Staggerin' Stanley v. Lefty Logan: Battle of the Fire Extinguishers

 

After Tuesday night's loudly contentious Sheffield City Council meeting (where was the TimesDaily?), Staggerin' Steve Stanley decided to continue the discussion with Laquita Logan on Wednesday. When he entered her property, Lefty Logan was ready for him.

The hapless mayor, under the thrall of building inspector Charlie Grimmitt, lead with the accusation that a fire extinguisher on the wall of her business was out of date. Mrs. Logan artfully countered, producing a picture of the city hall's fire extinguisher taken only the night before. Expiration date? 2019.

We gather that it's who you are and how well you're liked that determines which rules will be enforced or not. The confrontation devolved even more until Stanley had the common sense to leave property that wasn't his. What now for Mrs. Logan?

We've heard the Logans are looking into a recall of Stanley, as well as withholding all city taxes until the dispute is settled to their satisfaction. How would this recall work? Here is a section from Alabama Code Title 11:

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The mayor or any commissioner shall be subject to recall.  To institute a recall election, any registered voter may present a petition to the city clerk having the signatures of no less than 30 percent of the registered voters having voted in the last preceding election.  Such petition shall contain the following statement:

To the city clerk.  We the following registered voters of ______ (name of municipality) do respectfully request that you instigate an election to be held for the purpose of recalling ______ (name of person) who holds the office of ______ (name of office)

Signatures of those signing the petition along with residential addresses shall follow.

Upon receipt of such petition, the city clerk shall make arrangements under Alabama law to hold such election within 30 days of receipt by the city clerk of such petition.

Provided that a majority of registered voters vote for the recall, then the city clerk shall thereupon declare that office vacant and the office holder shall no longer be an elected official.

In the meantime, all seven businesses belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Logan remain on the market complete with prominent Re-Max signs. Can you imagine what any of John Elkington's oft-touted investors will think when they drive down Montgomery Avenue?

The Best Sheffield Has To Offer Without The Logans

A Letter to Steve Stanley

 

To Mayor Stanley:

Of the three new Shoals mayors, you're our favorite. We do admit that's simply because you haven't yet acted like a horse's patoot as have the other two.

We believe you could endear yourself to the citizens of Sheffield even more if you offered at least a monthly communication on the status of Inspiration Landing. By our calculations:

1. 2021 marks the seventh year the IL project has been extant. Is there any set timeline at all at this point?

2. Sheffield has now been paying interest on a five million dollar USDA loan for two years. How is the town being affected by this loss of revenue?

3. Assuming the worst happens, does the city have any alternate plans to finance these loan repayments?

4. Even though no work has been done on Stage I as promised, Stage II was at least started. How is that going? Progress update?

Thank you for your attention to this,

New Walking Tour Hijinks?/Steve Stanley

 

From our intrepid investigator/informant:

The link was deleted from the homepage but the page is still online.

https://msnha.oncell.com/en/ghosts-over-the-boiler-voices-from-alabamas-death-row-214519.html

Can this page be altered at any time?

Our question: Is this an attempt to rectify damage done by the hacker...or to hide the sabotage? We understand some more information is forthcoming in the next few days. Stay tuned...

Both Kevin Robinson and Penny Freeman have endorsed Steve Stanley in the Sheffield mayoral race. We concur!

Vote Steve Stanley on October 6th!