JOHNNIE LEASHORE FIRED FOR THEFT, SHOOTING INTO AN OCCUPIED DWELLING AND MISUSE OF FEDERAL FUNDS
1-11-10
The voice of Hate radio 105.3 has a long history of illegal activities including theft, misuse of federal funds, stealing from the Water Board, shooting into a dwelling occupied by his former girlfriend (while he was marred), and being fired by the Community Action Agency. However, even with his past illegal and crooked activities, Leashore has become the public face of Hate radio 105.3 with his vicious attacks on local leaders. We wonder why the Sanders-Chestnut owners of the station have chosen a criminal like Leashore to be spokesman for their radio station.
The article which follows recounts the firing of Leashore as director of the Community Action Agency during a time the agency was being audited because Leashore had mismanaged the agency and funds were missing. Coupled with Leashore shooting into the home of his girlfriend, the CAA's Board of Directors finally terminated the future "voice of hate" in the community.
To refresh the minds of Hank and Rose Sanders and the members of the Chestnut family who own Hate radio 105.3 about their favorite son, Leashore, remember this litany of corruption and criminal activity which comprise his resume:
1. Firing a shotgun into an occupied dwelling- the house of his girlfriend (while he was married). Can you spell ADULTERY and FORNICATION, Johnnie? HE WAS ARRESTED FOR THIS!
2. He was FIRED from his job with the Community Action Agency for missing (can you spell STEALING, Johnnie) federal funds and other nefarious activities.
Only the intervention of Mayor Smitherman kept Leashore out of jail. Mayor Smitherman acted in Leashore's behalf because Leashore's family, especially his mother, Vashti, was one of Smitherman's most loyal supporters and pleaded with the Mayor to keep her son out of jail. Hey, Johnnie, do you want us to reprint the picture of your mother hugging Mayor Smitherman, which was on the front page of the Times-Journal, after the mayor's victory in 1980. We do have a copy of that!
3. Shortly after Leashore was elected to the City Council, he threatened to take Councilman Reid Cain out behind a barn and "shot him in the head". At the time, we thought this was just another stupid statement by Leashore, but given his history of shooting at people, we now are not so sure.
4. While on the Council, Leashore was stopped for driving 103 miles per hour down Broad Street in his pajamas. He was CONVICTED of this offence. He tried to get Mayor Perkins to tell the officer not to give him the ticket, but to Perkins' credit, Mayor Perkins would not interfere to keep the officers from doing their duty.
5. As a member of the Water Board, Leashore and Crenshaw put in place a plan WHICH WILL ENSURE THAT WATER RATES WILL BE RAISED EVERY YEAR THROUGH 2014. Who does this hurt the most? The poor people of Selma.
6. As long as Leashore gets his, he doesn't care about poor people or anyone else. He and Crenshaw stole $100,000.00 from the people of Selma through illegal salaries AND HAVE NOT PAID ANY OF THE MONEY BACK as the state auditors said they should!
If there was a person who is guilty of committing adultery and fornication, theft, stealing, shooting into an occupied dwelling, mistreating the poor, reckless driving, making death threats, and misusing federal and local funds, WOULD YOU HAVE THAT PERSON ON YOUR RADIO STATION, EVEN IF THE STATION IS KNOWN AS HATE RADIO?
Following is the article about the firing of Leashore as the director of the Community Action Agency:
