As people continue to file into the Hall of Mayors, one of the pastors who called for Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton to delay his retirement said this is a sad day for Memphis.
"It's been a rainy day today and I think it's a rainy day for Memphis," said assistant pastor Stanford Hunt of Beulah Baptist Church in Orange Mound.
Hunt joined a chorus of pastors a few weeks ago, asking Herenton to stay in office for at least another few months.
Hunt said he's nervous about the transition with Council chairman Myron Lowery leading the city as interim mayor.
"I'm not a supporter of Myron Lowery, I don't appreciate any man who bends over," Hunt said. "He's a butt kisser and that's my terminology for it. ... He goes along with the flow and doesn't think for himself. I just don't see him as a leader."
Herenton, on the other hand, is a leader, Hunt said. "I still don't think that we have appreciated this man as we ought to have."
There's probably 50 to 100 people here now milling around. Most of Herenton's cabinet members and appointees are here now, too, including former MLGW head Joseph Lee.
Has this idiot pastor, Hunt, lost is God forsaken mind?? Appreciate this man?!? Memphis has been a rotting cancer since he stepped into office. WHAT on God's green Earth has improved in this city since he was first elected?