Bradley also addressed the city council's $6,000 Chinese restaurant bill - the bill Bernard Wagner suspended City admin. Candice Miller over. The new mayor says it was irregular - but the old mayor - whose father paid the bill - says it is not irregular at all.
He says the council spends legitimately on food for social events, meetings and even in emergencies.
Darrell Bradley, Former Mayor
"Nobody at City council just signs a cheque, when you sign a cheque there is at least 8 pieces of paper that comes beyond that cheque and for something like that it would have documented. Each and every incident if it was a meeting, if it were a gathering, a social function whatever it is. One of the things that people have to recognize at city council we actually spend a lot on food. When there is any city emergency, when there was the fire through Majestic Alley the city council is usually the first responder, one of the first things you have to do is provide food and one of the first things we do is go to a Chinese person because it is often the cheapest way and quickest method of providing food. I remember the last time when we activated the city emergency management organization we had to provide food for the people who were there, that is about 30 people 3 times for at least 4 days, that is expensive. We have a lot of community meetings we have a lot of activities that involve young people, that involve various groups and every meeting has food at it so that is not an anomaly."
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