Certainly, congratulations are in order for newly elected mayor, Friday Ellis. He comes to the position of leader of the city of Monroe as a guy with little to no administrative and management experience.

One of the major reasons that Mayo was trying to get re-elected was to maintain essential ongoing city business and to embark on newly planned innovative projects for the city. Of course, with this loss, those plans will not take place.

However, Mayo can reflect proudly on all of the accomplishments he made during his close to 20 years of experience in government in the city of Monroe. As...