Former state Rep. Justinjpearson said he has 'heard that people in the state legislature and in Nashville are actually threatening our Shelby County commissioners to not reappoint me, or they're going to take away funding.'
"This is what folks really have to realize," said former state Rep. Justin Pearson."The power structure in the state of Tennessee is always wielding against the minority party and people."One of the Tennessee Democrats who was removed last week by the Republican-dominated state House said Sunday that GOP lawmakers have threatened county officials with funding cuts in an effort to deter them from voting to reinstate the expelled representative.
The Memphis Democrat said he has"heard that people in the state legislature and in Nashville are actually threatening our Shelby County commissioners to not reappoint me, or they're going to take away funding that's in the government's budget for projects that the mayor and others have asked for." Late last week, Shelby County Commissioner Erika Sugarmon told local reporters that members of the body are"being threatened by the state to take away funding, needed funding to run our schools, to run our municipalities."Sugarmon."We've got to stand for something or fall for everything. And we've been bullied by the state for too long now."to win reinstatement ahead of the coming special election.
"Coincidentally, this has directly affected me as I too reside in State House District 86," he continued."I am amongst the over 68,000 citizens who were stripped of having a representative at the state due to the unfortunate outcome of the State Assembly's vote. Therefore, the Shelby County Board of Commissioners will consider the action to reappoint Mr.
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