One thing that bothers me about our city is that most of the population thinks of this place with a smalltown mentality.
Even though Amarillo is the biggest city for at least 110 miles in any direction, we still have not progressed to a point where our city should be by now.
In November, city voters defeated a measure to switch to single-member district voting. Each commissioner would have to be a resident of a different neighborhood throughout the city, which would've allowed for more equal representation from all parts of Amarillo.
Sneaky political loopholes were used to attach this to an absurd proposal that never had a chance in passing the vote.
So it's news that a prominent figure in our own black community is running?
It doesn't sound out of the ordinary to me that the people who are the most overlooked want a voice that will be heard.
So many cities have minority leaders in their highest forms of local government; it shouldn't be such a big deal that we want to be represented here too.
Also, Amarillo College has been one of the top-ranked community colleges in the nation for quite awhile now.
Most of the facilities here on campus are topnotch, and the curriculum is outstanding.
KACV is one of the most powerful radio stations in this area. When you are driving out of town, it is one of the last stations to fade out; it even outdoes most of the professional stations.
Yet still, when someone wants to pursue a four-year degree in this area, they are forced to attend West Texas A&M University.
Even though AC has a lot of potential, people choose to go to WT because our smalltown community college, as exceptional as it may be, can't offer a big-city degree. How ironic that people drive from Amarillo to Canyon to attend a university.
Progression is not something measured by how many new department stores or fast-food chains come into the area.
It should reflect how our community is doing as a whole.
If we spent as much time developing ways to fix our local civil problems as we do in new shopping malls around here, we probably would be halfway ready to call Amarillo an actual city.
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