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The Tarrant Tattler All the crazy goings-on in Tarrant, AL. It ain't Mayberry, that's for sure. This is satire. Or is it? We don't know. Tarrant is an ever-changing reality.

Operating as usual

Severe weather is predicted for tonight, let’s see how well our new power superintendent handles the possible outages. C...
11/29/2022

Severe weather is predicted for tonight, let’s see how well our new power superintendent handles the possible outages. Contact info in the comments btw

Tonight and early Wednesday morning, Jefferson County is under an ENHANCED risk (Level 3/5) for severe weather.

Storms are in the forecast to target our area during the evening and overnight hours. These storms could be severe and the main threat with these storms will be tornadoes, straight line winds in excess of 70 mph, ping pong ball size hail, and localized flash flooding. There is a likelihood that we may see multiple rounds of storms with this system.

Currently, the expectation is that storms will begin to move into the area as early as 3 PM this afternoon. These initial storms should only pose a hail and wind threat. As we progress into the evening, threat for tornadoes will increase. The tornado threat will be closer to the 10 PM hour and will continue until the storms fully exit our area to the southeast. We are anticipating a tornado watch for our area to be issued this evening into the overnight hours.

Current timing for the central portion of the state is 3PM Tuesday-3 AM Wednesday for storms.

No satire here. This is absolutely one of the dumbest things this city council has done. Historically speaking, once co...
11/22/2022

No satire here. This is absolutely one of the dumbest things this city council has done. Historically speaking, once control is seized very rarely is it just given back

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY – Tarrant City Council Pro Tem Tracie Threadford has been appointed as Superintendent of the Tarrant Electric Department.

All questions, comments, complaints and/or inquiries regarding Tarrant Electric should be directed to either Tarrant Electric (205) 841-1721 or Council Pro Tem Threadford at (205) 760-6919 / [email protected].

While our public officials continue to embarrass us, the children of Tarrant continue to shine as brightly as they can. ...
11/21/2022
Road To Nationals!!!, organized by Curtis White

While our public officials continue to embarrass us, the children of Tarrant continue to shine as brightly as they can. Our community football team, the Tarrant City Ducks are headed to the national championship in Miami. They need some help getting there. We hope some of our fans and readers will chip in to make it happen.

https://gofund.me/38a0a633

The Tarrant City Ducks 9u Division (led by head coach Curtis White Jr.), a team of 25 talented youn… Curtis White needs your support for Road To Nationals!!!

From Scott Evans, Tarrant's rec chief: Big weekend for the Tarrant City Ducks. It all starts tomorrow with our cheer squ...
11/18/2022

From Scott Evans, Tarrant's rec chief:
Big weekend for the Tarrant City Ducks. It all starts tomorrow with our cheer squads in competition at Carver High School starting at 3:00. Then Sunday or 9u team plays in the Super Bowl of EYFL at Minor High School 2:25 P.M.

We're mighty proud of our Ducks!

Just kidding...The kind of "Christian principles" we see from some people in Tarrant makes us pretty 🤢
11/17/2022

Just kidding...
The kind of "Christian principles" we see from some people in Tarrant makes us pretty 🤢

11/16/2022

Something else we only WISH we made. But we're sure glad it was made.

Apparently, punching the mayor is "city business" in the world according to Tommy Bryant.
11/10/2022

Apparently, punching the mayor is "city business" in the world according to Tommy Bryant.

Well it looks like our dear councilman was arrested again. This time for a class D felony....You can't steal your own ca...
11/10/2022

Well it looks like our dear councilman was arrested again. This time for a class D felony....

You can't steal your own car from the impound lot, sir. That IS stealing. Pay your fines like every other person.

(look at that smile. Just look at it. What is going on in his head?)

If you don't know what the The Babylon Bee is, it's a great parody "paper", like the Onion. We aspire to be like them --...
11/10/2022

If you don't know what the The Babylon Bee is, it's a great parody "paper", like the Onion. We aspire to be like them -- and also believe in telling the truth when we need to.

We figure y'all can figure out the difference between satire and true reporting and if you can't -- that's your problem.

When you're arrested but you're happy (clap your hands?) No, you get a.........Wait for it.......Smugshot. We couldn't h...
11/08/2022

When you're arrested but you're happy (clap your hands?)
No, you get a.........
Wait for it.......
Smugshot.
We couldn't help it.

11/08/2022

I’m SorRy i tHoUgHt tHis wAs AmeRica

11/08/2022

Days like today we can put the satire in neutral and just let the council shenanigans coast on their own merits. But not this time. We are putting the pedal to the firewall, and going full speed ahead with our satire today!

11/08/2022

Here it is folks. This is the video of Councilor Tommy Bryant sucker punching Mayor Wayman Newton

11/08/2022

Filed under "you can't make this s**t up". Tommy Bryant punched Mayor Newton in the face and has been arrested.

11/08/2022

People say we're not funny as a "satire/parody" page.
We don't have to be. Just watch the city council meetings to understand just how ridiculous real life in Tarrant is.

11/04/2022

Hello everyone! Long time, no chat. ANYWAY we have heard through the grapevine that there will be an attempt by the city council to reinstate Jason Rickels as the fire chief at the November 7th council meeting.

Rickels, as you may remember was fired this incident:

“Roswell, Georgia police claimed Rickels brandished a gun on the realtor and smashed her photographer’s camera during the March 12 incident, charging the ex-fire chief with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a firearm during commission of a felony, and second-degree criminal damage to property.”

Rickels’ firing was upheld by the c̵o̵u̵r̵t̵s̵, personnel board.

Show up to the city council meeting on November 7th and let the city council hear just how bad of an idea this is.

09/08/2022

Nothing like our twice a month showcase of our tax dollars being wasted…

We recently received the full personnel board report about the firing of ex-fire chief Jason Rickels. He apparently sued...
08/28/2022

We recently received the full personnel board report about the firing of ex-fire chief Jason Rickels. He apparently sued the city and/or the mayor twice and lost twice. Attached is a photo version of the pdf. document so you can read it for yourselves.

Not satire - we know that it can't always be figured out, but this is the real thing.

08/25/2022

This just in: Tarrant Electric gets its power from TVA, not Alabama Power. Tarrant's rates fluctuate but are still lower than Alabama Power.

The complaint department of the TEB has been overflowing, and the Mayor addressed the higher bills - but believe us, it has NOTHING to do with the higher temperatures or fuel costs around the nation. Tarrant City exists in its own universe, you know.

08/17/2022

We received the report from the personnel board regarding the firing of Fire Chief Jason Rickels after the gun-toting chief held some real estate folks at gunpoint last year. If you're from here, you'll remember this racist incident: https://atlantablackstar.com/2021/03/29/georgia-man-pulls-gun-on-black-real-estate-agents-team-suspecting-them-of-being-burglars-they-were-showing-the-home/

Many in the community seem to be conflating his firing and discipline by the PERSONNEL BOARD of Alabama with being judged guilty in a court of law. These are two different trials, and from the records received, we quote:

"The City has met its burden in proving that the Complainant was in violation of the stated Personnel Board’s Rules and Regulations and the City of Tarrant’s Rules and Regulations. 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅’𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏.

H͟o͟w͟e͟v͟e͟r͟,͟ ͟g͟u͟i͟l͟t͟ ͟b͟e͟y͟o͟n͟d͟ ͟a͟ ͟r͟e͟a͟s͟o͟n͟a͟b͟l͟e͟ ͟d͟o͟u͟b͟t͟ ͟i͟s͟ ͟n͟o͟t͟ ͟t͟h͟e͟ ͟b͟u͟r͟d͟e͟n͟ ͟f͟o͟r͟ ͟a͟ ͟h͟e͟a͟r͟i͟n͟g͟ ͟h͟e͟l͟d͟ ͟b͟e͟f͟o͟r͟e͟ ͟t͟h͟e͟ ͟p͟e͟r͟s͟o͟n͟n͟e͟l͟ ͟b͟o͟a͟r͟d͟.͟ The City only need prove that substantial and legal evidence exists to support the disciplinary actions taken. Evidence and testimony were presented that leads the hearing officer to the conclusion that probable cause existed to arrest, charge and indict the Complainant for three felonies. The charges were dismissed upon the Complainant paying $2,000.00 of restitution to Mr. Boddie. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗷𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗛𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀.

𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙊𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚.

Dated 8/12/2022 -- real news. Real story. We don't need to come up with satire, this city does it all for us.

Ms. Freeman, since your original card is getting kinda ratty from you pulling it out every meeting, we'd like to offer y...
08/16/2022

Ms. Freeman, since your original card is getting kinda ratty from you pulling it out every meeting, we'd like to offer you this replacement.

-THE RETURN OF THE KING-Writer's block is a hell of a thing, But the comics are back yall.
07/19/2022

-THE RETURN OF THE KING-

Writer's block is a hell of a thing, But the comics are back yall.

07/19/2022

I swear….I could sit here and make a stockpile of memes relating to general discourse and drama in the city council meetings and not have to make new ones for months. The meetings have become sadly predictable in the worst possible way. There’s a reason the chairs are mostly empty. The citizens aren’t going to participate as long as the childishness from grown ass adults continues.

07/19/2022
The state released the 3rd grade reading scores for the 2021-2022 school year today. Our kids have 44% that read on or a...
07/13/2022

The state released the 3rd grade reading scores for the 2021-2022 school year today. Our kids have 44% that read on or above grade level. But as the School Superintendent has said at previous city council meetings, “The current way is working”

I think not.

At the last council meeting, the mayor and council members agreed to donate $100 each to this GoFundMe. Because Officer ...
07/11/2022
Officer Lawrence Parker- Injured Officer Fund, organized by Felicia Rucker-Sumerlin

At the last council meeting, the mayor and council members agreed to donate $100 each to this GoFundMe. Because Officer Parker was newish to the TPD, he hadn't accrued enough paid sick or vacation leave to keep the wolves at bay from his family.

As of today, two members have still not donated - Veronica Freeman and Tommy Bryant. Are you surprised; we're not.

We made a small donation though. We're unpaid volunteers here but we still wanted to help. And make a point.

Hi, my name is Sgt. Felicia Rucker-Sumerlin with Tarrant Police… Felicia Rucker-Sumerlin needs your support for Officer Lawrence Parker- Injured Officer Fund

Tarrant does have some cool spots to check out. The article fails to mention Tarrant Daylight Donuts, right next to Bite...
07/10/2022
3 interesting things you didn't know existed in Tarrant | Bham Now

Tarrant does have some cool spots to check out.

The article fails to mention Tarrant Daylight Donuts, right next to Bite. The American Ranch House and the Cedar House Cafeteria are two great meat-and-threes in town. The Taqueria Apatzingán y Billares is our local Mexican spot (with a back room for billiard playing).

And the inestimable Battle Axe's Feast, which is a food truck whose owners live in Tarrant is one to follow and find whenever you can.

Our city council may be a mess, but these small businesses are doing their best in this bumpy economy. We at the Tattler have tried all of these eateries, so these are recommendations from actual people. :)

Just north of Bham, you'll find yourself in the small city of Tarrant. If you're driving through, you might miss some of the most interesting parts of the city.

07/07/2022

Here’s the deal,

While it was nice to get name dropped last night, we don’t do what we do out of hate.

We do it because we know that the city can do better.

We strive to call out instances of bad judgment and sometimes straight out idiotic stamens and actions.

Sometimes that comes across as bullying, but hey y’all never listened when the citizens were nice about it….

07/07/2022

Fact or fiction?

07/07/2022
"If you wanted to fire a bullet 1000 yards, up wind, in the autumnal equinox, Why am I still holding public office?" - T...
07/07/2022

"If you wanted to fire a bullet 1000 yards, up wind, in the autumnal equinox, Why am I still holding public office?" - Tommy Bryant, probably.

Thinking that we need to bring Sheriff Tommy back. It's almost a year to the day that someone made these posters, and no...
07/07/2022

Thinking that we need to bring Sheriff Tommy back. It's almost a year to the day that someone made these posters, and now he wants guns in the council meetings.

Lord have mercy.

Tommy wants to carry in a government building. Aight.
07/06/2022
Big Iron

Tommy wants to carry in a government building.

Aight.

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Mr. Bryant thinks the First Amendment protects him without impunity for the things he's been saying since last year. Rem...
06/24/2022

Mr. Bryant thinks the First Amendment protects him without impunity for the things he's been saying since last year. Remember the N-word incident -- that's coming up on one year since it happened. And nothing has changed, if anything he's been emboldened.

Tarrant citizens, it's up to you to censure him. You are allowing his behavior to continue by not talking back, by not taking him to task on what he does and says. He believes he's in the right to disrupt and obstruct and call names during a council meeting. Other cities have removed councilpeople for far less.

Call for his resignation. Keep calling for it.

Or else, you deserve what you get.

(Any comments with whataboutism will be heckled.)

06/23/2022

Tommy tries to roast the Mayor and stumbles every step of the way…

06/07/2022

It’s either this or she becomes a mime. There is no in between.

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Look at the court documents he wouldn't communicate with his attorney.
So I been sitting bk looking at the crap you all put out here. None of it is funny! And I have 1 question??? When you all speak of the fig newtons p***s. Did you all measure it with a ruler or did he? Maybe why he looks like a donkey grinning. Sorry not sorry!~
HI. ITS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION COUNCIL WOMAN VERONICA OVER DISTRICT ONE IM SAD TO SAY, CAME INTO MY EVENT. YOUR BEING A COUNCIL WOMAN MEANS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO ME! THERE WERE NO DOOR ADMISSIONS AND SINCE SHE WANT TO BRING UP CAPACITY YOUR WALKING INTO AN EVENT YOU DIDN'T PAY FOR MADE THE CAPACITY HIGHER WITH YOU THERE FOR NO REASON. WHICH ITWASN'T!!! MOVING ON SHE STATED MY PARENTS DIDN'T HAVE ON MASK. SHE'S A LIE AND JUST IN HER FEELINGS ABOUT GETTING PUT OUT! I SAID NOTHING OUT OF THE WAY TO HER SO HER TELLING THE POLICE FOR REPORT..AGAIN MEANS NOTHING TO ME. YOU COULD HAVE SEEN YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS OUTSIDE OF MY EVENT! YOU'RE IN MY LANE! STAY IN YOURS DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR THE CITY AND I'LL STAY IN MINE BUT WHAT VERONICA IS NOT GOING TO DO IS LIE AND PLAY VICTIM LIKE ALWAYS! ONCE YOU SEEN THE DOOR WAS LOCKED AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE A WRISTBAND YOU SHOULD HAVE WENT ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS, NOT MINE! MS. DEBBIE WHOMEVER YOU ARE SHE'S A LIER. YOU COULDN'T COME IN THE FRONT DOOR WITHOUT TEMP CHECKS, SANTIZING, AND MASK!!! VERONICA GOING BACK TO REPORT LIES SHOWS SHE HAD ILL INTENTIONS FROM THE START SO MISS ME WITH THAT SUPPORT MY FAMILY CRAP!!! OH AND COUNCIL WOMAN VERONICA OF DISTRICT 1 WASN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO CONTACT ME MONTHS CLOSE TO A YEAR AGO?🤔LIKE I SAID DO *YOUR* JOB!!!! IVE DONE MORE FOR THE YOUTH OF TARRANT THAN YOU WILL EVER DO. CARRY ON!!! I WOULD LOVE A FACE TO FACE WITH YOU. TAKE DEB ADVICE AND SPEAK UP INSTEAD OF SPREADING FAKE NEWS!!!! ILL BE AT NEXT COUNCIL MEETING 😁😁😁
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