The EYE confesses to waning interest in the city branch of the NAACP, in light of a paltry turnout in the recent elections. Harold Crumpton may have benefited from the jailbird vote, but if those who oppose him can’t get 75 people to show up at a branch meeting to vote him out, then they get what they deserve.
Rumors that Slay and Jeff Rainford did behind-the-scenes work in getting out the jailbird vote on Crumpton’s behalf seem overblown, especially since Slay snubbed Crumpton on a re-appointment to the MSD board earlier this year, allegedly because he ticked off a bunch of developers.
On the other hand, Slay and company benefit from a weak leader like Crumpton standing watch. Had a black firefighter, James Morgan, been voted in as branch president, then it’s quite possible that the city NAACP might have trained its eye and efforts on the unequal treatment of the city’s fire and police chiefs, rather then – what has Crumpton been up to? – oh yeah, accepting hugs from shock jocks who call the black secretary of state a “coon.”
Come to think of it, can Michael Richards get a hug? The EYE has heard that “Kramer” may be invited to speak at the next Freedom Fund Dinner. Get your forks ready, folks.