Dallas county officials spar over 'black hole' comment

dallasnews.com ^ | July 9, 2008 | NA

[neverdem]

A special meeting about Dallas County traffic tickets turned tense and bizarre Tuesday afternoon.

County commissioners were discussing problems with the central collections office that is used to process traffic ticket payments and handle other paperwork normally done by the JP Courts.

Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said it seemed that central collections "has become a black hole" because paperwork reportedly has become lost in the office.

Commissioner John Wiley Price, who is black, interrupted him with a loud "Excuse me!" He then corrected his colleague, saying the office has become a "white hole."

That prompted Judge Thomas Jones, who is black, to demand an apology from Mayfield for his racially insensitive analogy.

Mayfield shot back that it was a figure of speech and a science term.

[Sunshine Sister]

And to display that stupidity in front of God and the world. Absolutely amazing. I wonder if those two idiots are the product of public schools.

[catchem]

Are you kiddin’? I live in Atlanta; that bunch in Dallas are rank amateurs.

[ExGeeEye]

SCORE!

Took me a second to get it.

[TexanByBirth]

Talk about the pot calling the kettle C-100, Y-100, M-100, K-100.

LOL! I caught it because I deal with it on a daily basis. But it probably went right over the head of most Freepers!

[al_c]

Are these frickin’ idiots so stupid they don’t know what a black hole is? Hopefully he didn’t apologize.

Yes, they are. This is not out of the ordinary for the Dallas City Council. They battle for the media spotlight on stupidity with the Dallas ISD School Board constantly.

[Snurple]

Is this some form of satire? No one could be this stupid...never mind.

[Bon mots]

Any time a white person uses the word black it’s a potential hate crime.

If the blacks are too stupid to understand something a white person says, it is also a hate crime.

[al_c]

I guess these gentlemen’s educations were niggardly when it comes to astronomy. I mean, call a spade a spade; schools haven’t been right in a coon’s age, spooked as they’ve been by lawsuit threats.

[al_c]

Does Arnold Schwarzenegger get to keep his name?

Arnold Schwarzanafricanamerican?

[Ditto]

Can’t wait to see what these guys think the next time the NTSB goes looking for a Black Box.

[MrB]

Nice add on.

Racist words aside, people like this

DESERVE

to be ridiculed.

[Snurple]

Pulled the rug out from under him. He wont dance that jig again.

[verga]

Anyone not smart enough to know what a black hole is not smart enough to be a lawyer or a judge

[MrB]

I don’t use CMYK... but the RGB values are a lot less cool...

0x000000.

[ladyjane]

C-100, Y-100, M-100, K-100

Your post is already on google. Impressive.

[al_c]

Talk about the pot calling the kettle C-100, Y-100, M-100, K-100.

LOL!!!

[pgkdan]

Commissioner John Wiley Price, who is black, interrupted him with a loud "Excuse me!" He then corrected his colleague, saying the office has become a "white hole."

That prompted Judge Thomas Jones, who is black, to demand an apology from Mayfield for his racially insensitive analogy.

What a couple of morons!!!

[STE=Q]

“Arnold Schwarzanafricanamerican?”

LOL!!

[al_c]

“Other county officials quickly interceded to break it up and get the meeting back on track. TV news cameras were rolling, after all.”

Oh, goody! I can't wait to get home and see which news channel has the balls to show the clip.

[Pistolshot]