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Comment by Phoebe Macon on August 5, 2011 at 3:41am

Mayors of Compton, 1937-2007 (may be incomplete!)
A. Leroy Aylmer 1937

Harry T. Laugharn 1950-53

Frank G. Bussing 1953-57

Del M. Clawson 1957-63

Douglas Dollarhide 1969-73

Doris A. Davis 1973-77

Lionel Cade 1977-81

Walter R. Tucker, Jr. 1981-90

Walter R. Tucker III 1991-92

Omar Bradley 1993-2001

Eric J. Perrodin 2001-

 

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

• 1973: Lionel Cade, defeated;
•  Doris A. Davis, elected;
• Douglas Dollarhide, defeated.
• 1977: Walter R. Tucker, Jr., defeated.
• 1981: Lionel Cade, defeated.
• 1990 Oct 1: Walter R. Tucker, Jr., died in office.
• 1991: Walter R. Tucker III, elected;
• Patricia A. Moore, defeated.
• 1993: Omar Bradley, elected;
•  Patricia A. Moore, defeated.
• 1997: Omar Bradley, elected.
• 2001 Apr 17: Omar Bradley, nominated;
•  Eric J. Perrodin, nominated;
• Marcine B. Shaw, defeated in primary;
• Juan R. Mora, defeated in primary;
• Basil Kimbrew, defeated in primary;
• Saul E. Lankster, defeated in primary;
• Fred Cressel, defeated in primary;
•  Emma Sharif, defeated in primary;
•  Eugene W. Mitchell, Jr., defeated in primary.
• 2001 Jun 5: Eric J. Perrodin, elected;
•  Omar Bradley, defeated.
• 2005 Apr 19: Eric J. Perrodin, elected;
• Cecil M. Rhambo, Jr., defeated;
• Frederick D. Shaw, Jr., defeated;
•  Benjamin L. Holifield, defeated;
• Juan R. Mora, defeated;
• Leo Turner, defeated;
• Hashim M. Bomani, defeated;
• Eugene W. Mitchell, Jr., defeated.
  

(All Info. from "The Political Graveyard:Mayors of Compton, California)

http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/compton.html

Comment by Phoebe Macon on August 5, 2011 at 3:35am

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Mayors of Compton, 1937-2007 (may be incomplete!)
A. Leroy Aylmer 1937

Harry T. Laugharn 1950-53

Frank G. Bussing 1953-57

Del M. Clawson 1957-63

Douglas Dollarhide 1969-73

Doris A. Davis 1973-77

Lionel Cade 1977-81

Walter R. Tucker, Jr. 1981-90

Walter R. Tucker III 1991-92

Omar Bradley 1993-2001

Eric J. Perrodin 2001-

 

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

• 1973: Lionel Cade, defeated;
•  Doris A. Davis, elected;
• Douglas Dollarhide, defeated.
• 1977: Walter R. Tucker, Jr., defeated.
• 1981: Lionel Cade, defeated.
• 1990 Oct 1: Walter R. Tucker, Jr., died in office.
• 1991: Walter R. Tucker III, elected;
• Patricia A. Moore, defeated.
• 1993: Omar Bradley, elected;
•  Patricia A. Moore, defeated.
• 1997: Omar Bradley, elected.
• 2001 Apr 17: Omar Bradley, nominated;
•  Eric J. Perrodin, nominated;
• Marcine B. Shaw, defeated in primary;
• Juan R. Mora, defeated in primary;
• Basil Kimbrew, defeated in primary;
• Saul E. Lankster, defeated in primary;
• Fred Cressel, defeated in primary;
•  Emma Sharif, defeated in primary;
•  Eugene W. Mitchell, Jr., defeated in primary.
• 2001 Jun 5: Eric J. Perrodin, elected;
•  Omar Bradley, defeated.
• 2005 Apr 19: Eric J. Perrodin, elected;
• Cecil M. Rhambo, Jr., defeated;
• Frederick D. Shaw, Jr., defeated;
•  Benjamin L. Holifield, defeated;
• Juan R. Mora, defeated;
• Leo Turner, defeated;
• Hashim M. Bomani, defeated;
• Eugene W. Mitchell, Jr., defeated.
  

(All Info. from "The Political Graveyard:Mayors of Compton, California)

http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/compton.html

Comment by Tawnette Fulton- Gilbert on July 26, 2011 at 8:03pm

PHOEBE THANKS 4 THE POST!!!!!

KEEPING THE CITY OF COMPTON IN MY PRAYERS!!!

GO COMPTON U ARE A GREAT CITY!!!!!

JACQ. I AGREE WITH U!!!!!

APACHES PLEASE JOIN THE COMPTON GROUP!!!!!

LOVING THE CITY OF COMPTON!!!!!!!!!!

 

Comment by Trisha Martin on July 26, 2011 at 3:12pm

LOVE THE HUB CITY FOREVER & ALWAYS.

PHOEBE, I LOVE ALL OF THE NEW GROUPS!!

Love Trisha

 

Comment by Betty Howard on July 26, 2011 at 1:42pm

I agree Jacquelyn, I love the City of Compton.

Hub City 4 Life!

 

Comment by Jacquelyn Brown on July 25, 2011 at 3:24pm

I'll always be a fan of Compton -CPT.

Compton is where I received all of my primary and secondary schooling. I went to a Compton Elementary School, a Compton Junior High School,  a Compton High School "Centennial" and a Compton College 'Compton Community College'. I'm sure that most Alumni can say the same thing. I'm not trying to start anything but I do not understand why so many Alumni are not joining this group. This group should have the most members on it of all the groups to join because we all or at least the majority of us went to Compton Schools and graduated from them.  Yes, Compton has had its ups and downs over the years but overall it has been a great city. I'm sure that if you think about for a minute you will get what I am saying here. Show your love Apache  people for Compton and join this Compton group and Have a great day Apaches

Much Love , Jacq. B.

'Compton For Life'

 

Comment by Tamara Johnson on July 21, 2011 at 3:39pm

Thanks Phoebe, I saw this on the news. It's terrible. Not just Compton but so many of these cities need to stop the overspending and start to monitor their budgets better. Look at what happened to the City of Bell and the City of Los Angeles. The City of Compton will always be my hometown even though I moved away long ago. I love Compton the Hub City and always will. I will keep the City of Compton in my prayers!

Love Tamara

Comment by Phoebe Macon on July 21, 2011 at 3:51am

Chaos Clouds Compton's Fate

By Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times

July 20, 2011

 

 

 

 

After a chaotic meeting full of reversals, the Compton City Council late Tuesday apparently moved to approve dozens of layoffs to avert a potential government shutdown.

The council, acting as the redevelopment commission, voted 3 to 2 to approve a budget that will eliminate about 90 jobs, then went into closed session — leaving the final council vote up in the air.

 

It was unclear whether the council realized a final vote had not been cast.

The apparent approval of the budget will avert a potential government shutdown, but the city faces lawsuits from employees' unions and individual workers over the process.

City employees in attendance were stunned.

"Actually, we don't know what budget they just adopted," said Tony Branson, a Compton Fire Department captain and president of the firefighters' union. "I don't think it was fair, and I don't think it was legal."

City officials had said that without a budget in place, all but public safety and some other essential employees would be furloughed. New City Councilwoman Janna Zurita cast the deciding vote on the spending proposal, which included revisions the city manager gave the panel at 5 p.m.

The city's independent auditor has questioned whether Compton can remain solvent. The general fund has used up its reserves and ended the fiscal year June 30 with a deficit of $23.8 million, about 40% of the budget, according to expenditure and revenue reports provided by the city.

That figure was increased by $11.6 million because of a transfer of funds from the general fund to pay off an accumulated deficit in the city's general liability fund. Last year, the city had a $15-million shortfall.

Tuesday's meeting got off to a rocky start when the council recessed early after it became clear that Zurita had not received a copy of the latest budget revision, which was submitted to the council by City Manager Willie Norfleet at 5 p.m.

The revisions were not made available to the public until midway through the meeting and were not on file with the clerk's office, angering many of the dozens of residents attending the meeting.

Then Councilwoman Yvonne Arceneaux introduced a series of resolutions to avoid layoffs that incorporated concessions and an early retirement incentive program proposed by employee unions. The council voted in favor of incorporating the union proposal — which included eliminating layoffs — but voted against a second amendment to postpone all layoffs.

The council also voted in favor of an amendment adopting the golden handshake proposal, which was included in the union plan, but then reversed when Councilwoman Lillie Dobson changed her vote.

The current spending plan calls for cutting about 90 jobs. City officials said the layoffs are the only way to salvage Compton's finances. But union representatives say the city violated multiple laws in the way it has gone about the process.

"The layoff plan as it exists now is a legal disaster," Tony Segall, an attorney representing the Coalition of Compton Unions, told the council Tuesday. "If it goes forward, it will be challenged on numerous legal bases."

City Atty. Craig Cornwell said he had submitted a confidential memo to the council on some of the issues Segall raised but declined to address the question further in public. Some employees whose jobs were targeted are threatening individual lawsuits as well.

 

APACHES, WHETHER YOU STILL LIVE IN THE CITY OF COMPTON OR IF YOU USE TO LIVE IN THE CITY:

PLEASE KEEP THE "CITY OF COMPTON"  AND ITS RESIDENTS IN YOUR PRAYERS!!

HAVE A GREATLY BLESSED DAY EVERYONE & GOD BLESS!!

 

Comment by Carla Dennis on July 15, 2011 at 2:42pm

I AGREE JACQUELINE, GO COMPTON!!

 

Comment by Jacquelyn Brown on July 2, 2011 at 6:09pm

GO COMPTON,

DESPTE THE ODDS KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK & GOD BLESS THE CITY!!!

 

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