Steve Mensing, Editor and RFP Staff
♦ Without fail anytime I show up on Facebook to post an article or read about what my friends are saying and doing, I see my friend Kenny Hardin, the embodiment of boundless energy, pithy sayings, doing the “right thing”, and initiating and following through on objectives to make young people’s lives and communities better. I’m heartened when people are transparent with their thoughts and feelings or tell you where they actually stand on something. Kenny’s that guy. He is the real deal “Mr. Everywhere”. Like a savvy and intuitive middle linebacker, he’s where the ball is or where it’s going to be, and he’ll make that game changing tackle.
Many of us who watched him in action know him from being a key initiator of the Tsunami Literacy Program, Man Up Mondays, or bringing fire from the sky down at City Council when he would raise issues during public commentary. His mover and shaker resume needs an all terrain 4-wheel drive vehicle to carry its weight.
And recently Kenny was elected to city council as a complete “outsider” a rare event in Salisbury’s notorious history. Already Kenny is standing out when he asked those questions about the budget audit that made the incumbents “circle the wagons” and want to hide that information in private meetings. Kenny took a stand about refusing to honor former police Chief Rory Collins.
Here are just a few days of recent photographs of “Mr. Everywhere” in action:
Kenny Hardin at the first Community Conversation held in the West End:
Kenny Hardin listening intently down at the Community Conversation:
Kenny Hardin raising transparency questions about the city’s budget audit and getting a circle the wagons response from the incumbent council:
West End Initiative Community Meeting:
West End Initiative Community Meeting:
Kenny Hardin weighs in at the Advisory Board for City Parks and Recreation:
Kenny Hardin gets photographed for City Council:
Kenny Hardin at the Tsunami Development Literacy Program office:
Kenny Hardin breaking bread with Tsunami Development Literacy Program friends at O’Charley’s Restaurant in Salisbury.
