Predictable

The latest episode surrounding the hiring practices of the MPD is proof positive that race relations will be remaining the same in Memphis, for at least the next four years anyway. One if not all four of these council members are going to inject race into any and everything no matter what. These four council members represent the most crime ridden areas in the city, yet they champion lowering the standards of those we hire to serve and protect. The alarming thing is, I'm not alarmed at all.

Janis Fullilove is leading the charge in this councils media assault. They'll say anything to get the spotlight off of them. Especially Janis Fullilove, considering her latest scrapes with the law. She of all people should be keeping a low profile. When you look at the numbers of the past three years, it doesn't add up to discrimination as they claim. I think Janis has been designated to be the unheralded spokesman of this group. She has a way of making rubbish have a rhythm. She likes to hear herself talk and so do others. That's where I like her best, on the radio. She's convinced that enough people to keep her in office, are content with her raising racial issues that have no factual basis.She appears to be right. I have supported Janis in the past, when I just voted for the person. Needless to say I don't do that anymore. I already know where she's coming from.

Wanda Halbert is up to her old tricks again. She's throwing rocks and hiding her hands.I hadn't heard from her since Bruce Thompson plea bargained on the case surrounding the school construction contracts. They only investigated one school, when there were four in question. She of course shouldn't go to jail for $1500, when Thompson got $800,000 on the same deal. But that should be an indication of her character and integrity or the lack thereof. She'll sell the citizens out for a price. And it isn't much. She is only as honest as the offer. Birds of a feather flock together. All of these unidentified sources are probably people who went to school with her, or their now grown children.They grew up and went astray, now they can't pass the background checks. Not to mention those who are too old and out of shape to apply for the job anyway.

Joe Brown hasn't said anything publicly to my knowledge. At least not to the reporters. He has already been on the city council for a while. So he may already have connections on the police force. Whose feet he doesn't want to step on. I would bet a dollar to a donut though, I know what he's going to say if confronted with this. Joe Brown is the consumate team player. He doesn't really go out on his own. If he has something different to say, he'll keep it to himself. But if he speaks out, he's going to agree with the others. Better yet, if the chance arises just watch how he votes. He'll go with the flow.

Barbara Swearengen Holt started this whole thing under the guise of resident requirements. I say if we can't find qualified individuals within the city, let's look elsewhere. Maybe they can clean up Douglass, Hyde Park and Smoky City for starters. All neighborhoods in Swearengen's district. Instead of dedicating a new high school in an area where teenagers aren't going to school. Find out why young ladies are dropping out of school and getting pregnant. With aspirations of getting an apartment in the "Goodwill Village." They should be openng a clinic for unwed mothers to focus on the infant mortality rate in that area. I think her main objective was to get the ball rolling. She has taken a backseat on the issue since getting it started. Especially since they opened the new high school in her district. She now has to start paying back favors that were done for her in the past. She owes everybody on the council that turned a blind eye to that public fleecing. Her indebtness renders her ineffective.

Thank God, for the other nine members on the council. They balance out the scales. Otherwise we would be on a downward spiral. Not that I agree with everything the others say.I just already know these four members position.The aforementioned members are predictable.