Once voters know this woman (Reta Lewis) is an option those numbers with rise. They only reason the other candidates are higher is because they have been in city government for years. She doesn't have name recognition yet but there are a lot of people who don't want to vote for a councilman. People realize insanity is doing the same thing over and over again !

It amazes me how people are so comfortable with cheating. Oh "he hasn't been indicted yet . Innocent until proven guilty by a court of law". Ok let's suppose right now which is hard to believe that all Grays staff is lying on him , this is a witch hunt and he didn't show up and negotiate a deal to deter voters with Thompson.
Sulimon Brown is imaging this occurred.

If that's the case then vote for him if you want. However, I'm my own person and this is a case where I don't believe him. I will not vote for a cheat. In addition stop giving him credit for plans that were in the works before he became Mayor. I don't like Rhee but she scarred enough teachers that they began to get their act together. That's the improvement you're witnessing right. Seems to me that Gray kept things status quo.
I don't care what RACE or gender the mayor is just as long as they bring equal prosperity to the black area too. There's still too much inequality, crime, lack of literacy in he's own residential area for me to give him credit for anything . Black folks wake up and don't vote for someone because they're black if they're not helping the black community. Any good mayor would bring economic prosperity to the area he lives in too.