Friday, February 6, 2009
By the Way / Woods Irby Simpkins Buys Country Estate with Banner Blood Money
Posted by Jeff Woods on Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 5:41 AM
"They remember me," she says, "and they keep in touch. They send graduation and wedding invitations." What will she miss the most? Her relationship with the lawyers who have practiced in her court, of course. "We watched each other grow old."
What a happy tale! There's no mention of Robinson's famous courtroom tirades, her petulance or imperious manner. But there is a glimpse into the judge's private life in the article: "Her flowing blonde tresses are worn long at the request of her husband of eight years, former Nashville Banner Publisher Irby Simpkins."
And we learn what has become of a little bit more of the $65 million that Gannett gave Simpkins and his partner to shut down the Banner 11 years ago. "Always elegantly attired," the article continues, "[Muriel] equally enjoys the comfort of jeans while spending time on the couple's 125-acre farm in Bedford County where she enjoys riding her two Tennessee Walking Horses. The farm will become her permanent residence following retirement and completion of a new home currently under construction on the property."
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I wonder how much he made selling off the employee 401k plans to that underperforming, overcharging local company we had to stay with for 5 years after the shutdown.
We're handing out pitchforks and torches here at my house. Anybody want one?
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Check with a few of the poor victim slob survivors of wifely abuse that Muriel locked up. Might get some takers.
Did you know that Muriel Robinson was married to Irby Simpkins? I didn't know he had been married since Peaches Simpkins.
Amazing!
If I actually believed in a real Hell, w/ all that burning flesh and eternal torment stuff, I can't think of anyone more deserving (no, not Hitler, not Mao, not Stalin, not even Satan himself) of going there than - Muriel Robinson - who destroyed the lives of thousands of families for 30 long years. Indeed, she was no less a "terrorist" than the above mentioned.
Nashville should reckon her participation in an era of political corruption, crony-ism, sexism, nepotism and societal destruction as one of utter embarrassment, and seek to blot her memory completely out of the social conscious.
The only good thing anyone has to say about her on the internet is by some "cat behaviorist" (I swear) who praises her up to her pink parts simply b/c... she likes cats.
