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October 22, 2007
Oh. No. He. Di-int.
Oh, yes he did! Ron Littlefield is, quite simply, giving Marti Rutherford access to group health insurance and we all will be paying for it for years. The fact that she broke the law and his own attorney put together a rock-solid case against her is irrelevant to him. He thinks public servants deserve special treatment. This is no small gift. I don't know if you've shopped it lately, but individual insurance is not cheap, and this action gets her into the city's group health plan.
Ron Littlefield, the Worst Mayor Ever, claims that it is only a three day extension of her benefits. As usual, he's really wrong. No, Ron. It's a three year extension, because she committed a crime by intentionaly lying about her residency, deceiving her constituents and falsely representing herself as qualified for office. SHE SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAD THE BENEFITS TO BEGIN WITH! Does anyone remember Randy Nelson using the term 'felony' regarding her actions? Is that investigation ongoing?
Ron is perpetrating a scam on Chattanoogans, just like Marti did and he should be ashamed. But he isn't because he believes there are different rules when you are in public office. Which is why he loves being in public office. It sure beats workin'.
The other reason he's doing it is because he doesn't care what you think. Or more to the point, he doesn't think he can be beat because of the power of incumbancy in America. Therefore, the outrage over this will flare up, die down and go away with no lasting harm to his re-election chances. And the sad thing is that he's probably right. And that is a shame on us.
The only good news is that the Council, whom Ron thinks he controls, is appalled that Ron would inflame this issue that stopped our city government in its tracks for a full month. The Council was very deliberate and they did the right thing. Now Ron has completely disregarded them by taking this highly unethincal action. He's just going to declare it and so it shall be. So says King Ron.
Didn't the ethics legislation that was passed a couple of years ago address this? If not, remember how Chris Newton admitted he'd committed a crime and refused the insurance, because he felt he didn't deserve it? I happen to think Chris Newton is scum, but he's a scum with a conscience. Same can't be said of Ron.
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