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Steve Myers
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HE'S SERVED WITH COURT PAPERS AND, TURNS IT PERSONAL AND EVEN VULGAR.
WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS FLINT CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT JOHNNIE
COLEMAN TONIGHT IN THE HALLWAY NEXT TO THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
THIS IS A STORY YOU WILL SEE ONLY ON FOX.
ON
TAPE: YOU CAN SUCK MY ____. THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN DO. DID YOU GET THAT? HE
JUST SAID WE CAN SUCK HIS ____. HE ASKED US WHY, WE TOLD HIM WHY. HE
TOLD US TO SUCK HIS ____./*
*/DID YOU REALLY SAY THAT? NO. WHAT IF WE GOT IT ON TAPE. WELL, PLAY IT./*
*/JIM: THIS IS ADAM GERICS, WHO WITH A FRIEND WAS SERVING COLEMAN ON A
FILED SUIT IN CIRCUIT COURT TO HAVE A STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION
ENFORCED THAT JOHNNIE COLEMAN HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST SERVING ON CITY
COUNCIL AND WORKING FOR THE FLINT CITY OWNED HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER.
COLEMAN RECENTLY ANNOUNCED HE'S RETIRING THERE AT THE END OF THE MONTH./*
*/GERICS:JUST BECAUSE HE LEAVES THAT POSITION DOES NOT REMOVE THE
RESPONSIBILITY. HE'S STILL TAKING MONEY FROM US, VIOLATING THE CHARTER.
THE ANALOGY IS, IF I MUG YOU, A YEAR FROM NOW, IF THEY CATCH ME, THEY'LL
STILL PROSECUTE ME./*
*/JIM: WE CHECKED THE TAPE, AT CITY HALL, TO VERIFY WHAT COLEMAN SAID. /*
*/GERICS: WHEN HE WAS STANDING IN THE COUNCIL OFFICE DOORWAY, HE ASKED
MY WHY. I SAID BECAUSE IT IS AGAINST THE LAW. IT IS A SIMPLE AS THAT. HE
SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU CAN SUCK MY _____./*
*/ON TAPE: JOHNNIE WHY WOULD YOU TELL ME NO WHEN YOU DID. YOU JUST LIED
TO ME JOHNNIE. (MEETS SOMEONE IN HALL) WHAT'S UP COLE? I DON'T KNOW, WE
GOT A BUNCH OF FAGGOTS, EX-CONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE UP HERE MAN./*
*/JIM: WHAT WAS THAT? WE ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION./*
*/COLEMAN: YOU SAID, SUCK MY _____. AND JIM IS A FAGGOT. JIM IS A FAGGOT
AND I DID NOT SAY THE OTHER THING./*
*/WE HAVE YOU ON TAPE./*
*/JIM: THE LAWSUIT IS SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING IN DECEMBER. COLEMAN HAS
21 DAYS TO RESPOND TO THE SUIT./*
*/GERICS: ANY INDIVIDUAL, ANY CITIZEN CAN STEP FORWARD WHEN THE
GOVERNMENT ISN'T DOING ITS JOB AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. THAT'S WHAT WE
NEED ACCOUNTABILITY WITH OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS. /*
Transcript Provided by Jim Kiertzner [jkiertzner@wsmh.sbgnet.com] |
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Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:41 pm |
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