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October 25, 2007
Spiteful, Small & Mean.
Man, this just keeps getting better. The speculation as to why Ron Littlefield, known far and wide as the Worst Mayor Ever (and thanks to this little web site, it's getting farther and wider), would re-ignite this ridiculous Rutherford residency ruse is all over the map. City hall, the gym and my email are abuzz and the guesses are all over the place. It's well known that Ron and Marti can't stand each other and that Ron's involvement in gerrymandering Marti out of District 6 is what led to this to begin with. Everyone keeps asking if I know what Marti has on Ron. No clue. He wants to take care of disgraced ex-polilticians. Maybe he's hoping for the same treatment one day.
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"Spiteful, small and mean” and “vindictive.” If I had to pick four words to describe Ron Littlefield, and couldn't use hyphenated vulgarities, those four would do just fine. The unbelievable, truly stupefying thing is that he called the city council--the whole council, mind you, because that vote to block the Mayor's gifting of benefits to Rutherford was unanimous--those names. Called them names in the media, no less. I don't mean to break this down too far, but when you're the mayor, nothing happens for you unless you have five votes. Five votes from the city council that you just called, "spiteful, small, mean and vindictive." Well, done. Good luck getting anything done now, you hotheaded [hyphenated vulgarity meaning moron that rhymes with truck-tard].
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You may have noted in yesterday's WME entry on this subject that I mentioned that Ron Littlefield giving Marti Rutherford unearned access to the city's group health plan was 'no small gift.' Well, I chose my words carefully because of a question that lingered in my mind. The issue is this: We all know that Marti isn't an employee of the Mayor's. City Council people are not hired, they're elected. And they certainly don't report to the mayor (especially not this one and especially not now). So how do Ron and Dan Johnson simply extend benefits? Hire her as a temp? City Hall has been buzzing, but basically, we think that it will have to be officially classified as a 'gift' in the budget. However, there are very specific rules in the state code about gifts. I don't think that Littlefield can do this legally. But, I'm not a lawyer, and Roger Dickson is a damn good one. We'll find out soon enough.
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On August 30, Ron Littlefield said, "I've never questioned where her legal residence was. I don't desire to get involved in that."
Today, Ron said, "As this issue began to unfold a few weeks ago, there were a number of individuals – myself included – who attempted to work between the various interests to try and resolve things."
Which is it? You weren't involved, or you were? I'm no longer sure if Ron knows the difference between how things happen and how he wants them to have happened. It's a lie either way, but he does it so much, I wonder how he justifies the lies in his mind when they're so easy to google.
On the same note, I'm so glad that no one is falling for Ron's attempt to take the moral high ground on this issue where he's actually down in the gutter. Every time he says, 'It's the right thing to do,' I am exasperated at how dumb he thinks we are. Cheating the system to help a liar is not the right thing to do. He said he was ready for the fallout of his actions. I wonder if he'll regret that arrogant attitude.
Make no mistake Chattanooga--this is the man you elected mayor. These are his ethics. This wrongheaded abuse of the system that he's been trusted with is his true heart.
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