HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOC

On Friday night in the midst of a storm several hundred people celebtated the 70th birthday of Dr. Willie Wilbert Herenton at the Daq on Hacks cross road. It was a gala event where supporters of the man who plans to become the next congressman from the 9th congressional District danced, ate, and enjoyed the sounds of Ricky Strickland and his band.

STAY TUNED FOR THE BLUES

Until February of this year I have spent the last 3 years at KWAM broadcasting my show at a rate of $6,000 per month. At the last of January when my year to year contract expired I was informed that the station had been contacted by some political forces that wanted to get me off year and was willing to pay 3 times my weekly @1,500 rate. I was told that to maintain my show I would now have to pay 3,000 per week and had two weeks before the increase would go into affect.

While I have been able thus far to pay the new rate thus far, I know that the station I placed on the map is robbing me which has led me to seek another medium to broadcast. i presently have two deals on the table one which gives me ownership and the other which gives me the option to broker the station for 24 hours a day seven days per week with the option to purchase. I expect one of the deals to close within days.

It is my plan to bring to the airwaves Memphis's first full time Blues format,"Giving you the blues seven days a week not just on Saturdays" This station will be very community involved and return the old days of radio where jocks have the freedom to use "The request line their talent and not be programmed by a machine. The station will also return"THE REQUEST LINE"

$156,000 with no ownership or even the feeling of loyalty is crazy, But I am thankful that their move is making me make a move of my own. My contract with KWAM ends in July and it is my feeling that had I stayed they would want another increase.

The Thaddeus Matthews Show is number one between the hours of 4-7pm having beat out Ben Ferguson at WREC and Jeff Lee at WDIA. At this site the video streaming which is down as the streaming company is creating new features, documentations shows that from February of last year to January of this year over 800,000 persons viewed the show on line.

STAY TUNED BECAUSE BEFORE LONG YOU WILL KNOW WHAT LITTLE MILTON MEANT WHEN HE SAID "HEY, HEY, THE BLUES ARE ALRIGHT

RANDY WADE STATES THAT SIDNEY CHISM IS "A ABSOLUTE LIE"

Shelby County Sheriff candidate and district director for Congressman Steve Cohen, Randy Wade says that county commissioner Sidney Chism is "A Absolute Lie". Chism has sent out a letter accusing Wade of placing Jerome Withers in the May 4th race against him for county commission seat District 3, Position 2.

While Wade admits to having a conversation with Chism last year, Wade states that the conversation was not about his putting anyone in the race against Chism. In fact Wade states that the conversation was prior to Willie Herenton's announcement that he was running for congress. Chism claims that Wade and Cohen placed Withers in the race to distract him from his position as campaign manager for Herenton.

Chism claim is what politics is all about. Its usual for someone to place someone in a race against a candidate, In fact Chism could be asked what influence did he have in the decision for Willie Herenton to run for congress. Chism could also be asked how many other races he has been involved in and if he is honest he will say many. It's the way of politics.

What Chism has done is draw attention to the fact that Jerome Withers is in the race against hi m,which may get contributions for the son of legend photographer Ernest Withers. Jerome Withers has not been able to raise funds to mount a serious campaign and has only about 3 large corner signs. It would seem that if Cohen or Wade was behind the campaign of Withers he would be funded.

If the letter was to hurt Cohen or Herenton it will not work. Most political persons that I have spoke with see it as a cheap trick and that Herenton needs to run on the issues and not use Chism to create a issue when there is none.

For Herenton to win he must deal with issues that relate to the every day needs of the citizens, The race factor will not be enough to defeat Cohen. I'm surprise as I speak with common voters and not the political ones in the Black community Herenton does not have the backing he and Chism may think. People are intuned to there needs and only care about who is going to be able to deliver them.

The $360,000 that Cohen requested from the Federal government that was denied was to preserve the many historical pictures of Ernest Withers and should be seen as nothing more. In fact the request was made in 2008 a year before anyone had any real idea that Herenton would be leaving the office of mayor of Memphis.

I'm sure many who do not like the politics of Sidney Chism and Willie Herenton are knocking Jerome Withers door down now to contribute to his campaign hoping that he's able to defeat Chism. Sidney this was not a smart political move.

JEROME WITHERS WILL BE MY GUEST TODAY AT 4PM ON "THE THADDEUS MATTHEWS SHOW" ON AM990 KWAM

WHOSE THE BEST CHOICE FOR DEMOCRATS?

Democrats will be making a choice on May 4th as to whomn they feel can best represent their interest as county mayor against the republicans million dollar man Mark Luttrell.

Joe Ford who is presently the county mayor has to be considered the front runner, But Deidre Malone plans to take that front position from him. Otis Jackson is being considered by many within the party as the spoiler and will not receive support from democratic leaders.

But the race is not in the hands of the leadership but with the voters. So who do you think should be selected by democrats to take Luttrell on in August? Who do you think has the experience and know how to be county mayor and what are the strengths and weaknesses of the candidates.

CONGRESSMAN STEVE COHEN WILL BE ASKED TO SEEK FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF MALCOLM SHAW

On Tuesday I will be meeting with Congressman Steve Cohen carrying with me the signatures of hundreds of citizens asking that he urge U.S. Attorney Eric Holder to conduct a federal investigation into the killing of Malcolm Shaw by Bartlett police on March 11.2010.

According to a search warrant given to Bartlett police by Judicial Commissioner Rhonda W. Harris , an informant told Bartlett police that he had bought marijuana from Shaw in the past. at 1346 Standridge in North Memphis At this point Bartlett police in violation of state law started an investigation within the city limits of Memphis. The Tennessee Criminal Code states that the authority of a local police department can only extend 1 mile from their incorporated city limits and only within 1 mile of the next city's incorporated city limits.

On March 8.2010 according to the warrant Bartlett police wired the informant and sent him to the Standridge address to buy drugs. the warrant states that the informant purchased 13.3 grams of marijuana and told Bartlett police that he saw a quantity of marijuana in the Standridge street address.

On March 9.2010 at 6:09 pm Bartlett police obtained a search warrant,and hit the Standridge street house on the morning of March 11.2010. Witnesses on the street state that between5-8 officers dressed in SWAT gear hit the the front porch of the house opening a steel door with a pick and busting in the wood door with a ram. Witnesses state that within seconds of the Bartlett police entering the house a shot was heard and they later found out that Malcolm Shaw was dead.

The first news report stated that Shaw met the Bartlett police at the door with a gun in his hand and that Bartlett Narc Patrick CiCi shot him in the front room in self defense. This is totally wrong when I entered the house on Friday March 12,2010 the day after the shooting family members where sweeping portions of fragments from Shaw's body from his bedroom floor,and the blood stains as I have pictured were still on the bed room floor.

On Monday March 15,2010 just two business days after the killing of Shaw Shelby County District Attorney Bill Gibbons without interviewing one witness from Standridge Street ruled the killing justified by way of self defense. How is it that Gibbons in two days can make this ruling? Gibbons has yet to make a public statement concerning how this conclusion was made,neither has he stated what type of weapon was found and why Bartlett police was conducting an investigation within the City of Memphis.

The warrant would make one think that Malcolm Shaw was a big time drug dealer, but Shaw who had had no dealings with police since 2003 was living like a hermit in the Standridge street address which has not had any utilities in several years. Shaw also did not have a running truck or car and was surviving off odd jobs in the neighborhood.

Sheriff Mark Luttrell states that the officers were able to come into Memphis because his office gave the Bartlett police officers special deputy commissions,But the Sheriff goes on to state that the commissions are to aid them in investigations that originate in the city of Bartlett not in Memphis. State Representatives Ulysses Jones and Joe Towns will be asking the Tennessee State Attorney has to whether the Sheriff has the power to circumvent state law by issuing the commission or whether Bartlett police took it upon themselves to violate the law.

Rep. Jones on last week spoke with Mark Glenn the Director of The TBI about conducting an investigation into the killing but was told by Glenn that the TBI cannot get involved with a police shooting without the request of Bill Gibbons. Maybe this is the reason that Gibbons closed the case so soon. Maybe Gibbons knows that the actions of the Bartlett police in not uncommon and has something to hide. The word on the streets is that Bartlett police has made it a practice of robbing drug dealers within the city of Memphis. Which may be the reason that the shooter Patrick CiCi presently has 8 mortgages and live in a $279,000 home in Germantown.

This is not the first time that Congressman Cohen has had to ask The Justice Department to get involved in a case where Gibbons is involved. In the death of Mickey Wright a Code Enforcement agent that was killed and his body burned and chopped up and then buried in a barrel in Mississippi by Dale Mardis, In this matter Gibbons cut a deal where Mardis was to receive only 3 years in prison for this horrible act. Gibbons even promised that the Feds would not come after him. What made Gibbons think that he could cut a federal deal for Mardis?

In the Wright case a group of us went to the Congressman making the same request that I will be making on Tuesday and the Department of Justice did get involved and mardis now sits in a federal prison on hate crime charges.

There are many questions in this case that must be answered the killing of Shaw was wrong.Bartlett police had no business in Memphis originating an investigation , and the ruling by Gibbons was to fast, Are Bartlett police officers robbing drug dealers, and how many commissions has Sheriff Mark Luttrell passed out to other surrounding police departments? I will report on my meeting with the congressman Tuesday afternoon on The Thaddeus Matthews Show.

RANDY WADE KICKS OFF HIS BID FOR SHERIFF

On Saturday Randy Wade candidate for sheriff of Shelby County kicked off his campaign with one of the most diverse crowds as any Black I've seen running for office thus far this year. There appears to be many White deputy sheriff officers who want to see Wade as the nest sheriff of Shelby County.

Wade who for the last four years has headed up the office of Congressman Steve Cohen states that while he will be tough on crime and especially violent crime,he states that under his administration he the sheriff department will be proactive dealing with parents and education. Wade states that if we can stop the first chance at crime there wont need to be so many programs for a "Second Chance.

Wade states that mental patients should not be locked away at 201 Poplar or the Penal Farm but treated for their illnesses in a facility that deals with mental illness. The candidate who spent over 20 years in the sheriff department stated that he cost $90 per day to house a prisoner causing tax payers a ton of money, but non violent offenders could be monitored for as little as $10 per day with tracking devices attached to their legs saving taxpayers at least $70 per day.

While there are several other candidates in the race for sheriff many believe that Randy Wade is the man to beat and that as far as democrats are concerned he has it sewed it.

THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT

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