Reason Number 10:
Atlanta
Public Schools
Reed will try to run from this
disaster but any viable candidate will place APS at his feet.
As the largest cheating scandal in
American history unfolded, Reed stood with Beverley
Hall and IN OPPOSITION TO the board members who
were challenging Hall’s policies and strategies.
| Reed defended Beverly Hall until the end |
Watch this speech and know that the “who”
being discussed is a direct reference to Kasim Reed. Reed will not be able to
run from this. Watch This Video
Reason Number 9:
Atlanta Workforce Development Agency
All Hell broke loose when the professional staff tried to push back on the questionable allocation of federal grant dollars.
In turn, Reed’s chief of staff,
Candace Byrd, blew up during a cabinet meeting and publically humiliated the
highly regarded executive of AWDA.
The AWDA executive was ostensibly suspended for granted a routine media interview but it was made clear to everyone in the meeting that if anyone refused to “play ball” they too would suffer retaliation. Watch this video
The AWDA executive was ostensibly suspended for granted a routine media interview but it was made clear to everyone in the meeting that if anyone refused to “play ball” they too would suffer retaliation. Watch this video
Reason Number 8:
“Hell Hath No Fury…”
 |
| Ms. Langford |
The last three years have introduced
Atlanta’s City Hall Observers to Kasim Reed’s relationships with Ms. Langford,
Ms. Whittaker,
and Ms. Rohadfox.
For different reasons, each
of these associations is volatile and they likely mean sleepless nights for Reed as he worries about what happens when
the details (sometimes sordid) are made public.
But Atlantans learned this recently something more precarious about the Bachelor-In-Chief’s peccadillos. The
greatest danger to Reed’s reelection may come not from those he has kept close
but rather from those he’s “cut off.”
Reed has already
seen the short-term impact from one he has, proverbially, kicked to the
curb, notably the so-called “The Booty
Bundler,” Stacii Jae Johnson.
 |
| Ms. Whittaker is third from the right. |
It’s still undisclosed who
“loaned” the vehicle or
why the vehicle was being loaned to the mayor’s “Entertainment Director.”
(However, the Porsche company was recently seeking to have an Atlanta street renamed after its founder).
(However, the Porsche company was recently seeking to have an Atlanta street renamed after its founder).
Before last month’s brush with the law, Jae was best known for “bundling” fund-raising checks for politicians and for staring in a “stripper” video; hence the nickname, “The Booty Bundler.”
 |
| “The Booty Bundler” -- Stacii Jae Johnson |
In DC, Ms. Jae is referred to as “Obama’s Booty Bundler” because she was bundling campaign contributions for Obama’s reelection campaign while working for Reed (see the story here).
These DC headlines certainly contributed
to the stiffing (in a manner of
speaking) Reed got from the President’s reelection campaign when it barred him
from the podium in Charlotte during the Democratic Party’s nominating
convention. Reed is the first
Atlanta mayor in nearly 40 years not to address the Democratic National Convention.
 |
| Ms. Rohadfox |
Atlanta’s own
“TMZ-styled” celebrity gossip web site, Lipstick Alley, reported that The Booty
Bundler is gaining revenge on
her former boss, presumably because Reed did not protect her from arrest or
termination.
According to the web site:
“(Kasim Reed) is sleeping with like 4
chicks in his cabinet and they all think he is going wife them. Staci Jae was
at a party saying she had the Mayor in check and then drove drunk and was forced
to resign, His communications director divorced her husband as did Jovita
Moore. He has them trained like a ****.”
So while Kasim has to keep an eye on
the relationships he maintains, he also has to worry about those he has dispose
of.
Reason Number 8:
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
During the city election
that swept Kasim Reed into the mayor’s office with a surging 700 vote margin, many
predicted that older brother Tracy Reed‘s
sensitive
position at the Atlanta Airport (in which he oversaw who was eligible to
bid on contracts) would lead to misdeeds and
Kasim Reed’s political downfall.
Ironically, it
was Tracy’s drive to his airport job that would draw attention to Kasim Reed’s
otherwise behind-the-scenes older brother.
While driving a car owned by controversial city vendor Darrell Anderson, Tracy Reed was pulled over for an ordinary
speeding violation but he was found to be driving without a valid driver’s
license and to be a verifiable fugitive with an outstanding arrest warrant.
 |
| Darrell Anderson |
When presented
with these facts by a local media outlet, Kasim Reed directed the Atlanta
Police Department to investigate how the
reporter acquired the dashboard video.
At the same time, another city employee faced retaliation from Reed’s senior staff for cooperating with yet another media investigation into Tracy Reed’s improper use of city credit cards.
At the same time, another city employee faced retaliation from Reed’s senior staff for cooperating with yet another media investigation into Tracy Reed’s improper use of city credit cards.
(b/t/w, senior Reed
officials seem to have a proclivity for driving cars loaned to them by people
who are doing business with the city – see Reason Number 8: ”Hell Hath
No Fury…” above where I write how the so-called Booty
Bundler was driving a Porsche on loan to her as the car company was
seeking to have an
Atlanta street renamed after its founder).
As the airport concession
protests and court cases twist through the processes, Tracy’s role at the
airport is coming to light. The older brother’s fingerprints are on too much and there is
too much time before the reelection to keep it all under wraps.
Kasim, I’d think
long and hard whether revelations about Tracy’s activities are in your best
interest.
No comments:
Post a Comment