The Author’s description of Amanda Burden is pretty fair an unbiased, depicting her as somebody who cared about the city through her many rezoning plans. However, while it seems that the author does a good job of describing her accomplishments, she definitely does a good job in sharing her own point of view when it comes to Burden. I say this because when speaking negatively about the things miss Burden has done, she does it with much more impact and emphasis in trying to get the reader to understand her flaws, while lauding her accomplishments in a more passive way which leads me to believe that she has a more negative view of Burden than a positive one. Which in turn leaves us with an image of somebody who wanted to do good for the city, but her methods were at times to harsh and because of it the city suffered from it, whether it was middle class income citizens and lower, or just people trying to find jobs in general. The author leaves you with the idea that no matter what; her actions will shape the city for the next 10 to 20 years, but not necessarily all in a positive way.
-Abel Ramirez
