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03/03/05  Or, Old Al, the Vulture?

The African-American community, and Councilman James Fantroy in particular, now knows how the Bachman-Northwest Highway community felt a few years ago when we learned about Old Al's treachery as a city councilman.  They know it's true that he has a scoundrel, but it isn't so amusing to learn he's shafting them, too.

When we learned Old Al Lipscomb had sold out our community for a few thousand dollars, we were stunned.  The harm to Bachman-NW from Old Al's malfeasance is incalculable, and we are still trying to undue the damage.  The reason Bachman-NW became the topless club center of the local perverts' universe is because Old Al had Terrell Bolton order police personnel out of the Northwest Substation to "lay off enforcement" in the topless bars in our area.  During Old Al's federal trial, we learned that Caligua Rizzo had paid him a pitifully small bribe to get DPD officers off his back, which meant to stop the police from enforcing our public lewdness laws, not to mention interfering with drug use in the clubs.  Caligua Rizzo may have paid the bribe, but all the sex clubs in the area benefited by Old Al's assistance to Rizzo.

During that trial, many African-American community leaders traipsed out to Amarillo to testify on Old Al's behalf because they felt a sense of gratitude for his past leadership in Dallas civil rights efforts.  That was always hard for me to understand considering his history as a pimp and drug pusher. 

The apologists would have you believe Old Al left his bad ways behind in California after learning his lesson while he served time.  That would be wishful thinking way beyond naivet?  All the movers and shakers of the 50's and 60's know how Old Al supplemented his waiter's income.

Old Al was a bad man as a young man, he was a bad man before he went on the council, he was a bad man while he sat around the horse show and he is still a bad man.

Old Al is absolutely being paid by someone in the Strong-Arm Mayor Cabal to keep things stirred up.  African-American community leaders thought they had an agreement with Old Al to keep a low profile so as not to allow The Dallas Managed News and the Strong-Arm Mayor Cabal to make the campaign a Black vs. White fight.

Before anyone could blink, Old Al was at City Hall comparing Laura Miller to Hitler, READING FROM A TYPED TEXT.

After taking the old fool to the woodshed to get him straight on his role in the matter, Old Al designates a treasurer for his campaign to unseat Councilman James Fantroy.  Once again, community leaders "talked" to Old Al to try to "explain" why it would be a very bad thing for him to try to divide the African-American community just now -- not to mention the impact the possibility of having a CONVICTED AND CONFESSED BRIBE-TAKER return to the council would have on North Dallas white voters in the Strong-Arm Mayor campaign.

If you actually believe Old Al does not know exactly what he's doing, why in the World are you reading DallasArena.com?  He is doing exactly what he has been paid to do -- exactly what he has always done -- selling out the African-American community for a few pieces of silver from his Park Cities keepers.

Councilman James Fantroy is in very bad health.  He wants to stop the Blackwood proposal, and he wants to serve another term on the City Council.  He thinks his health problems are manageable, even if they are serious and incurable.  He wanted to spend his energies and money fighting the Blackwood proposal, Old Al wants to divert Fantroy's efforts to protecting his council seat.

Wednesday, Councilman Fantroy made a public statement of his affection and friendship for Old Al.  He expected Old Al to reciprocate (as they had apparently agreed the night before).  Mr. Fantroy looks tough, but he's apparently pretty gullible where Old Al's concerned.

Lipscomb won't return Fantroy's apology ; By CHRIS HEINBAUGH / WFAA-TV 06:36 PM CST on Wednesday, March 2, 2005

The plan Wednesday was for a public peacemaking, helping present a united front between two political giants of Dallas' southern sector. ... The trouble started last week when former City Council member Al Lipscomb took steps to reclaim his former seat, now held by his old friend James Fantroy. The problem? He never told Fantroy, who then accused Lipscomb of stabbing him in the back. ... "Someone got with councilman Lipscomb, and convinced him that maybe my health was where they thought I couldn't serve," Fantroy said.    Sources close to both said both Fantroy and Lipscomb agreed to publicly apologize to the other during Wednesday's City Council meeting. Lipscomb insisted Fantroy go first. ... But Lipscomb's apology never came. Instead, he spoke several minutes on another issue, and then went back to the subject at hand.    "Mr. Fantroy, you know it is my right ... as a World War II veteran with an honorable discharge, it is my right to run, to file, withdraw, refile if I so choose," Lipscomb said. "I want the media to know that." ... "Sir, you never heard me say anything about a misunder(standing)," Lipscomb said. ... Fantroy said opposing the strong-mayor initiative was bigger than both of them.    "I'm here to serve the community, and I don't have that ego," Fantroy said. "So whatever we have to do, I'll do it to make sure that this community knows that we, we are together." ... Lipscomb still has not ruled out running. He has until March 7 to jump back in.

There is absolutely no other explanation for Old Al's erratic behavior except he is being paid to be disruptive and obnoxious, both of which he thoroughly enjoys.

Old Al not only shames the African-American community, he debases all World War II veterans by identifying himself as a veteran.  Old Al is also a CONVICTED AND CONFESSED BRIBE-TAKER.

I have been very critical of James Fantroy on DallasArena.com, and will likely have cause to criticize him again.  While we were visiting at the Coalition for Open Government event in the Flag Room on Wednesday, the councilman asked me if the Mayor and I were talking much these days.  I told him she probably was not happy with me, but we are friends.

Laura Miller and I disagree big time on this Strong-Mayor thing, on the Trinity Bridges, on the Woodall Rodgers lid and her new priorities, and I don't understand how she could have gone so far from the candidate we all worked so hard to get elected.  It bothers me that she has aligned herself with Bah! Bah! Blackwood and the Park Cities Cabal.  I don't understand it.

If Laura and I agreed to make some kind of public declaration of our continued friendship and she asked me to go first, I guarantee you she would hold up her end of the agreement.  She's on a wrong road, but she's my friend when push comes to shove.

James Fantroy went the extra mile to allow Old Al to back off with dignity.  Old Al humiliated a man who considered him a friend, but then Old Al sold women into prostitution and sold heroin.  

"Someone got with councilman Lipscomb, and convinced him that maybe my health was where they thought I couldn't serve," Fantroy said.

Councilman James Fantroy may have serious health problems, but it's Al Lipscomb who's really sick.

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