Innovate Albuquerque, Very Old Vanilla
Under Richard Berry’s absent minded leadership, Albuquerque has
found itself in an economic Sargasso Sea. Going nowhere and
floundering. Hot and stinky. Albuquerque is the only major American city that went back
into recession, yes Albuquerque we are #1, we are the only city who has
had a double dip recession! Thank you Richard Berry we couldn’t have
dropped so low without your abysmal leadership.
To turn Albuquerque’s economy around Richard Berry decided to team
up with business folks and UNM and create INNOVATE ALBUQUERQUE.
In the financial world we are taught that past performance is a
good indicator of future performance. In history we learn that if we
ignore the past we are doomed to repeat it. Based upon the Board of
Directors for Innovate Albuquerque we are doomed to fail. These are the
same people who got us into this mess. So let’s look at who is on the
Board of Directors of Innovate Albuquerque (look closely at the pictures
there will be a test at the end):
Richard Berry
David Harris
Richard Larson
Terry Laudick
Sherman McCorkle
Charles Wellborn
Patricia Vincent-Collawn is being discussed as the final (7th) member, but she has not been confirmed yet.
OK Albuquerque, look at the pictures of the six men who are on the
Board of Directors, notice anything? If you guessed they are all old,
white businessmen who have overseen the economic decline in Albuquerque
over the last five years you would be right! Now let’s look at the
demographics of Albuquerque:
White 42%
Hispanic 46%
Everybody else 12%
Men 49%
Women 51%
Ignoring the fact that these six white guys have been in charge
while Albuquerque has failed economically, why is this board of
directors not a mirror of our community? Does Richard Berry really not
know any Hispanic business owners / community leaders? Does Berry not
know at least three other women who are business owners / community
leaders?
Innovate Albuquerque is doomed to failure. It is run by a group
that does not represent Albuquerque and this same group are the old
white guys who got us into this mess. So please call Richard Berry (505
768 3000) and ask him, Do you only care about rich white men? It seems
like it.
