Charles Carpenter, a leading candidate for Mayor, challenges candidate AC Wharton to a “one-on-one” televised debate on the issues. On September 10th, Wharton received a letter from Carpenter stating his debate request. Wharton has continuously ignored and eluded Carpenter’s Challenge. The Special Election on October 15th will determine the future course of our City. The citizens of Memphis need to hear the vision of the candidates and their stand on the issues.
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Drug Test Results Revealed
Carpenter Challenges Others Yesterday, Attorney Charles Carpenter became the first candidate for Mayor in the history of Memphis to voluntarily submit and publicly release drug testing results. Attached is a copy of the drug free report for your review performed and certified by OccuMed of Memphis. The Carpenter’s Campaign continues to request all serious candidates for Mayor to immediately submit to drug testing.
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Herenton on Carpenter Commercial (click play to listen)
Herenton on AC Commercial (click play to listen)
Charles Carpenter Speaks on why he should be elected on Oct 15th (click play to listen)
Why Charles Carpenter should be elected on Oct 15th (click play to listen)
Carpenter announces “ALL for ONE” Crime Plan
As crime is the number one issue for most citizens in Memphis, Mayoral candidate Charles Carpenter unveiled his detailed Crime Plan on Wednesday, August 26th at 11:00 a.m. at his Whitehaven Headquarters located at 4080 Elvis Presley Blvd in the Whitehaven Shopping Plaza. Carpenter called for an innovative strategy and approach to reducing Crime in Memphis. His plan is called ‘ALL for ONE’. All citizens for one Memphis!
The action plan is aimed at tackling the complex long-term root causes of delinquency and crime and forms a key part of Carpenter’s response to the increasing crime, violence and literacy issues in the City of Memphis. The plan will modify the deployment of Police Division assets and provide measurable outcomes. “Together, we are going to tackle the major components of crime through assertive community policing” said Carpenter.
‘All for One’ is Carpenter’s initial leadership response to address the difficult and growing issues in the areas of crime and public safety.
“Our action plan will provide the City with leadership and coordination that will change our focus and approach on abating crime. Carpenter further states that “while, there are no magic answers to these deep rooted problems, we believe that our ‘All for One’ crime plan will be a significant step to building a long-term model that promotes an ounce of prevention while at the same time eliminating crime and increasing public safety”.
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Carpenter Would Replace Chief Godwin - Mayoral Candidate Proposes Overhaul of MPD (click video to play)
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Charles Carpenter glanced over his shoulder toward the grounds of historic Church Park and talked about how he used to play there as a kid. “It’s changed a lot since then,” he said. Attorney Charles Carpenter, the man who engineered Dr. Herenton’s historic first campaign in 1991, is stepping forward as candidate for mayor. He announced his candidacy Thursday in Church Park. (Photo by Tyrone Easley) Carpenter now is out to change things. Across from his law office, surrounded by about 50 supporters and with the sun shining brightly, Carpenter officially announced that he is running for office of mayor.
“Today, we start ‘a new beginning,’ said Carpenter, reading from a prepared statement.
The 15-paragraph document made no mention of Mayor Willie W. Herenton, whose mayoral campaigns (most of them) Carpenter engineered. He had barely finished his statement when the questions flowed about his connection to Herenton. Asked to put in perspective his work as campaign manager for Herenton’s historic 1991 campaign and subsequent campaigns, Carpenter said it showed that, “I am a winner.” Then he added a reference that he likely will get many opportunities to use during the election to fill Herenton’s unexpired term. “I managed the campaign, while he managed the city,” said Carpenter.
Herenton’s declaration to step down on July 10 and his latest move to rescind his letters of resignation and delay his exit until July 30 has managed to generate a cloud of confusion and uncertainty at City Hall. On Tuesday, the City Council voted 7 to 6 in favor of a resolution requesting the Shelby County Election Commission hold a special election for the office of mayor. Carpenter said the community clearly is in need of and looking for new leadership. Pressed on whether he was including Herenton in the mix of current leaders not making the grade, Carpenter said he was not excluding anyone.
“We are not looking back,” Carpenter said of his campaign. “We can’t look in our rearview mirror and drive ourselves home.”
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