CITY MANAGER REPORTED TO HAVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIED CITY EMPLOYEE - WRECKS HOME ACCORDING TO EX-HUSBAND

ACCORDING TO CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES INSIDE LR CITY HALL THIS IS NOT MOORE'S FIRST TIME TO BE ACCUSED OF BEING A HOME WRECKER

According to Johnny Ashford, his wife, Octavia Ashford divorced him after she began an affair with her boss city manager Bruce Moore. Mr. Ashford also claims that Octavia obtained positions that she was not qualified to hold because of her special relationship with Moore.

You can view Octavia's employment documents with the city of Little Rock by clicking here.

Octavia Ashford is an Accounts Payable Supervisor with the City of Little Rock Finance Department.

 

OCTAVIA ASHFORD'S DRIVERS LICENSE PROVIDED BY LRPD IN AN UNRELATED FOI RESPONSE

She obtained this position earning $57,000 a year with no college degree and little supervisory experience.

Johnny Ashford initially wanted to provide us with a recording he made of his now ex-wife admitting to her affair with Moore.

But once we sent a FOI request to the city for certain documents, our confidential inside city hall sources told us that city manager Bruce Moore ordered the IT department to delete certain emails to cover up the trail.  Mr. Ashford tried to get us to not expose what Moore had done. No doubt Bruce and Octavia threatened poor Mr. Ashford or made threats about visitation with his children.

Moore refused to respond to emails asking him about the adulterous affair with a married city employee.

This was quite telling in that he quickly responded for befouled LRPD Chief Kenton Tremar Buckner when we asked for information about a report of Buckner being locked in handcuffs at this residence and having an officer respond to free him.

MOORE DENIED BUCKNER GOT LOCKED IN HANDCUFFS

We had to make repeated demands to the city of Little Rock to respond to our FOI request and they were not cooperative at all. No surprise there.

City of Little Rock Human Resource manager Stacey Witherell told Carpenter she had a copy of an email that Mr. Ashford sent to several city email accounts.  We knew this to be the case as Johnny Ashford told us that he had sent at least two separate emails complaining about Moore's adulterous affair with his wife. 

City Attorney Tom Carpenter claims he never received the email Witherell stated she would forwarded to him.

Then when pressed again Carpenter stated they did not have to provide that email and that the FOI request was closed.  Hardly, we will see you in court Tommy Boy.

City Manager Bruce Moore sees no problem with having given away $10,000 of our money as a no-strings-attached bonus to two police academy graduates who left employment after a few months.  He does not want to implement any stipulations about the receipt of the bonus as he says it has not been a problem so far and having stipulations might impact filling vacant position in the police department.

Add to that the fact that he can't keep it in his pants and has an affair with a married city employee is another reason for his removal from office.

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TRAVEL EXPENSE RECORDS REVEALS HYPOCRISY OF POLICE CHIEF KENTON TREMAR BUCKNER AND HIS FONDNESS FOR PRINGLES & HAAGEN DAZS - $14K SPENT ON LEADERSHIP LESSONS FUELS DEMAND FOR HIS AND CITY MANAGER BRUCE MOORE'S REMOVAL

PRINGLES & HAAGEN DAZS ARE BUCKNER'S TRAVEL COMFORT FOODS

Befouled LRPD Chief Kenton Tremar Buckner has racked up a whopping $43k in travel expenditures since he was hired in 2014 by City Manager Bruce Moore over the objections of many long time LRPD officers and concerned citizens. 

Click here to view all reports from November 2014 through November 2017.

The records reveal that Buckner often travels with overweight luggage and often does not obtain receipts for checking in his luggage or for taxi rides, instead providing a memo in which he provides an excuse for his lack of obtaining a receipt - he usually blames the taxi or shuttle driver. It's never his fault.

The records also show that he often has a late night snack in his room and with an alcoholic beverage.  He also appears to be fond of Pringles and Haagen Dazs ice cream.

Buckner attended a course at Harvard at the cost of over $14k to the citizens of Little Rock. The course was on Executive Leadership.

Surely Bruce Moore justified the questionable hiring of Buckner back in 2014 by finding he was already "leader", enough of one to head the Little Rock Police Department.  Why then was he sent to this school to learn how to be a leader?

CITY MANAGER BRUCE MOORE TOUTED BUCKNER'S EXPERTISE IN A 2015 ARTICLE

This is what Buckner had to say about his own abilities.

More than likely Buckner took the course to fluff up his resume so he would appear more attractive to his next employer. 

Hard to see how the curriculum would benefit the city or citizens of Little Rock.

What a foolish waste of public funds. But Moore is used to doing that.

Apparently Buckner uses the rank of General in addition to his title of chief.





 


And his attendance at a Mayor's Conference is just as questionable. While certainly not as extravagant and costly as the Harvard class, there no mention on the program of Buckner being a speaker and he is not a mayor.

 
Another shocking find was that Buckner, who has long questioned the need for the Little Rock Black Police Officer's Association ("BPOA"), has used our money to maintain memberships and attend conferences for the  National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives ("NOBLE") and the National Forum for Black Public Administrators ("NFBPA"). 

This is an example of why the BPOA, and most of Little Rock's citizens,  have little trust or respect for the hypocritical, befouled police chief.
  
Coming up, we will have more posts that detail additional reasons for the removal of Chief Buckner and his toady,  home-wrecking City Manager Bruce Moore.

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CITY LEADERS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT LAUNCHING OF USS LITTLE ROCK THAN DEATHS OF MOTHER AND CHILDREN - TWO MORE REASONS FOR CHANGE

MAYOR MARK "SKIPPER" STODOLA  AT LAUNCHING OF USS LITTLE ROCK

We recently posted about the noticeable absence of city leadership (except for Director Ken Richardson) at the vigil held a week ago for Moriah Cunningham and her two children, A'Laylaih and Elijah Fisher.

You can read that post by clicking here.

So one would expect many of our city leaders to attend the funeral to make up for their absence at the vigil.

Nope.  Only Director Ken Richardson was there.

We know where last term mayor Mark Stodola was. 

He was strutting in front of TV cameras trying to dodge questions about the crime rate, racial tension and 55 murders that have happened this year in Little Rock.

It's a good thing for Stodola that he has us blocked from commenting on his Facebook page; we would have shamed him to no end.

Where was City Manager Bruce Moore?

Where was the befouled Chief of Police Kenton Tremar Bucker?

Where were the other board of directors?

Who knows.  Maybe they were at the Ron Robinson Theater watching the live stream of the USS Little Rock launching.

We do know where the voters will be next November - voting those absent leaders out of office.

After we called them out for their lack of concern to connect with and support citizens, the city increased the standard $10,000 reward the city offers for information that leads to the arrest and conviction in homicide cases to $50,000 on Wednesday.

LRPD's effort is touching, but they spelled A'Laylaih's name incorrectly.

LRPD spokesman Steve Moore would not say whether the large reward means detectives are close to the suspect or at a dead end.

LRPD SPOKESMAN STEVE MOORE

Little Rock city leaders are not helping close the racial divide in the city.  Their actions are widening it.  

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CITY RELEASES TERMINATION FILE OF RACIST RECRUIT

Click here to view the entire file.

We wonder why the "Pissing Policeman" was not fired using the same reasoning. 

The other recruit fired in connection with the Schiefelbein Scandal has sought an opinion from the Arkansas Attorney General objecting to the release of his file.

We will post his file once the AG says it's releasable. 

It is time for change in leadership at the police department and city hall.

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LRPD FIRES TWO RECRUITS OVER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS - IS OFFICER ZEB TYLER NEXT IN LINE?

According to information obtained from LRPD, they have fired racist recruit Brandon Schieffelbein and scapegoat recruit Brandon Gurley.

The city took the cowards way out after befouled LRPD Chief Kenton Tremar  Buckner had a "luncheon" meeting with Robert Newcomb, an attorney reportedly hired by the mostly white Fraternal Order of Police to represent Schiffelbein.

We covered this scandal in these posts:

http://badlittlerock.blogspot.com/2017/12/racism-in-little-rock-max-brantley-of.html

http://badlittlerock.blogspot.com/2017/12/letter-revels-firing-of-recruit.html

http://badlittlerock.blogspot.com/2017/11/lrbpoa-makes-another-complaint-to-chief.html

This matter comes at at time when a vast majority of citizens are questioning the fitness and ability of LRPD Chief Buckner and City Manger Bruce Moore, who often covers for Buckner,  to remain in their respective positions.

What will happen with Officer Zeb Tyler?  He is the officer that we revealed had accused Mayor Mark Stodoal and City Manager Bruce Moore of stealing public funds. Tyler also made questionable posts similar to that of Schieffelbein.

http://badlittlerock.blogspot.com/2017/12/lrpd-office-zeb-tyler-made-theft.html

We will have posts in the coming days that reveal startling new information about befouled Chief Kenton Tremar Buckner, information that City Manager Bruce Moore and Buckner did not want us to obtain. 

You will be shocked.

LRPD CHIEF SHOWS LACK OF JUDGMENT IN HIS ASSOCIATION WITH A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER - REASON #69 FOR HIS REMOVAL

LRPD CHIEF KENTON TREMAR BUCKNER AND ROBERT D. WILLIAMS, CONVICTED SEXUAL OFFENDER AND FRAUDSTER

Befouled Little Rock Police Chief Chief Kenton Tremar Buckner's  association with convicted sex offender Robert D. Williams poses a serious problem for his and his departments reputation. 

 

LRPD's standing with the citizens of Little Rock is at an all time low due to scandals with recruits and officers posting questionable content on social media that reveal racist beliefs and affiliations with questionable organizations.

We sent this email to Chief Buckner:

Buckner deleted it without reading it:

Williams claims to be a minister and have a doctoral degree.

We could not find any record on file with the Pulaski County Circuit Clerks Office where he has registered  ministerial credentials.  Evidence of his doctoral degree could not be found either and he was unwilling to provide proof for either.

 

Williams incorporated a so-called neighborhood association, which is sketchy in and of itself...

Especially since he does not own any property in that neighborhood or anywhere else in the county.

Why Chief Buckner would want to risk what little he has left of a reputation by frequently associating with a convicted sex offender is a question that must be answered.

Will City Manager Bruce Moore come to his rescue once again and defend his poor choice for LRPD COP and provide some bullshit excuse? Probably.

That is why they both have to resign or be fired.

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MAYOR, CITY MANAGER AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS (EXCEPT DIRECTOR KEN RICHARDSON) NO SHOW AT VIGIL FOR MURDER OF MOTHER AND HER TWO CHILDREN IN SWLR - THEIR LACK OF CONCERN AND SUPPORT DEMANDS ACTION

CROSSES PLACED AT ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS IN MEMORY OF THE CITY'S 53rd, 54th and 55th MURDERS

The absence of city leadership at a vigil held Saturday evening for Mariah Cunningham, and two of her children; five year-old A’Layliah, and three year-old Elijah Fisher, Little Rock's 53rd, 54th and 55th homicide victims, is just one more reason increasing numbers of Little Rock voters are voicing weariness with elected officials that talk the talk, but don't walk the walk.

COMMUNITY LEADERS & ACTIVISTS EXPRESS SYMPATHY FOR THE FAMILY AND URGE WITNESSES TO COME FORWARD

These are the faces of city leaders that don't have time to  give up a measly thirty minutes to join concerned citizens and take a stand and remember those killed in the violent city of Little Rock.

Most of the elected ones will be up for reelection next year and they continue to give opponents more than a preponderance of evidence to win their arguments that they need to be replaced.

The only city director that cared was Ken Richardson. 

While the murders occurred in Richardson's ward, other city leaders absence from events like this and Richardson's "Crisis in the Community" one last month is extremely disappointing.

City leaders were quick to call an emergency board meeting back in July after   the mass no-death-shooting incident at a sketchy LR bar, but where is the concern when children are murdered?

The answer is easy - NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. 

Director Richardson was there to give support and stand with citizens from all over the city. 

DIRECTOR KEN RICHARDSON & APARTMENT COMPLEX OWNER MELBA MARSHALL

More often than not, Richardson is the only member of the Little Rock Board of Directors that you will see at events like this. 

The vigil was organized by the Reverend Benny Johnson, Founder and President of Arkansas Stop The Violence.

REV. BENNY JOHNSON - ARKANSAS STOP THE VIOLENCE

Approximately thirty-five individuals were at the vigil, and another 8.7k watched a Facebook live-stream of the event by a THV11 reporter Melissa Zygowicz.

LRPD Police Chief Kenton Tremar Buckner, showing his affinity for community policing, was nowhere to be found either.

LRPD CHIEF KENTON TREMAR BUCKNER - AIN'T GOT TIME FOR NO VIGIL

 

But there were four LRPD Officers that were there to show their support and grief for the community in which they patrol. 

Sgt. Chris Phiilips, Officers Lora Gonzalez, Willie Christopher and Randy Dearing.

These officers were not ordered to attend the vigil, they took it upon themselves to show the community that they cared. They are to be commended for doing so in the midst of daily scandals at their department.

In case you were not one of the 8.7k individuals that watched the live-streaming of the event or watched the news on television last night, here are some videos to keep you informed.

It is time for change in leadership in Little Rock. 

You know it. 

They know it.

It will happen.

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