To those who think this should be a private matter. Hitting and destoying a fire hydrant and ending up in his neighbor's yard made this a public affair. Had the person with the golf club been someone other than his wife. Tiger Woods would have expected' [...] 
When I ran across this story about the breakup of Trina and Kenyon Martin. The first thing I thought about was Chris Brown and Rhianna. But unlike Kenyon Martin, Chris Brown is not a seasoned pro. Kenyon has gone through the college years and the NBA [...] 
From the very start I didn't think we were getting the whole story when it came to Rhianna and Chris Brown. She is not the sweet innocent victim the media has made her out to be. These pictures are the shape of things still to' [...] 
I was wondering why Larry Porter was the only name I was hearing in the hunt for a replacement for Coach Tommy West. Then I saw his picture and it started to make sense.I think he is the only black in the running. I hope [...]
I don't know exactly what happened that day at the Wal-Mart, but I think Heather Ellis might be taking everyone for a ride here. The story keeps changing and so far none of the versions have been in her favor. Since Kennet Mo. was her home' [...] I don't know exactly what happened that day at the Wal-Mart, but I think Heather Ellis might be taking everyone for a ride here. The story keeps changing and so far none of the versions have been in her favor. Since Kennet Mo. was her home' [...] 
This resignation amounts to taking one for the team. Though I don't think his absence will be long lived. It's more about the message that it sends. On a job where your boss is essentially telling you not to do your job. Unlike Lou Dobbs most' [...] 
Some people have a knack for getting a pass and Congressman Steve Cohen is one of those people. He hasn't really done anything for his district but humor his constituents ignorance. Do we count renaming buildings and going to funerals as c0constituent service? He capitalizes' [...]
We finally get to see the infamous Melodia Dunn. The mother of the two children who lost their lives in the duplex fire last month.
Since Michael Jackson's death I have listened to the media villainies Joe Jackson in the press. Often just repeating things Michael had said himself. My mind goes back to a passage in the bible.
If you pull over a touring bus for a hip hop band you're luckily to find drugs and guns. They were only driving five miles over the speed limit, hardly emough to draw attention. Just knowing who the bus belonged to' [...] 
After the romp that Tennessee put on Memphis this weekend. The possibility of Tommy West losing his job was more likely than ever. The frustration seemed to be present at both ends. The fans tired of hearing excuses and West tired of making them.Though I don't' [...] 
I commented in the Commercial Appeal on the COGIC leaving Memphis and I received what I thought was a rhetorical response from one of it's members. It sounded like it was a statement prepared by Bishop Blake's office. I didn't respond in the' [...]
I have a means of determining whether or not to take some of these many causes serious. Like I always say "don't be so quick to lay your hands on any man." Sooner or later they will reveal themselves. If the only media you can get' [...] 
Yesterday's election was more to make-up for last November than it was about those people running yesterday. The same expectation of "Hope and Change" that prevailed last fall no longer exist. The last year has been a dose of reality for a lot of Obama' [...]
I have maintained from the very beginning that there was some type of relationship between Curtis Lavelle Vance and Ann Marie Pressley. I commented on this case almost to the day a year ago and and my suspicions are even stronger now. [indepcons.blogspot.com] How does [...] 
The shirt is probably as shocking as this wh0le thing gets. Pastor D.L. Foster turned out to be a breath of fresh air somewhat. Though I must admit it was almost boring once you heard his story. He was like a Donnie McClurkin who couldn't sing.' [...] 
Why is it America and other black women only want to read about the hardships and abuse of other black women authors? What would happen if those sisters who had a man who raised his children and worked two jobs wrote a book about [...]
Obviously this is one of those jobs that was filled with some body's friend or relative. We probably have someone with a degree in economics or a PHD in education, but no one to clean out the cages and feed and water the animals.This is' [...]
The campaign tactics we here in Memphis have gotten used to have gone beyond the boundaries of the city now. They were already talking about us in New York Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton wrote a three page letter to Attorney General Eric Holder making claims [...] 
This past special Memphis mayoral election proves one thing. There are at least five thousand people in Memphis who have low to no standards that vote. Maybe a better description would be they are apathetic. Bad things happen when good people sit idly by and do [...] 
Councilwoman Henri Brooks obviously hasn't learned yet that you can't have it both ways. You can't go to the swimming pool and get in and not get your hair wet. Just the other day she voted along with nine other council members to relax the' [...]
Humility does have it's place. Evidently for the next couple of weeks it resides in Memphis city hall. With the new administration going in a totally different direction than the last. A smooth transition would have been impossible with the former mayor still in office.' [...] 
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' [...] 
I've been trying to write this blog for at least a couple of days now. I guess what I have to say basically amounts to an afterthought. I think the same thing now I have thought about the Nation Of Islam for many years now.' [...] 
Myron Lowery has done an excellent job as mayor pro tem. Though I think he deserved to win. That's water under the bridge. It became obvious early on that he wasn't going to be elected no matter what he did. It was like he was climbing [...] 
When you only have less than three months to make your case. You can't afford to virtually disappear for a whole month and expect to make a big splash. Kenneth Whalum should have been as visible as Charles Carpenter has been. Since he directed his' [...]
I always thought Charles Carpenter was a pretty decent guy, just not mayor material. I wanted to like him because he came from my old neighborhood and graduated from Southside High School. But in my opinion he just left something to be desired. Now I think [...] 
The media have started to uncover everything Willie Herenton ever did that didn't pass the smell test in his seventeen year tenure as mayor of Memphis. The more that comes up the harder it is to defend him against his detractors. A lot of things are' [...] 
I used to be a Whoppi Goldberg fan until the infamous Ted Danson roast. I thought it was an exhibit of white men publicly engaging in lockerroom talk at a black womans' expense. The reason I fell out with Whoppi is she gave the debacle her' [...] 
I don't have the privilege of being privy to specific details concerning this case. But from the outside looking in it looks like Elbert Jefferson has pulled a fast one on the city again. Considering the councilmen that made it possible. This might be another backroom' [...] 
If only facts mattered and emotion didn't play such a big part in how people vote. We could just sit back because we already know how this election would end. I'm just sitting back quietly watching how this whole thing turns out. If you didn't' [...]
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I know the former mayor of Memphis is feeling like he got played by Ms. Marsh and he probably did. He seems to have underestimated the resourcefulness of Ms. Marsh. in regards to getting in his pockets I bet he never expected this former security guard [...] 
The fist bump given to the Dalai Lama by Myron Lowery has caused quite a stir in the media. It's not just the talk of the town in Memphis but all across the country. I don't claim to be up on everything, but I' [...]
I was expecting something like this to eventually make the news or at least the tabloids. Even though this tryst hasn't actually happened. The possibility or likelihood of this happening is not out of the question. I just expected it to get more attention than' [...] 
I think the MPD did a commendable thing when they endorsed both Myron Lowery and A.C. Wharton for city mayor. That endorsement did two things inadvertently. It dispelled the notion that Chief Larry Godwin doesn't have the support of his fellow policeman and a candidate' [...]
The women here in Memphis fall for the pretty boy or the trick every time. Not necessarily in that order and they like it even better if the man is both. Either you give them chills or they want you to pay their bills. Heaven forbid [...] 
Professional sports are looking up in Memphis these days. As of late everything has been coming up daisies. The Redbirds won the PCL crown, and are only one win awayfrom being named the 2009 National AAA champions.
Next for Redbirds
What: Redbirds (PCL) vs. [...]
Listening to the media one would have thought Patrick Swayze had experienced a miraculous healing. Considering that he succumbed to his pancreatic cancer last week. Obviously as we were lead to believe, that wasn't the case. I only saw pictures of him the way he was' [...] 
We always hear about it when our young people do something bad. Here is a story of a different nature. Congratulations are in order for one of our young people who is doing good. I wrote a post about this young man last year. Fred [...] 
I'm not in full agreement with the manner in which Congressman Joe Wilson shouted out during the president's speech on health care. But that doesn't mean that I disagree with what he said. He was so right that afterwards the bill was immediately rewritten to reflect [...] 
When you ask some people why they are voting for A.C. Wharton, most of them just say he has character and integrity. Where are they getting this information from? I can't say that he does or doesn't, but if so he is not the only one [...] 
This guy is like an out of control drunk that needs to be sent home. He can't whip nobody but he always starts a fight. When he's around you don't know what he might do or say. Kanye West is crazy like a Fox though. [...] 
Mayor Pro Tem Myron Lowery can be reached at myron.lowery@memphistn.gov or by calling the Mayor's office at (901) 576-6000.
Elbert Jefferson wants another chance to play on the same emotions that kept him from being ousted back in August. I said then it was just a matter of time. Looks like that time is just a little closer. http://indepcons.blogspot.com/2009/08/he-has-nothing-to-lose.html He already knows the six [...] 
I don't like the way this whole thing was handled by the media. It should have been handled more discreetly than it has. Regardless what happens officially, from a personal standpoint for Castor Seymenga the damage is already done. They have now come out saying' [...]
The numbers have come back on whether the "cash for clunkers" program made a significant impact on the economy. It seems that the companies that received the government bailouts didn't sell many cars. They only had two of the top ten sellers but were' [...]
Lately I have been hearing a lot of people saying they are celibate. This is a tricky proposition especially when it comes to women. Just because you don't have a mate right now doesn't make you celibate. It just means you aren't having casual sex' [...]
Even though this is I think just an innocent look of an eleven year old girl in short pants taken out of context. Until I thought about who her mother is, I could see how one might think this look is not age appropriate. She looks [...] 
I once heard Charles Carpenter say "crime doesn't pay." Maybe he should change that to "it didn't pay for him." That must be a cliche some corporate attorney created after getting a big payday after closing a big deal. I don't think you could get the' [...] 
This is yet another example of one of our elected leaders being like a deer caught in the headlights. Martavious Jones is an educated young man who was frequenting somewhere he really had no business being. I'm sure he heard Ms. Webb's interview on the same' [...] 
I hope D'Army Bailey doesn't take the bait and throw his hat in the ring for mayor. He is only being courted because none of the front runners in the race are listening to the group that is trying to draft him to run. Judge Bailey [...] 
I was talking to a friend of mine who didn't know as much about the NOI and their doctrine as myself. What I was telling him about what they believed must have sounded like a fairy tale to him. He just couldn't fathom that Louis Farrakhan [...] 
The county commission voted "yes" on two issues that are closely related whether you know it or not. I don't think the voters have quite figured it out yet though. This move of taking a cut in pay is largely ceremonial and really' [...]
I said when President Obama was elected all the radicals and malcontents would be coming out of the woodwork. On several occasions already I have been proven right. It seems that some of them have even gotten high paying jobs in the White House. Van Jones [...] 
This guy never left town. He was right here watching the news every time they showed his face three times a day. When the money he got from the robbery ran out. Suddenly the police got an anonymous tip. I bet he didn't have $50 left' [...] 
If when ever the money comes up missing you're always around, people are going to eventually suspect you of stealing. Even if you didn't do it, it happened on your watch. So you still take the blame. This is about the third program Sara Lewis has [...] 
It's going to be impossible to replace all the years Claude McMillan served in prison. I would feel sorry for him if I thought he was innocent. But I don't think he was innocent, just not guilty of that particular crime. Are we paying' [...]
Interim mayors in Memphis don't have such a good track record. Wallace Madewelll tainted the pool with his handling of Beale Street. Is Lowery the victim of guilt by association or just a general dislike of him personally? I was about to take this post in' [...] 
I know Steve Cohen was hoping that the former mayor was so caught up in the hype that he was actually going to get back in the mayor's race. He knew that was to good to be true though. Even Herenton supporters didn't support that' [...] 
When you read the Commercial Appeal you can't help but notice that some people just don't like or trust Willie Herenton. If you have the proof and documented evidence that's all there is to it. If the FBI had something solid they would have indicted him' [...] When you read the Commercial Appeal you can't help but notice that some people just don't like or trust Willie Herenton. If you have the proof and documented evidence that's all there is to it. If the FBI had something solid they would have indicted him [...] 
Proponents to consolidation want to keep bringing up the fact that this has been voted down twice by the voters. They fail to tell you that it was nearly forty years ago. And the first time it was voted on was ten years before that. A [...] 
I witnessed some major butt kissing this week. It started when Jerry Lawler blindsided Charles Carpenter with a question about his finances over the last seventeen years. Carpenter responded like a lawyer and danced around the question. He clearly underestimated the intelligence of the listeners. [...]
Representative Barbara Robinson of Maryland is even more intriguing than I initially thought. She is a author,business owner,politician and dedicated wife. Not necessarily in that order. I hope she inspired someone today to be a good wife and not just write [...] 
I have been writing about the fleecing of Memphis by John Calipari every since I started this blog. There are fifteen blogs all stating my criticism of him. I often felt like Noah did when he was talking about rain to people who had never [...]
These two candidates proved one thing today during their one one as far as I'm concerned. They both got caught up on the same question. Jerry Lawler isn't going to give up $4500.00 a week for three hours work with WWE. And [...] These two candidates proved one thing today during their one one as far as I'm concerned. They both got caught up on the same question. Jerry Lawler isn't going to give up $4500.00 a week for three hours work with WWE. And [...]
