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Mfume Quickie

Mfume has admitted having a relationship with a woman, a subordinate, at the NAACP.

Now, given the situation that happened with Clinton, one would think that he wouldn't get involved like that. There's a difference because Mfume is not married, but she was a subordinate.

That was stupid.

Rep. Cummings has not said that he will run, but he has not said that he will not run. Before this mess, Cummings has fired some verbal shots at Mfume that have hit hard.

The fact that doesn't get noticed by the white media is that Mfume has made enemies in the Baltimore region because a lot of things have happened that many believe Mfume could have had a positive impact on, IF he chose to get involved.

One such issue is lead in the water of public city schools.

The Baltimore school system was sued by the ACLU and a children's advocate group because of high levels of lead found in schools through out the city. The public schools turned off the water fountains and brought in bottled water. This lasted one school year. The next school year, they turned the water back on. Many advocates believed that if Mfume got involved, the situation would not have had to go to the courts AND the issue may have been more properly addressed. (Of course, the parents should bring more heat but that didn't happen).

Mfume didn't get involved because Mayor O'Malley is his friend and O'Malley will help fund Mfume's campaign.

Of course, this gets said in the Black media, but the white media, especially conservative media, still thinks Blacks are all in lock step and don't think for themselves. This includes Black conservatives.