Steve Madison: But Everyone Else Does It

Over on BSWCitizen.com, Duncanville's political pimp Steve Madison supports conflicts of interest and the good 'ol boy network, and he admitted this in the second line of his comment about District 3 Councilman Paul Ford's new Web site:

Steve Madison says:

March 20, 2009 at 5:20 am

I skimmed paulfordreports.com and it’s nothing more than a recap of Paul’s mischaracterization of how Duncanville is renewing itself after 25 years of slow decline.

These completely legal activities must happen in every city to sustain it perpetually – and if not, the city dies.

If Paul used the same queer eye to examine the goings on at city hall in Cedar Hill, Midlothian, Mansfield, DeSoto, Lancaster, or any city in Texas he’d find the very same sort of people doing the very same things.

Paul’s skewed logic is the problem here – not the people with a stake in Duncanville that make the city function.

Paul continues to assert that there is criminal activity (specifically tha I am a crook) yet he offers no evidence of his allogations after 2 years of being “on the inside” of city hall and squandering thousands of staff hours on “freedom of information act” requests.

What ever happened to the famous presumption of innocence?

I suppose that in the virtual world of paulfordreports.com - it doesn’t exist.

Who Gives Scott Cannon Authority to Play Code Enforcer?

Another tidbit of info from Duncanville District 3 Councilman Paul Ford's PaulFordReports.com Web site is this:

Last summer, Code Enforcement employees issued over a hundred warning notices and citations to persons in Councilman Scott Cannon’s neighborhood. The notices and citations were for grass of any length growing in sidewalk cracks. Code Enforcement allegedly acted on the direct orders of Cannon and City Manager Kent Cagle.

If this is true, Scott Cannon should be prosecuted. The only power a councilman has is when he is seated with a quorum in official business. If Cannon or whoever wanted to go "enforce" anything, by law he can only do so as a member of the whole council, not individually.


Unless of course Duncanville operates under their own de facto law.

Grady Smithey's Conflict of Interest Vote on the Logistics Hub

Now we're getting somewhere. Over on PaulFordReports.com, District 3 Councilman Paul Ford explains his vote against an issue dealing with the southern Dallas County Logistics Hub:

1. “Logistics Hub”

This was actually a vote to pay $10,000 in taxpayer money to join the International Inland Port of Dallas Coalition. The actual recipient of the $10,000 was road lobbying company Dean International. I voted against this because Councilmember Grady Smithey’s wife works for Dean International and I saw this as just another way to funnel taxpayer money to a well-connected insider.

So, if Smithey voted for this and this information is accurate, that is a conflict of interest. It's cronyism and yes, surprise, surprise, it's corrupt.

Smithey might be the "Road Warrior" on transportation issues, but he's as corrupt as anyone on that city council not in districts 3 and 5.

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How Much $ Has Steve Madison Funneled to His Pet Projects?

You know, in DeSoto, former Mayor Roy Orr used his henchmen on the city's Economic Development Corp. in hopes of opening gambling casinos that Orr was pushing for as a lobbyist. A cop in the DeSoto Police Department thought this was corrupt and started investigating, before his nuts were chopped off from doing so.

Now it makes me wonder how much of a political mentorship that Duncanville's Steve Madison has had from Orr and the DeSoto cronies.


If anyone knows, please let us know in the comments.

Hey Dorothy, That's Not the Point!

In a heated exchange between District 5 Councilwoman Johnette Jameson over a horribly controversial economic development director contract and At-Large Councilwoman Dorothy Burton, this red herring was issued:

Council member Johnette Jameson questioned why Mr. Jones' office is at City Hall despite his status as an independent contractor. But Ms. Burton jumped to Mr. Jones' defense.

"It's amazing we're even going through this," said Ms. Burton. "He has done not a good job, not a great job – a miraculous job."

Source: Click to Read The Dallas Morning News Article on this Subject

Oh, so questions of the legality and ethics-test can't be asked because the guy is doing a great job?

What asinine reasoning.

We Need Deborah Hodge Back

Same news report from the 2008 elections as the one below (Mayor David Green vs. Rose Renfroe), but look at this stuff that former Councilwoman Deborah Hodge alluded to:

Hodge too alluded to the “good ol’ boy” network and said they would return to the “good ol’ boy days” if District 4 gets returned to them. She was an opponent of the Anthem housing development that Steve Madison brought before the council, saying the council was giving money to board members.

During that heated council debate, the city attorney said that an Attorney General’s ruling made a distinction between 4B board members like Madison had been and city board members. Hodge didn’t agree then and still doesn’t.

“We gave $209,000 out and we’re now being told this was a good deal for the taxpayer because for their $209,000 we are now getting $256,000 of infrastructure. Taxpayers, infrastructure collects zero tax revenue. That is not a benefit to the taxpayers of Duncanville.”

Things got even more heated when both candidates accused the other of campaign finance irregularities. Hodge said that Smithey had taken $2,000 from two transportation lobbyists.

Smithey said when he found the donations came from corporations, he gave the money back. Hodge countered that she didn’t know when he had done that but “may have had a change of heart” tonight.

With that door open, Smithey accused Hodge of not listing a $1,000 campaign contribution she had received. The incumbent said the donation came in after a March 31 report deadline but that she would report on the next scheduled date.

Wow. We need Deborah Hodge back on that council. She originally beat Grady Smithey by about four votes, and then lost the race last year to him by 40.

Smithey is a huge proponent (emphasis on huge, physically) of the Trans-Texas Corridor. He testified at numerous public hearings across the state on the issue.


There's something Hodge knows. She alluded to it. Now it's a matter of gleaning it from her and completely soaking these old, rich white guys with it ...publicly.

'Backroom Deals, Cronyism,' Corruption, Etc., Etc.

Thank you, Brian Allen. His BSWCitizen.com coverage and Pegasus News had this beautiful quote from Duncanville Mayor David Green:

“My opponent served on the Dallas City Council 30 years ago,” Green said. “And when you hear her speak of things such as cronyism, favoritism, backroom dealing, etc, folks, this has not been my experience here in Duncanville. It may have been the way they did it on the Dallas City Council 30 years ago, but not in Duncanville today.”

Well, no joke. Of course there isn't any of those things, alleged by his former mayoral opponent, Rose Renfroe, who shocked the hell out of Dallas County Democrats in '06 by beating their favorite hand-picked county commissioner candidate in the Dem primary to face Republican Kenneth Mayfield.

Why? Why can't Green have "experienced" that sorta thing in Duncanville? Because he's flipping tied to it.

You know, it's amazing. Corrupt people don't think they're corrupt. They just game and manipulate the system for so long it becomes normal for them.

It's like when the Soviets laughed at Americans' believing their own propaganda. They knew it worked real well after the Americans started believing their own lies.


You cannot get to be mayor without kissing up with someone prominent, being in someone's hip or being opposed to Steve Madison of ProDunc Political Action Committee.

So no wonder Green said what he said.

Ford vs. Duncanville

For those needing a refresher on the Councilman Paul Ford vs. Duncanville Political Establishment (aka ProDunc Political Action Committee), BSWCitizen.com has a good start:

http://bswcitizen.com/?tag=duncanville-city-council-election-2009

Pick 3 on May 9 | Werner, Ford, Jameson

City Council | At-Large
Dorothy Burton - I
Buck Werner

District 1
Ken Weaver - I

District 3
Paul Ford - I
Anthony Skinner

District 5
Johnette Jameson - I
Gerald Hill

I-denotes incumbent

Note: ProDuncPAC.com is not affiliated in any way with any candidate. We simply view Steve Madison's cronies as corrupt, and know that who they hand-pick for offices should not go without competition.

Pro-Dunc's Twisted Logic

I'm taking a play out of the Karl Rove strategy and attacking "Pro-Dunc" and their lack of logic.

My responses (Joey speaking here) are below each of their "beliefs."

By the way, readers can view the crappy Pro-Dunc Web site at Pro-Dunc.org.

1. Duncanville is already a great place to live and work. And if we all worked together, it could be even better.
BSWBlog: Yes, because consensus always helps. What was it that Margaret Thatcher said? Consensus is the absence of leadership.

2. Duncanville city government is fundamentally sound, and city employees are, like the rest of us, dedicated, hard working people. Certainly, there is always room for improvement. But there is no “evil agenda.”
BSWBlog: We'll let the readers and voters decide on this one. Of course, those who are evil and who have ulterior motives don't believe they're evil and they don't believe they have ulterior motives.

3. Everyone should have a voice in city government, including those who disagree with our point of view. But no one is entitled to spread lies, and make vicious personal attacks. This has to stop.
BSWBlog: Actually, the First Amendment of our federal Constitution allows for the spreading of lies, personal attacks, etc. This is completely hypocritical for Pro-Dunc to say: "Everyone should have a voice." Yeah, only if it's the voice making the rules! People who disagree with the way iconoclasts work will say that they are spreading lies and personal attacks. It's simply the truth (most, if not all, of the time.) But "no one is entitled" is itself a lie. Political players are allowed and Constitutionally protected to say whatever political speech they want. Of course, with such a big freedom, there comes a lot of consequences (try being a racist in Duncanville, a predominantly black town...and see where that gets you) of employing that freedom.

4. We believe in the council/manager form of city government. It works best when the council members work together for the best interests of the city as a whole.
BSWBlog: No, if this principle were true, there would not be individual council districts. This consensus, everyone-go-along-to-get-along is just a brainwashing technique. The best way to control a population is to control their minds. If you can control people, what they think, what they say and play up "consensus" and never agree to anti-conformity, then you get dull, stale, boring and oftentimes - if not all the time -- more corruption. Council members are not elected by districts to serve the best interests of the city as a whole. Think about it. If District 3 Councilman Paul Ford wants to give jury trials to people caught running red lights, that would benefit everyone in the city. Because hey, if it's a law that's been broken, you're by law entitled to face your accusers. However, Ford was the ass-end of a 6-1 vote, so his proposal didn't pass. So much for having the best interests of the city at heart. It's only the interests of those running the town. Don't confuse yourself. Working together all the time produces nothing. Consensus is a lack of leadership. Leadership requires making difficult decisions. Those who are offended by "personal attacks" and people like Ford ought not to be in politics. This is warfare, this isn't Candy Land.

5. We believe in telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. When our elected officials, don't meet this standard, we're going to set the record straight. And let the chips fall where they may. We don't call this “dirty politics”; we call it “telling the truth”!
BSWBlog: This is a flat-out lie. Pro-Dunc and anyone affiliated with the current majority on the Duncanville City Council (and those rich white guys who back them), don't give a shit about the "Truth" and "nothing but the truth." They'd rather shut people like Paul Ford up and get back to their consensus. Dirty politics is telling the truth. That's why it's so heated. In a pie chart, think of politics as 99 percent dishonest. One percent of that pie chart is honest, and for those who want to see honesty restored to political decisions. That 1 percent of truly honest people will always strike fear into the ones who are "in power."

Let's set the record straight by seeing the list of financial contributors in the past 10 city elections (hell, let's do it for every Best Southwest city/ISD) from and to candidates and officials. Let's start publishing the criminal records, the civil case records, the employment records, etc., of everyone.

Want to set the record straight?

Why doesn't Duncanville Today or the other Today papers actually investigate matters? Maybe it's because the same people who push the illogical crap on the Pro-Dunc Web site are the ones that control those advertising dollars, and we can't have any advertiser offended because their best friends who run the city are unethical pieces of corrupt garbage now can we?


I want to thank the user "fedup" over on Brian Allen's BSWCitizen.com blog for (a) making me cry because I laughed so hard, and (b) for spurring my enthusiasm to make this post.

I don't know who "fedup" is, but a lot of the humor is sparsed with truth. Now, with all due respect to Brian Allen, his blog serves the less extreme tactics by those (hence his threatening to cut that crap down), and that's perfectly fine. I respect Brian, and believe it or not, I respect and admire his former colleague, Steve Snyder.

The elections coming up will be very fun indeed. We will get to see how much of an effect these blogs will have on the elections...

Councilmen Centered in Criminal Conduct?

Over at Brian Allen's BSWCitizen.com blog, a user by the name of "fedup" alleges a couple of current/former Duncanville councilmen of having controversial criminal backgrounds. He also alleges a few other things from Duncanville Police Department's former PR guy. Not sure of the validity, but this needs to be shot down publicly or confirmed:

fed up says:

March 16, 2009 at 11:07 am

Keith, Are you that self absorbed? Did I ask you to respond to me? NO. This is a blog, and I am blogging. Leave me alone. I am entitled to my opinion. This is a free country, even for your gun toting mentality. Don’t play the church card. It’s not like you were invited to church. I’ll bet everytime you waddle in, the priest tells Himself, “Oh no, Here comes the webpage loon, yet again. He won’t leave me alone. Do I have to listen to his know it all attitude? Maybe if I look away, he won’t notice me. He didn’t listen to my perversion advice in confessional. I need a glass of chardanay, to get me through his insidious rambling.”

Any of my future posts, if they are allowed, tho my links were not, will be confined to showing criminal records on anyone involved in city, or community, activity. People who may, inadvertently, find this blog need to know who is VOLUNTEERING to run their city, and if they are MORAL, conscionable, empathetic to citizen’s concerns, or whatever, and I will try and put them on Joey’s, if not here, because he actually has a following.

Oh, and there is a criminal record for an Anthony Skinner, born in 42, if that is the same one. There is a public lewdness charge for Scott Cannon, and I was informed he had one, so how is he on the council, if this is true? He must not have declared it, and the city did not check sufficiently, though all they had to do was look it up in county records. Also, the charge has to be in the county you are in, because most counties/towns can’t check outside their state, as far as I know. I am just trying to do the right thing, and let others know who they are electing. I still believe that keith kevin bilbrey is YOU Keith. He was born in 59, on sept 2, unless you have a twin. Ecch. But, again, I did not ask for a response, tho I’m sure you’ll give me one, cause you can’t help yourself. Your impulsivity runs in your baggy jeans. Keith, you last intimation, was that everything is rosy. I’m concerned about illegal ticketing, which is infringing on citizen’s civil rights, and considering accelerating a possible class action against the city and business that perpetuate this atrocity, and you think everything is rosy? The ice caps are melting, there is crime, pestilence, ignorance, famine, and global warming, yet you live in lala land. That explains a lot.

Bilbrey shot down 1/3 of those allegations: (Cannon/Skinner being the other two)

Keith says:

March 16, 2009 at 2:23 pm

Fed Up.

Just make sure that if you are going to make accusations of a criminal record that you are correct. I’ll speak to my case specifically. That IS NOT me and I’ve never been arrested. If you continue to make those accusations, you need to check the laws against defamation and libel.

Just saying.

And thank you Brian for the add in.

All though apparently since I run the blog too I could do it myself.

Whatever…thanks again Brian.

District 5 | Jameson Needs to be Re-Elected

She might be the quiet dissenter, but Johnette Jameson needs to be re-elected to her District 5 council seat.

Does anyone have a disagreement with that? Or what about her supporters?


Note: ProDuncPAC.com has no affiliation with any candidate or elected official. It is simply a side-project of BestSouthwestBlog.com and The Ellis County Observer.

Councilman Paul Ford vs. Mayor David Green

I was curious to find out what a Google search would pull on "Duncanville City Councilman Paul Ford," and one of those links went here: http://paul-ford.love.com/




And as much as I like Ford, I have viewed two videos now today and Ford is definitely out of line. I agree with his stances, but he is deliberately throwing up sand and he needs to respect the chairman. I agree with his viewpoints, but this is now to a point where it could be detrimental to his re-election. That's not good.

Video | Ford Questions 6-Figure Subsidy to Monte Anderson

I specifically like the fact Ford points out in this Duncanville City Council video (forward to 39:32 on the video) that his city is $700,000 in the hole, but that the city council recently subsidized Options Real Estate's Monte Anderson (brainchild of that massive and beautiful Mid-Towne development in Midlothian) for condos in the central part of the city for the same amount.


Click Here to View that Video (Pops Up in Windows Media Player)


Anyone want to comment, clarify this?

Duncanville Councilman Paul Ford Launches Web site

Duncanville’s District 3 Councilman Paul Ford has launched his much-rumored Web site:

PaulFordReports.com

Where the newspapers in those communities have failed (mainly because the editors are too busy sleeping with the politicians or the advertisers or both), I think the “voices” of these elected officials will get out.

Thank God for the New Media revolution.

We are destroying every bit and piece of the Old Guard.

Why Are We Beating Up on Pro-Dunc?

Here's the reason contributors and editors of the infamous ELLIS COUNTY OBSERVER launched this Web site:

• To expose Steve Madison and his pimping of Duncanville politicians
• To expose what Duncanville's Today newspaper refuses to print
• To expose any elected official who gets in our way
• To expose any appointed official who gets in our way
• To expose any wrongdoing in Duncanville and the Best Southwest
• To expose any wrongdoing in the Duncanville ISD
• To expose any wrongdoing in the City of Duncanville
• To expose any wrongdoing or corruption in any facet of life in Duncanville
• To expose what Focus Daily News refuses to print
• To give a forum for those who hate the corruption, who are tired of being pushed around
• To give a free and anonymous retaliation-free forum for debate and discussion
  

It's going to be extremely clear-cut in this year's local elections. You are going to comply with our agenda and refrain from unethical conduct and corrupt behavior, or your life will be destroyed.

This is not a game, folks. This is political warfare. And right now, I'm the general.

Duncanville's political pimp, Steve Madison, claims there is no corruption. Steve Madison claims certain elected officials that go against the grain are engaging in spreading lies and speaking slander.

We would be more than willing to correct any mistake we report. However, we believe adults are responsible enough to make their own decisions and state their own opinions without fear of retaliation. We are not affiliated with any candidate or elected official, but we will make the distinctions between those we like and their decisions we agree with.


This is War.


- Joey
Publisher | ProDuncPAC.com
Founder| BestSouthwestBlog.com
Publisher | EllisCountyObserver.com