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I spoke with Jim Chrisman today and the Depot Stairs Restoration Project still needs $20,000 to get the matching grant funds of over $250,000 to restore the staircase at the old depot. If there is any way you can help them out, please consider donating using their paypal link. This would be such a wonderful enhancement to our downtown area so please get involved and help them with this funding goal. Check out this promotional video for the project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH6GoQ_FqcQ#!

Why Do I Think That Brannum is Being Framed? ...because the sexual harasser “victim” who the DAR reported as an unnamed employee of the City...is the one and only City Clerk Pam Kearbey. And, according to the DAR, the witnesses to the alleged events were none other than City Manager Doug Bagby and City Attorney Wally Duncan. There are only three members of the City's staff who are hired and fired by the City Council. You guessed it: the City's Clerk, Manager & Attorney. And the three of them are the ones who brought forth and/or corroborated the sexual harassment charges against Brannum. The DAR reported that one week before Kearbey filed her police report, Brannum stated “that he would

After reading the "Bach Should Resign! Electric Bill’s “Fuel Factor” Goes Up Without Mandatory Calculation," a friend asked me to do my best at giving an honest analysis of what the Fuel Factor should be. There are many variables, some of which I do not have control of, for instance, I do not have how much the City used for fuel to power the generators. In actuality, it should be cheaper to generate our own power than purchasing it, so one could speculate that the fuel charges would bring down the Fuel Factor rather than raise it. I've given two different ways of calculating the Fuel Factor: With and Without the Capacity Charges. The way power is purchased is by

Evidently Bach sets the Fuel Factor based on something other than calculations. He disregarded City Policy by not publicly documenting his calculations for the Fuel Factor adjustment charge since 2007.

At tonight's City Council meeting the City Clerk, Pam Kearbey, announced that nominations were open for Mayor. Johnny Brannum and Susan McVey started speaking at the same time and Kearbey recognized McVey. She nominated current Mayor, Ed Degaris. Kearbey asked for a second and Lloyd Matthews seconded the nomination. Kearbey then gave the floor back to Brannum who stated that the city had just made history by seating Angela Pearson and Betty Abshear which made three women serving on the City Council at the same time. Brannum went on to state that the city should make history again, tonight, by honoring the 4-term City Council member, Robert Smith, and elect him to be the first African-American Mayor of our 140+