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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: Texacon on July 13, 2009, 02:41:18 PM
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Hmmmm does most of this sound familiar or what?! (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/crossingamerica/5810701/Down-the-Mississippi-delta-town-elects-first-black-mayor.html)
A tiny Mississippi delta town has elected its first black mayor after the white incumbent, unopposed for 30 years, faced a young challenger inspired by President Barack Obama's feat in winning the White House.
Just a few quotes from the article I thought interesting;
In a shock result in Alligator (population 220), Tommie “Tomaso†Brown, 38, defeated Robert Fava, the mayor since 1979, owner of the general store and once his opponent’s boss, by 37 votes to 27.
Those are the players now for the campaign;
"They wanted a black mayor,†said a philosophical Mr Fava, 71. “Another Obama - I think that’s what brought it on. I ran on ’30 years of dedicated service’ and he ran on ’Change’. He promised a swimming pool and a recreation centre, which he can’t do.
"After 30 years, I didn’t think an African-American would be able to be mayor. I didn’t think the position was open to me. When he won, I decided that I knew the changes that needed to be made here and I thought that I could make those changes.
"If we don’t look after our youth, what do we have? The population is dying out and I want more people here. I want better living conditions.
I just want the people to be comfortable. Small towns like this depend on government funding and that’s what we’re seeking.
The town’s facilities were substandard, he said, gesturing towards the humble town hall, where a “No Loitering†sign is nailed next to the door. “There isn’t even a phone or a fax machine in there. How can we communicate with the outside world and ask for things?" There was jubilation among the town’s blacks after Mr Brown’s victory.
Some youngsters ran into Mr Fava’s store to taunt him. “They was pulling down their pants, shouting, ’Kiss my black ass, because we got a black mayor’, swinging their things around and throwing stuff,†said Jennifer Green, 31, a black mother of 10.
Miss Green is dubious about whether Mr Brown, whose duties will include organising contract labour, overseeing the water and sewer systems and distributing any grant monies, can deliver. “He says there’s going to be lots of changes and everything with all these kids running around here.
"But he do the same thing they do, drinking beer and stuff. You’ve got to stay at home and study the town. Alligator is the kind of place where if you leave your door open, when you come back there ain’t nothing in your house.
"There’s guns. Kids knock on your door asking for a beer at three and four in the morning. I get 14-year-olds asking me if I want weed or whatever. They should have just left Mr Robert in there.
"Tomaso won’t do anything about any of it. He’s going to put his hand in the cookie jar just at the wrong time and get caught.â€
Not a bad article .... if you have the time to read it.
KC
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Some youngsters ran into Mr Fava’s store to taunt him. “They was pulling down their pants, shouting, ’Kiss my black ass, because we got a black mayor’, swinging their things around and throwing stuff,†said Jennifer Green, 31, a black mother of 10.
Miss Green is dubious about whether Mr Brown, whose duties will include organising contract labour, overseeing the water and sewer systems and distributing any grant monies, can deliver. “He says there’s going to be lots of changes and everything with all these kids running around here.
"But he do the same thing they do, drinking beer and stuff. You’ve got to stay at home and study the town. Alligator is the kind of place where if you leave your door open, when you come back there ain’t nothing in your house.
"There’s guns. Kids knock on your door asking for a beer at three and four in the morning. I get 14-year-olds asking me if I want weed or whatever. They should have just left Mr Robert in there.
Hope and change. ::)
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Yeah that is so going to work out when the taxpayers start feeling the bite from the Feds.
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said Jennifer Green, 31, a black mother of 10.
Miss Green
Read that part again, kids. 31, 10 kids, single. Yeah, I had to read it several times myself.
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Read that part again, kids. 31, 10 kids, single. Yeah, I had to read it several times myself.
you beat me tp the quote, sparky...was just going to point out the same thing... but at least she isn't totally snowed, as evidenced by the rest of the quote: But he do the same thing they do, drinking beer and stuff. You’ve got to stay at home and study the town. Alligator is the kind of place where if you leave your door open, when you come back there ain’t nothing in your house.
"There’s guns. Kids knock on your door asking for a beer at three and four in the morning. I get 14-year-olds asking me if I want weed or whatever. They should have just left Mr Robert in there.
"Tomaso won’t do anything about any of it. He’s going to put his hand in the cookie jar just at the wrong time and get caught.â€
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Any bet on how long it is till we hear about the 'mayor' gettin caught with his "hand in the cookie jar"?
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Any bet on how long it is till we hear about the 'mayor' gettin caught with his "hand in the cookie jar"?
Hand in the cookie jar HELL?..... They take the jar.
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Any bet on how long it is till we hear about the 'mayor' gettin caught with his "hand in the cookie jar"?
First, he's gotta ask for a new jar...
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Read that part again, kids. 31, 10 kids, single. Yeah, I had to read it several times myself.
Regardless of color, that's not a family, it's a litter.
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Regardless of color, that's not a family, it's a litter.
That's not a vagina, it's a clown car.
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I've seen this on a MUCH larger scale in Jackson, Ms., the capitol. For those that don't know, Jackson, Ms. is a f'n hellhole now. The entire area is a donut, with Jackson in the middle and all the growth around it, I.e. Pearl, Byram, Madison, Ridgeland, Brandon, Flowood, Clinton, etc. Nothing but ghetto thugs walking the streets where I used to live, in West Jackson. Murder all over the place. Leechville, in every sense of the word.
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I've seen this on a MUCH larger scale in Jackson, Ms., the capitol. For those that don't know, Jackson, Ms. is a f'n hellhole now. The entire area is a donut, with Jackson in the middle and all the growth around it, I.e. Pearl, Byram, Madison, Ridgeland, Brandon, Flowood, Clinton, etc. Nothing but ghetto thugs walking the streets where I used to live, in West Jackson. Murder all over the place. Leechville, in every sense of the word.
It would be quite interesting to see if these small town folks get what they wanted ....
KC
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It would be quite interesting to see if these small town folks get what they wanted ....
KC
I think they are as likely to get what they wanted as the DUmmies are to get what they wanted with 0Bama being elected. :fuelfire:
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It would be quite interesting to see if these small town folks get what they wanted ....
KC
Black control; nothing else matters. Race means more to them than experience, policy, platform, or anything else.
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Since the town is 75% populated black I am surprised the previous mayor had a 30 year run. From what I read, the place is a stinking hellhole. Maybe the new mayor should invest in a big mirror to be installed on Main St.
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Black control; nothing else matters. Race means more to them than experience, policy, platform, or anything else.
Oh, goody--Zimbabwe coming to a town near you.
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He promised a swimming pool and a recreation centre...
If the people are too lazy to drive 10 miles to Clarksdale, then they aren't going to use your pool or rec center either.
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If the people are too lazy to drive 10 miles to Clarksdale, then they aren't going to use your pool or rec center either.
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They sound like cats. They don't want to use it, they just want to make you provide it for them so they can ignore it.
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Read that part again, kids. 31, 10 kids, single. Yeah, I had to read it several times myself.
Still, she sounds smarter than 37 out of the 64 people that voted there. Not that I'm saying that makes her any kind of genius, mind you....
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For a shining example of what a black mayor can do, you don't have to look further than 'narlins. When Katrina was headed his way, good ole Nagin loaded his family into the family vehicle and beat feet to Houston where they owned a $300,000 PLUS home, then returned to that luxury suite in that hotel to monitor the goings on in 'narlins. All the while forgetting to use 300 school buses and that special EMPTY Amtrak train to evacuate those without their own transportation from the path of Katrina.
THEN, he turns around and blames G.W. for failing to help his city.
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This might not be a bad thing. Just look at all of the other successes in this country when black Democrat liberals are completely in charge.