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.

[calex59]

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

[cdbull23]

LOL. I thought this was satire at first...

[Londo Molari]

He should have clarifed his position — “if I was talking about you, I would have said black a-hole.”

[Former MSM Viewer]

Price sounds like an idiot.

[Natural Law]

It would also appear that the education and promotion systems that put people this ignorant into positions of authority such as a Commissioner or Judge should also be added to the definitions of a black hole.

[lonevoice]

Oh my stars! PC-speak is going to spin even further out of control in the new N’Obama era. Let’s just put Stephen Hawking on trial for all his black whole hate speech while we’re at it.

[MEGoody]

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."

Idiot.

[Pistolshot]

He should have clarifed his position — “if I was talking about you, I would have said black a-hole.”

Priceless!!

[rottndog]

Black Hole???

I thought he said Black Ho...by the reaction of Judge Thomas Jones.

[5thGenTexan]

Price sounds like an idiot.

He is.

[ExGeeEye]

Hole-y $#!+.

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.

[VeniVidiVici]

Thank goodness Mayfield didn’t call Price niggardly.

[Texican72]

Price sounds like an idiot

John Wiley has a lot of work to do to elevate himself to idiot.

[sloop]

john wylie price (you always hear all 3 names) is an embarrassment - the ‘community activist’ of dallas - and has adopted all of jessee jackson’s tactics - back when i watched dallas news, he was shown at one of his ‘protests’ - he would cross back and forth at an intersection, taking 10 minutes or more for each crossing - doing a little dance that involved a protruding backside

another ‘activist’ that has never had a job - grabbing his little fame from race in his little dallas pond

[the_devils_advocate_666]

This is just priceless, I wonder if they’ve ever heard of the Black Sea?

[Jeff Head]

The only "holes" in that meeting were not in space...they were Price and Jones and they made complete such "holes" out of themselves.

Good on Mayfield for responding to them the way he did.

[commonguymd]

Mr. Price is at the top of the list of useless idiots waiting to take offense at whatever he can.

[GSWarrior]

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

[The_Victor]

He should have clarifed his position — “if I was talking about you, I would have said black a-hole.”

I don't know, maybe black hole is appropriate. The astronomical phenomenon is an object so dense even light can't escape,...

...much less an intellectually cogent thought.