinkins 2.0 in Eric Adams or will the incoming second black mayor redeem the sordid image which Dinkins left of black people in administration and governance. ICHEOKU says provided Eric Adams will be guided by his own election campaign promise to enforce the law and be fair to every New Yorker, his outcome might be different from the bad taste left in many New Yorker's mouth by the late Mayor David Dinkins. It is good too that New York state also has a black Attorney General, also a female; and they all can liaise with one another to achieve the compelling single common objective of restoring safety and security back to the big apple.

The other issue is the newly appointed first black female police chief Keechant Sewell and her chances of succeeding on her new assignment. She comes to the job with a resounding resume` as a proven crime fighter with the experience and emotional intelligence to deliver both the safety New Yorkers need and the justice they deserve. Hopefully she will live up as advertised, and stay laser-focused on keeping New Yorkers safe and improving the city's security situation. ICHEOKU wishes her well and wants her to succeed as her success will be very redemptive particularly for black folks and help rewrite the story. 

However, if the experience of San Francisco is anything to go by, then New Yorkers should curb their enthusiasm as they might not get the benefit of their bargain in electing their second black mayor, who also appointed the first black female police chief for the city. San Francisco is not doing well as a major American city as crimes and homelessness have exacerbated so exponentially that the city is now bordering on utter desolation. The state of affairs in San Francisco is another unfortunate testament that black city administrators succumb to the pressure of black activists, community leaders and religious leaders to go easy on black people committing crimes. 

These black city leaders are frequently persuaded to have a "heart" and not to be too tough on their own black people, resulting in making excuses for the violence and other crimes perpetrated by black people. Some of these frequently offered excuses include that these black crimes purveyors  are merely reacting to their harried upbringing and the lopsided maltreatment of their "white" oppressors. So, faced with the hard choice between effectively doing their job and keeping their black community happy, they often become undecided and equivocated, trapped in the middle and stagnated in a sort of fence-sitting situation, they end up weak and ineffective. 

San Francisco is suffering blithe today as a result of the knee-jerk approach to governance by the black female mayor and black police chief in charge of affairs in the city. Their weakness is once again portraying black people in governance in a very bad light as incompetent nincompoops who would rather frail their hands in utter resignation rather than do what is necessarily required to reposition their city and effectively starve off crimes. Hopefully the new black mayor and first female black police chief of New York City will learn from the ugly experience of San Francisco and be better; and in the long run prove the naysayers wrong by showing that black people can also make good administrators. 

All that is required of them to succeed is for them to be firm and fair; and always follow the law dispassionately, regardless of the color of the skin of the criminal offender. Once they can do this, they will succeed in their new assignments and make every New Yorker sing their praises. But whatever happens, New York City must not be allowed to degenerate any further than the parlous state in which the outgoing over-woke Mayor Bill De Blasio left it; or in a worst case scenario, be allowed to turn into a San Francisco of the East Coast. It is that bad in the city by the bay, overlooking the Golden Gate and Bay bridges, that it leaves people despondent. New York City cannot and should not aspire for such downfall.

Although, some people are already doubtful of the competence of the two incoming New York City leaders just because of the color of their skin, they must turn the handicap of low expectation around and use it as a motivating factor and disappoint those naysayers by proving them wrong with a splendid performance. Like millions of other people, ICHEOKU says will stay tuned; and also prayerful for both Eric Adams and Keechant Sewell to succeed because their success will be an overall success of and for black people. Congratulations Eric Adams and Keechant Sewell on your new positions. May the good Lord guide and protect you as you discharge your new duties to the city of New York, its residents and visitors alike. Please leave a lasting legacy, Make New York City Safe Again. Lets go EriKee!