October 1, 2007

WHY WOULD GROWN MEN (OR WOMEN) SPEND $500,000 FOR A $30,000 CITY COUNCIL JOB? THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY TO GET GOOD PEOPLE TO MANAGE THIS MESS!!!

$371,940.84 has been spent as of September 24, 2007. We are well on the way to 1/2 million dollars for a $30,000/year job. Does it make you wonder? Is it all for good government? One candidate loaned himself $170,000. Another got a $1000 contribution from John Elkington who has not paid one cent to the City of Memphis on Beale Street contracts since 1986. Mmmmm. Take a look at the reports.

Click here to see the Shea Flinn report and his $170,000 loan to his campaign

Click here to see the Kemp Conrad report with all the usual assortment of special interest contributions and the $1000 contribution from John Elkington and the $250 contribution from Dorchelle Spence of the Riverfront Development Corporation

Click here to see the Frank Langston report

Click here to see the Joe Baier report

Click here to see the Joe Saino report