Somebody Else

I have come to the conclusion that we have at least two if not three members on the City Council who are throwbacks from yesteryear. One member has become more and more straddle of the fence in recent years though. After allegations of campaign fraud and personal family issues. Councilwoman Wanda Halbert is quickly becoming the next Tijuann Stout-Mitchell on the board. Going along to get along and preparing for her retirement. But you can always count on Janis Fullilove and Joe Brown to bring up something that is no longer relevant or against the grain. Memphis isn't the city it was forty years ago. We need to move beyond the days of the Lemoyen Gardens and the Scutterfield projects. Spend some time on something that's actually going to make a difference.

I don't have to say anything about Janis Fulliove and her episodes while on the council. Everyone who reads the Commercial Appeal knows about her and her history with the law. She has to speak up for the so-called underdogs and outcasts of the city. No one else with votes will listen. That is a guaranteed base of support for her. But Joe Brown is a horse of a different color. He doesn't really represent anyone that I can see. He typically plays the law of averages. Keep throwing stuff against the wall and something will eventually stick. He is ole skool and he knows, even a broken clock is right twice a day. I met him about twelve years ago, and thought him to be condescending then. Not to me of course , but just in general. His main concern seemed to be Tunica at that time. He was taking the easy way out and playing the race card. Some people think all you have to do is blame it on the white man.

That's what this outburst was, exactly that. Periodically Joe Brown has to do something to get his name in the paper and on the news. He couldn't have been thinking about what he was saying. When he said this. He had to know the political pondents would pick him apart for that comment. Unless he takes the approach that all publicity is good. Which has also worked to his advantage in the past. You would be surprised how many people think he is the popular t.v. judge. He'll do like he usually does and disappear for a while.  He is a Peter kind of guy. If you didn't get something to prove he was there. It was somebody else.