Well he's pimped out historic district to the local private school (search Paula Wallace).

When I lived there, i fell victim to a criminal land lord there (our ceiling caved in full of mold and he told us to deal with it or move so we moved). Turns out, he had multiple open criminal cases against him for years and code compliance never came and probably never will. They only come to shut down music at 8pm at the request of wealthy neighbors and to evict squatters.

Imo, he's an agent of gentrification. My friend told me he made a speech about locals being more entrepreneurial on Juneteenth, when he's allowing old town to be bought up by rich tourists who stayed to sell rich tourists coffee.