WHY WASN'T WARE INDICTED?

On Wednesday 8 employees of the Shelby County Clerk's office were arrested on charges that they took money and gifts in exchange for violating procedures in registering vehicles. One of the persons that on three separate occassions gave gifts or money to the clerks to violate the law named in the indictments in city council woman Barbara Ware. My question is if the persons she is alleged to have given money or gifts to has been indicted,Why hasn't she been indicted as well. Surely if its a felony to take the money or gifts it has to be a crime to give it especially three times.

Here's what the District Attorney General states happen:

GRAND JURY INDICTS EIGHT SHELBY COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE EMPLOYEES FOR ALLEGED BRIBERYMEMPHIS, TN - Shelby County District Attorney Bill Gibbons announced Wednesday that the state Grand Jury for Shelby County has indicted eight employees of the Shelby County Clerk's Office for bribery charges stemming from an investigation into allegations that clerks allegedly accepted money from individuals in exchange for registering vehicles without proper documentation. The Grand Jury returned indictments against the following five clerk's office employees for allegedly accepting a benefit upon agreeing to "register vehicles without the vehicles having gone through inspections required by the City of Memphis or without other proper documentation required to register the vehicle":

Janice Garrett, 52. The Grand Jury indicted Garrett for three counts of bribery of a public servant. According to the indictment, Garrett allegedly accepted money from Angelica Tejedaugh on January 11, 2008 and January 15, 2008; and from Barbara Swearengen-Holt on April 29, 2008. "

Millicent Rogers, 42. The Grand Jury indicted Rogers for one count of bribery of a public servant. According to the indictment, Rogers allegedly accepted money from Barbara Swearengen-Holt on January 3, 2008.

" Patricia Reid, 55. The Grand Jury indicted Reid for four counts of bribery of a public servant. According to the indictment, Reid allegedly accepted money from Barbara Swearengen-Holt on May 3, 2007; and from Angelica Tejedaugh on January 18, 2008, January 22, 2008, and June 12, 2008."

Rita Jones, 43. The Grand Jury indicted Jones for seven counts of bribery of a public servant. According to the indictment, Garrett accepted money from Otha Todd on December 16, 2005, May 2, 2006, May 8, 2006, June 1, 2006, July 3, 2006, August 28, 2006, and January 11, 2007.

" Anita Porter, 48. The Grand Jury indicted Porter for one count of bribery of a public servant. According to the indictment, Porter accepted money from Maureen Bowers on October 23, 2008. The Grand Jury returned indictments against the following three clerk's office employees for allegedly accepting a benefit upon agreeing to "run multiple transactions…as opposed to running a fewer number of transactions at one time": "

Seprice Crews, 40. The Grand Jury indicted Crews for one count of bribery of a public servant. According to the indictment, Porter accepted money from a representative for Unique Auto Sales on October 24, 2008.


Julia Marshall, 42. The Grand Jury indicted Marshall for one count of bribery of a public servant. According to the indictment, Marshall accepted money from a representative for Fleet Equipment between August 27 and August 30, 2008

Darlene McKee, 43. The Grand Jury indicted McKee for one count of bribery of a public servant. According to the indictment, McKee accepted money through Julia Marshall (also indicted) from a representative for Fleet Equipment between August 27 and August 30, 2008. Officers arrested the eight defendants Wednesday morning. Each is being held in the Shelby County Jail on $5,000 bond.

The indictments are part of an ongoing investigation into the Shelby County Clerk's Office conducted by the Memphis Police Department's Organized Crime Unit and the Tennessee Department of Revenue. The investigation remains open and the Grand Jury could return further indictments. "Public employees are not above the law. It is very disturbing that some public servants believe it is acceptable to be bought or bribed. We intend to hold these individuals accountable," said District Attorney Gibbons. "Bribery of a public servant is a serious charge, and before this ongoing investigation is complete, others could be indicted," he added.D.A. Gibbons also noted that Shelby County Clerk Debbie Stamson cooperated fully with the investigation. Bribery of a public servant is a class B felony, which carries a standard sentence of 8-12 years in prison. The D.A.'s White Collar Crime Prosecution Unit, headed by Assistant D.A. William Bright, will handle prosecution of these cases. #

WMC'S POLL IS BULLSHIT

The political bullshit has already started with what may be the greatest political battle of all time in Shelby County with Memphis mayor Willie Herenton declaring that he plans to run against Congressman Steve Cohen to represent the 9th Congressional district in the poll that WMC TV has had conducted by Yacoubian Research.

There are nearly 300,000 registered voters in the 9th congressional district and Yacoubian states that out of 370 persons polled Cohen would carry 65% of the vote,What about the other 299,630 voters? The plan by some in Memphis politics has already started by feeding this poll bullshit to set the stage and mindset that Cohen can't be defeated by Herenton. Polls can say whatever you want them to say and the poll does not factor in many points concerning the race.

One of the factors is that Herenton will have a solid base of support of at least 70,000 votes which he has always maintained even in the worse of negative reports and media. While Herenton expects to lose 10-15% of the Black vote the planned voter registration drive and the get out to vote plan will more than factor in the needed numbers.

Another factor is that there is presently at least 183,000 registered Black voters compared to just 93,000 registered White voters. Knowing that all 183,000 will not turn out to vote you can expect at least in a heated race which this would be at least 75- 100,000 Black voters will turn out, Of which Herenton will carry at least 50-65% of the that vote.

Another factor is that last year at least 60,000 Blacks registered to vote for the first time in Shelby County with a large percentage coming out of the 9th congressional district. These new voters registered for the sole purpose of electing a black president It's safe to believe that if the mindset was Black then, Than the mindset will be Black in the congressional race.

Another factor is that Herenton has a a team already in place that is skilled in political battles where no one in Cohen camp had ever had to fight the kind of fight that will be needed to defeat Herenton.

Cohen can expect that his apology for slavery will be used as an act of patronization an a tool to may Blacks think he's one of the boy's from the hood. Cohen can also expect his statements of how he votes like a Black to be used against him as well. The Herenton camp will show that much of the moneys brought into the district was not a result of the work of the congressman but federal money that was already earmarked to be received.

WMC's poll was based on political bullshit and not the true factors of a political race. Winners are made on more than the polling of 370 winners are made out of those who has the best plan and has the means to get the plan in the hands of the public. While Cohen will be well financed so will Herenton, While Cohen will have to put a team of political minds together, Herenton already has his team in place and already working. All I can say is ring the bell and may the best man win.

BY THE WAY: HOW DO YOU TRUST THE NUMBERS OF YACOUBIAN RESEARCH WHEN THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN CORRECT ABOUT HERENTON. THEIR POLLING PREDICTED IN 2007 THAT HERENTON WOULD LOSE THE MAYOR'S RACE, IN FACT THEY PREDICTED SOME YEARS AGO THAT JOE FORD WOULD DEFEAT HERENTON. SO WHY ARE WE TO BELIEVE THEM NOW. ALSO WHERE DID THEY CONDUCT THE POLLING?

BYE MIKE

Mike Fleming was fired and ushered out the doors of the Clear Channel offices early on Tuesday to end and era of his conservative talk on AM 600 WMC. No longer do local republicans have any one to fight for their causes, And the anti Black crowd no longer have a partner in crime to help them voice their views.

Sources out of Clear Channel state that they have been told that the mega media company will have further firings on July 1st. With Flemings off the air that makes "The Thaddeus Matthews Show" the only political no holds barred local radio talk show in the market. Tune in Mondays -Fridays from 4-7 on AM 990 KWAM....... Good luck Mike.

CAN HERENTON STAND THE SCRUTINY?

Running for the U.S. Congress is different than running for mayor of Memphis,And I wonder if Willie Herenton wants to open himself up to scrutiny by the federal government. The Federal Election Commission will require Herenton should he decide to run for congress to reveal all his investments, stocks and bonds, bank accounts, and his partners in any business deals,and all his real estate holdings. His running could fuel a fire that I'm sure he does not want to start

THE NUMBERS JUST MAY LIE

The conversation on "The Thaddeus Matthews Show" the past few days has been the topic of Willie Herenton running for congress. I have played the devil's advocate provoking conversation that would create not only phone calls but a response from the Black community to truely gage what what happen in a Cohen vs. Herenton match.

While the numbers on paper present that Herenton would defeat Cohen,the response that I received from callers say something totally different. I threw out the topic on yesterday of "Should the Ninth Congressional District be represented by only a Black" and 95% of my Black callers stated that it made them no difference that they just wanted good representation. The callers also felt that at nearly 70 years old Willie Herenton needs to go home.

Most of the callers felt as though Herenton has let the Black community down and has not really worked to make a difference in areas other then downtown. When asked if they would vote for Herenton for congress the answer was no.

I had lunch yesterday at Picadilly's in Whitehaven where the mayor normally eats lunch daily. On yesterday the mayor was absent from what we call "The Head Table" but most of the guys who usually eat lunch at the table with the mayor did not want him to run,In fact one stated that "Old men need to know when its time to go home".

It's my opinion that the mayor has every legal right in the world to run but that this community would be better served if he does not. The racial division that this race would bring may take 50 years to recover from. No one supports strong Black leadership more than myself but it's has to be the right leader and the mayor has not proved to many in the Black community that he is the one.

My callers stated that Steve Cohen is doing a great job at serving the Black community and the community as a whole and that they feel that Herenton would not give that same service. Cohen has had more town hall meetings this year than Harold Ford Jr. had in 10 years. Cohen is bringing millions into this city and county and most likely will continue to do so. Do I agree with everything that the congressman has to say, No but I know service when I see it. I used this site and my radio show the past few days to create a controversy that would allow me to gage the support for Cohen even when the numbers say no.

I think that should this race take place even though Herenton has a known base of at least 70,000 votes, If the community looks and listens to the issues and based on my show's feedback those numbers could erode and the mayor could lose a large percentage of his Black vote and with the 97,000 White votes and the 125,860 other's registered to vote in the district vote Cohen could defeat Herenton.

Even with the service of Cohen he must never feel entitled to the position of congressman and a good race with a formidable candidate is needed by him and any other office holder. Cohen must also select his words more carefully when addressing the Black community and never appear to patronize. The congressman should render good service but not appear to want to be in "Black Face" Let his record and his knowledge of the issues be the prevailing factor.

It is no doubt should this race take place that another White will be placed in the race not to win but to divide the White vote. But I also expect another Black or Blacks to also enter to race to split the Black vote. The thing that the citizens of the 9th district must be aware of is that political games will be played that are not to the advantage of the community but to poli-trick-ans and their handlers. So everyone must do the research for themselves and pick the candidate that they think will best represent them. Don't worry about what the polls and what numbers may be thrown at you because in this race....The numbers just may lie

IS COHEN'S ARMS LONG ENOUGH TO BOX WITH HERENTON?

Willie Wilbert Herenton has taken on many political battles in his career of public service and won. The former boxer became the first Black head of Memphis City Schools when the then present school board did not want a Black in charge. The controversial Herenton then went on to become the first Black elected mayor of Memphis and has remained in office longer then any other mayor in the history of the city.

Now it seems that the mayor wants to add another championship belt around his waist by claiming that he has an interest in taking on Steve Cohen to become the next congressman from the 9th Congressional District. This political bout would be the biggest battle that this city has ever seen. It would also be a no holds barred bloody battle that would divide many factions of Memphis.

But be that what it Herenton if he chooses has the right to run and Cohen needs a worthy opponent. Even if many of us believe that its time for the mayor to go home and hang up his gloves and sit in a corner at his massive home in South Memphis Cohen as any other poli-trick-an should not be allowed to stay in office without facing a challenge. And no matter what the record of Cohen happens to be, No matter how many town hall meetings he has held, No matter how much money he has brought to the district, No matter how accessible he happens to be, This is a bout Cohen could lose.

There is no doubt that Cohen has done a great job as congressman and that he has Black support but much of that support has come because no formidable Black has entered the ring. Nikki Tinker was a out of town amateur taking on a major contender with out the skills to land a major blow to take Cohen out. But not so with Herenton he will strike any blow that he thinks will rattle the second term congressman with no mercy. Cohen also has to face the fact that many Blacks that have been with him may not support him with Herenton in the ring.

Many Blacks feel that the heavily populated 9th district should have black representation and would rather take a chance with Herenton then look at the record of Cohen. The state of Tennessee has no Black representation on the federal level and there will be a massive fight from even Black leadership that has backed away from Herenton in the past to get him elected just to get a Black face in Washington.

Cohen also will have to face the fact that Willie Herenton is no Nikki Tinker and can handle himself in the ring and that any blows to the head of Herenton will only make him fight harder, enrage his supporters more which will basically be black and cause his corner to call for a knockout by any means. Herenton will have a team of public handlers that will look good to the community and have the right names. But that's not the handlers that Cohen has to worry about,It's the handlers that's never seem the ones who will look at Cohen's fight tapes and look for any weakness that will take him out that he must worry about. This team will put together a massive get out the vote drive in the district that Barack Obama would envy. that will give Herenton a even bigger advantage over Cohen.

A major consideration that Cohen has to face is that he can't win without strong Black support. Support that he must worry about maintaining with a Black candidate like Herenton in the race. Presently there are 183,142 Black registered voters in the 9th district compared to 97,984 Whites. Many of the Black registered voters are first time voters who wanted a Black man elected as President who most likely will vote Black vs. White which rather its right or wrong is a fact. Herenton won his last mayoral race with all the negatives being blasted and several candidates in the race with a little over 70,000 votes . Cohen did about the same last November in a Presidential election with no real candidate facing him in the general. While in the primary he received 52,000 votes against Nikki Tinker.

There is no doubt that Herenton will maintain the 70,000 even with the areas of the Black community like parts of Frayser being out of the district and in a race that normally only garners about that number of total turnouts Herenton could easily win. Another factor is that Herenton does not need the White vote to win so the rhetoric of Whites will not be a factor and certain Whites will vote for Herenton just to get him out of the mayor's office and many other Whites just will not vote at all if the normal pattern of voting takes place. Another fact is that Herenton has always maintained 75-90% of the vote in the 9th district in running for mayor

But no matter what happens if Herenton does enter the race it will be a battle,one that will go down in the history books. Will it divide this city racially more then it is now, Yes I think so because many Blacks will say that the district and the state should have Black representation on the national level,And many Whites will say that any one qualified should be able to serve. Cohen to win this race will have to toughen up and prepare for a in your face fight. and remember that even 4 aces can't beat the race card.There is no doubt that the mayor is ready to leave the mayor's office and sources that I have spoken with close to him state that he will be a candidate for the seat. Bring on the popcorn because the fight of the century may be about to begin.

MR.DIRECTOR YOU FORGOT ABOUT ONE OF THE THUGS

Police Director Larry Godwin is totally correct in calling James George,Larry Orange,Thomas Woods,And Darnell Woods thugs. Their acts of rape and kidnapping and even the act of raping a teenage prostitute are criminal and the acts of men who should go to prison so is the act of theft from those who trust you with their money.

The police director did not call a press conference when his long time friend,best man at his wedding,and former business partner was indicted by a grand jury for mishandling thousands of dollars belonging to the Memphis Police Association. Like the officers indicted yesterday Tommy Turner is also a thug. Turner is a thug who in 2006 stole items from a neighbor's yard and instead of being treated like the common thief he is he was allowed to return the items that he stole.

The director is correct is speaking out against rotten cops,He's even correct in calling these criminals names but all his thugs should receive the same treatment from him,he should not be selective in what thugs he's going to speak out against. Even I who often take Godwin to task would have had to praise him for denouncing his thug friend Tommy Turner. But whats even sadder that the unfairness of Godwin and how he deals with his thugs in blue is the fact that the so called main streamed media does not have the balls to call him out on this issue. Not one reporter present at the press conference had the nerve to ask Godwin about Tommy Turner or why no press conference was called when Turner was indicted. Reporters or wimps what are they?

THE MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT TREAT IT'S OWN AS THEY DO OTHER CITIZENS

Tommy Turner former head of The Memphis Police Association is under indictment for mishandling funds of the organization. Turner was allowed to retire instead of being fired by his best friend Police Director Larry Godwin. But not only has is Turner the best friend of Godwin but they are former business partners,and Turner served as the best man in the director's wedding.

The posted documents are police reports that show that Turner has a history of stealing. The reports will show that Turner stole items from a resident,and that those items were found at Turner's home. The interesting thing is that Turner was not arrested but allowed to give the items he stole back to the owner.

There is no doubt that Turner received special treatment how many other thieves are arrested daily and not given the option to return the stolen items. If the bank robber has a change of heart after robbing the bank and returns the money he still goes to jail. The burglar that is caught with your TV in his hands is not given the option to return the items ,they rightfully go to jail so why was Tommy Turner who has proven that he is a common thief given the chance to return items that he stole from a neighbor's yard. The answer is very simple his friend is police director.

SIDENOTE: SOME IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE WONDERING WHY RUSS AIKENS AND BILLY ROBBINS ALSO BELIEVED TO HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN THE MISHANDLING OF MEMPHIS POLICE ASSOCIATION FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN INDICTED. SOURCES STATE IT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE TURNED STATE AND IS CO-OPERATING WITH AUTHORITIES AGAINST TURNER

CLICK ON DOCUMENTS TO ENLARGE AND READ

IS THERE CORRUPTION IN COGIC?

As Bishop W.L. Porter was having his 3 different funerals and COGIC was announcing they they were moving their convocation of 101 years from Memphis to St. Louis sources within the organization were calling me to discuss what they call major corruption in the international church group.

I was given a multi paged document that I have not finish reading that shows that church officials created a dummy corporation called "A Memphis Development LLC" and corporated in the state of Delaware. The church sources state that the corporation was created to skim money away from a project of COGIC that was to join forces with Hilton Hotels to build a hotel on property at Main and Linden behind the Chisca Hotel which the church owns. But I will go into more detail on this after I finish reading the document plus I will post the Delaware document.

The sources were also greatly concerned about what they call the mishandling of church funds that allowed a Bishop to purchase property for his own financial gain. The sources state that Bishop W.L. Porter who at one time handled all the properties of COGIC around the world used church funds to purchase property at 267 S. Main. The South Main address is that of the Adler Hotel and Apartments.

There are those who have thought that the property which sets on the corner of Main and Linden belongs to COGIC,But research shows that the sources are correct when they state that the property is owned by Porter but what I found disturbing is the fact that the city joined in partnership with Porter to make sure he never had to pay property taxes.

The property was purchased by L.O.V.E. Incorporated a Tennessee corporation that was administratively dissolved in 2006. State records show that the non-profit corporation registered agent is Brandon Porter,son of W.L. Porter and that the corporation address is 924 Dunlap which is the address of Greater Community Temple Church Of God In Christ, pastored at one time by W.L and now pastored by Brandon.

The non-profit was set up so that Porter would not have to pay property taxes on the downtown property that is not used for religious purposes but to turn a profit in the renting of office spaces, apartment and hotel rentals. The law does not allow a religious organization to withhold taxes if that property taxes if the property is not used for a religious purpose. Thus enters the City of Memphis.

The county registars records show presently two owners,W. L. Porter/Love Inc, and The Memphis Center City Revenue Corp. Finding this fact out made me very curious so as i researched further I found that somehow the Porters had convinced city officials to join in their sham. The Center City Commisson has entered the property into the P.I.L.O.T plan. PILOT stands for Payment In Lieu Of Taxes which most times is used to bring industry into the city and county.

The question must be asked why the city and county are giving the Porters this benefit.Why when the county is a BILLION DOLLARS in debt some poli-trick-an has joined forces with preachers not to pay property taxes on property that is not being used for any religious purpose. What I am hoping is that COGIC's Public Relations firm, The Carter Malone Group which is owned by County Commissioner Deidre Malone played no role in this sham.

As to whether the Porters used COGIC funds to purchase the property is still up in the air but it is a fact that The Center City Commission is giving millionaire preachers a free pass on paying taxes while the county goes broke and while the city and county seeks to take properties from the poor who have no political connections.

C.O.G.I.C. GOT THEIR 40 ACRES NOW THEY WANT THE MULE TOO

So Brandon Porter who was fired by the late Presiding Bishop of C.O.G.I.C. Bishop G.E. Patterson from his position of being over the Youth Ministry of the church wants Memphis and members of the international church to think that this city has not made concessions for the organization that has announced that its taking its annual convocation to St. Louis. But nothing can be further from the truth.

Let me present some facts that most citizens of this city do not know and surely the "Saints" are unaware of. The City of Memphis has made many concessions for this now ungrateful church group. C.O.G.I.C presently owes Memphis and Shelby County $1.7 million dollars in back property taxes for downtown property. The taxes have been in arrears for a number of years and the city has made no move to take the property.

Yes C.O.G.I.C is tax exempt but the law states that even a tax exempt organization must pay property taxes on land that is not being used for a tax exempt purpose. The mere fact that the city has not moved to take the property and has allowed the organization to go so long with paying taxes is a concession.

Several years ago the City of Memphis made a land swap with C.O.G.I.C swapping 3 acres of downtown property owned by the church group at Hernando and Ponotoc which housed the old C.O.G.I.C. Publishing House that now in a parking lot near the Fed Ex Forum, And the property that now houses Gibson Guitar giving them 4o acres of land across from Mason Temple. The 40 acres once housed the Fowler Homes Projects. Not on did the city swap the land but paid to demolish the buildings on the property. The City also gave C.O.G.I.C. $1.6 million for the property knowing that the church group owed about the same amount in property taxes. This seems to me to be another concession.

In 2005 C.O.G.I.C held a groundbreaking ceremony announcing development of the Chisca Hotel where work was to start immediately on the building that the Snowden family sold to them for TEN DOLLARs. To this date no permits have ever been fulled for the work that the church announced was about to take place. Sources state that this was a scheme by church official to keep from paying property taxes on the building,because they knew that if it seemed as though work was about to began the city and county could not ask for taxes.

Church sources also state that church official Nathaniel Wells has been telling the church that he had a deal to develop the Chisa hotel but fired the company that was prepared to start the work. Church sources state that Wells took under the table money from a Sid Saleson in Chicago to develop the building but still the work has not started.

Church sources also are concerned about the fact that downtown property owned by the church has been swindled from them by former Presiding Bishop Chandler Owens. The land at Third and Vance was valued at $300,000 and was taken over by Owens when he was the Presiding Bishop to build apartments. The apartment complex is now known as The Chandler David Owens Apartments. The problem is that the board of Bishops or anyone else ever gave him permission to use the property for his personal benefit. Sources state that Owens set up a LLP (Limited Liability Partnership) with a Bishop Green and others. The sources are wondering how the Board of Bishops allowed Owens to do what he did and why non of the proceeds from rents being paid goes to the church.

This whole move concept is believed by many in the church to be a power play by now Presiding Bishop Charles Blake and not the wishes of many in the church who think of Memphis as their mecca. The City of Memphis and Shelby County should now move to either be paid the $1.7 million in back taxes or take the properties that the taxes are owed on. Isn't that what they would do to the rest of us?

SIDENOTE; COGIC HAS ITS OWN CONVENTION DEPARTMENT THAT BUYS BLOCKS OF ROOMS EACH YEAR. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE GOOD SAINTS ARE CHEATING THEIR FELLOW CHURCH MEMBERS BY SELLING THE ROOMS BACK AT A HIGHER RATE TO MAKE A PROFIT? HMMMMMMM

WILL THE LOCAL NEWSHOUNDS ASK GODWIN IF HE'S GIVING HIS FRIEND SPECIAL PERFERENCE

I noticed that the TV news stations decided to follow the story that I broke concerning officers Woods, George,Wallace,and Orange and their resigning from the MPD for having sex with prostitutes while on duty,including a prostitute that's 15 years of age. Now I wonder if the local media will ask why Larry Godwin why he has not fired his best friend Tommy Turner who has been indicted for being a thief.

I wonder if the local so called pros will ask the director why he has not held one of his famous press conferences where he denounces the officers who have tainted the thin blue line. But this is not the first time that Godwin has allowed his friend to get away with thievery. Within the next couple of days I will produce police documentation that will show where Turner stole some items from the home of a nearby neighbor and was caught with the items at his home but instead of being arrested like the common thief that he is, Or like any other citizen without ties to the director he was allowed to take the stolen items back to his neighbor. I hope that this story does not scar the so called real reporters away.

BY THE WAY SHOULDN'T THE POLICE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE PROSTITUTION STORY BE CHARGED WITH THEFT OF PROPERTY SINCE THEY DIDN'T PAY THE GIRLS FOR THE PRODUCT THEY WERE SELLING

CONVOCATION LEAVING BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT STRONG ARM THE CITY OF MEMPHIS

The Church of God In Christ moving their convocation to another city which is rumored to be St.Louis really does not come as a surprise. The late Bishop G.E. Patterson was the only glue that was holding the church group's yearly pilgrimage to Memphis in place. After Patterson's death their were no old soldiers around to fight to stay in the city that for 101 years was C.O.G.I.C.'s mecca.

The church that has many millionaire pastors state that other cities are willing to give concessions that Memphis was unwilling to give. Brandon Porter pastor of Greater Community Temple which has three locations made this statement after the closed door meeting convened. The statement was also made that in these hard times the church must receive the best deal that it can get. Boy one would think that the leadership of COGIC were begging and eating out of trash cans. In fact Brandon Porter lives in a $1million house in the Church's name here in Memphis.

Some state that COGIC wanted the city to give them the city at no real cost to them and when the city would not be pressured the threat of moving the convocation was made,and after further concessions that only benefited the church group could not be worked out the vote came.

It has long been rumored that certain officials of the church would yearly buy blocks of hotel and motel rooms and then sell the rooms back to the saints at a higher rate then what the hotel's and motel's would have charged,making a great profit for the church official. The late Bishop W.L. Porter father of Brandon Porter was stated to be the ring leader of "Rooms For Profit".

While the lost of the convocation may bother some downtown businesses, Memphis can not allow itself to be held hostage by greedy preachers who want to do to this city what they do to many of their congregants.... ROB THEM

SOURCES STATE THAT POLICE OFFICERS ARE IN TROUBLE......AGAIN

Sources within The Memphis Police Department state that again the department has been tainted by 4 police officers who have violated the law while on duty and face possible criminal indictment. I'm told that the officers all assigned to the Mount Moriah station face departmental charges of having sex with prostitutes,and criminal charges since one of the girls was a 15 year old minor.

Sources state the officers whose last names are Wallace. George, Woods, And Orange, was found after an investigation to be patronizing Lamar Ave. prostitutes while on duty. The fact that one of the "Ladies of the night" happens to be a minor brings statutory rape into play. I gave the last names of the officers so that other news sources will have to do some work to get the story. But here's a hint one of the officers carries the same first name as the director.

I'm told by my sources that three of the officers have resigned and the fourth has been relieved of duty.

WHO WANTED HIM ANYWAY

Harold Ford Jr. must have thought someone cared when he announced today that he will not seek the Democratic party's nomination for governor next year. "There is no way to adequately express my deep gratitude to those who share my passion for public service and, more importantly my strong desire to help our citizens through this trying economic time," Ford said in a prepared statement organizations sent out Monday afternoon.

HFJr. spent 10 years pandering the Ford name as the congressman from the 9th Congressional District without ever holding one town hall meeting or seeking out the concerns of those he represented. In 2006 in a failed race for U.S. Senate he lied about his grandmother the late Vera Davis Ford being White in an attempt to send a message to the Whites across the state that "Don't worry I'm really one of ya'll"

The Ford name no longer carries power in the Black community and the fact that HFJr. who builded his base out of the Black community decided to marry a White woman leaves a bad taste in the mouths of many Blacks. Not many of us can remember one thing that the former congressman did to help his district other then pass out baskets at Christmas,And then he didn't even use his money.

So Junior thanks for the announcement but your base of support is gone. And by the way since you no longer live in Tennessee how would you have been able to run if you wanted. Your chances to become governor would have been the same as Bill Gibbons............SNOWBALL CHANCE IN HELL

CAN A CHRISTIAN BE A MASON,ON MONDAY'S THADDEUS MATTHEWS SHOW

On Monday on "The Thaddeus Matthews Show" I will discuss "Can A Christian Be A Mason". I will discuss the so called secrets of the organization including the oaths where Masons pledge to keep members secrets even in the case of a crime being committed. In fact they swear to lie on a witness stand. I will discuss how is it that a Christian can take an oath and kiss the bible and promise to lie,Cut their own throats, and worship the Great Architect.

While I would like to do converse on this subject for just Monday's show,knowing how controversial this topic is I am prepared to let this also be the subject matter on Tuesday's show as well. Also the conversation will entail is the practice of freemasonry a practice of the occult.

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IS THE CHRISTIAN A BIBLE BELIEVER OR A BELIEVER OF PAGANISM

This day that is called Easter and observed by Christians should be a day where believers celebrate the rising of Jesus from a borrowed grave. So the question is why is it that many bible believers and congregants believe that a bunny can lay colored eggs,and commercialize the day by purchasing clothing from Jewish owned stores when the Jew does not believe that the Messiah has come?

IS CAROL THE BEST CHOICE,HMMMMM JUST MAYBE

Formal City Council woman Carol Chumney appeared Friday on my show as I broad casted live from Wheel Works on American Way. Chumney left no doubt that she is the best choice for mayor of Memphis whether that race is in 2011 or anytime soon.

To kill the rumors that she's a lesbian the former council woman and state representative showed me a picture of her and her boyfriend together and that she may be making an announcement soon. I asked her was she pregnant and she just laughed and said no,so wedding bells may be ringing some time in the future.

Chumney states that to save the city money her first look would be at the personnel at city hall. She states that there are to many persons working with to many high salaries. She states that while she believes that more police are needed on the street she would hold her police director accountable and hold weekly meeting to find out what areas have the most crime and rotate officers into those areas. Chumney also supports looking for other streams of revenue to support the city other than tax increases.

Carol Chumney states that since 2002 she has supported consolidation while A.C. Wharton is just jumping on board. She also wonders how he can eliminate the city's debt when he has not been able to achieve that success in the county of which he is now mayor, She also believes that the citizens of Memphis are ready to support the best person for the job no matter what color their skin happens to be.

THANKS

April 1st is my birthday but I held my birthday party Sunday night at Classic Hits on Brooks Road. I would like to thank the nearly 500 people who showed up to make the night very special. There is nothing more I can say but thanks to all those who attended and support both this site and mt radio show. I had such a great time last night I'm thinking of throwing a party every month.

WILL CASH INVESTIGATE THE CASH FRAUD GOING ON AT MITCHELL ROAD HIGH SCHOOL AND HIS ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT?

Even though he received a letter from a teacher stating that her principal signed off on funds due her, going to another teacher the man who makes over $300,000 a year with salary and benefits has shown no concern that Special Education Assistant teacher Pamela Jones who was asked by John Ware principal of Mitchell Road High School to coach the girl's volleyball and basketball team has not been paid the $1,577.00 that she is due.

Coaches from around the city received stipend checks on November 30,2008 for coaching various team but Jones never received hers. After making inquires she found out that Ware never signed off on her pay but did in fact sign off on Coach Lacey Smith receiving the stipend for coaching the girl's volleyball team even though according to Jones he never once coach the girls at all.

John Ware now in an attempt to cover his ass, states that Jones was never the girls coach But appearing on my show today Jones had documents from colleges that has been sent to her in the mail that addresses her as not only the coach of the girls volleyball team but the head coach of the girl's basketball team. Jones also had a document that was sent to parents on school letterhead and signed by Ware telling parents what times their children would be in practice. This form is also listed Jones as the coach which was also signed by her with her cell phone number. No where on the documents did the name Lacey Smith appear. The reason that Smith's name does not appear is because he was not the coach.

Kriner Cash seems to be a smart man and like myself and others should be wondering why Smith was so willing to give Jones a cashier's check for the $1,577 if he was in fact the coach. Is Lacey. Santa Claus or was his payment to Jones an attempt by himself and Ware to cover their tracks on their plot to defraud Memphis City Schools ? Jones ruined their probably long running hustle when she did not cash the check,which left a trail down their criminal path.

On Thursday morning Ware in a desperate attempt to cover up his act passed out copies of a letter that he had written to his immediate boss Willie Rhodes to all the teachers at Mitchell Road accept for Jones. The letter as you can read states that the 6"3 former All American female basketball player from Mitchell could not have been a coach because she's a Special Education Assistant teacher. But in the same letter he states that he asked Lacey Smith to give Jones $1,577,the rate of pay for a first year coach. Is not this admitting that Jones was the coach?

Here's how I think the fraud takes place. Lacey Smith has been with Memphis City Schools at least 40 years that I know of which would make his rate of pay for coaching much higher than $1,577. Perhaps his rate of pay could be as much as $3,000. Even though Smith does not do the coaching Ware signs off as though he does and when the stipend checks come in they split the money thinking that either they can not pay the real coach at all,or give them personal money to be quiet and not stir things up.

Dr. Cash since I know you and your staff will read this let me help you out with your investigation. Again I am sure you are wondering why Smith would be stupid enough to pay Jones with a traceable. First of all he thought that Jones would just accept the money and go on,and secondly he didn't want this issue to go public because he has in the past been a part of a scandal where he's stated to have been the point man for selling a student for cash.

Dr Cash I have pulled for you an article from the Commercial Appeal that talks about another coach Lynn Lang who was a football coach at Trezevant High School. Lang sought to sell a student by the name of Albert Means to the University of Alabama and through his assistant coach sought out the person who could tell them how it's done. Here's what a portion of that 2005 article stated:

How it started
It was May 1999, and a big day in the world of college recruiting.
For the first time that year, coaches were allowed by the NCAA to visit high schools to see the players they'd build their future teams around. At least half a dozen converged on a practice field in North Memphis to watch Means work out.

"All the main players were there," Lang said. "Alabama. Kentucky. Georgia. Tennessee. Ole Miss. Arkansas. They all came to Trezevant, and that's when it started."
Among the coaches was Ole Miss assistant Kurt Roper.

"Kurt was new to Ole Miss, and I wasn't really paying him much attention, so I think he felt left out," Lang said. "So he tracked me down as I was walking down to the football field, and said, 'Coach, we're new at Ole Miss and we need to be able to recruit with the big boys. Tell me what we have to do to get Means.' So I started playing back with him."After a few minutes, according to Lang, Roper got more specific.

"He said, 'Coach, I need to know exactly what it's going to take financially to get Means so that I can take it back to my people,' " Lang said. "I just told him a house and two cars, and he said that wouldn't be a problem."

Lang talked to each of the coaches when that day was done. All of them, he said, indicated they'd be willing to do "whatever it takes" to get Means.

"It was strange, because it was like they were a little surprised that I didn't know exactly what to ask for," Lang said. "On that day, it wasn't me asking for things. They were offering. And that's when I knew what was going on."

Still, Lang was hesitant. He knew he had a commodity. But could he really get six figures for a prospect?

"Lang didn't think it could be done at first," explained Lang's former assistant, Milton Kirk. "So that's when I took him to see Lacey."

Lacey is Lacey Smith, an old-timer among Memphis City Schools coaches. At the time, he was at Hillcrest, and Kirk called Smith and set up a meeting at a bar on Winchester.
"Lacey is the one who convinced me I could get at least $100,000 for Means," Lang said. "Lacey knew how to do it, and who to talk to

.'"
Kirk corroborated Lang's story. But when contacted by The Commercial Appeal, Smith, now at Mitchell High, denied discussing Means's recruitment, though he did acknowledge meeting with the two Trezevant coaches.
"I didn't tell Lang how to sell Means," Smith said. "I wouldn't know how to sell a player."
Either way, now Lang believed he did.
"After I met with Lacey," Lang said, "I walked out of there thinking, 'OK, maybe this is something you can do.'"

Lacey Smith has a alleged history for being a crook, and if his involvement in the Albert Means issue is true and I believe it is, it's understandable how he and Ware has cooked up a scheme to defraud Memphis City Schools. Dr. Cash also try to figure out why a man would stay with the system for over 40 years. Is it because he's dedicated,I think not. I think that the athletic department is a cash cow and coaches maintain their positions to milk the cow for their own enrichment.

Their needs to be an investigation into not only the acts of fraud on the part of John Ware and Lacey Smith but the entire Athletic Department of the system. there needs to be an forensic audit of the department and those who are stealing from taxpayers indicted and jailed. Anything less is criminal and you Dr. Cash become a co-conspirator to fraud and deceit.

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IS THE DIRECTOR A FAIR MAN?

Normally when a police officer is indicted for a crime Police Director Larry Godwin holds a big press conference stating how police officers are not above the law and how the investigation continues into the conduct of bad cops. But as of yet Godwin has not made a public statement about the indictment and arrest of former Memphis Police Association President Tommy Turner.

Could the reason be that the director is not a fair man when it comes to rouge cops when that cop is his friend? Turner was his best man at his wedding,former business partner in a fencing business, and it's stated that the two were also business partners in the East memphis resturant "Pappys".

So is the director proving what many of his officers say,that he a self serving ego maniac who allowed his son to get away with abuse of overtime, fixed a friends traffic ticket,allowed Turner when he stole some property several years ago to return the items instead of having him arrested. Director your men and women of blue are waiting for you to be fair,but we all know it won't happen.

SIDENOTE: Godwin sent several of his goons out to the home of Lt.Sandra Palmer who he thinks is my source beating on her door perhaps trying to serve her with termination papers without a hearing. But the director has been put on notice that Palmer is still under the care of doctors. The reason that he is in a hurry to fire palmer is because her name is the very next name on the Major's promotion list and he can't go forth with promoting her and passing over her and she has not been terminated will further the lawsuit she is filing against the city and MPD. His deadline in April 9,2009. Sorry Larry Sandra is no dummy and she won't be hanging herself like Mark Collins did two weeks ago.