You Be Quiet, Dick Jordan!

 

It's unusual that three highly charged political issues come before the Florence City Council at once, but they did in the meeting last Tuesday. At that time, a new recreation center in West Florence, relaxed regulations for short-term rentals, and amended parade/noise regulations were all brought before a meeting that lasted around three hours.

At one point, council president Dick Jordan pointed his pen at District 1 representative Kaytrina Simmons who was speaking and loudly said: You be quiet!

Jordan later apologized in a haphazard manner, stating that the situation was misunderstood. Really, Dick? It looked pretty straight forward to us. It's hard for any woman to obtain respect in the political arena, much less a black woman. Dick Jordan showed the world what he thinks of Ms. Simmons; she deserves a much more public apology than she received. 

Over the years...and there have been plenty of them...we've given Jordan a lot of leeway in his actions. Our criticism has been minimal, but make no mistake that his influence over the council has been anything but minimal. He has quite a record; let's look at it...

Next: Who is Dick Jordan and who are his friends and appointees?