"Mayor Pete fell far short of pledge to help Minority Contractors"

[bluewater]

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As they say, actions speak louder than words.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Was that the doing of the mayor or the city council?

In my city it's the council that decides on such things.

[bluewater]

3. The article speaks of the Buttigieg Administration.

At the same time, Buttigieg’s administration awarded numerous lucrative contracts to past campaign donors and to corporations whose lobbyists and executives had given to Buttigieg’s mayoral election efforts.

[BeyondGeography]

4. When is the last time a mayor got anywhere by saying the buck stops with the city council?

[dalton99a]

2. Evidently such things were not important

In 2014, Buttigieg’s office proposed cutting the hours for the city’s Diversity Compliance Officer position from 32 hours a week to 18 hours per week.