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Bredesen Appointee Halts “English Only” Initiative
Judge denies English-only a ballot spot
A controversial referendum on making English the official language of Nashville isn’t eligible for the Nov. 4 election ballot, a Davidson County chancellor ruled Thursday.
But the Metro councilman who’s championing the issue said he will appeal the decision today, then get to work on a new petition drive geared toward a later election.
Pray tell, why is it a ‘controversial referendum’? Is it controversial because they want the official language of the government of Nashville, Tennessee, a town in the United State of America, where English is spoken? Is that what is controversial? HEY, Tennessean, your bias is showing!
“We did not lose today, because we’re not giving up,” Councilman Eric Crafton said.
Heavens to Betsy, I should hope they wouldn’t give up. Personally, I’d like to see this kind of ‘referendum’ on every ballot in the US.
But Gregg Ramos, an attorney who opposes the measure, said the ruling was a victory for Crafton’s critics.
“All we asked for is that the law be upheld, and that’s what was done today,” Ramos said.
Does Senor Ramos speak Spanish at home? Or is he a full fledged American, and not a Hispanic-American, aka a hyphenated American.
Crafton wants Metro voters to amend the city’s charter to require the government to do its business only in English.
And the problem with this is?????? We ARE an English speaking country, whether the Ramos’ all around the nation like it or not!
There would be no exceptions for health or safety, though Crafton says city officials could make exceptions later.
If you live here, work here, and are a citizen, don’t you think it would be a good idea to speak the language? Granted, there will be emergencies with visitors who aren’t fluent in English, and for those, an exception could be made. Otherwise….learn the freakin’ language!
But Chancellor Claudia Bonnyman agreed with the election commission, saying the charter language is “clear and plain.”
Ah ha! The meat of the matter. Chancellor Bonnyman is a Bredesen appointee. You know, the Dhimmicrat governor we’re stuck with for the moment. The same one who is turning nannyism in Tennessee into an art form.
Roberts also argued that the charter uses the word “submitted” to refer to the date a petition is delivered to the Metro clerk, not the date of the referendum. But Bonnyman said that language also is clear.
“Whenever ’submitted’ appears, it’s in relation to submitting a subject to the voters,” the chancellor said.
So, she’s interpreting the law to suit her cronies? Big shocker.
The councilman said he could ask for a special election sooner than that and lay the cost “at Metro legal’s feet, but we’re more responsible than that.”
But Ramos said Crafton was being irresponsible with taxpayers’ dollars anyway by pursuing his legal case for the sake of a charter change that would face serious, possibly insurmountable legal challenges.
Excuse me, but I don’t mind my tax dollars being spent on something as important as having OUR language put on the ballot in Nashville. I’m hopeful, when such a law passes, it will be picked up by other cities in the state, and that in the end, the state itself will have such a referendum on the ballot.
Ramos noted that Bonnyman dismissed Nashville English First from the case on the grounds that it did not have legal standing because it wasn’t a legally recognized entity.
“From this point forward, it’s unambiguous that Eric Crafton is driving this train,” Ramos said. “He’s being inconsistent with his claims of fiscal conservatism.”
There’s right, and there’s wrong. You, Mr Ramos, are wrong. It is important! And fiscal conseratism would be well served if all the pamplets and forms were printed in only ONE language. What a money saver that would be for the taxpayers of Tennessee!
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Open Government, Or Lack There Of!
I’m going to do a bit of copy and paste here.
What Passes for Open Government in Tennessee
The biggest enemy of the People’s right to know what Government is doing is not an apathetic citizenry. It is Government itself! That truth is one of the key reasons I stand for smaller Government with much less power and authority. The self preservation and non-citizen-representing character of Government is nowhere better illustrated than here in Tennessee.
Randy Neal reports “…the recently enacted TN Open Records Act … also established an Advisory Committee on Open Government …” He’s quoting a member of that committee, Dorothy Bowles, “… [a] U.T. Professor and member of the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists.”
Ms. Bowles reveals the Advisory Committee released “…a proposal that was only this week distributed by the legal counsel’s office.” Because Government takes the responsibility of fully serving and representing the citizens of Tennessee, the Advisory Committee has scheduled a hearing on this proposal, which makes it much more difficult for citizens and journalists to access Government records, for Friday - just two days from now. Further, the deadline for written comments on the proposal is Thursday - tomorrow - at Noon. Written comments can be submitted by email to open.records@state.tn.us
This is how Government serves the citizen? Not only does it make it harder for citizens to hold Government accountable by making it easier for Government to shirk being responsible to taxpayers and citizens, it does so under the cover of night, bureaucracy, no publicity and no time for anyone but other Government employees to examine and debate the matter.
Read the rest here!
I’m fairly new to Tennesee, and am still learning about the goin’ ons in the state. I’ll be honest, I do not understand the roadblocks that the gubmint keeps putting in the way of ‘open government’. As with the U.S. gubmint, I was under the impression, it is OUR government!
With Muse’s help, I hope I’ll start to figure it all out. In the meantime, he’s the one to go to for information for
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Nashville Council Doesn’t Like English?
Lawsuit: Metro blocks English-only vote unfairly
A group that hopes to make English the official language of Nashville filed suit against the city Thursday in an effort to put the issue up for a vote this fall.
Nashville English First sponsor and Metro Councilman Eric Crafton acted two days after the Davidson County Election Commission refused to put the referendum on the Nov. 4 ballot, despite the pro-English group’s collection of enough county voters’ signatures to do so.
Once again, the pro illegals in local government tries its best to thwart the ‘will of the people’!
City attorneys have said the Nov. 4 election will fall three days short of a two-year gap required between petition-driven referendums on proposals to change the Metro Charter. The last such referendum was held Nov. 7, 2006.
But Jim Roberts, an attorney for Nashville English First and Crafton, said Metro attorneys read the law in a way that was rigged to keep voters from deciding the issue.
“Rigging” is exactly what they are doing, in favor of a small portion of the population who can’t be bothered to learn the language!
“They don’t want the voters of Davidson County to vote on this referendum,” Roberts told reporters after filing the lawsuit in Davidson County Chancery Court. “The only way they could prevent that was to stop it before it started.”
I would suggest the folks of Nashville start making phone calls, send letters, and emails to their so called representatives. Let them know that you feel their actions are contrary to what you want in representation of your elected officials.
The proposed charter amendment would require that all Metro meetings, communications and publications be conducted or published in English, with no exceptions for health or safety. Critics have acknowledged that they’ll do what’s necessary to keep the measure from becoming law, including challenging supporters’ ability to put it up for a countywide vote.
The forces against such a measure just baffles. Why shouldn’t all government business be conducted in ENGLISH? That’s the language we speak in this country! If they are concerned about health and safety, they might want to have a chat with those who push for a bilingual education, and ask them what could be more safe than having the people who live and work in the US speak the language?
The lawsuit also says Metro allowed two charter amendment referendums within a two-year period in the 1990s and is ignoring a clear precedent. Referendums were held Nov. 5, 1996, and Nov. 3, 1998.
But every charter amendment proposal in 1996 was submitted by the Metro Council, not by voter petition, Elections Administrator Ray Barrett confirmed. The charter says the council can’t put charter referendums on the ballot more than twice in a four-year term, but it makes no reference to the time between those two submissions.
What this says to me is that the council doesn’t give a flying flip about the people’s wishes, only their own, as a governing body. Yep…..tells me a WHOLE lot about those folks up there in Nashville! Kind of makes me wonder if they are taking campaign donations from anti English/American groups.
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Make a Donation!
I have a link for Vance Dennis over there on the side. He’s the Republican candidate for state senate, Tennessee’s 71st district. He’s now updated his site to include PayPal donations. Please, click and donate a few bucks. I don’t wanna live in a Dhimmi district! PLEEEEEEEZE?? 
Right down there on the bottom of the home page, left hand side, there’s a button.
Looks like this!
I’m sure you’ve seen one like it before. Go, click!
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English On The Ballot!
English-only vote may be illegal, Metro attorneys say
A vote on a measure to make English Nashville’s official language was placed in jeopardy late Monday when Metro’s legal department ruled it may be illegal to put the measure on the ballot.
The fate of the English-only charter amendment may come down to a question of the meaning of the word “submitted,” and a matter of just three days.
Don’t they have dictionaries in Nashville? Here, let me help you out!
sub·mit /s?b?m?t/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[suhb-mit] verb, -mit·ted, -mit·ting. –verb (used with object)
1. to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
2. to subject to some kind of treatment or influence.
3. to present for the approval, consideration, or decision of another or others: to submit a plan; to submit an application.
4. to state or urge with deference; suggest or propose (usually fol. by a clause): I submit that full proof should be required.
–verb (used without object)
5. to yield oneself to the power or authority of another: to submit to a conqueror.
6. to allow oneself to be subjected to some kind of treatment: to submit to chemotherapy.
7. to defer to another’s judgment, opinion, decision, etc.: I submit to your superior judgment.
I think #3 is the one they might want to look at in their consideration.
Metro lawyers said that by law, two votes on a petition-driven charter amendment cannot take place in a single two-year period. An amendment which gave voters some control over Metro tax increases was on the Nov. 7, 2006, ballot.
I’m honestly baffled by citizens of the United States, where we DO speak English, will go out of their way to find any stumbling block, real or imagined, to put in the way of people who believe daily business of the government should be spoken, and printed, in the language of the land. In this particular land, it happens to be English!
Councilman Eric Crafton, one of the driving forces behind the English-only measure, argues that the key date in this matter is when signature petitions were “submitted” to the Metro clerk.
English-only petitions were submitted to the Metro clerk on Aug. 15. That date falls “well over two years” from the last time petitions for a charter amendment — the tax change — were submitted to the Metro clerk, on Aug. 8, 2006, Crafton said.
Ok, so it’s the date of the petitions being submitted (see above definitions), NOT the date of the elections. Yes, I’d say those 7 days makes a difference. The folks in Nashville signed the petitions, and sent them in. Their voice should be heard….on that ballot!
Crafton says the measure will either appear on the Nov. 4 ballot or wind up being voted on later, perhaps during a mayoral race.
“We expected they would twist the meaning of the Metro charter and concoct some sort of opinion that supports the mayor’s opinion on this,” Crafton said.
I’d suggest that the good folks of Nashville start looking for a pro American mayor! The one they’ve got right now doesn’t seem to ‘get it’!
Parsing the legal definition of the word “submitted” may well be an issue for the courts, not the Election Commission.
Again, see the above definition. Dang! You would think reasonably educated people could figure this out!
This time, Ramos said, he would like to work with Crafton on positive steps to help the entire community, such as extra funding for overfilled English-language classes.
I don’t remember stories about my grandmother taking tax payer provided English classes! She learned on her own, by immersing herself, and her family in the American culture!
“On Oct. 7, the presidential debates will be held at Belmont. The eyes of the entire world will be on Nashville,” he said. “I’m hoping we can keep this English only (referendum) off the ballot … so this won’t obscure all the great, beautiful things about Nashville, Tennessee.”
Oh, you DO want this on the ballot! Trust me! You DO! One great thing about this country….people still have a voice! What you DON’T want if for Nashville to be in the spotlight as an anti English city.
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Big Doin’s In Podunk!
On the rare occasion, and when there are any left, I’ll pick up the local rag, aka The Courier, just to see what’s what! While I was at one of the best little, 100% employee owned, grocery stores in the area, I happened to notice there was actually a stack of papers there, just waiting for my 50 cents to be put in the little ‘honor’ bucket.
I didn’t have a chance to actually sit down and read it until this evening, after cleaning the kitchen (yes, I cooked again….pretty dadburn good too, if I do say so m’self) and sitting down to watch the Cowboys/Texans game. A perfect time to peruse all the ads, activities and news of the county.
Now, they don’t have a linkable website, so you’ll just have trust me on this headline and story, ok?
BIG headline:
Crump aldermen talk beer, sex (uh….ok….glad I wasn’t there!)
The city of Crump finally has a new beer law.
After months of often acrimonious meetings on the issue, the Crump Board of Mayor and Aldermen authorized an ordinance on final reading that limits to 12 the number of beer permits that can issued in the city.
It’s not that big of a town. 12 seems kind of high to me, but hey, what do I know.
The previous ordinance set no limit on the number of permits either off- or on- premises consumption.
Really? How come there was only one bar in the area, and that’s a mega dive from what I can tell. Never been in there, so I couldn’t say. It’s outside of the town limits too, almost in the next county.
The new ordinance also prohibits beer sales within 300 feet of a residential dwelling and essentially outlaws taverns.
Hmm…..dunno why that would be. There aren’t houses every 300 feet. Odd.
Restaurants selling beer are further required to show that at least 51 percent of their gross sales are from food and have the business “cleared of all customers by 12:15 a.m.”
51%? I can’t figure out if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. I don’t drink. Doesn’t matter to me. But honestly, if we go over to the restaurant on the river, I don’t wanna be trying to enjoy my food while there are a bunch of drunks slobbering all over the place. Although, truth be told, we usually just go out on Sunday after church, so this may not be an issue.
Putting another long-simmering issue to rest, board members gave final approval to an ordinance regulating adult-oriented establishments.
The ordinance requires operators of an adult-oriented business to obtain a $500 license from the city. A successful applicant can not have been convicted of a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude, prostitution obscenity, or any other crime of a sexual nature within the past five years.
Uh….excuse me? Porn? In Podunk? Granted, there is/was a “lingerie” shop on the highway, but ya never see a lot of cars in the parking lot. And you’ll have to pardon my ignorance, but with the number of churches in this county, I’m EXTREMELY surprised this is even an issue. If I’m reading this right, a successful candidate for such a license could actually be a convicted drug dealer, but as long as no sex was involved, it’s ok? Alright, I’m no lawyer, and I don’t even play one on TV. Just asking.
Adult-oriented establishments are prohibited within 1,000 feet of a child care facility, any school, public park, residence or place of worship. Entertainers are not permitted to engage in any type of sexual conduct or expose their sex organs.
Well, that leaves out a lot, doesn’t it. I can’t say as I understand why this is even an issue at all! Now, I don’t want to sound like a prude or anything, but one of the reasons we chose this area was because of the LACK of bars and such.
“There is no way” a strip joint “can open up because the ordinance pretty much specifies what has to be covered up,” said Crump City Administrator Pam Hardy.
I guess Ms Hardy has never heard of pasties, eh?
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Nashville Nitwits!
English-first initiative gets out-of-state help
An effort to make English the official language of Nashville has received most of its money from an out-of-state group advocating the same cause nationally and looking to land its biggest city yet, the group’s executive director said Friday.
Arlington, Va.-based ProEnglish — part of a larger nonprofit organization called U.S. Inc. — has given Nashville English First $19,000 since December and also has provided free legal advice, said Executive Director K.C. McAlpin. The local group has spent about $20,000 so far, its treasurer, Lewis Lampley, said this week.
If I had an address, I’d send ‘em a few bucks from IN state! And so should anyone else living in Tennessee! (They only have a donation button for the post card push. That’s over now. They need to UPDATE!) One thing they fail to mention, people send donations to national organizations to help support local efforts.
Nashville English First hopes to force a countywide vote this fall on a controversial proposal to limit all Metro government business, publications and meetings to English, with no exceptions for health or safety. It does include language indicating it should not be interpreted to conflict with state or federal law.
Calling a simple request for official business to be done in English, the language of the land, ‘controversial’ is just mind boggling! And I’d like to know, why is someone living in a country and not able to speak the language, ‘for health and safety’ reasons? You move to a county, you might want to have a working knowledge of the language BEFORE you get there.
If approved, it would make Nashville the biggest U.S. city with an “official English” law, McAlpin said. He said English is the official language of 30 states, including Tennessee.
Why isn’t this a nationwide push, instead of individual cities having to take on the initiative?
Metro Councilman Ronnie Steine, a leading critic of the proposal, said the source of the funding “flies a little bit in the face of the notion of this being a home-grown, grass-roots movement.”
“It’s a little bit odd that this whole effort has to be manufactured from outside the state,” Steine said.
Actually, no, it isn’t odd at all. Like I said before, people send money to national organizations who then turn around, and send it to local folks. Kind of like the BIG political parties do. You know how THAT works, don’t you Mr. Stein?
The council went on record last week as urging voters not to support the initiative. Steine sponsored that resolution.
Those members who oppose the initiative should be looking for other means of employment! This is our country, we’d like to keep it. Instead, feckless weasels like Stein, and those of his ilk are willing to turn it over to foreigners who choose ignorance of our laws.
Gregg Ramos, a Nashville attorney who opposes the English-first initiative, said he wasn’t surprised to hear that most of the money was coming from ProEnglish.
“I’ve said all along that this (proposal) does not represent who we are as a community,” said Ramos, a first-generation American of Mexican heritage. “Now this confirms that this mean-spirited, divisive law is primarily the product of a nativist, out-of-state group.”
I call BULLSHIT! The only people being “mean spirited” are those who oppose English speaking citizens! Remember where you live asshat! This ain’t Mexico, or Somalia, or any other place on the planet. This is the United States of America, and I, personally, would like to keep it that way. Come, be welcome, but LEARN THE FREAKIN’ LANGUAGE! Jeeeez, I get tired of having to repeat that so often!
McAlpin said he didn’t know if ProEnglish, which has an annual budget of about $1 million, would contribute more money to Nashville English First. Both he and Crafton expressed confidence that the measure would be approved by a large margin, and Crafton said any further spending probably would be minimal.
McAlpin also said the idea that the English-first movement is a front for anti-immigration agendas is “a bunch of rubbish.” However, ProEnglish, founded in 1993, is under the umbrella of U.S. Inc., a Michigan nonprofit that also supports immigration reform.
Do they ever actually listen to the crap that comes out of their mouths? Or rather, their hind ends? Cuz no one with an ounce of common sense would buy into their nonsense when the TRUTH is out there! NO ONE is anti-immigration, ya putz! Anti-ILLEGAL? Oh, hell yeah! What we have a major problem with is NON assimilation. And the demand that OUR country be turned into whatever country they left behind. You want to live in Mexico, then by george, go back and LIVE in Mexico. Don’t expect us to make concessions to you on such a basis. Oh yeah, and we kind of prefer the garbage in the trash cans, and not all over the streets. Just a thought to chew on.
Here’s a little video from the website ya might be interested in:
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Learn The Language!
English-only ballot drive brings count, robust debate
Davidson County Election Commission workers will launch the painstaking process of verifying 12,503 signatures today, ultimately deciding whether an English-only measure makes the Nov. 4 ballot.
Metro Nashville Councilman Eric Crafton dropped off signed petition postcards Thursday, well before Saturday’s deadline and with what he said is enough margin of error to account for unqualified voters or signatures that can’t be verified. Crafton’s measure needs 10,103 valid signatures to be included.
A good start! I’m really disappointed there weren’t even more signers. Is anyone up there in Nashville paying attention???
The measure would prevent city business from being done in any language other than English. But exactly how it would be carried out — if at all — upon passage is up for debate.
How it would be carried out? Does stupidity run rampant? You speak English. You do business in English. How hard is that to figure out? You don’t print ballots, or gubmint information in any language but English. If an immigrant, LEGAL one, wants to live in the U.S., he/she should be able to speak the language. If they’re ILLEGAL, they can go the hell home!
President Bill Clinton signed an order in 2000 that made reasonable translation services a protected civil right to prevent discrimination based on national origin. Governments must publish ballots in other languages, and any program that accepts federal dollars must work with people who aren’t English-proficient.
Contrary to what the Dhimms would like to believe, Bill Clinton was NOT the best president we’ve ever had. Let’s face it, he started a great divide, and the Dhimmis have continued the push!
Even some of the biggest proponents of English-only initiatives say enforcement is tough
I will repeat. Print all information in English. It’s really quite simple, and it would save a ton of money to the tax payer. If you’re going to live here, as a law abiding citizen, SPEAK THE FREAKIN’ LANGUAGE!
The American Civil Liberties Union in Nashville indicated that it would closely examine the constitutional questions raised by the measure. And Crafton said he would do what he must to see that the law would be enforced.
This “problem” could easily be resolved, and the ACLU could go back to harassing Christians, if the feckless weasels in D.C. would amend the Constitution to include an official language…..ENGLISH!
“To me, these cards represent thousands of voices crying out to be heard on this issue,” Crafton said. “The citizens are not going to be held hostage by the threat of lawsuits.”
Pfft! So many cities have caved to the “immigrants rights” yahoos, it totally makes me sick! But I’m hoping that the folks up in Nashville will stand strong. It will set a precedent that is seriously NEEDED across the entire country. I won’t include California in that statement. As far as I’m concerned, they’re already a ‘foreign country’. Sorry, Bushy, Jenn, etc.. Come to the REAL American. 
Some of the signed petition cards included messages like “Councilman Crafton, thank you!” and “Thanks for helping us take our country back.” Others were returned unsigned with obscene messages, including, “Go (expletive deleted) yourself Crafton.”
Very classy. Nothing like profanity to prove the point of ignorance! Was it written in English, or did it have to be translated?
The Metro Council also overwhelmingly approved last week a measure calling on voters not to sign the petition cards or support the measure if it appears on the ballot.
This tells me quite a bit about the yahoos supposedly representing the LEGAL citizens of Nashville. They aren’t putting THEIR city, state, or country FIRST! Bowing to illegals is NOT a good way to win friends and influence people. Well, unless, of course, they ARE the illegals, and their supporters.
“There is a pretty strong divide as I am sure there is in the Democratic Party on this,” said Tom Lawless, Davidson County Republican Party chairman. “So it is probably going to be difficult for us to take a position as a party.”
Are they freaking kidding me??????? One more reason I’m no longer a Republican! My country comes second, ONLY to God. When the Pubbies started pandering to illegals, they lost me, AND my money! Grow a spine ya twits! Stand up for YOUR COUNTRY! Support ENGLISH ONLY…….NOW!
Cross posted at The Tennessee ConserVOLiance.
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Dirty Dealings
Records reveal lucrative dealings for mayor’s friend
When it comes to landing City Hall subcontracting jobs, Reginald French has a golden touch — a $1.4 million touch.
A close friend of Mayor Willie Herenton, French has been paid at least that much, and possibly much more, for a variety of jobs, including a particularly fortuitous deal to install fiber-optic cable at two city police stations.
A bud of ol’ Willie’s, eh?
Newly disclosed records tell how French, a onetime prison guard, landed the $68,000 cabling job in 2006 despite lacking experience or equipment for the work.
No experience, no equipment, yet he was given the job? What is wrong with this picture?
Undaunted, French then hired a cable installation firm — for $30,000 — to perform the work.
So, the city could have saved $38,000 if they had just hired the cable installation firm out right? Is it any wonder that cities are getting hard up for cash when they have folks like Harenton in office? Yet, they keep right on voting ‘em in, year after year. Reckon it really is a case of ‘you get what you pay for’.
News of French’s role in the police cabling job comes amid a federal probe exploring connections between Herenton and several associates, including French, who’ve won lucrative City Hall contracts.
Harenton should have lost the last election. Do the people in Memphis not know enough to pour piss out of a boot? Well, Harenton has sure wizzed in their boots, alright.
Memphis attorney Scott Kramer was more loquacious, calling French’s cabling payments unnecessary and wasteful. While apparently legal, French’s involvement in the deal reflects larger concerns involving abuse in city contracts, he said.
Gee. Y’think?
“It appears to us that Reginald doesn’t do anything except pocket money.”
French, who received $1.4 million over a 32-month period ending in March 2006, dismissed Kramer’s assertions, and his suit, as baseless.
“I stand by (my) work,” he said. “I run a legitimate company.”
Where have we heard such claims before? Hmmmm…. Oh yeah….the movie “The Godfather” comes to mind.
Such assertions about French — that he acts as a middleman paid merely to supply city government with computer programmers and others with specialized expertise — have surfaced repeatedly. A Dallas computer-programming consultant claimed last fall that he was told he had to go through French if he wanted city work and that French later cheated him out of $80,000.
And yet, because he is Harenton’s bud, he continues to do business with the city? Hmmm….
“You’ve been on my trail for a long time,” French told a reporter. He was referring to news stories about not only his subcontracting work but his past life as an officer who was fired from the Collierville Police Department and a later role as a criminal defendant found guilty of slitting a rival’s tire.
Must be a Dhimmicrat. They’re known for tire slashing.
Despite that history, French was hired by Herenton as a top City Hall aide who was soon forced to resign following a sexual harassment claim. French became a business consultant selling access to government officials and eventually wore a wire for the FBI’s Atlanta office in a corruption probe there — only to reinvent himself again as the owner of a technology firm with rich success winning subcontracting jobs for the city of Memphis.
You’d think the mayor of a city would choose his ‘friends’ a little more wisely. I wonder if he get kickbacks from these ‘lucrative’ payouts? Just a thought.
Herenton maintains he has pulled no strings for French or anyone else.
Uh huh.
Spending spree
Flush with money through a subcontract with the city of Memphis, Reginald French’s firm, Integrate Technologies, has issued checks paying:
$1,684 to Parker Consulting in 2006 for robo calls, apparently for French’s unsuccessful campaign for Shelby County sheriff.
$700 to a landscaping firm in 2006.
$13,700 for bonuses to himself in 2006.
$5,000 for loans to himself in 2006.
$300 in 2003 as payment to Dewey Clark, a friend who turned government witness and testified against former Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell in his 2006 corruption trial.
$250 for an ice sculpture in 2005.
$1,351 for liquor for a party in 2005.
Hey, I don’t know how to do anything. Maybe I can get a job working for the city Memphis, too?
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In Case Anyone Is Wondering….
…..Nikki Tinker got CREAMED by Steve Cohen in the Dhimmi primary, District 9. Heh. Congrats to Rep. Cohen. At least he stayed classy.
Marsha Blackburn has also stuck strong in the 7th District, which is my district.
What I’m finding annoying, I can’t find any results for the seriously local stuff. sigh…
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