Monday, July 6, 2009
Herenton Delays Retirement, Threatens Lawsuit
Posted by Jackson Baker on Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 1:31 PM
The complete statement follows, along with the mayor's letter to Myron Lowery and city attorney Allan Wade's letter to City Council members.
MAYOR HERENTON DELAY’S RETIREMENT DATEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE………..JULY 6, 2009…..Mayor Willie W. Herenton will be delaying his retirement until July 30, 2009. The Mayor states in a letter to Councilman Myron Lowery that there are some important city business matters that need additional time to complete. Mayor Herenton has also asked that Keith McGee remain in office as CAO until July 30, 2009.
Mayor Herenton also notes that there are still questions remaining whether or not it is appropriate for the Mayor Pro-tem to hold an executive and a legislative position simultaneously. The new provisions in the City Charter do not address issues such as this. A friendly lawsuit may be necessary to answer this question.
To read the mayor's letter to Lowery, click here.
To read Wade's letter to the council, click here.
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So what he's really saying is that he'll resign as long as Myron Lowry isn't in charge once he steps down? I wasn't aware he got to make that call. I guess it's just like the time he said he would resign if the City Schools would make him superintendent again.
Then again, I'm not sure why anybody took his resignation announcement at face value to begin with.
Does this press release mean that he wants to be Mayor and Congressman simultaneously, and no one can stop him?
Simply put, he believes that Myron cannot be Interim Mayor AND retain his Council seat, which Myron has stated he will do. Hizzoner wants a legal opinion to state exactly that.
Oh yeah, this is a shot across Myron's bow, all right, let's see what happens next.
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Watching the antics and foibles of King Willie over the years has been oftentimes humorous, sometimes startling and always incongruous, but it has finally reached the point that I feel embarassed FOR him, as if he doesn't know how pitiful his actions appear to all other than himself.
Let him keep dicking around and he'll dick himself right out of Steve Cohen's job.
Memphis, don't you see it? He's is going insane while in office. No. He has already reached the level of insanity. Something legal needs to be done. He is jerking Memphis up and down like a yo-yo.
Pathetic, poor excuse not just for a leader, but for a human being. I can't believe that Willie Nation elected him again for mayor, but will probably elect him to the 9th congessional seat. Is it something in the water or the broken school system that allows this to happen.
Tsk-tsk, maybe some very important business has been delayed until after the 10th and it needs the Mayor's personal touch to make sure everything goes smoothly.
So the boyz from GI don't pop a cap in his behind.
UPDATE from our secret listening devices inside Herenton's offices:
H: "WHAT DO YOU MEAN an elephant gave birth at the zoo? DAMMIT! THAT'S IT, I'm quitting again!"
Perhaps Mayor Herenton was recently apprised of the pending birth of the elephant at the Memphis Zoo and needed another 3 weeks to implement a plan to personally profit from said birth?
Herenton is like a bad blind date. You let it follow you home that night, but when you sober up the next day and realize what you've done-lo and behold, it's too late, they wont leave without you having to get downright nasty.
You know...I first met King Willie when I was a teenager, when he was head of Memphis City Schools. I finally left Memphis for Florida sun during the 'F-the-Mayor' campaign ('05?ish), so I enjoyed a long, yet never-boring time, about 27 years?, living in Memphis during his reign. Don't get me wrong--I LOVE Memphis. I MISS Memphis. I MISS GOOD BARBEQUE and BEALE STREET! and I MISS a real, paper, Memphis Flyer....I digress... It is simply unbelievable to me that this person is still able to create so much fricking drama in the 'Void'. He's like a cockroach--nothing but a boot up the ass to squash his guts out will get rid of him. Truly, Willie has set such a precedent, God only knows how much crap you guys will have to put up with from the next Mayor before the 'appointers' get-a-clue and you are finally rid of him/her. It's GOT to be something in the water man! WHY???!!! Why do people like this succeed? I KNOW Memphians are smarter than THIS!
no, chikin, Memphians aren't smarter than that. They've proven that repeatedly, they are some of the most ignorant voters in the country.
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