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On Takhoma Mayor Bumble

Submitted by takhoman on April 22, 2009 - 9:04am.
Submitted by baath88 on June 25, 2009 - 4:28am.

hello,
well i think it isnt good for both of them and for the company...
credit card they must reslove their issue at home and kepp their relation strong..


Submitted by takhoman on April 22, 2009 - 9:06am.

The New Takhoman Reports or As the Thea Worms Turn
The Mayor Bumble saga part one: Six years ago today this publication reported on the contentious divorce between then Tacoma Police Chief David Brame and his wife Crystal. Two days prior we called Mayor Bill Baarsma to inform him about what was contained in the court filed papers. Have you ever talked to a wall and expected an answer? The Bumble was incredulous. Didn’t believe a word we said. What happened four days later as they say is history. Brame shot his wife in the head with his department issued Glock and then used the weapon to blow himself away.
Shortly after the murder/suicide The Bumble apologized to us twice for failing to believe the information given to him on that fate full Sunday. The first apology was accepted. The second apology we totally rejected. We made it very clear, in no uncertain terms, that it was not us who he owed an apology to but rather to two orphaned children, David and Haley Brame.
He hasn’t spoken to us or acknowledged our existence since. Shall we call that your guilt Billy B?
Yes Mr. Mayor you were the one that had David Brame in your class when you were a teacher at the University of Puget Sound. Yes Mr. Mayor you are the one who lobbied then City Manager Ray Corpuz to hire the Tacoma boy Brame as the Chief of Police. Yes it is you Mr. Mayor who has sat straight faced for the past four years and proclaimed April 26th as Domestic Violence Awareness Day in the name of the murdered Crystal Brame.
Yes it is you Mr. Mayor that no longer has the prostate to make a simple phone call or write a letter to two orphans and admit your culpability in the death of their mother. Let alone apologize.
And for that lack of ethics, morals and character your legacy and murderer David Brame will be explicitly intertwined for all time as a part of Tacoma’s darkest day.
Yes Billy you did make history. You do have a legacy.
The Mayor Bumble saga part two: We are calling this segment Billy Bumble the liar. During last night’s Tacoma City Council meeting the Mayor appointed John “Jack” Connelly to the Tacoma Public Library Board of Trustees. Baarsma waxed prophetic, as is his ilk, about how Connelly lobbied him to be appointed. Not true Dear Readers. According to Connelly he was contacted by Library Director Susie Odencrantz and asked him if he would serve on the board.
Why Odie would want a board member of the failed Martin Luther King Housing Association to serve on the TPL board is beyond us. As Connelly told the story he had coffee with Odencrantz twice to discuss the appointment and then met with his neighbor Bumble to consummate the deal.
Under State law the Mayor of first class cities picks the members of the Library Board, not the Library Director. Well what can we tell you Dear Readers? Under the Corpuz regime Kevin Hagerty appointed his board members. So what’s another Tacoma council violation of State law? Nothing new there.
But here’s the kicker folks. One city council member with a prostate told us last night the entire council knew Baarsma was lying, but go figure the entire council voted for the appointment anyway.
The Mayor Bumble saga part three: Not unlike Rodney Dangerfield The Bumble just can’t get any respect. And it’s not only this publication who finds Baarsma flawed but also the other eight members of the council. During the March 31 council meeting his beloved colleagues conspired against him. When Baarsma called the roll the panel of eight lolley gagged, shuffled their feet, and procrastinated when their names were called. When the roll call finally came to an end a red faced Bumble stated that he was about to bang his gavel and then proceeded to chastise his entire crew for dragging their feet. He further stated that the roll call had to be the longest in city council history.
But here is what poor Bumble didn’t know. His esteemed colleges had set him up and conspired to make him out to be the fool.
Now the only thing we are curious about is why Councilman Talbert answered the roll call with “Available” and we wonder if his wife knows about it.
Yes Mayor Bill you are much loved. In your own mind!


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