City Attorney's Office

I brought this subject up with little to no response. I've heard it discussed on some of the local radio talk shows as well, of course with a twist. I wrote it down somewhere, but I can't find it right now. We look at all these jobs and services, we think could stand to be cut. I think we need to look, at all the claims being settled by the city attorneys office. We have a paid staff, that I'm sure receive hefty benefits after retirement. I mention retirement, because of the disparity in pay. I would guess many good attorneys, don't grow old at the city attorneys office. That is a reason they use, for not having an impressive win/lost record. They contend that they are not able to recruit qualified candidates, because of the low pay. I don't know for sure,but I bet some payola is going on somewhere. In memphis we have people with middle income salaries, that end up being millionaires. Usually as a result of stealing. We can't afford a more competent staff. Yet we pay exhorbant amounts, to certain private law firms, for consultations.

Very few residents even know who Sarah Hall is. They know who Bill Gibbons is though. The local district attorney. His focus is locking folks up, hers is paying them off. Which office spends the most taxpayer dollars? The lawsuit surrounding the Cannon Center downtown, could have off set the deficit by itself. They say we got off light, we could have been required to pay $31 nillion. What I would like to know is. Where were the city attorneys, when we were signing this contract? I would like to see the disposition of all the cases, that they have settled in the last few years. I would say we can trace some of our financial woes to that office.