Make that 25 candidates for Memphis mayor.
The Shelby County Election Commission released a list this afternoon showing real estate broker Harrel C. Moore has also withdrawn from the Memphis mayor's race today. The other candidates to withdraw earlier were City Councilman Joe Brown and attorney Kenneth E. Baroff.
Following is a list of all 25 declared candidates: Leo Awgowhat, Randy Cagle, Charles Carpenter, Carol Chumney, Dewey Clark, James Clingan, Menelik Fombi, Wanda Halbert, Johnny Hatcher, Robert "Prince Mongo" Hodges, Constance Houston, Dewayne Jones, E.C. Jones, Jerry Lawler, Myron Lowery, Ernest Lunati, Mary Taylor-Shelby Wright, Detric Stigall, Thomas "Silky" Sullivan, David Vinciarelli, Vuong Vaughn Vo, Sharon Webb, Kenneth Whalum Jr., A C Wharton, John Willingham
Please clarify. Paragraph 1 states Harrel C. Moore has withdrawn. Paragraph 2 "Harrel C. Moore" is included in the list of 25. Although I count 26.
--Carol Chumney calls upon the County Mayor to sit tight and get some results before he tries to jump ship.
“During Wharton’s past seven years, we’ve seen no reduction in infant mortality; no results on consolidation of the city/county governments; no results on securing adequate funding for the Regional Medical Center. Let’s see some results from our County Mayor, before he tries to quit.”
According to the September 2009 article in Governing magazine featuring Wharton, Gene Holcomb the Med’s Board Chairman says that “in a matter of months” the Memphis Regional Medical Center “may have to shut down all but the most essential emergency services”. There are hundreds of thousands of visits by citizens in the region annually to the Med for health care services.
Chumney says, “The Med is the health care safety net for thousands in our community. Now, our County Mayor wants to abandon them instead of devoting his full time and attention to getting the job done. “
Chumney will be available at her headquarters for media and press interviews.
Perry Steele:
It's amazing that you are saturating these blogs with the same information, regardless of what the subject is. Seems a little scripted to me. Ask someone in Chumney's campaign to give you some more talkng points.
The funniest thing about this post is that you end it by saying "Chumney will be available at her headquarters for media and press interviews."
She wants to create media opportunities by bashing people??? What a leader. Maybe if you helped her come up with some ideas and incorporate that into a platform...then the media will finally feature you all in a headline. Otherwise, I guess you will have to hope to continue to get attention by swiping at Mayor Wharton.
Good luck.