Joseph Harris, the Emergency Manager with dictatorial powers to “straighten out” the Benton Harbor books,” had predicted a $400,000 surplus in 2011, according to the Herald Palladium. But the books are apparently still in the red! In addition, an audit showed accounting mistakes and stagnant accounts that weren’t being used. Meanwhile the City’s elected officials are stripped of almost all of their authority to run the city. A public investigation into the work of the Emergency Manager is in order!
— Rev. Edward Pinkney
http://www.peoplestribune.org/PT.2012.02/PT.2012.02.12.shtml
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Thursday, March 08, 2012
The Audacity of Whirlpool
(This post is a combination of the following 2 posts, with a bit of new information.)
From the Whirlpool employee Marcus Robinson's email which is circulating:
The State Commission of the NAACP and their national office has decided to undertake the reorganization [of] this chapter with a specific intention of revitaliz[ing] the leadership and membership body... contact Marcus Robinson, by cell 269.277.7711 or by inbox atwww.Facebook.com/4marcusrobinson
We urge any and all to contact Robinson with your views on this WP attempt to takeover the Benton Harbor NAACP and oust Rev. Pinkney from the position of president.
The Michigan NAACP has announced it will come to town on April 14 to hold a special election (to vote out Pinkney we suspect). Pinkney is currently president of the local BH chapter; elected by a very wide margin last August. Are you sitting down? Marcus Robinson is currently giving free NAACP memberships to those who promise to vote against Pinkney.
Pinkney has been involved in organizing a five day protest from May 23 to 27 when the PGA tournament will be held in Benton Harbor on land Whirlpool stole from the town's residents. It doesn't take an IQ of 200 to understand why there's an effort to oust him from NAACP-BH, and WP seems to be spearheading it.
Pinkney is initiating plans to file a lawsuit againt the NAACP and is looking for members to join the effort. He said the organization claims to fight for rights of voters, yet disenfranchises the voting rights of NAACP-BH members to please "the corporation."
He feels confident that there are many who will attest to the fact that the NAACP ignores many injustices against Blacks, and even encourages discrimination.
(Look this up: 2010 - NAACP V. Black Cigarettes smokers.)
Did Whirlpool and the PGA promise money to the NAACP to oust Pinkney? After many years of living in the shadow of this corporation and observing the racism and corruption, Pinkney believes the answer is "yes."
Rev. Martin Luther King refused to be involved with the NAACP; he was never a member.
Pinkney to Pinkney, blogtalkradio.com, 5-6pm EST
Please contact him to join the lawsuit.
269-925-0001, banco9342sbcglobal.net
occupythepga.wordpress.com, May 23-27 (big day - Sat. May 26)
From the Whirlpool employee Marcus Robinson's email which is circulating:
The State Commission of the NAACP and their national office has decided to undertake the reorganization [of] this chapter with a specific intention of revitaliz[ing] the leadership and membership body... contact Marcus Robinson, by cell 269.277.7711 or by inbox atwww.Facebook.com/4marcusrobinson
We urge any and all to contact Robinson with your views on this WP attempt to takeover the Benton Harbor NAACP and oust Rev. Pinkney from the position of president.
The Michigan NAACP has announced it will come to town on April 14 to hold a special election (to vote out Pinkney we suspect). Pinkney is currently president of the local BH chapter; elected by a very wide margin last August. Are you sitting down? Marcus Robinson is currently giving free NAACP memberships to those who promise to vote against Pinkney.
Pinkney has been involved in organizing a five day protest from May 23 to 27 when the PGA tournament will be held in Benton Harbor on land Whirlpool stole from the town's residents. It doesn't take an IQ of 200 to understand why there's an effort to oust him from NAACP-BH, and WP seems to be spearheading it.
Pinkney is initiating plans to file a lawsuit againt the NAACP and is looking for members to join the effort. He said the organization claims to fight for rights of voters, yet disenfranchises the voting rights of NAACP-BH members to please "the corporation."
He feels confident that there are many who will attest to the fact that the NAACP ignores many injustices against Blacks, and even encourages discrimination.
(Look this up: 2010 - NAACP V. Black Cigarettes smokers.)
Did Whirlpool and the PGA promise money to the NAACP to oust Pinkney? After many years of living in the shadow of this corporation and observing the racism and corruption, Pinkney believes the answer is "yes."
Rev. Martin Luther King refused to be involved with the NAACP; he was never a member.
Pinkney to Pinkney, blogtalkradio.com, 5-6pm EST
Please contact him to join the lawsuit.
269-925-0001, banco9342sbcglobal.net
occupythepga.wordpress.com, May 23-27 (big day - Sat. May 26)
Friday, March 02, 2012
Never Before has Whirlpool been THIS bold
For the first time that we can recall, Whirlpool has come right out in print and declared a takeover, in this case, of the NAACP-BH. It's stunning. Shameless. Unreal. WP employee Marcus Robinson is circulating an email that's come to our attention. The content is screaming his desire to rid NAACP-BH of Rev. Pinkney. (Admittedly, one has to be intimately acquainted with the politics of WP and the twin city area to read between the lines.) From the Marcus Robinson email:
The State Commission of the NAACP and their national office has decided to undertake the reorganization this chapter with a specific intention of revitalize the leadership and membership body... contact Marcus Robinson, by cell 269.277.7711 or by inbox at www.Facebook.com/4marcusrobinson
We urge any and all to contact Robinson with your views on the WP takeover attempt. Right out in the open. And, try to attend the Occupy the PGA protest, May 23-27!
The State Commission of the NAACP and their national office has decided to undertake the reorganization this chapter with a specific intention of revitalize the leadership and membership body... contact Marcus Robinson, by cell 269.277.7711 or by inbox at www.Facebook.com/4marcusrobinson
We urge any and all to contact Robinson with your views on the WP takeover attempt. Right out in the open. And, try to attend the Occupy the PGA protest, May 23-27!
Thursday, March 01, 2012
NAACP teams up with Whirlpool?
Rev. Martin Luther King refused to be involved with the NAACP. He was not a member. Rev. Edward Pinkney is beginning to think King did the right thing. On his program Pinkney to Pinkney on blogtalkradio.com, he called for all NAACP card holders to burn their membership cards along with him this Sunday March 4, 5pm EST.
The Michigan NAACP has announced it will come to town on April 14 to hold a special election to vote out Pinkney, currently president of the local BH chapter; elected by a very wide margin. Marcus Robinson, Whirlpool employee, is currently giving free NAACP memberships to those who promise to vote against Pinkney.
Pinkney is a "peoples' pastor" and holds human and civil rights organizations accountable for their wrong doing, or just not doing. Membership dues and contributions paid to the NAACP should be used to help people. Yet, in Benton Harbor, the organization has teamed up with the Corporation in an attempt to remove Pinkney from his position as local NAACP president. (Pinkney is also president of BANCO and Stop the Takeover.)
Pinkney has been involved in organizing a five day protest from May 23 to 27 when the PGA tournament will be held in Benton Harbor on land Whirlpool stole from the town's residents. It doesn't take an IQ of 200 to understand why there's an effort to oust him from NAACP-BH. On his radio program yesterday Pinkney called the 102 year old organization "a sellout to the blood sucking corporation Whirlpool," and that "it's main interests are expensive awards dinners and fundraisers."
The Reverend is initiating plans to file a lawsuit againt the NAACP and is looking for members to join the effort. He said the organization claims to fight for rights of voters, yet disenfranchises the voting rights of NAACP-BH members to please "the corporation."
He feels confident that there are many who will attest to the fact that the NAACP ignores many injustices against Blacks, and even encourages discrimination.
(Look this up: 2010 - NAACP V. Black Cigarettes smokers.)
Did Whirlpool and the PGA promise money to the NAACP to oust Pinkney? After many years of living in the shadow of this corporation and observing the racism and corruption, Pinkney believes the answer is "yes."
Don't forget to burn your NAACP card on Sunday March 4, 2012,
5pm - and tune into blogtalkradio.com, Pinkney to Pinkney
(5-6pm EST) Please contact him to join the lawsuit.
269-925-0001; banco9342sbcglobal.net.
The Michigan NAACP has announced it will come to town on April 14 to hold a special election to vote out Pinkney, currently president of the local BH chapter; elected by a very wide margin. Marcus Robinson, Whirlpool employee, is currently giving free NAACP memberships to those who promise to vote against Pinkney.
Pinkney is a "peoples' pastor" and holds human and civil rights organizations accountable for their wrong doing, or just not doing. Membership dues and contributions paid to the NAACP should be used to help people. Yet, in Benton Harbor, the organization has teamed up with the Corporation in an attempt to remove Pinkney from his position as local NAACP president. (Pinkney is also president of BANCO and Stop the Takeover.)
Pinkney has been involved in organizing a five day protest from May 23 to 27 when the PGA tournament will be held in Benton Harbor on land Whirlpool stole from the town's residents. It doesn't take an IQ of 200 to understand why there's an effort to oust him from NAACP-BH. On his radio program yesterday Pinkney called the 102 year old organization "a sellout to the blood sucking corporation Whirlpool," and that "it's main interests are expensive awards dinners and fundraisers."
The Reverend is initiating plans to file a lawsuit againt the NAACP and is looking for members to join the effort. He said the organization claims to fight for rights of voters, yet disenfranchises the voting rights of NAACP-BH members to please "the corporation."
He feels confident that there are many who will attest to the fact that the NAACP ignores many injustices against Blacks, and even encourages discrimination.
(Look this up: 2010 - NAACP V. Black Cigarettes smokers.)
Did Whirlpool and the PGA promise money to the NAACP to oust Pinkney? After many years of living in the shadow of this corporation and observing the racism and corruption, Pinkney believes the answer is "yes."
Don't forget to burn your NAACP card on Sunday March 4, 2012,
5pm - and tune into blogtalkradio.com, Pinkney to Pinkney
(5-6pm EST) Please contact him to join the lawsuit.
269-925-0001; banco9342sbcglobal.net.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Public Forum: Let Freedom Ring, A Critical Analysis of Michigan's Emergency Manager act
A seminar on PA4, the Emergency Manager act, was held last Saturday
in East Lansing. There was an afternoon panel discussion with Gerald
Ambrose, Dir. of Finance, Flint; Jim Anderson, MSU History Prof., Edgewood
Justice and Peae Task Force; Lynn Johdahl, former Mich. Legislature Rep. &
Chair of House Taxation Comm.; Don Power, E.Lansing City Councilor,
former Fed. Mediator.
The keynote speaker was Rev. Edward Pinkney, resident of the first Michigan
town to feel the unconstitutional brunt of this new law - Benton Harbor.
This is his speech.
in East Lansing. There was an afternoon panel discussion with Gerald
Ambrose, Dir. of Finance, Flint; Jim Anderson, MSU History Prof., Edgewood
Justice and Peae Task Force; Lynn Johdahl, former Mich. Legislature Rep. &
Chair of House Taxation Comm.; Don Power, E.Lansing City Councilor,
former Fed. Mediator.
The keynote speaker was Rev. Edward Pinkney, resident of the first Michigan
town to feel the unconstitutional brunt of this new law - Benton Harbor.
This is his speech.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Rachel Maddow Show
The main video plays after the short ad video.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Benton Harbor Emergency Manager Puts Radio Station on Ebay
Benton Harbor has been declared the poorest town in the US by a Kalamazoo College professor. It has, over the past several decades, been deprived of most things that make a community thrive. Most recently the Emergency Manager Joe Harris fired the mayor and city commission, thereby stealing citizens' right to vote. BH has, however, maintained a small radio station. You might tune in and hear one of the city commissioners (fired by Joe Harris) speaking, or maybe even Jesse Jackson, up from Chicago to say a few words. Rachel Maddow on MSNBC recently reported Harris actually shut down the station and is trying to sell it on Ebay. See the report, a couple minutes into the video. Rev. Pinkney can be seen briefly.
You name it, Harris will take it from BH. Gov. Rick Snyder is who he answers to...
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-rachel-maddow-show/46349557#null
The Ebay ad:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FM-Low-Power-License-Broadcast-Transmitter-and-Broadcasting-Equipment-/160732906720?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item256c6d84e0#ht_482wt_88
Benton Harbor has been declared the poorest town in the US by a Kalamazoo College professor. It has, over the past several decades, been deprived of most things that make a community thrive. Most recently the Emergency Manager Joe Harris fired the mayor and city commission, thereby stealing citizens' right to vote. BH has, however, maintained a small radio station. You might tune in and hear one of the city commissioners (fired by Joe Harris) speaking, or maybe even Jesse Jackson, up from Chicago to say a few words. Rachel Maddow on MSNBC recently reported Harris actually shut down the station and is trying to sell it on Ebay. See the report, a couple minutes into the video. Rev. Pinkney can be seen briefly.
You name it, Harris will take it from BH. Gov. Rick Snyder is who he answers to...
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-rachel-maddow-show/46349557#null
The Ebay ad:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FM-Low-Power-License-Broadcast-Transmitter-and-Broadcasting-Equipment-/160732906720?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item256c6d84e0#ht_482wt_88
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)