The Party Is Over

Pete Aviotti is the new administrations latest casualty at first glance. But not really though. He has been making $60,000.00 plus a year to be the mayor's sidekick. His title is the mayor's "special assistant." What exactly is his job description? All he does is attend meetings and host an annual Christmas gala fundraiser for the mayor. He is the flipside of county commisioner Sidney Chism just on the city's payroll.

Inadvertantly Mayor Herenton touched on this in his resignation speech. "We need to get unified about some blacks making some(easy)money." A black man wouldn't be allowed to hold a job like this in Memphis without a public outcry. The whites wouldn't have it and the blacks wouldn't either. He would end up losing his job and doing time like Calvin Williams. I bet you won't see Aviotti raising a fuss.He knows the party is over.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/aug/07/herenton-special-assistant-out-job/