Aside from his law practice he is a high-pressure civic worker.
Grace M. S. McKittrick MacNeil, a civic worker and philanthropist who was the national president of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. from 1969 to 1972, died on June 30 in Natchez, Miss.
One would think that after decades of liberal leadership the Big Easy would be a civic and workers' paradise.
But what are civic-minded workers to do when staying home will cost many their daily pay and, in a recession-plagued economy, possibly their jobs if employers become exasperated over their absence?
The boldest of the boldface names is Richard Ravitch, the former lieutenant governor whose reputation as a civic miracle worker was forged at the authority in the 1980s, where he was credited with rebuilding a subway and rail system that had nearly disintegrated.
But though the business magnate compared the two cities' universities, transport systems, civic leaderships and workers' skills levels – "Birmingham has almost the lowest skills base in the country" – it was clearly the football which most riled him.
Design was a collaborative and participatory process, involving local civic leaders, health workers and often school teachers.
Inside, they knew, was the man they consider confessor, mentor, social worker, civic conscience, scold — Renán Almendárez Coello, better known to millions of Spanish-speaking radio listeners as El Cucuy de la Mañana (the Bogey-man of the Morning).
Political workers and civic activists who lived through the 2008 campaign of intimidation and repression — in which many foot soldiers in Mr. Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change were tortured or murdered — say ZANU-PF will not need to be so violent this time around.
