Jane Murray: That's a Moron

In most places they call it GRIDLOCK.
But in CrAZy-ToWn, USA, Jane Murray calls it:

The Mayor's Traffic Calming Plan, Phase I

As the Portsmouth Times reported on Friday ("Mayor Unveils Phase 1 of Traffic Measures"), Crazy Jane plans to put up all manner of new street signs in the hilltop area that just happens to surround her house!.



The plan includes "new three- and four-way stops"..."Residential Permit Parking Only areas"...and signs inidicating "No Through Traffic, No Truck Traffic, Hospital Zone, No Loitering, etc." Like a typical, control freak bureaucrat, Murray wants to control the entire City of Portsmouth...beginnning with her own neighborhood. (Just remember. They're her streets. She only LETS you drive on them!)

Once upon a time, there was an entity in Portsmouth, called The Portsmouth Traffic Committee. It was made up of people knowledgeable about traffic laws. No previous mayor would have tried to make significant changes to traffic lights and signage, without consulting this group of retired police officers, and informed individuals, appointed by City Council. The traffic committeee in turn had formal meetings that were advertised and open to the public. No other mayor could have gotten away with putting plastic bags over traffic lights or arbitrarily putting up "No Turn On Red" signs all over town based only on his own whims. Every other mayor had to go through the traffic committee.

But in Jane Murray's CrAzY-ToWN, the Traffic Committee is just another inconvenience. Just some more bothersome gnats that she has to put up with. She pays no more attention to it than a bit of Annie's doggy-do stuck to her shoe.

A lot of people were concerned that the Mayor would be frightened by the impending recall vote and she would be on her best behavior. Maybe she would try to be quiet and hope everyone would forget about the travesties that she has brought down upon the heads of our citizens.

But we, at P-Town Underground, weren't worried. We've told you before that she really is off-her-rocker. We knew that she would nail her own coffin shut. But even we didn't think she would try to pull off something this stupid before the end of the year.

We have asked Dean Martin to sing one of his great, classic songs in honor of the Mayor's brilliant traffic control plan:

THAT'S A MORON:

When the mayor starts to cry, “Too many cars going by”,
That's a moron.
“All those Harleys and hogs, just might wake up my dog”
That’s a moron.

"Don’t you dare turn on red, new stop signs up ahead,"
That's a moron.
"4-way stops, I'll call the cops, while your gas mileage drops,"
That’s a moron.
"No through trucks, spend big bucks, on new signs that I’ll pay for with fines,"
That’s a moron.

Now Jane says the recall won’t affect her at all.
That's a moron
All the CAVE People cheer, “It’s been such a great year!”
They’re all morons.
Bells will ring, she’s ding-a-ling, wouldn’t change a thing,
She’s a moron.
She will say, “What the heck. I will bring back Jeff Peck.”
He’s a moron.

The cops do as they’re told and they keep breathing mold
In the basement.
Jane keeps them in the pit and keeps feeding them sh--,
Just like mushrooms.
She says they’re corrupt, but she just made it up.
She's a moron.
She still can’t name names. She will go down in flames,
She’s a moron.

When the day comes around, all the people in town
Will remember.
All Jane’s schemes will unroll, when we go to the polls,
In December.
What a great Christmas gift. We will all get a lift
When she is gone.
There will be cheers of delight when we all say good-night
To the moron!

Recall Committee Reports Success

As we told you last month, Jane Murray's out-of-town lawyers only got her a short reprieve from facing the voters of Portsmouth. (Click here.) Last time, Murray and her attorneys intimidated the Scioto County Board of Elections into cancelling out the will of the voters of Portsmouth and take the recall issue off the November ballot. The citizens will not have there rights violated again. The committee to recall Jane Murray, once again, went out and collected signatures and turned in the petitions on Friday.

1148
That is the number of signatures that is needed to have the issue placed on the ballot. We have been informed that the committee had signatures well in excess of that number, and this week the city clerk will begin the process of verifying the signatures.

This time the recall committee has its own attorneys. This time they are fully aware of the desperate tricks and tactics that Murray's attorneys will try to use to keep the recall off the ballot once again. This time the committee carried voter registration change of address forms with them to make sure all signers were registered at the proper address. This time all dates and notary seals were checked to ensure the Murray's attorneys have no areas to question. This time the committee made sure that each name was properly signed, and none were printed. Murray's lawyers put all of their cards on the table last time, and their tactics will not work again.

City Council
Once again, the issue will go to City Council to authorize the recall to be on the ballot. Once again the vote will be 5-1, with the clueless sixth ward councilman, Rich Noel voting against the resolution, in obvious violation of his oath of office and the will of the citizens he is supposed to represent. If all goes as it should, the issue will be on a special election ballot in December, or possibly January. (We personally hope that the election takes place in December. It just would not be right for Murray to stay in that office for more than a year.)

51%
That is the percentage of voters needed to removed Murray from office. (Actually a "majority" of the voters is needed, which is 50%+1.)

Last month we told you about another recall election elsewhere in Ohio in which the incumbent mayor was removed by the citizens in a special election by a vote of 67% to 33%. Normally anything over 60-40 is considered a landslide election result. However we predict that the final vote when Murray is recalled will be more than 85% for the recall and less than 15% against.

Here is a short list of people who will support the recall.

Petition Signers
Over 1400 individuals signed the petition for recall of the mayor. (Many of them signed twice, thanks to Murray's appeal to the Board of Elections.) Considering the fact that only 4600 people voted in the last general election, this is a large number. Those who circulated the petitions can tell you that the people who signed it were very motivated and are looking forward to the day when they can vote "that crazy woman!" out of office.

City employees and their families and friends
Those of you who know city workers know very well, it is hard to find one who admits to supporting Jane Murray. She has alienated every major union and those who work in the city building know that the city government has been in utter turmoil since Murray was sworn in. She has no concept of budgeting and continually authorizes purchases without proper purchase orders in violation of state guidelines. And city employees haven't forgotten that Murray used their disgraced, former union president, Roy Payton (a convicted thief and drug abuser), as her "advisor on union issues" when she came into office.

City employees are prohibited by the charter from assisting with the recall but relatives and friends of city employees were some of the most active in circulating the petitions. These relatives and friends know what their loved ones are suffering through with Crazy Jane in charge.


Picture taken by Jane Murray's spies and posted on a CAVE Person website.

Many city employees were brave enough to sign the recall petitions. Many others would have liked to sign but were afraid of retaliation by the mayor. Murray had her spies at the petition signing events at Tracy Park, talking pictures of everyone who attended. But spies can't help her on election day. Unlike the petitions which she has full access to, she will have no way of knowing how city workers vote on election day.

Friends and Families of Employees fired in January 2010
When Jane Murray fired several qualified and respected city employees on her first day in office, she showed the citizens of Portsmouth her true colors. She seemed to think that she was godlike and that her victims would just simply disappear into the woodwork. The men and women she fired without cause were lifelong members of the Portsmouth community, unlike Jane herself. These fired employees have not gone away, and each of them still have many friends that work for the city.

Each of them has family members in Portsmouth. Their families and friends (fellow church members, lodge members, etc.) are just patiently waiting for their chance to go to the poles on election day. They will not forget what the things this woman did to and said about their friends.

Groups who have had negative dealings with the mayor
This is actually a long and growing list. The Portsmouth Motorcycle Club provided many of the signatures on the recall petitions, due to her actions targeted at them and their charitable efforts. A local anti-drug abuse group had run-ins with the mayor, despite her promises during the campaign that she would "outlaw" Oxycontin in Portsmouth. People associated with the A-Plant, SOMC, the Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission, the Southern Ohio Growth Partnership, and many other organizations are highly motivated to vote her out as well.

Who does the Mayor have on her side?
Supporting Jane Murray is a rag-tag collection of assorted nuts: brain-damaged disgraced ex-preachers and professors, dope-heads, arsonists, gatheists, ex-convicts, perverts and cranks. Many of this group have been the ones who have been fighting progress in Portsmouth for decades. These losers will not save her.

Even the Mayor knows that. That is why she has fought so hard against allowing the people the right, guarantee in the City Charter, to vote on whether to keep her in office or remove her.


Rest assured, citizens. Judgement day is coming. You voice will be heard. Murray will be out.

Does Jane Murray Have A Psychological Disorder?

Recently, a reader sent the following note to us at ptownu@yahoo.com: 

"I seriously believe Mayor Murray has narcissistic personality disorder...she fits the profile-check it out on wikipedia!" Name withheld

Everyone knows that our Mayor has serious mental issues. They don't call her "Hurricane Jane" or "Insane Jane" or "Crazy Jane" for nothing. Ask anyone who works in the City building (except for her office staff, who know it but would never admit it), and they'll tell you..."That woman is crazy!"

Review the facts about "narcissistic personality disorder," also known as "NPD," and see what you think. It seems to fit "MADAM" Mayor to a tee.

"Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a condition in which there is an inflated sense of self-importance and an extreme preoccupation with one's self."

The Mayor herself gave another perfect example of this at a city council meeting on Sep. 13.  Jane Murray made the following statement, word for word, when the subject of the computer that Chief Horner needs in the Police Department came up for discussion:

"We have a lot of contingency planning to do that has not been done.  And I know the safety issues, believe me.  You may not think I know this, but I've worked with people who developed the Internet.  Those are the level of experts that I've worked with.  Now and I'm not talking about Al Gore, I'm talking about people with NASA who worked on this program.  So, when I say we have to do it right, I understand."

That's right. Our Mayor knows more about the Law Enforcement Automated Data System (LEADS)computer for the Police Department than Chief Horner...because SHE "worked with the people who developed the Internet" !!!......at NASA!!! And the level of experts that SHE worked with...why, they were even higher than "Al Gore"!!!

The symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder can be found on several websites, including those of the Mayo Clinic, the American Psychiatric Association, and the World Health Organization.
Jane Murray's statement that she "knows" about computers because she has supposedly worked with experts from NASA "who developed the internet"  illustrates the first listed symptom of NPD perfectly: Jane Murray "has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)."

This is World Health Organization's description of Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

The essential feature of Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a pervasive pattern of grandiosity (either in fantasy or actual behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy that begins by early adulthood and is present in a variety of situations and environments.

In order for a person to be diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) they must meet five or more of the following symptoms:

• Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
• Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
• Believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions).
• Rarely acknowledges mistakes and/or imperfections
• Requires excessive admiration
• Has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
• Is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
• Lacks empathy: is unwilling or unable to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others.
• Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
• Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitude.

We believe the Mayor meets most or all of the World Health Organization's list of symptoms. What do you think?

• Her messiah complex: "It's why I was elected. A lot of people said it. Finally after 30 years someone is willing to stand up to the good old boys network that controlled the city and ran it into the ground." (Portsmouth Daily Times, 8/19/10) Murray believes that Portsmouth has been waiting on HER for 30 years.
  
   
• Her "no" vote on A-plant funding: "We don’t do a roll call, but I know as far as the board members that were there, there was one ‘nay’, and I know who the ‘nay’ was,” OVRDC Executive Director John Hemmings told the Portsmouth Daily Times. “It was the Mayor of Portsmouth.” Who else but a narcissist on a power trip would walk into her first OVRDC meeting and bring an anti-nuclear activist along to vote against an issue that would bring a large number of jobs to our area, based on her goofy idea for a "native american culture park"? (Click here for more info.)
• Demands to be referred to as "Madam Mayor Murray". In a release from Wes Elson, staff representative for the state FOP, the union officer said, “From accounts of those present, the Mayor became upset during the meeting, making the comment she would shut city government down and at one point directed the Police Administration to discipline an officer she perceived as being disrespectful when he referred to her as ma’am rather than Madam Mayor.” (Portsmouth Daily Times, 3/15/10.) She believes that she is better than everyone else--even police representatives. (Click here for more info.)
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  The Mayor's bathroom speaks for itself. (Click here for more info.)

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  It's OK for Murray to bring her dog to work every day but not for other City employees because she  is allowed to. (Click here for more info.)

• Used two underlings to terminate 5 employees because she thought it was beneath her to do the firing herself. (Click here for more info.)
• Demanded a raise in pay at her first city council meeting. (Click here for more info.)
• This headline also speaks for itself.(Click here for more info.)

We could go on and on, but why? The way she has behaved in the first nine months of her term is evidence enough. She may be on her best behavior lately, but if she somehow survives the recall effort against her, the crazy-train will be back to full steam ahead!