Saturday, November 27, 2010

JANE MURRAY VS. MUHAMMAD ALI ???

One of Ms. Murray's major claims is that she is taking on the Good Old Boys of Portsmouth----even though she never really says who those good old boys are or exactly how she is taking them on. So far, it seems like the only good old boys she has taken on are the EPA, ODOT, and the A-Plant.

But there was a time in her career that she took on a very famous "good old boy." His name is Muhammad Ali.

On Jane Murray's website, http://www.janemurrayformayor.com/, she makes the following claim:


She says she was "project manager" for "Round One," a special exhibition on the life of Muhammad Ali for Muhammad Ali Center (in Louisville, KY), but she gives us no date for this project (or any others). This is quite a resume' enhancer. Of course the average citizen, conisidering who to vote for as mayor, would be suitably impressed.  

However, also on her website, we find this:
We know she worked for Scotty Baesler in Lexington from 1986 to 1993, and in Washington from 1993 to 1995. Jane did not leave Baesler's office until sometime after September 1995. So just when did Jane work for the Ali museum and what did she really do?

The Muhammad Ali Center did not even open until 2005. Up until then it was in various stages of site selection, fund-raising, and planning. In 1996, the museum was an idea without a home, still struggling to meet its financial obligations. The following story about the Ali Museum's progress appeared in June of 1996.
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Jane didn't leave her job in Washington until after September 1995, but this article says in June 1996, she was a bill collector for Lord Cultural Resources of Toronto, Ontario "which did some early museum planning and research." But Jane's resume says that, as JVA, Inc., she was the "project manager" for "the first phase of the Muhammad Ali Center." Which is it?

Project Manager sounds a lot more impressive than bill collector. Again we ask. Where are the references? Where are the recommendations by the museum board or pictures of Jane with important people involved with the museum, to verify that Jane truly has the impressive credentials she claims? As usual we have to take her word for her claims.

Unfortunately, we were unable to determine if Jane was able to collect the $23,000 owed to Lord Cultural Resources.

7 comments:

  1. Concerned For The Future Of PortsmouthNovember 28, 2010 at 4:09 PM

    If voters would educate themselves on candidates, and not just take the candidates word for how great they are, messes such as Portsmouth is experiencing could be avoided. How very sad. I hope some of the citizens learn from this. We all need to ask more questions and research the resumes of those who will be elected to speak and act in our behalf. We have no one to blame but ourselves,but, it is not too late to learn.

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  2. I am starting to get a little worried about Jane actually beating the recall. Their seems to be no campaigning by the folks for the recall. I am starting to see signs (very few of them but still seeing them) against the recall. Also when I got home yesterday there was a flyer on my mailbox about all of Jane's great accomplishments since she's been in office. I know that all of it was BS, but most folks are going to see it and vote to keep her, because there is no active campainging from the other camp. We are only a week away, the recall committee needs to step up!

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  3. Dear anonymous:

    I suggest you contact the recall committee (Tom Bihl's no. is in the phone book) and volunteer your services. He may also be interested in seeing the Murray flyer.

    Thanks

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  4. I too am worried that she may beat the recall. Those of us who have kept up to speed on her latest shenanigans are very motivated to get her out. Unfortunatly I am afraid that the voters who are most likely to turn out on December 7 are the Jane supporters (CAVE CREW) who are VERY motivated to keep their mayor in power. They are recruiting voters at this very minute. The people they will be able to sway will be the dregs of society who really don't give two hoots about this city. The way this group works is to find somebody who wants to blame somebody else for any misfortune they may have suffered in life. They need a cause and a scapegoat. The very faceless and vague psuedo group of "GOOD OLE BOYS" is the perfect enemy and focus for this group of misfits. I've finally come to understand who they are referring to by the "GOOD OLE BOYS". It is us the average citizen because we try to be the voice of reason. We ARE the enemy in the eyes of the CAVE people. I am proud therefore if I fit their criteria as a "GOOD OLE BOY". Hopefully the sane citizens will be motivated to restore sanity to City Hall and will show some spirit and civic pride by going to the polls no matter the weather or inconvience to their daily schedule and vote to recall Jane Murray.

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  5. Usually the voters do the right thing and we feel they will this time, too. Don't forget that the Police and Fire Departments and almost every other city employee is sick of the woman. Surely, they and their families will vote. The businesses in Portsmouth know that Murray has been a disaster, including the hospitals and their employees. A-Plant employees won't forget her foolish vote against USEC.

    The CAVE people are all talk. Their ridiculous attempt to recall Nick Basham was a flop...the 3rd Ward residents laughed the CAVE People off their porches.

    We believe, if Murray loses in the Supreme Court, she will lose on Dec 7. Now is NOT the time to doubt or be discouraged. It is a time for action. Tom Bihl and the recall committee did their part. Now go out and do yours.

    The only way Jane can win this is if the people that want her recalled stay home. Call your friends and neighbors and make sure they don't forget.

    "Flush Jane---Down The Drain," Dec. 7, 2010.

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  6. I am not concerned about the recall- IF we get to vote. I believe she will be soundly recalled. But I am very concerned that the OH Supreme Court will rule in favor of her high-priced attorney and keep the voters' will from being carried out. She is a coward.

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  7. Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser Saturday. Buy your tickets. Campaigning costs money....

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