A Deal Was Cut

The former mayor has always said he doesn't agree with the vision Mayor A.C. Wharton has for this city. The choice of Herman Morris for city attorney is the first move in that direction. The days of the city being a cash cow are over. I predict the city attorney's office will become a stealth operation of sorts having both trial lawyers and litigators to handle the city's cases. The Charles Carpenters and the Ricky Wilkins type law firms will take a tremendous hit. The amount we spend outsourcing to private firms will greatly diminish.

Let's not summon the band yet. Nothing is ever free. There is a price for all this change on the horizon. You can bet there will be a pot of gold for Morris and a select group at the end of the rainbow. That is the reason him and Willie Herenton didn't get along. He structured a Home Depot type severance for himself. Notice he was appointed by Mayor Pro Tem Myron Lowery and not Mayor A.C. Wharton. That way when he makes unpopular decisions he will be Lowery's appointee. I'm not sure exactly who it was with, but I think a deal was cut.