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Feds Seek Memphis Transit Records In Land Deal Probe

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- The federal investigation of a businessman who paid Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton $50,000 in a private land deal has spread to the offices of the Memphis Area Transit Authority.
  
MATA officials have been ordered to turn over hundreds of e-mails surrounding the awarding of a $300,000 engineering contract to Elvin W. Moon in 2006.
  
The federal grand jury subpoena seeks e-mails of MATA general manager Will Hudson and eight others.
  
Hudson says he has nothing to hide and his staff is cooperating.
  
Moon, a Los Angeles-based civil engineer, also says he's done nothing wrong.
  
The probe is focused on Moon's payment to the mayor after landing $702,000 in no-bid city road design contracts.
Published Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:17 AM by Brent

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mnshadow53 said:

Yet again....more shady business involving our ever upstanding and notoriously honest and ethical mayor!  Sarcasm......
January 23, 2008 11:21 AM
 

Biteme said:

Come on.....Are you really surprised by this?  
January 23, 2008 12:25 PM
 

unsubscribe00 said:

haha, dum azz nrs thinking your so wonderful.
He'll come out the other end smelling like a rose.
I hope he uses his usual tactics of blaming the entire thing on whitie. I love when he uses the racial card.
January 23, 2008 12:31 PM
 

Bartlettman said:

Business as usual
January 23, 2008 12:39 PM
 

East Memphis said:

I hope that racist FBI agent, My Harrison has a strong bite on that ***.  She is batting 100% so far.  If is utterly amazing what she has done.  I never in my life thought any of the Fords would go down especially after the Harold Sr. trial complete with juror intimidation etc.  

This is abviously another case of the man (My) trying to hold someone down.

Lunati's plea deal also seemed pretty light?!?! Wonder Why? "Skinny" didn't even rank an indictment (thought there may be a sealed indictment hanging over his head)  Hizzhonor might ought to consider a "business" trip (at our expense of course) to some non extradition country.  

If hizzhonor goes down I am SURE all the other rich "developers" are going to be lawyering up.  I bet things are quiet at the Thursday morning breakfast he has with them recently.

It could be very interesting.
January 23, 2008 1:40 PM
 

Bartlettman said:

Fry willie fry, fry willie fry, fry willie fry, way to go Ms My.......
January 23, 2008 2:03 PM
 

DOVER said:

I just want to say HA HA HA...to those who voted for Willie again. How gullible!! Willie boy was laughing at you as his votes were counted. Fools can be, and obviously were,  fooled one more time. Congrats!
January 23, 2008 2:28 PM
 

jamie said:

willie is a crook , and probably most associated with him as far as Im concerned...the supposedly black (leadership)? in mphs.  has destroyed mphs.  that town is doomed, will never be nothing but a ghetto ever again
January 23, 2008 3:00 PM
 

DHendersonMan said:

I am so tired of these idiots putting the mayor down. Most of them don't even live in Memphis. So what's there concern anyway? Hatred, envy, racism, and ignorance. Also, you all know what "unsubscribe00" was saying in that abreviation of nrs. Yes we all know what that racist trash was saying. Wish I could meet him somewhere and ask if he still feels the same!    
January 23, 2008 8:13 PM
 

mnshadow53 said:

@ DHendersonMan.....you must be crazy!  This is my post to the other blog....Scary thing is.....there are people all over Memphis (witness this blog) who really believe Herenton is a good thing for Memphis.  I don't care who caused racial division or crime in this city.  What I want to know, Mr. Mayor, leader of Memphis, what are YOU going to do about it.  It IS your responsibility to provide the leadership to fix what is wrong.  YOU should be helping to mend the rifts and heal the wounds that decades of poverty, drug use, racism and crime have left on this city.  However, YOU just perpetuate the hate.  FIX IT OR LEAVE OFFICE!  Sadly, as long as those like gmoney and yolanda REFUSE to see the truth for what it is, Memphis will continue its downward spiral into the "Cesspool of the Mid-south."  Remember, as Thomas Chalkley said, "There are none so blind as those who will not see."  The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know.  That sounds like the majority of Memphians
January 24, 2008 9:30 AM
 

DOVER said:

  DHendersonMan said:
I am so tired of these idiots putting the mayor down. Most of them don't even live in Memphis. So what's there concern anyway? Hatred, envy, racism, and ignorance.
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If you're so tired of people putting your puppet master down, close your eyes and ears. This is being said and written everywhere. Anyone with self respect, pride and common sense is tired of the war zone and decay  Willie is responsible for. When you type of hatred, envy, racism and ignorance you’re describing your Mayor!
January 24, 2008 9:51 AM
 

Jacobi131 said:

It's been a long time coming to this point, but I hope they thoroughly investigate King Willie  & his son who is supposedly in charge of the real estate company. Check out all that has been going on with them. This last deal with Moon is only one that has been brought to light. Hope M. Harrison can really find out what has been going on for a long time. Do people actually believe that he is putting Memphis  people first. He has been working on his retirement plans. All that about Gwen Smith  at election  time was  a politcal farce. Everyone knows how he behaves from his good times with teachers when he was in the school system. What a role model for kids!He is certainly not the best Mayor, he is the worst. He must have nominated himself  as I think people see him for what he is. He has made sure that all his friends & connections are taken care of  with  appointed positions.  So go...
M. Harrison and help Memphis get  all of the crooked  politicians out of here!
January 25, 2008 9:45 AM
 

JimSteward said:

Let me see ... Mayor Herenton sells personal property for $50,000  to  a  man who is bidding on contract work with the City of Memphis.  This same man who purchased the  property  from Herenton also is awarded a lucrative contract with the City.  This  same man  who  gave  $50,000  to  Herenton for the purchase of the property, at a later date, makes a property deed transfer the same property back to Herenton.  They can put all the spin on this they want, but it's not rocket science.  This is not your everyday business transaction ... except in the world of dirty politics.
January 25, 2008 4:17 PM
 

E.O.O. said:

DHendersonMan,
 I'll be glad to say it to your face,along with some of your pals around.cocky ***
January 31, 2008 5:20 PM
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