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WE WERE WONDERING.....VI
11-29-06



*WHAT rational person who owned a company would give an employee who caused the company to lose $635,000 an $8,000 a year raise? Of course, no rational person would reward ineptness and incompetence in an employee who costs the company hundreds of thousands of dollars; HOWEVER, THAT IS WHAT THE SELMA CITY COUNCIL DID WHEN IT VOTED TO GIVE CITY ATTORNEY JIMMY NUNN AN $8,000 A YEAR RAISE!

CONSIDER how much money City Attorney Jimmy Nunn has cost the taxpayers of Selma. (1) NUNN HAS DEFENDED THE CITY IN TWO CASES. One case resulted in a $75,000 verdict AGAINST THE CITY and the other resulted in a $310,000 verdict AGAINST THE CITY... a total of $385,000 in Nunn's ineptness as a lawyer cost the taxpayers. (2) When the Friends of Forrest sued the City, NUNN COULD NOT DEFEND THE CITY IN FEDERAL COURT. The City had to hire outside lawyers at a cost of some $200,000 to do what Nunn could not do! (3) When Nunn lost the $310,000 case, the City had to hire outside lawyers to handle the appeal of the case. That will be another $25,000-50,000 Nunn costs the City. (4) When the City sued the County over the Tower issue, the City's insurance did not cover the cost because the City instituted the suit. Outside attorneys from Montgomery had been hired to handle this suit and have cost about $20,000 already - with more expense to come!

THIS IS ABOUT $635,000 ATTORNEY JIMMY NUNN HAS COST THE CITY OF SELMA. If you had an employee who cost your company $635,000 would you give that employee an $8,000 RAISE??? YET THAT IS WHAT COUNCIL MEMBERS ALLEN, CRENSHAW, LEASHORE, RANDOLPH, AND VENTER DID MONDAY NIGHT BY VOTING 5-3 TO GIVE NUNN A RAISE...Special thanks to members Evans, Williamson, and Martin who voted AGAINST this outrageous raise. We are extremely disappointed that Councilwoman ALLEN seems to have taken leave of her financial senses in voting for this raise. NUNN NOW MAKES $69,253.00 A YEAR! Crime does not pay, but if you are the City attorney, you can sure be paid for ineptness by the Selma City Council majority!!!

*WHY Selma Mayor James Perkins Jr does not let the community know what his health situation is. It is EVIDENT from the Mayor's demeanor this week that he is not well. We have not seen him this subdued since he assumed office in 2000. His situation has caused him to make some statements this week that defy explanation and we are willing to excuse them because we know he is not well.

On radio this week, the Captain of the Salvation Army called to let the Mayor know that the Salvation Army Church has been broken into twice recently and that the Salvation Army Thrift Store had been broken into 9 - THAT'S RIGHT 9 - times recently. The Captain was merely asking the Mayor if police patrols could be increased in the area.

The Mayor's response was that there was some talk in the community that the Salvation Army discriminates and maybe a disgruntled person was committing the crimes against the church and the thrift store. NO ORGANIZATION IN SELMA HELPS MORE PEOPLE CONSISTENTLY THAN THE SALVATION ARMY. ABOUT 90% OF ALL THEIR ASSISTANCE GOES TO AFRICAN AMERICANS. For the Mayor to even hint that the Salvation Army discriminates HAS TO BE ATTRIBUTED to the Mayor's physical or mental condition this week. HE KNOWS THIS IS NOT TRUE AND WOULD NOT HAVE SAID IT IF HE WERE FEELING WELL. THE MAYOR OWES THE SALVATION ARMY AN APOLOGY!!

*WHY Mayor Perkins will not face the reality that crime in Selma IS a Mayoral problem and that CHIEF MARTIN DOES NOT HAVE A CLUE what to do about it! As long as Perkins and Martin deny that there is a problem, especially with crime on the MAIN STREET OF SELMA, crime will only increase!

*WHY the Mayor continues to prolong the HOAX that someone tried to kill Police Chief Martin. We were listening via radio to Perkins trying to spin the fact that THE ALABAMA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL NOT INVESTIGATE THIS INCIDENT AS AN ATTEMPT ON MARTIN'S LIFE. We recorded the statement from the council meeting Monday night about investigating this HOAX:

"Due to the lack of physical evidence to review, there will not be an investigation by the ABI of the incident involving Chief Jimmy Martin. The District Attorney, Mr. Michael Jackson, validated this statement that at this time the defendants are being prosecuted in accordance with the charges related to the incident but not conspiracy to murder."

"As for the website, angelfire.com, there have been no criminal offenses noted by this site. If an internal investigation of the city police occurs and criminal offenses are identified, the ABI is willing, at that time, to be consulted for help."

*WHY the Dining Room and Drinking Room at the St. James Hotel have been closed. THIS LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST STEP TOWARD CLOSING THE HOTEL AND RETURNING THIS COSTLY ENTERPRISE TO THE CITY OF SELMA, which actually owns the hotel. The City CAN NOT absorb the monthly losses being incurred by the St. James Investors Group.


Look for the beautiful Billboard which we have erected on Broad Street...WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION AND THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH WHICH IT GIVES US. The least of our thoughts are given to misguided people like Crenshaw and Leashore who attack this website.