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    <author><![CDATA[HollyHollyHello]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Autoegocrat that quote is wholy terrifying and tells a lot about how the city got into this mess.
        
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      <![CDATA["The mayor - whomever that person is - should have the authority to appoint without substantial review at certain levels on a part of council members."<br>
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Willie Herenton, July 28, 2008
        
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      <![CDATA[neither can we, jerry, neither can we.
        
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      <![CDATA[I agree with Mike Hollihan in regards to conflict of interest. Besides Halbert, we should also include Bill Boyd.
        
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      <![CDATA[I have seen the future of Memphis politics, and its name is clusterf**k.
        
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      <![CDATA[I can't sleep at night worrying about this city losing Elbert Jefferson. Keeps me up late.
        
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      <![CDATA[Some things are constant......you can change the players.....same result..... Cubs lose.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[denise parkinson]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Barbara S-Ware lies like a rug. She acted like she did not even know Herenton had a son named Duke when she was asked -- the same Duke that was appointed to "oversee" all Fairgrounds redevelopment.
        
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      <![CDATA[What's his lawyer charging us for hanging out at the council meetings?
        
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      <![CDATA[This is all inside baseball stuff. Halbert saying that the community is worried about Jefferson is comical.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[HollyHollyHello]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I swear if Wanda Halbert wins the special election I will move out of this town as quickly as possible!
        
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      <![CDATA[Mike: Good question, but I think the answer is pretty obvious. Declared or "mulling," elected officials often have an interest in moving to higher office -- Halbert, Sammons, Myron before he was interim mayor, Strickland, Gibbons, Chumney, many many others.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[marie]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Myron, I hope that you win in the primary election. Clean house!
        
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    <author><![CDATA[mike hollihan]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Doesn't Halbert have a direct conflict of interest in any vote on Jefferson? She's a declared mayoral candidate and therefore seeing rival candidate Lowery's interim administration tank would be to her benefit.
        
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