tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post6363125934428746971..comments2024-03-01T07:43:16.529-06:00Comments on Smart City Memphis: Inside Baseball Strikes Out In County GovernmentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-35755704095175299882012-07-06T01:57:04.097-05:002012-07-06T01:57:04.097-05:00Thank you, I have recently been searching for info...Thank you, I have recently been searching for information about this topic for ages and yours is the best I have discovered so far.<br /><a href="http://www.pixspeak-now.com/" rel="nofollow">Mobile Camera App</a>Knox Karterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09529605912425314220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-59879382906811540712012-05-01T06:51:44.307-05:002012-05-01T06:51:44.307-05:00Thanks for your great post.I like this very much, ...Thanks for your great post.I like this very much, please write more about these,wait for your update<br /><br /><a href="http://www.avenuesocial.com/iphone.html" rel="nofollow">iPhone Application</a>justin alberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05630509064102875406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-1509018448094926252012-03-26T06:37:54.622-05:002012-03-26T06:37:54.622-05:00Hello admin, Excellent article. You have gained a ...Hello admin, Excellent article. You have gained a fresh reader. Please keep them coming and I look forward to more of your superb articles. Thanks a lot....<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.logodesignuniverse.com/65/shipping-logo.html" rel="nofollow">Social Media Logo</a>Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10340130971546973886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-17476378459374425662009-11-19T08:22:32.354-06:002009-11-19T08:22:32.354-06:00If the Beuhler land grab wasn't enough to show...If the Beuhler land grab wasn't enough to show that county commissioners are as corrupt as they come, nothing will, these people need to be in prison.<br /> They will be soon.Zippy the giverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07670742278387967862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-545098063727817502009-11-18T22:42:08.408-06:002009-11-18T22:42:08.408-06:00Oh and by the way: you, Mr. and Ms. State Taxpaye...Oh and by the way: you, Mr. and Ms. State Taxpayer, paid several tens of thousands of dollars in attorney's fees to the Party's attorneys for the privilege of installing Ophelia Ford into the State Senate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-60848860678807228122009-11-18T22:34:49.603-06:002009-11-18T22:34:49.603-06:00Not only is it the County Commission. The deeper ...Not only is it the County Commission. The deeper story is the institutional corruption of the local Democratic Party. Corruption as in control by, and promotion and tolerance of, hacks and the refusal to mete out any discipline whatsoever -- not, necessarily, fraud. The Buehler example is a good one; David Upton, Buehler's lobbyist, is a major local Democrat and friend of several commissioners. The decades-long indulgence of the openly crooked John Ford, as long as he brought home the bacon. This Ford appointment. But the kicker was the institutional party's defense of the indefensibile Ophelia Ford. Harold was gone. John had just gone to prison. Ophelia lost the vote to replace him and rightly so. Given this golden opportunity to exorcise the Fords from polite Democrat society, or at least let them fade away, what did the local Democratic Party do? It sent David Cocke and Steve Mulroy into court suing the entire state Senate to get Ophelia seated -- to a seat that ANY Democrat would have honestly won in the next regular election. <br /><br />To be sure, the Republicans didn't shine in this vote either. But the greater story is this example of institutional Democratic corruption that has gone on for decades in this city. It is a primary ingredient in the institutional failure of Memphis to keep up with our competition. And it is an enormous detriment to the city's poor blacks, who continually vote Demorats into office with no change in their circumstances to show for such loyalty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-44622204167616217612009-11-18T14:22:16.257-06:002009-11-18T14:22:16.257-06:00Zippin Pippin- How about Mulroy's vacant parce...Zippin Pippin- How about Mulroy's vacant parcels gift to Buehler. <br /><br />What a detestable lot the County Commission is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-6280065426402722562009-11-18T13:25:46.869-06:002009-11-18T13:25:46.869-06:00The big Developers of Shelby County have been stro...The big Developers of Shelby County have been strong for a long time and seem to be getting stronger. They won't quit until they have gotten every bit of profit they can out of the County, cut down every forest, and build sprawling subdivisions everywhere.<br /><br />Joe Ford has been a lapdog of the development interests for a long time. Many of us thought the present commission would be more responsible but that hasn't been the case. I believe that those whop voted for Ford have been promised big contributions and other favors, legal and illegal, from the development interests.<br /><br />Some of those we thought were more honest, like Steve Mulroy and Mike Ritz, have turned out to be nothing more than warmed over hacks. <br /><br />The Developer candidate for Mayor, Harold Byrd, will finally get a big campaign war chest.<br /><br />So let's see how this all plays out next year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-14514470556613930482009-11-18T11:16:19.631-06:002009-11-18T11:16:19.631-06:00I'm always surprised at what people comment on...I'm always surprised at what people comment on. Yesterday you guys wrote about government giving away our tax money and misleading us about economic issues and no one had anything to say. But say the name Ford and people always react. Sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-73134669643726953852009-11-18T11:13:08.517-06:002009-11-18T11:13:08.517-06:00Guleff - What I liked most about T.J. was that he ...Guleff - What I liked most about T.J. was that he opened up government for me, and did it for bunches of people. No one does that any more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-35287624231607674552009-11-18T10:12:34.824-06:002009-11-18T10:12:34.824-06:00Now Joe Ford can go out with a huge pension upgrad...Now Joe Ford can go out with a huge pension upgrade because of these people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-60512541419608918242009-11-18T09:27:12.290-06:002009-11-18T09:27:12.290-06:00"An insiders’game" ???
Tom Jones, bite ..."An insiders’game" ???<br /><br />Tom Jones, bite your tongue young man.Tom Guleffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15539315456809739338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-39908645071015476862009-11-18T08:17:14.436-06:002009-11-18T08:17:14.436-06:00"Instead, the commissioners sent a different ..."Instead, the commissioners sent a different message, the unmistakable one that it was politics as usual in county government."<br /><br />No, there's more than that.<br /><br />Its a statement that says its just fine to break the law and live in a district other than the one you represent, its ok to just decide you don't want to live in your home anymore and just "Let the bank take it back", its dandy to be in debt and can't manage your personal finances, its all someone elese fault and EVERYBODY does it, and then expect to manage the finances of the county.<br /><br />Its just Memphis being stuck on stupid ALL OVER AGAIN !!<br /><br />I've said it once and I'll say it again, Memphis is utterly doomed to failure and deserves to be flushed down the crapper. <br /><br />Here'a ANOTHER thing for you to chew on:<br /><br />THE BUFFOON PUPPET WINS<br /><br />It is 5:03 and the foolish Shelby County Commission has just selected a buffoon and a puppet to be the new county mayor, ignoring the county's call for a truly qualified county mayor.<br /><br />Joe Ford is the new county mayor after an under the table deal that will require fumigation of the entire Shelby County Building.<br /><br />What this means is that Harold Ford Sr. will be pulling the strings on his puppet brother from Florida. Harold Sr. is really the new Shelby County mayor.<br /><br /><br />Smart City Memphis... It ought to be Dumb Ass City Memphis. <br /><br />Hoodsville, USA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com