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Remarks Made By The Mayor
9-2-06



1. "The unemployment rate in the City of Selma is at an alltime low." Check the Thursday edition of the STJ. Dallas County/City of Selma is ranked third highest in the state in unemployed people. Believe the Bureau of Labor Statistics or Mayor James Perkins Jr?

2. "There is no reason anyone can't find a job, many businesses are hiring." Please tell this website what businesses so we can inform the unemployed. Many have said that they have been everywhere and noone is hiring. Bush Hog - Laid off many. Phillies - Laid off many. Globe - Laid off many. LP - Laid off many. Southland Mower - Closed. L3 Communications - Closed. Where are they hiring?

3. "We have had only one murder this year, crime is down." The crime condition is not measured by murders alone, even if they are the most serious of crimes. All other categories of crime have increased. Who is he trying to fool?

4. "If there is corruption in Selma City Government I want to know." This website feels that he does not want to know. Restriction of information to the public is a good example of the possible wrong-doing. Financial information is considered "off limits" to certain members of the council and non-existant to certain citizens. Who is doing this?

5. "I'm not a policeman so I wouldn't know the process you would use to catch people selling drugs." If he's not a policeman then why attempt to manage the police department. Appointing an unqualified police chief and allowing him to hire at his want and will the people he chooses for personal reasons is no way to maintain an effective police force. The crime statistics show that this practice does not and will not work.

6. His desertation on the qualifications and behavior of a Deacon according to 1st Timothy to validate the issuance of a liquor license was over the top. Whether a Deacon is of much wine or not, this in no way gives the mayor and the Crenshaw Block the right or responsibility to put a liquor establishment across from a church, especially when it's in violation of the law.

7. "I have created 1100 jobs since taking office." This number is questionable. He has also used the number 500. This mayor has not created one job in Selma except for the new positions he created for his friends. Team Selma has encouraged economic development and brought jobs. The mayor is only one person on Team Selma and according to a source in city government the team tries to keep him out of the loop as much as possible. His approach to economic development is different than that of the team. He is kept from the loop because he is not a team player. He is a Perkins player.

8. "I have created so many jobs at Craig Field that they had to stagger work hours because of the traffic." What kind of remark is that? It has no truth. This remark was made on 105.3 radio station with complete seriousness. That seriousness leads this website to believe that he thought what he said was truth.

9. "The tower issue is a matter of law." This website believes as well as many with whom it has spoken, that it is a matter of power and control over others. This is another example of the mayor pushing a very expensive mute issue, at taxpayer expense, to maintain or achieve more of a choke hold on the people of Selma and Dallas County.

Many people who work close to the mayor address him as King James in his absense.

What a way to build an inclusive city!

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST...

10. "If we put a police officer on every corner we would still have a crime problem." We will never know will we? The emphasis on reducing the number of police officers to devote more money to the Trust/Build (the new voter registry in Selma) has become a priority. The importance of Social programs vs Crime is apparent.