Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert is back in the headlines again after acknowledging that the Riverdale branch office is still not open despite the expectations that it would be open by late 2022.
Pastor Fred Tappan, who had to wait for hours in the freezing weather to renew his tags, told KWAM’s “Wake Up Memphis” Tuesday he is fed up.
“How she was re-elected, I have no clue,” Tappan said. “They re-elected her and she was doing one of the worst jobs ever because we have never seen the things that are happening now.”He had his own experience recently when he was stuck in line for hours in the freezing weather in another location.
“I went to get my tags, I believe last week,” he said. “I was in line for four and a half hours, this was in the Whitehaven location. I had already been to the location on Mullins Station, the line was around the building. It was freezing that day.”
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According to a Daily Memphian report, Halbert continued to find a way around the criticism at a commission briefing on Monday.“I will be honest with you. It’s been a struggle,” Halbert said. “You all were given keys to Riverdale. I still don’t have that key. This is not something we are trying to hide.”
County Commissioners are disputing that claim, who believe they have given her everything she has asked for and is just continuing to make excuses.
KWAM host Todd Starnes not only puts the blame on the county clerk, but also those that put her in that position in the first place.“We all know that Wanda Halbert is incompetent, but that’s what the voters wanted,” Starnes said. “They chose race and political party over competence.”
Memphians are waiting in line up to 4 hours to get car tags.
"We all know that Wanda Halbert is incompetent, but that's what the voters wanted. They chose race and political party over competence." – @toddstarnes on KWAM
— KWAM NewsTalk Memphis (@Mighty990KWAM) February 7, 2023
Last August, Halbert was initially in hot water after taking a week off to jet to Jamaica and then closing the offices again just a few weeks later in September.
In January, they announced they would also shut down their MVR and Title departments to the public at the Downtown location for two weeks to catch up on the backlog.
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