Racist Claim Rebuttal #23084087

Award winning columnist Robert Miranda has penned a column on the Holloway mess. He, predictably, claims the efforts of those who wish to oust Holloway are purely racially motivated.

You can read the screed here.

In his rant, he refutes his own arguments.

He cites the fact that the 'group of ten' didn't solicit the help of the black and latina Supervisors as proof of their racism. Yet, just a few lines later he notes that they also didn't ask a white Supervisor to sign on to their efforts.

What is truly interesting is that Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic, a white supervisor, wasn't shown the letter also.

I believe the Supervisors did err by not circulating their original letter calling for a special session of the Board to all supervisiors. However, it is clear race did not play a factor here. They went to those who had in the past expressed their concerns with Holloway's behavior. They excluded Holloway's expressed supporters, black, white and Hispanicc.

Miranda also admits, at the very beginning of his piece, that a multi-racial supermajority of supervisors initially empowered Holloway. That's right. So were they racist then? Or just now?

This situation has crossed racial lines. It has crossed ideological lines. (John Weishan and Gerry Broderick are not conservatives, folks. I am sure they cringe at the thought of being labeled as such). The problem with Holloway is just that. A problem with Holloway.

Attempts to blow this into something more than that are overblown.

For crying out loud, even Eugene Kane thinks so.