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In reading today's issue of the Town Talk, I was rather taken a back to find that this blog has attracted so much attention. Although I appreciate Mr. White's request of posting authors using their real names, he seems to not understand that it defeats the purpose of the blog. Would Mr. White stand and deliver if he had a problem with his neighbor? (use a scenario that fits here folks). I think not ... it would cause undue harm to relationship that needs to work. Hence the anonymity postings on this blog. Mr. White I applaud your interest and your intent; however, I do not think that it will work in all cases.
Now Mr. White to stir the pot a little. IF the Town Talk and KALB actually did a little investigative reporting this blog would be a moot point now would it not? In they're selective reporting, they have sewn the seed that created Cenla Antics. So Mr. White, in finding the answers to the many questions being asked by the public, would not the "real" media use unidentified sources?
In closing, I am aware that I need to spend some time on archiving old postings. I hope to have this done within the next week or two. I would also like to address a statement made on this blog a few postings back. I have never deleted any postings on this blog. In my opinion to do so would again, take away from the purpose that created this blog.
I remain,
ANONYMOUS
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«Oldest ‹Older 1401 – 1600 of 2103 Newer› Newest»KALB - Godard & Co., is scooping the hell out of the Town Talk on the local election and related developements. I bet the Town Talk news room is playing the 6:00 news real loud. Thanks KALB>
Anon, No.......We moved back to the old house, the house we sold before our short stay in Colorado Springs. WE ran away...wanted to see Alexandria in our rear view mirror.
Lived in Charles Park for 2 years, then came full circle. The old house on the hill across form the Alexandria Golf & Country Club.
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I agree the TT is and always has been a pathetic excuse for a newspaper.
Either they rip people a new one...
with biased reporting now they have swung totally the opposite direction...zip, noda, nothing.
Who are they afraid of I wonder?
C.C.
Just talked to pal in Brewer campaign: Delores dejected and discouraged, supporters abandoning ship and $$$ dried up. Godard interview became a major issue - plans to do one. Look for the lights to go out in Brewer Campaign in very immediate future. Ned fans and Brewer supporters looking very hard an Roy - most can't live with Sams. What are others hearing?
everyone complains about the town talk yet we have the power to change it anytime we want to. stop buying the town talk, stop patronizing their advertisers. why should the town talk change when they know they are going to make money no matter what they print? stop being a useful idiot.
"Godard interview became a major issue - plans to do one"
I thik Brewer had some bad advice about shunning that. Perhaps Alban and Ken decided that she would try to do things her own way and cut her loose? Could Ned have sold his soul to Myron yet again and cut her loose?
Quality of news benefits from competition - Town Talk finally has some and KALB is providing superior coverage both in immediacy and depth. KALB has learned how to use the WWW and Town Talk still treats it like a Sunday supplement. Have no doubt, we talked and Godard listens. I understand the Town Talk staff has too many constraints imposed to make reporting effective (and enjoyable by their better reporters). I don't know what horrible stroke hit Leggett but it fixed him. He is better than ever now. Gunn is top notch at finding and understanding city political currents. It must be an editorial/corporate problem.
Delores had not had very good judgment/advice thus far. Lets see if she rides her campaign support into the ground or has enough sense to parlay her supporters and position into some leverage to (1) help the city get a decent mayor; (2) maximize her chance to be a part of the transitional and successor administration; (3) shows some class, grace, and dignity in the face of this adversity.
Her husband needs to accompany Scarlet to Betty Ford.
As much as I hate to admit defeat for Delores....Ray of Hope, maybe her good works will continue.
Whennn.. I was able to watch the council meetings,I would watch Gunn write and hope that the next day news would reflect what I heard and saw. He's good, but alas I would have said sooo much more!
Late bloomer C.C.
carolyn said...
I agree the TT is and always has been a pathetic excuse for a newspaper.Either they rip people a new one...with biased reporting now they have swung totally the opposite direction...zip, noda, nothing.
Who are they afraid of I wonder?
Loss of additional ad revenue, and The Northside Journal...in that order.
the northside journal needs to change it's name to the rapides journal, and start competing in alexandria.
The lovely Scarlet has been somewhat subdued as of late.
But, I really wwanted to be mayor.
I see no problem with that: what is your win/loss/settle ratio?
of course scarlett is subdued. she realizes delores is DOA. i still think SPANKY should be mayor. that aside, has anyone heard whether jacque is running or not?
It is my understanding the Jacques had made up his mind to run but since that KALB story, he has been swamped with expressions of enthusiastic support. Looks like we got a weeener!
Who is Robinson that is running for sheriff?
Brewer should be doing some reflection. What character flaws require such effortless , public lying? Guess it won't matter in a day or two, but for whoever she works for in the future or whoever trusts her, you might want to keep a close eye on her credibility. Lying is wrong. Its really sad in some ways. She could have been the next Mayor. Now, many of her friends are whispering that they wished they had never gone out on a limb for her. She drops out and they have to buddy up with someone else. I bet This is costing Provosty extra trying to keep the City AND the Sheriffs office . Question being asked today was whether Brewer will have a press conference or just quietly issue a press statement? Whichever she does it would be nice to have that formally announced soon .
Whoever posted about Northside journal has to be kidding . It is nothing but a pr rag for the Mayor of pineville and Mayor of BAll..there is NOTHING objective or credible about the paper. News is editorials with pictures. I have read every issue and not ONCE has anything been said less than promotional about Mayor Clarence Dupree. Weird since Dupree has called Northside editr kavanaugh a nut more than one time to numerous people. Neil must not know that. OR , Dupree is right! Ha
"Brewer should be doing some reflection. What character flaws require such effortless , public lying?"
I completely agree. That's why we need to elect people with integrity like CFS, Roosevelt Johnson, Sams, Hammond, or Fuller. This group is so honest they would make the nuns on Georges Lane look like criminals.
We are blessed to have such an unselfish group of people offering themselves for public office.
The BIG sign of relief you've heard around Alexandria is from Brian Cespiva and the local democrat elite. Now they have a white boy running and don't have to get behind any of the brothers. Democrats love to bus them to the polls, but they dare not run for office, i.e., Cleo Fields. Jacque Who?
Perhaps your observation about having doubts about the other candidate's honesty and veracity is realistic. The point is, Brewer eliminated any doubt. There are not always consequences for lying but there are consequences for doing a poor job of it and getting caught. Even rich insiders don't like to be made to look stupid (with Scarlett being a notable exception). All that remains is for Delores to clean up her mess.
Pu a fork in Brewer...she is WAYYY DONE
There is just no way around it but lying is a no no!
I have a question... Wasn't there a statement in the TT by Gunn during this time frame regarding the issue of the cleco auditor being to close to cleco to be unbiased and that Kelvin Sanders was aware of this fact since February....
I'm probablly totally wrong, but that bugs me. I usually keep certain articles to refer back to, but TC threw it away.
I have boxes TT newspapers from
1997-2003. Its really amazing how they have changed!!
C. C.
Anyone remember SOUND-OFF
Just back from Church. Delores is definitely out. According to on of her insiders they can't even make up their mind HOW to announce it. Incredible. Delores has set women back years by demonstrating the steriotype of a woman that can not do anything without a man telling her how. In this case its not her husband but her out of state paid political consultant. (mistake #1) I hope she will show some class and just get out
She is probably trying to float a deal but the delay in her announcement is going to anger her supporters. She is paralyzing the republican chance to find a candidate with a shot. She was dead in the water after the AHA deal. Her more sophisticated supporters were openly skeptical of her chances after that. She never handled that problem (I can't imagine how it could have been handled) and her rediculous performance at her last council show when Nedley was forced to hang her out to dry, closed the door. Everything since then was salvage. There are people outside removing bumper stickers at this minute. This is a bad situation but I bet she makes it worse with delay.
Is all of this talk about Delores withdrawing just speculation? Someone that I know spoke with her last week and she still seemed like she was in it for the distance. What gives?
Last week was a million years ago. AHA deal started a decline that has not slowed. I hope that the users don't try have her qualify and face an undeserved humiliation. She is a nice lady. Hopefully she will go back to work, make some money, and pay back a little of the shit she has been dealt by the city attorney.
Spanky is Republican, not that the party would do anything to aid a bid for the mayors office. The local GOP has a long way to go before they can contend with the Dems for voter turnout. I truly hope Jacque will follow through with his bid as a few more may follow since the level of class just went up in the mayors race.
It is nothing but a pr rag for the Mayor of pineville and Mayor of BAll..there is NOTHING objective or credible about the paper. News is editorials with pictures.
I Respond to Anon with:
Guess you missed the issue about Blanco's performance during Katrina, which was picked up by FOX, CBS, ABC, CNN and The Advocate, Times Picayune, and others. Guess you also missed the McNair escape story that made it to the America,s Most Wanted TV Program, CNN and FOX. Must have slipped by you that TNJ's story on Les Prestridge ran him off from Pineville city court and Water Works #3, and maybe you missed the last two issues where they exposed the mis-spending out at the Ward 10 ball fields.
You must have been on vacation and missed that TNJ has been named the fastestgrowing weekly in the state and that their editorials are regularly picked up by The Dead Pelican, and other bloggers. Even "We Saw That" from this blog, has used TNJ's news articles.
Maybe he hasn't written anything bad about Hebron and Fields because there isn't anything to write about. If you have information why don't you give him a call? They have a "Sound Off" in that paper too.
Yeah, I know Kavanaugh personally and I like the guy. He is a little bit of a rabid dog, but he isn't scared to death of every public official like the weenies at the TT.
Maybe we need a rabid dog every once in a while.
Could it be that you're all talk and no backbone? Maybe you're a personal supporter of Les Prestridge? Maybe you don't like Kavanaugh because he hits a little too close to home for you and the rest of the "good old boys?" Maybe you're a big fan of the TT because they look the other way...
TNJ Fan
yes we like the northside journal and purchase it when we can. although (and this is a good thing)its usually sold out from the store we trade with.
we didnt write in defense of mr kavanaugh or tnj because we dont know him or anyone who works there and we dont know whether or not those claims were valid or not.
we do know for a fact that their richard lee mcnair story has been viewed many many times by the department of justice, homeland security, veterans affairs, the dept of state, the bureau of prisons, cleco, proctor and gamble, the royal canadian mounted police and thousands of other state and local governments and private individuals all around the world.
their les prestridge story garnered similar attention and it had its viewers from among other places the pentagon.
we recommend the northside journal. people can read into anything they want.
I received a phone call from a friend who told me my name had been bandied about on Cenla Antics. I'm aware that our little newspaper has appeared in this blog before. I understand, however, that this is the first time my name, as editor, had been used.
To my anonymous detractor...thank you for being such a loyal reader! If you disagree with the content of The Northside Journal, congratulations! You are exercising your first amendment rights just as we exercise ours every Wednesday. As to your complaints that our news reports are thinly disguised editorials, that is your opinion. You're welcome to it, but understand that more than 4000 readers across North Rapides and South Grant disagree. By the way, that number is growing weekly.
As to Rich Dupree, if he voiced such an opinion, then I would defend his right to voice that opinion, even if it is not very complimentary.
Perhaps I am a little strident in my pursuit of public officials who abuse their authority, but it’s the little guy who makes this country tick. He should not be ignored or abused.
I will take this opportunity to invite ANYONE to call or write our little paper with news tips, story ideas or comments. We do have a feature on our editorial page called "Backtalk." We will not publish your name, but please leave it with me so I may contact you. Your complaint may lead to a future news article.
I understand that many bloggers here are concerned with the goings on at Alexandria City Hall. Although we focus on North Rapides, we are aware of the alleged corruption in Alexandria City Government. At some future point we plan to turn our attention south, when we do, rest assured that we will not be intimidated by public officials more interested in lining their own pockets, than being responsible to the public they serve.
I am avilable anytime at 640-8383 and via e-mail at editor@northsidejournal.com
Sincerely, Neil S. Kavanagh
To Dr. Sams and his suporters:
You can stop writing about Delores getting out of the race. Nice try! Not only is she in, but, she will also make you look a fool (which won't be very hard).
You might try starting another rumor. This one has reached the end of its life.
Delores is definitely in - she never considered dropping out.
"Delores is definitely in - she never considered dropping out."
I'll drink to that....
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If Brewer has changed her mind yet AGAIN then only those who give her money from this point forward are bigger fools. Her chances evaporated about 3 weeks ago. Its not just Republicans that remember like an Elephant.
Wait a minute. NOW i understand. Pineville buys lots of adds in that Weekly newspaper...AND wasnt Kavanauh and Dupree in business togeather back in the Dumar days? Things never change. No wonder all the propoganda pieces on pineville.
"Things never change. No wonder all the propoganda pieces on pineville."
I'll drink to that...
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I'm not sure if "Richard Nunnaly" is really "THE REAL" Richard Nunnaly. If it is, isn't he suppose to be in JAIL BY NOW, 3rd DWI = Jail Time (at least 10 years minimum). If it was Common Joe, he would have been shipped down the river the same night the arrest happened. What gives?
"3rd DWI = Jail Time (at least 10 years minimum)."
Ohhhhhhhhhh, that ain't right! I won't drink to that....
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DWI 3rd: not less than 1 nor more than 5 in prison;
DWI 4th: not less than 10 nor more than 30 years in prisonl
I think he has one of each pending at this time.
How 'bout drafting someone for mayor like a CPA/financial planner who has actually run a successful business and aided other businessmen in Alexandria. Lindsey Torbett comes to mind. Moral, honest, competent and intelligent. What say all you sages out there?
Torbett would be OK but he would have to move into Myron's office building.
I would appear that Ms. Brewer is going to give her ardent supporters one more high-profile opportunity to look foolish and be embarrassed.
"Alexandria needs me" because "I'm a very talented young man," he said.
I don't really understand why we are even haveing an election.
Anonymous said...
Wait a minute. NOW i understand. Pineville buys lots of adds in that Weekly newspaper...AND wasnt Kavanauh and Dupree in business togeather back in the Dumar days? Things never change. No wonder all the propoganda pieces on pineville.
I thought all you Badenite kool-aid drinkers had moved to 5th Ward...
Heelllooo I want be ignored
I had a legitmate question about Kelvin Sanders up a way on the blog. Does anyone read others opinions, or questions. Its just before Mr. Kavanaugh, and by the way he sounds like a man with a steel back bone. I like that. Good work Mr. K. we definitely need some
big time investigative reporting on this side of the river. Someone not afraid to report facts.
I do hope Delores has a ace in the hole.
No cable Carolyn Cicardo
After a recent attack upon the Northside Rag, its editor Neil S.
Kavanagh, wrote a defense upon a local blog site, Cenla Antics. Neil,
of course, denies that he is Clarence Dupree and Roy Hebron's
mouthpiece, and explained that the Northside Journal is tough on
politicians. Excuse me, cough cough bullshit.
Besides all of the horn blowing for Roy Hebron and Clarence Dupree,
one need only compare his reporting of the Les Prestrige matter with
the Joe Bishop matter.
Here is the true story. Les Prestiges dastardly sexual harrassment
needed reporting, but that isn't why the Northside Rag made such as
issue of it. You see, Judge Terrell, of Pineville City Court, beat
the incumbant judge, Henry Lemoine, who is Roy Hebron's buddy. Old Roy
could not even deliver most of the Ball votes for Henry. Clarence
Dupree, on the other hand, is openly seeking candidates to run against
Judge Terrell, because he doesn't like the fact that he cannot control
Judge Terell and that Judge Terell does not fine the maximum fine to
all so Pineville can make more money off of the court and the people.
Judge Terrell was in the process of handling an investigatin of the
Les Prestrige sexual harassment claims, but Rich got involved simply
to use it as an attack upon Judge Terrell.
Now compare that to the lack of the Northside Rag's coverage of the
Pineville Councilman, Joe Bishop's, "arrest" of the black kids in
Pineville and Alexandria. Seems like that is a tad more newsworthy
than a sexual harassment claim, but Rich told Neil not to make the
City of Pineville look bad. Where is the criminal investigation of
Bishop? If you or I did what Bishop did, we would already be in
Angola.
Additionally, Kavanagh urges all to call him to report news. I am
here to tell you that I reported the Roy Hebron waterline matters and
he did not report the facts, just a premature vindication of Roy. Not
a single witness who signed statements or who took the photographs
were interviewd by the Northside Rag.
So Kavanagh, you should stop playing newspaper editor and run for
politics. You are experienced enough at lying and bull crap to be
suitably qualified.
Greg Aymondss
What is it with EVERY picture of D Brewer? Did she see a mouse or something? She really ought to quit embarrasing herself and her friends and just do a Kevorkian on this so called "campaign" of hers
I would rather look at the "mouse picture" of Delores than ANY picture of SAMS.
AMEN!!
I read the entry about the Editorial Integrity of the Northside Journal and how it is NOT a puppet of Mayors Clarence Dupree and BallRoy. That is laughable. Every week they have a PR piece on Clarencedupree.purported homosexual organization? And wasn't it all a lie? THAT is who this neal kavanaugh is? If so that says a lot about why he and Dupree are so close. Correct me if I am wrong but isnt that who this is?
Last part got cut off. Isnt this the same Kavanaugh who worked with Dupree on the Tannehill representative race and sent out fraudulant letters of support for Farrar from a purported homosexual organization? If so then that would explain why these partners in dishonesty would be such close allies now. No wonder there are Pineville PR pieces published in that rag every week. This is the same as the Town Talk. Nothing but propoganda
"letters of support for Farrar from a purported homosexual organization"
I'll drink to that...
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July 20, 2006
Ms. Joy Irwin, C.P.A.
Office of the Legislative Auditor
1600 North Third Street
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
Re: Rapides Parish Waterworks
District Number 3, Robert
Litton
C.P.A., and Mayor Roy Hebron
of
Ball, Louisiana
Dear Ms. Irwin:
Please allow this letter to confirm our telephone conversation
of July 14, 2006, in regards
to the above matters. As you will recall, I had been the attorney
for Rapides Parish Water
District 3, a public water district, from 1988 through 2004. Most
of that time, if not all, Mr.
Robert Litton, C.P.A., of the Alexandria, Louisiana accounting firm
of Payne, Moore and
Herrington, has been the auditor for that public body, and has
accepting the annual audit
engagement letter from your office for those annual reports. Mr.
Litton has consistently failed to
adhere to the Louisiana Governmental Audit Guide, in performing
those duties.
As you are aware, Louisiana Constitution Article VII § 14(A)
prohibits the loan, pledge
or donation of an agency's public property, or things "of value".
Additionally, LSA-R.S.
42:1461(A) requires public officials and employees not to misuse,
misapply, misappropriate,
convert or wrongfully misuse any funds, property or things of value
of the public body they
represent or work for. Your procedures further require that such
engaged auditor notify you of
any criminal or illegal acts he or she becomes aware of such, and to
investigate such claims if
made known to him or her, without revealing the source of the
complaint. Mr. Litton has
woefully failed in these duties, over the years.
Despite being in attendance at numerous meetings of that water
board, and despite my
numerous verbal legal opinions to the contrary, for several years
Mr. Litton advised the water
board that it did not have to comply with the legal requirement that
it appoint a fiscal agent, as is
mandated by LSA-R.S. 33:3817( C ). Not until the year 2003 or 2004,
when I provided the
general manager with a written opinion to that effect, and until a
newly hired comptroller
informed Mr. Litton that her previous governmental employer did so,
did Mr. Litton agree that
the law on appointment of a fiscal agent be followed. Mr. Litton's
prior explanations were that
he knew that statute said that but it is not enforced. For those
years that Mr. Litton had such
knowledge, he failed to report that fact to your office. The tapes
of those board meetings, as well
as the first notice of the advertisement for that fiscal agent, are
available for you at the District
office.
Additionally Mr. Litton was aware, in approximately 2002-2003,
that a former general
manager of that water district, Harold Dixon, had his mother's car,
and his daughter's
automobile, worked on in the District mechanics shop by District
Employees. Additionally, Mr.
Litton had knowledge of the use of District vehicles and telephones
used by Mr. Dixon to operate
his private business concerns. Lastly, Mr. Dixon gave a pay raise to
an employee, not approved
by the Board and above the amount set for that salary. While the
employee was required to pay
back the improper salary increase, I have not been informed whether
Mr. Dixon paid for the other
misused services or property. I also do not recall Mr. Litton
reporting all of these, if any,
violations to your office. Lastly, without an intergovernmental
agreement covering such at that
time, Mr. Dixon gave some District materials to a former comrade of
his with the Louisiana
National Guard.
Additionally, Mr. Litton has known, from myself and a past
general manager of that water
district, that the Louisiana Attorney General has opined on
countless time that the District
adjusting of water bills, due to the amount used being no fault of
the water district, that such
adjustment were prohibited by law. Only in the past year or so has
the District stopped such
adjustments, and only after a public notification by myself after I
was no longer its attorney. Mr.
Litton did not report this known violation, for years, to your
office. Without an actual audit of
such adjustments over the years, can an accurate amount of those
squandered public funds be
totaled.
Mr. Litton also failed to report of that Board's members
receiving Christmas and other
gifts from its engineering firm. My first knowledge of this was
discovered in 2005, and I
reported it to the State Ethics Board, which is still investigating
the matter.
Additionally, it is not known if Mr. Litton reported to your
office the ethical violation of
former Board Member, Ray Adams, whose son was an employee of that
District. See: Ethics
Ruling No. 2002-549 & 2004-202. It is also unknown if Mr. Litton
reported the misuse of public
funds found in the payment of Roger Toneys legal fees to the current
Board attorney, seen in
Ruling Number 2001-270.
Perhaps the largest single misuse of public funds, by that
body, was the expenditure of
approximately $10,000.00 in public funds to lay a waterline to the
home of Town of Ball Mayor,
Roy Hebron. This waterline was laid at public expense, with public
employees and equipment,
alongside a private road, across private property, and without Board
approval nor the required
permits from the State Department of Health. Such was done in 2004,
and on the personal orders
of then Board President, Tommy Hollingsworth, to whom Mr. Litton is
grateful for a state job in
his youth. When discovered, the State Board of Health ordered the
line cut. Additional public
funds were then spent on legal fees, engineering and manpower in
relocating that line.
The District Attorney for Rapides Parish, on May 17, 2004, (
incorrectly dated 2003 on
the enclosed copy) informed the District that it should file a civil
action to recover the public
funds expended upon that line. When the Board of Commissioners
instructed me to report the
matter to the District Attorney's office, as well as to yours, in
accordance with law, Mr. Litton,
on his own initiative, emailed someone at your office and told that
person words to the effect that
there was nothing to this.
Instead of doing as instructed by the District Attorney's
office, the Water District adopted
the line as a public line, although it remains the only line in that
district that runs across private
property and only serves one home. Despite public pronouncements,
as the complainant, I can
assure you that this waterline and the gifts remain under
investigation by the Louisiana Ethics
Board, although I am prohibited by law from commenting further.
At the June 27, 2006, meeting of the water district's Board of
Commissioners, Mr. Litton
further violated your Louisiana Governmental Audit Guide, by stating
that I was the one making
the compliant (a copy of that taped portion of that meeting is
enclosed). (See p. 45 of that Guide,
which states that: "The auditor shall never disclose the individual
making the allegation").
Additionally, Mr. Litton stated that he has reported to your office
that those matters were already
"resolved" and were "immaterial". Despite what Mr. Litton reports,
the Ethics Board still has
open the investigation of the water line issue (Docket Number 2004-
622) and the gifts received
by public Board Members and employees from their engineers, Pan
American (Docket Number
2005-600). Therefore Mr. Litton reporting to you that these matters
have been resolved is either
due to an attempt to mislead you or a very shoddy investigation
assigned to him by your office.
I also cannot understand Mr. Litton's use of the
word "immaterial". First, the laws of this
state prohibit the giving away of public property or funds of any
amount. Additionally, until an
accounting of the total amount of water bills that have been
adjusted is made, the amount of
public funds given away cannot be determined. Nor has the amount of
equipment costs or
employee labor payroll for the installation of the flagpole been
determined.
Mr. Litton has recently reported to you, amazingly, the failure
of the district to have
several hundred of thousands of dollars of its funds secured by a
bank. This is just a further
indication of the improprieties taking place of Rapides Waterworks
District Number 3, and Mr.
Litton's turning of a blind eye to such, in performance of his
duties as the auditor. Therefore, it is
requested that the public funds and property's misuse be
investigated by an unbiased investigator
from your office, and that the District's funds be better protected
in the future by not engaging
Robert Litton to perform that annual audit in the future. I am also
enclosing a sworn affidavit
from the District's retired general manager, Douglas Byrd, affirming
many of these facts. There
is no doubt that you may hear allegations that I am disgruntled due
to my not being retained by
the District as its attorney. Admittedly, I am disgruntled,
however, such has nothing to do with
the truthfulness of these facts, which can be determined upon a
thorough and honest
investigation.
Thank you for your consideration, and I remain,
Very truly yours,
GREGORY R. AYMOND
Attorney at Law
Looks like poor old Greg needs some KKKlients.
Water Works crew receives thanks
TIOGA - Water Works District No. 3 was praised for the performance of one of its work crews, a district committee was told today.
“It’s rare that the district gets calls like this,” said General Manager Jimmy French in a meeting today of the district’s pesonnel committee.
The call came from an employee in Public Service Commissioner Dale Sittig’s office saying a crew performing a tap on a water line “performed their job with great skill, were very efficient and presented great pride in their work,” French said.
He said it was odd that the call about the same time that a customer called to complain about her water being off 4-5 hours because of the work of contractor.
“She was aggravated a little bit with the contractor, not with us,” he said.
Originally published July 24, 2006
So Kavanagh, you should stop playing newspaper editor and run for
politics. You are experienced enough at lying and bull crap to be
suitably qualified.
Greg Aymondss
Got proof of that tubby? Or is this like the supposed tapes you have but can't produce. You got your own website, tubby...put up or shut up.
"put up or shut up."
Is that anything like put out or get out????
Same thing. And let me say from experienc NEITHER suggestion seems to work.
Sorry people but I’m new to this argument. Mr Aymond, just what has Kavanagugh wrote that was a lie…be specific please.
New Flash !! Harry's decided to run for "his" District 4 seat. Aren't we all surprised?
Actually, I think he's done a fairly good job. He hasn't sold out to Myron and I believe the boys actually respect him.
You stupid fat asshole, The Northside Journal wasn’t even around when Tannehill ran against Farrar.
Correct. This was when KAVANAUGH was part of DUMAR , the political genuis of Rich Dupree and REVEREND Nathan Martin. Hey , Nathan , you read this stuff, Tell us if its true. That Kavanaugh and your bunch did in fact send out false information stating that a homosexual rights group was endorsing Rick Farrar. Is it or is it not true? Or Mr Kavanaugh, you tell us is it or is it not true? Or Mr Tannehill..any of you. Deny it if it isnt.
I say if it IS true then it tells us a lot about the character and credibility of one Newspaper Editor and One Preacher and ONE Mayorwannabe
"I say if it IS true then it tells us a lot about the character and credibility of one Newspaper Editor and One Preacher and ONE Mayorwannabe"
I'll drink to that...
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Now the Regular promotional headlines make sense. Geee, You want to believe this stuff and hope that we actually had an object newspaper but now i see that it is not. I can understand why ever other story has the pro Fields slant. Nice deal for him but not fair journalism for the rest of us.
"...That Kavanaugh and your bunch did in fact send out false information stating that a homosexual rights group was endorsing Rick Farrar."
Poor, Poor, Rick. "You can bang a thousand women, but you suck ONE cock and you're a cock sucker for life."
All I want to know is what the Northside paper wrote that was a lie. Mr. Aymond says the paper lied, I want to know what they said that was a lie.
Why won't yall answer that?
If anybody has an intimate knowledge of homosexual activity in Cenla, it’s you Aymond.
By the way, how’s that hood fitting these days.
Just what I like to see, a good street fight between Aymond and Kavanaugh.
Whoa there Nellie! Now you’re talking shit about something I know about. Not defending Kavangugh here because I don’t know the prick, but I do know Aymonds, and if anyone is a fat tub of shit liar it’s him. KKK member, IRS tax cheater, thief, damn near disbarred more than once, fired as atty for the water board for padding his bills… do I have to go on???? He’s practicing out of the back of his brothers plumbing company because nobody will rent to him, he doesn’t pay his bills. He’s broke, doesn’t have any more clients, and is desperate for any attention he can get. If his latest attack on this little paper in Pineville is anything like his attacks on everyone else…it’s more bullshit.
He’s defending Phillip Terrell when nobody has said anything bad about the Judge. He and Terrell used to be tight, but when the Judge found out what fat ass was really like he kicked his ass to the curb.
Here’s some advice Aymonds… you’re a floating turd in a cesspool you made yourself.
Former friends avoid you. You’re the laughing stock of Rapides Parish. You try and drag EVERYONE down to your level. You’re a sad little fat man. Move away and start over somewhere where they don’t know you.
Doesn’t the Northside Journal run columns from Rick Farrar?
If Kavanaugh and Farrar are such enemies, why would he give Farrar the space?
Just answer the question. Was such dirty politcal trick played by Kavanaugh, Dupree and Martin.All other BS aside. DID they send out materials that alleged to be from a homosexual rights group that appeared to be an endorsements for Farrar
Why won't any of you people who claim Kavanaugh lied in the paper, tell us when he did it and in what story?
Just please answer the question?
Both of you pose interesting questions, however the question of a newspaper editor lying in print is a far more serious accusation than dirty tricks played in the heat of a political campaign. If Kavanaugh, Dupree, and Martin engaged in political dirty dealings against Farrar, that transgression is not nearly so serious as lying to the public in print. Besides, the campaign you cite happened almost ten years ago. Farrar won and has been Representative ever since.
The question of Kavanaugh lying in print is supposed to have happened recently. Mr. Aymond has publicly made a charge that, if it cannot be proven, opens him up for serious legal reprecussions.
I , for one would like to hear Mr. Aymond answer.
Mr. Aymond??? Just what article did Kavanaugh write that was a lie???
Just what I like to see, a good street fight between Aymond and Kavanaugh.
My money is on Kavaunugh, anybody that can take Prestridge down has got to be a tough SOB.
To the idiot who keeps saying I am lying ubout the taped phone calls
with Clarence Dupree and Thurman Kelly, and constantly states "put up
or shut up", I make this suggestion. Apparently that idoit simply
wants to lie and run his big mouth (one of the reasons I suspect that
it might be Roger Toney). I have aleady publically offered a copy of
those tapes to anyone who requests it, yet I have had no takers. As
this website is too small in size to place those tapes, perhaps this
idiot, or anyone else, is willing to supply enough webspace for them,
and I wll gladly post them. Awaiting your response big mouth
anonymous coward.
To the idiot who keeps saying I am lying ubout the taped phone calls
with Clarence Dupree and Thurman Kelly, and constantly states "put up
or shut up", I make this suggestion. Apparently that idoit simply
wants to lie and run his big mouth (one of the reasons I suspect that
it might be Roger Toney). I have aleady publically offered a copy of
those tapes to anyone who requests it, yet I have had no takers. As
this website is too small in size to place those tapes, perhaps this
idiot, or anyone else, is willing to supply enough webspace for them,
and I wll gladly post them. Awaiting your response big mouth
anonymous coward.
It's me Aymonds and again I am saying, "put up or shut up." You have a slimly little habit of saying one thing whan the truth is something else. We all know you have your own web site in yahoo, why don't you make the audio file available to download from there?
C,mon tubby, put up or shut up.
You say Kavangugh lied in his paper, tell us what article, the date of the issue, anything to back up what you claim.
C,mon tubby, put up or shut up.
You claim all this crap about people out to get Judge Terrell and get revenge on you. Looks like that sexual pervert Les Prestridge is the only one who got what he deserved.
Nobody is "going after" Judge Terrell, but there are plenty of people who hate your slimly guts
C'mon tubby put up or shut up.
You even accused three men of "dirty politics" trying to drag them down to your level Aymonds. Hello....this is Louisiana where politics is a blood sport. Maybe they were doing the same thing that Farrar had done himself many times! Besides, last I heard Farrar and Kavangugh were friends, their kids play football together.
C'mon tubby, put up or shut up!
You are a worm Aymonds, crawl back under your rock.
You are a worm Aymonds, crawl back under your rock.
I'll drink to that
Hey Aymond, gonna sue The Northside Journal too? Bet they kick your butt all around the courthouse just like Dupree did. Aymond, you little clown, you’re great comic relief.
Hey Aymond, you blew it fat boy. I hope The Northside Journal sues your ass off for slander.
You wrote this:
Such was done in 2004,and on the personal orders of then Board President, Tommy Hollingsworth, to whom Mr. Litton is grateful for a state job in his youth.
and this:
The District Attorney for Rapides Parish, on May 17, 2004,(incorrectly dated 2003 on the enclosed copy) informed the District that it should file a civil action to recover the public funds expended upon that line.
You also said this:
Additionally, Kavanagh urges all to call him to report news. I am
here to tell you that I reported the Roy Hebron waterline matters and
he did not report the facts, just a premature vindication of Roy. Not
a single witness who signed statements or who took the photographs were interviewd by the Northside Rag.
So Kavanagh, you should stop playing newspaper editor and run for
politics. You are experienced enough at lying and bull crap to be
suitably qualified.
Looks to me like the waterline crap occured around May of 2004 right?
Guess what asshole, my copy of The Northside Journal's first issue, Vol #1 Issue #1 is dated August 18, 2004 THREE MONTHS AFTER THE WHOLE DAMN THING WAS SETTLED!
You said you reported all this stuff to Kavangugh and he printed a premature vindication of Hebron. How could he when his first issue did not come out until 3 months later. You said he never interviewed anybody.Why should he? the whold incident was settled by then.
Looks to me like you are the liar here Aymond, not the Northside newspaper.
You better pray Kavangugh doesn't take your fat little ass to court because he will own you. And everybody here knows it.
This is NOT Aymonds. I find it very interesting that neither Kavanaugh or Nathan Martin, both of who read and sometimes publish comments on here, have responded to the charge that they worked together WITH Rich Dupree and used dirty politcal tricks that were described above. A simple we did or we did not is all that we need.
WE DON'T NEED A PART MAYOR FOR A FULL TIME JOB!! ALL WE WILL GET IS APRT TIME OR HALF ASS RESULTS. THAT MAY WORK IN POLLOCK BUT NOT IN ALEXANDRIA IF THIS TOWN IS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY MAJOR INDUSTRIES.
What does the City Charter say about a part-time mayor? Can you be mayor/doctor and treat city residents? Is the mayor's office going to have an examination table? I am so confused.
he needs to stay on the school board. That tell me that he is not taking the FULL time job mayor seriously. He doesn't want to lose he "doctor lifestyle"
This is NOT Aymonds. I find it very interesting that neither Kavanaugh or Nathan Martin, both of who read and sometimes publish comments on here, have responded to the charge that they worked together WITH Rich Dupree and used dirty politcal tricks that were described above. A simple we did or we did not is all that we need.
First of all pencil dick, why is something that happens in every political campaign in this state so damn important? Second, why bring it up now? If it happened, it was almost 10 years ago. Third, if you think Farrar hasn't pulled the same type of trick, and some much worse, you're a damn fool!
You belong to a group of Baden hangers-on who want to return to the corruption, theft and abuse of power that Buddy Farrar and Fred Baden heaped on the people of Pineville.
Now you want to bring up a bunch of bullshit accusations that you can't prove to cover your own lies?
Sounds like Aymond to me!
"A simple we did or we did not is all that we need."
Just who is "we" and why do you NEED this information, especially now? Seems to me that you are just trying to get somebody...ANYBODY to help you slander people using unproven allegations and outright lies.
And if you're NOT Aymond, just who are you, and why are you so comfortable wallowing in the mud with Aymond?
Looks to me like you are the liar here Aymond, not the Northside newspaper.
I'll drink to that!
What is a link to Greg Aymond's site? After realizing the list of characters he had to deal with when representing Water Works 3 it would be interesting to read his site.
Tommy Hollingsworth, Roy Hebron and the appontees to the Water Works council are an interesting lot.
It is taking 3 - 8 minutes for this site to load. Should we move to "Antix" until it is fixed? and how will we know when a new thread is started on this site. I am not a WWW sophisticate. I just know "broke" when I see it.
Notice to all. I am out of town for a few days and you are on your own until I get back. Brush your teeth, play nice, and try to hone your english skills, preferably deleting the expletives. Also try not to rouse the rabble to the north of the river as they become very unruly and are prone to lynching.
Love,
Spanky
The doctor will do a better job part time than those other bozos do full time. I still say if Doctor Sams believes something he will tell you without all the politcal double talk.
The doctor will do a better job part time than those other bozos do full time. I still say if Doctor Sams believes something he will tell you without all the politcal double talk.
Again, the mayor's position is a full time position as expressed and established by the charter. Dr. Sams is playing on the wording as to "holding any salaried position" as being an exception, which in full reading is not. Two points; do you want someone that exploits loopholes and do you want a part-timer for mayor. While I feel he has the backbone to stand up to the impending conflict between the mayor and council, I do not see an endgame on his behalf and we will have conflict for the sake of conflict.
Also try not to rouse the rabble to the north of the river as they become very unruly and are prone to lynching.
Love,
Spanky
Don't worry Spanky, you're safe. We have reserved a special spectator seat for you... Want a cut of the ticket proceeds?
The short answer is that Sams is maintaining his medical practice, taking care of his patients, taking care of his school board responsibilities, and running a gigantic campaign with requires more instant and constant attention than mayoral routines.
Can he do it? He's doing it.
Is he irratatingly frank? Absolutely.
Is that what we need now? Absolutely.
If you are satisfied with your school system, then I guess you can make the case that Dr. Sams is capable of all that you say. I feel that we need a little more in the mayor's office than someone that can pass out a few "to do lists" and call it a day.
Dr Sams is only one on the School Board, I don't think you can blame him for the state of affairs that the school system is in. With the right staff, running the cities business will be a cinch. Look what Randolph is doing even in his condition (If the rumors are true).
Randolph ran all of his loyal staff off. These were people who were with him since he became Mayor. Now I'm told he can't even order food in resturant without help...
There are no easy answers. We know that Brewer lacks the judgement and smarts to run the city. Defective judgment means that when she looks for help it will be from the wrong element. In her short stint as chief of staff, she proved to be incapable of managing the city and bringing anyone together.j
Sams? i don't know. He can do it better than Brewer but is that the standard we are looking for.
Roy has enough diverse factions behind him to bring the city together but is he a manager.
The only two with managment success are Myron and Harry. But will they do it?
yeah we should move to antix because whoever runs this blog doesnt care about the posters here or he or she would open up new threads instead of burdening us with excessive download times. we can only imagine what dialup commentators must have to endure cos with cable its bad enough. so lets move to antix. why support a blog in which the blog owner doesnt care about his commentators?
All is well when asleep at the wheel until the moment of impact and some people don't need to wear rose-colored glasses. Wake up. All is not well in our city and being mayor is not a cinch. It's hard work for the one who will take it seriously and serve the people to the best of their ability.
Yes We Saw That you should move to another site. You have complained about the length of this tread logn enough. Your complaining doesn't seem to be getting you anywhere's, there are other sites available and you have your own. If you are dissatisfied here leave.
That's a little harsh. If you are the site administrator and don't care what we think then "moving on" would be good advice. I don't think that's the case. In the recent past the admin. started a new thread to accomodate all of the interested participants. There is no advantage to having a site that takes 10 minutes to download. The creator of this site did so to give us a place for information and thought exchange. It worked very well up until now. We just want it to continue to work. And I don't agree with We Saw That's reactionary philosophy either but better that he air his intolerance here than bomb some synogogue.
What is the address to antix?
I think the address to antix is www.fuckoff.com
I think they have a mirror site at www.kissmyass.com
Enjoy
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lol its always a good source of humor to us when we see people with such poor critical thinking skills. some of you lot are so desperate to have a place to comment on that you willingly put up with shoddy and unresponsive management thats incredible!
dont you understand that its not doing your computer any good when all its ram and cpu resources are maxxed for minutes on end? guess when your computers fail you will be clueless as to why.
whoever runs this blog isnt any better or smarter than the people hes trying to expose.
anyhoo the address to cenla antiX is www.cenlaantix.blogspot.com and by the way we checked their page source which you can do yourself by right-clicking and view source and there is no hit counter on that blog - if thats what anyone is afraid of.
What is a "hit counter" and what does it do?
Your right some of us are computer illeterate and satisfied to be here. Wonder why you keep exposing your computer to this possible harm? Doesn't that indicate you lack critical thinking skills also.
How many milli bites of whatever it is I need to keep my computer from crashing and burning because I load this site do I need? I can probably run out real fast and buy some more -you think Radio Shack might have some? Please furnish me the correct nomenclature to ask for.
Thanks I appreciate your concern.
I ain't puter literate and I knows what dat does - it counts hit - whap one whap two whap three shit quite
FOR YOUR INFORMATION: I just called that discount computer place to find out what I need to handle all this stuff and they said that sometime by merly emptying out the bit bin buckety it will speed up things. They said I would have to bring it in and have it disassembled to be able to disammble the bit bin bucket - got to be an authorized service person.
By the way been wanting to ask are those photographs pictures of members of your family?
I heard loading up a computer with pictures will slow it down.
the pictures use a lot of them milli-pixel things that require ramming a bunch of stuff into the cpu.
Maybe if We saw that would stop posting pictures it would load faster?
lol yall are hilarious. we really need to invest in a computer repair business.
the bin thingy perhaps they are talking about your cache and cookies? there is no need to take it into the shop you can empty those out yourself:
firefox: tools>options>privacy>click the cookies tab then clear cookies now then click the cache tab and clear cache.
internet explorer: cookies: tools>general tab>internet options>delete cookies click ok.
cache:tools>general tab>click delete files and click the check box that pops up that says delete all offline content?>click ok>click ok at the bottom.
we're unsure if our display pics play a part in the slowness however in blogger comment moderation the blog owner can choose not to allow pictures in comments.
the pictures are just some that we find on the net. this picture and the previous one are of marilyn monroe.
why do we keep coming here? we know that we are taking a chance everytime we open this thread but we are only human and we enjoy bantering with you.
"the pictures are just some that we find on the net. this picture and the previous one are of marilyn monroe."
Sounds like a copyright infringement to me.......
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so?
Where is Nunnally when you want him to drink to pictures?
I keep hearing folks say that it will be a runoff between Johnson and Sams. Why, oh, why would anyone vote for Johnson???
The hit counter - what is it, what does it do, why should it concern or frighten us??
a hit counter is just a piece of code that you can insert in your website that picks up when that website has a visitor. its to know if anyone is actually visiting a website. some tell how they arrive for example the referral page. theres nothing to fear about them.
heres some information about them from wikipedia. hit counter
she'll be back.
"Hi Guys! Just flew back in from Betty Ford......what a wonderful place!!! "
I'll drink to that...
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yeah, if she doesn't socialize with total idiots she'll hate the inauguration. She is so genuine and non-phony. Ya gotta love her.
Scarlet seems kinda partial to females. Ya suppose she might be a thesbian?
i want to join the list of whiners about the size of the thread. i have reasonably fast puters, dsl at the office and high speed cable at home and i am bogging down. i know nothing about blogs, but why in the hell wouldn't you start a new thread? clueless in alexandria.
dork.......
Adieu....Adieu.....Adieu.
I'll drink to that!
Please remember that Anonymous is not always the same person...since the topic comes up so often, apparently a lot of the "fans" have dial-up connection which takes a while to load.
Do us a favor...start a new thread so we can enjoy this site too!
The in-depth Godard/Brewer interview should happen today and hopefully be posted this evening on KALB web site. Godard has offered viewers and interested persons an opportunity to suggest questions and issues for Ms. Brewer to address. If you have any you should email Godard at KALB immediately.
As Edwin Edwards once said in reference to a very different subject: "IT NEVER HURTS TO ASK."
Are no FEMALES considering a run for the city council??
Lets see if she acts all rattled and start all that fast double talk. I hope Michelle will not be female prejudiced and will ask her REAL questions.
Spanky said
"Again, the mayor's position is a full time position as expressed and established by the charter. Dr. Sams is playing on the wording as to "holding any salaried position" as being an exception, which in full reading is not. Two points; do you want someone that exploits loopholes and do you want a part-timer for mayor. While I feel he has the backbone to stand up to the impending conflict between the mayor and council, I do not see an endgame on his behalf and we will have conflict for the sake of conflict. "
Tuesday, July 25, 2006 9:43:15 AM
Is Sams planning on staying on the School Board as well,?? Is that allowed?? I mean there are 24 whole hours in a day, why waste them on sleeping when you can save the world (or at least Alexandria)
i hear ya about sams. two points. my understanding is that sams will accept no more patients, and in effect will wind down his practice.
as to the legality of being "full time" mayor, i think ned could or did practice law on the side. he certainly is listed as an attorney in the yellow pages.
Spanky just happens to be dead wrong on this one. The Charter does not say or suggest or require that the mayor be "full-time". It does say that he can have no other salaried position. Ned did continue a limited law practice after his election and he didn't have much of a practice prior to becoming mayor. No, he cannot continue his school board seat because that would be "dual office-holding" which is prohibited by State law.
Sorry Spanky. As always, Sams in right.
IF WANT YOU PART TIME RESULTS AND ADMIRE A GUY WHO HAS NO TIME FOR HIS FAMILY (HELL MAYBE HE DOESN'T LIKE HIS FAMILY) THEN VOTE FOR SAMS. ALEXANDRIA HAS TO MUCH GOING ON FOR A PART TIME MAYOR . WE SOMEONE THAT CAN SELL THE CITY TO LARGE INDUSTRIES FOR JOBS. BUT THAT REQUIRES SOMEONE TO BE LOGICAL AND TO WORK WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL YOU HAVE TO BE ILLOGICAL.
Why would anyone vote for Smith OR Johnson, other than those who have been promised rewards for their votes. Both men are so damned ignorant it's unbelievable!
The "why" really doesn't matter. The fact is that they will by the thousands and If we don't get off our asses and work for candidates and get the vote out, they win. Then you end up with the sour grapes chorus like the jerk from Pineville lamenting how they ended up with an adored and unopposed administration and council. Then you have a very very long 4 years.
anyone have any thing new on jacque running or not?
delores brewer video blog: kalb permalink or kalb.com and click the video blog banner.
Brewer Blog on KALB is online now.
We know the current administration can sell the city. They just sold 4th st. to Rapides Regional for addition to building. I feel for the folks on Upper Third. Just wait for the replacement bridge and it will further limit access to thier customers.....Vote for a real change Dr. Sams is the only new candidate. I think the council will finally be contained....
The difference in DB and CFS is the same as the difference between daylight and dark. I could actually understand what she was saying. CFS sounded so damned dumb I could not believe it.
VERY VERY shifty.....interesting that she is saying that her current administration has NOT followed the LAW. Wow. Really disrespected Ned
.She so double talks about her conflict of interest. She turns KELVIN SANDERS in for conflict with Alex Housing Authority "IT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED" But does NOT think her doing the same thing is a conflict. AND then she tries to LIE again about her lies to the counsil and "meeting the lawyer on the street" SHE LIES and calls it FIGURE OF SPEECH>??????GEEEEEZ are we idiots? She actually says she was in the current administration for "ONLY SIX MONTHS"!!!!!! This lady is dangerous. Very scary
She is better than CFS but hell is that good enough? She wouldnt look at Michelle or the camera and she realy blew off the question of her honesty. Damn I was hoping for better. We need another candidate this one aint it.
Based on an interview this one ain't it? Wake up people. She didn't lie about anything and she certainly did not disrespect Ned one bit. If you pay attention and realize the Council are the ones disrespecting Ned and the position of Mayor and that she was saying she is going to clamp down on this practice. She is running for office people and at least she has the courage and character to say she will end the Council's BS and stand up to them.
So what she said she has only been in the admin for six months. Everyone knows she has been there longer as Capitol Projects Director. She meant as Chief-of-Staff for 6 months. Good Lord people.
I agree 100%.
No doubt she is the most qualified candidate out there. Jacques Roy? Give me a break. Unforunately he will learn the hard way what happens when you listen to a group of people who only want you in there as a spoiler to begin with saying you are the annointed one and you can beat Roosevelt head to head in a runoff.
Talk about jumping in late and then getting your ego pumped up. Well he didn't have that problem anyway, but like I said, he will learn the hard way.
Go Delores!!
No kidding!! I really want a 35 year old full of himself plaintiff's attorney as the next Mayor. Go Jacques!!
Holy crap people.
Vote DB!!
I thought it was a great interview. Delores is intelligent, well spoken, she knows where the problems are, and can fix them without completely destroying city government
this is big...i thought she was a complete liar and now i see her facing one hell of a tough interview and staring it down. she can be strong and that might be what this town needs...
I stand by my previous statement.
Sec. 3-03. Qualifications.
The mayor shall be at least twenty-five (25) years of age, a qualified elector of the city and shall have actually resided for two (2) consecutive years immediately preceding the date of the general election in an area which, at the time set for qualifying for office, is within the incorporated boundaries of the city. He shall hold no other elective or appointive public office nor salaried employment except that of notary public or membership in the National Guard, the Reserve Defense Establishment or the Louisiana State Guard.
Read it yourself and see what the intent is and what loophole is being exploited.
Spanky
Round up the mayoral candidates and enter them on "You Got Talent" as the Tap Dancers Deluxe. After reviewing all of the interviews, Michelle did a good job and the folks did the duck & weave. Call that straight talk if you want to, but I would love to package and sell it for fertilizer.
Spanky, perhaps we should interpret and apply the law as it you wish it was rather than it is. Did you see the term "full time" or its equivalent anywhere in that charter provision? I happen to be the brilliant person that made that distinction known to several of the candidates. Mr. Myron Lawon could still run his business and receive commissions off of his insurance sales - just no salary. We are a nation of laws, not of Spankys.
To the extent that Mr. Randolph practiced, it was as a notary [transactional] (which an attorney is for life), not as an attorney ( acting as legal agent for others) which is one of the four exceptions allowed under the charter. We can have an argument all day long, but the only one that will count is the one held before a judge. It is a given that the qualification section is vague, but it is not silent. It will be for the electorate to decide whether they want a part-timer and someone that twists intent on verbiage or not. My opinion is just that and another voice in the cacophony that is our city politic.
The definition of "full time" and "salaried" is irrelevant. The reality is that Sams said he will be "part time". Therefore, he will be just that, a part time Mayor. If that is what you want, then vote for him. If not, then vote for someone else. Discussion over. Next item please.
Spanky, you devil. You just sort of make it up as you go. Actually, Ned received court appointments as a curator to receive service for and represent absentees in lawsuits. He did attorney work, as an attorney, by court appointment, and filed responsive pleadings on behalf of clients in the respective suit records. BUT he received a fee for service, not a salary. The harder you try, the "wronger" you are.
Just as a notary may charge a fee. Take it to the people. Mine is only a humble opinion that does not bear judical weight.
The point is that you are illogically combining two different, if related issues. Do people want a mayor that has interests, responsibilities, and connections that may prevent the level of performance they expect from their mayor. That issue, as you point out, will be answered by the electorate.
Does it contravene the City Charter for the mayor to engage in non-salaried , unelected, professional pursuits. Clearly it does not.
Can a mayor perform so poorly that the council can initiate proceedings to remove and replace him? Yes. The issue is the capacity and willingness to perform the requirements of office. The reason, unless it is one of the conducts specifically proscribed by law, does not matter.
A full-time charter requirement is a red herring, it does not exists, and I am simply asking that you not misrepresent the legal requirements and qualifications for the office. There are certainly enough bona fide issues to consider and discuss.
Seemingly it doesn't prohibit hourly employment whic would cause one to think the Mayor could hold a 40 hour a week job as an hourly hand.
Main Entry: sal·a·ry
Function: noun
Pronunciation: 'sal-re, 'sa-l&-
Inflected Form(s): plural -ries
Etymology: Middle English salarie, from Latin salarium pension, salary, from neuter of salarius of salt, from sal salt -- more at SALT
: fixed compensation paid regularly for services
- sal·a·ried/-red/ adjective
Notice the definition "fixed compensation.
I just got a chance to see DB's blog on KALB. When asked about making untrue statements she did the old texas two step--she misspoke--should have spoken more clearly== she said everything except that she lied...also she was glad she didn't get the contract at AHA because she would not be in the race today if she would have won the contract...a lot of double talk....same ole same ole.
What I would like to hear from any of the candidates is what do they plan to do about crime in the city. Carjacking, street robberies, shooting, drugs, it sure seems to be getting out of control....
Given the City Charter-- how can Dr. Sams justify still being employed as a part-time doctor? Does this mean he will not accept payment from his patients?? Free Health care?? Now that would be a real contribution!
Given the City Charter-- how can Dr. Sams justify still being employed as a part-time doctor? Does this mean he will not accept payment from his patients?? Free Health care?? Now that would be a real contribution!
Please tell me precisely what provision of the city charter you are talking about and what you think it says and means??
you have the simile, metaphor, and bald-faced lie - - -
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
"figure of speech"
One entry found for figure of speech.
Main Entry: figure of speech
: a form of expression (as a simile or metaphor) used to convey meaning or heighten effect often by comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning or connotation familiar to the reader or listener
Here is my reference- Spanky- is their and Internet link to the charter?
Spanky said...
"I stand by my previous statement.
Sec. 3-03. Qualifications.
The mayor shall be at least twenty-five (25) years of age, a qualified elector of the city and shall have actually resided for two (2) consecutive years immediately preceding the date of the general election in an area which, at the time set for qualifying for office, is within the incorporated boundaries of the city. He shall hold no other elective or appointive public office nor salaried employment except that of notary public or membership in the National Guard, the Reserve Defense Establishment or the Louisiana State Guard."
What provision prohibits the mayor from practicing medicine on a fee-for-service basis?
The following link is to the municode which has the city charter and all ordinances on the books. The home rule charter is an easy and straitghtforward read without a lot of legalese. Make it yor first reference in understanding the workings of our city government. In my opinion, Mr. Bolen did an excellent job in crafting the charter.
http://www.municode.com/resources/gateway.asp?pid=11767&sid=18
Spanky
So, does that mean Jabba the Hut cannot practice medicine part-time?
No. This means Spanky cannot read.
It would be real nice if a new thread was opened on this site. This site takes forever to load on a dial up connection
Dial up??? They still have that???
I am not quite sure what part of english I do not understand unless I am not familiar with the doublespeak dialect as much as I thought, but here is the diagrammed breakdown as I understand it. Please illuminate my ignorance so I do not continue to live in ignorance as only the truth will set one free. I am forever in your debt as you illumine my path.
He shall hold no other
- descriptive pronoun phrase-
[elective or appointive public office nor salaried]
employment except that of
{Specific Exceptions}
(notary public or membership in the National Guard, the Reserve Defense Establishment or the Louisiana State Guard.")
Spanky the Dumbass - Would you help me please?
I think Dr Sams is claming he is not SALARIED. He works on a fee basis, therefore he can still be a doctor and a mayor.
My point exactly. The descripitive phrase to define employment is sufficiently broad to deny specificity. If I may invoke a biblical parallel" like a camel passing the eye of a needle" loophole, that is the machination that our mayor that we would be blessed to have since God sent him to save the wretched, is using. Whoa be unto the fools that are so beguiled. Maybe we are in the endtimes as we witness false prophets.
Thus sayeth Spanky the Deliverer
If a candidate does not hold a salaried position (employed at a fixed periodic payment) or other elective or appointive office then that candidate is not engaging in conduct proscribed by the charter provision. Can a candidate hold any salaried position: yes, the national guard. Can a candidate hold another appointed position thru a state commission: yes, that of notary public.
Ned did in fact engage in the practice of law. Was it permitted or did he just get away with it. I think that it is permitted.
Was the original intent to get a mayor that would be full-time and have no other source of income? That would be doubtful since the initial salary for mayor was $25K.
Should the mayor be a fulltime position. Maybe. The folks will decide. BUT the charter clearly does not proscribe a non-salaried income while serving as mayor.
I suppose I am harping and I apologize. It is just that you have always been so entirely on the money and able to see thru all the crap. I'm pretty sure that I would believe you if I had not addressed this issue analytically and professionally.
As a practical matter, the medical practice would have to be the area to modify responsibility since the Mayor's duties are pretty fixed.
This is my final effort. I shall challenge you no more on this issue.
So, what you are saying is the mayor can mow lawns, work at McD, be a greeter at walmart, but NOT have a regular full time professional job, unless he is a doctor or an attorney??
Could Roosevelt stay at KALB as long as he was paid by the hour??
Could CFS stay with the Sherriff's office working security, etc, as long as he was hourly??
I agree with Spanky, I think the intent of the Charter is for the mayor's job to be his full time job.
I have to agree with you, and I am still on the money. Alexandria would be blessed to have either myself or Dr. Sams as mayor due to the posession of superior intellect. I will reveal my identity near the burning bush on the levee at midnight of the full moon.
Spanky the Conjurer
salary
One entry found for salary.
Main Entry: sal·a·ry
Pronunciation: 'sal-rE, 'sa-l&-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ries
Etymology: Middle English salarie, from Anglo-French, from Latin salarium pension, salary, from neuter of salarius of salt, from sal salt -- more at SALT
: fixed compensation paid regularly for services
All of the employment you discribe is salary - fixed hourly compensation is salary. If they worked at McDonalds and were paid by the number of burgers they produce or the amount of profit they generate that would not be salary.
If a doctor or lawyer has a professional corporation that pays them a certain periodic draw like every month or every quarter, that would be a salary. They would be working for the corporation.
That aside, if the founding Alexandrians wanted to require that mayor be full time, they did not so provide. I am not talking about what's right or fair. I'm talking about the controlling provision in the Charter.
OK, lets let this be the question. If a doctor is self-employed and is paid for by his patients for the services he performs, and his income is soley based on production, and he receives a different amount every month, does he receive a salary?
If a person sells insurance and receives income from commissions on premiums paid, does he receive a salary?
If an electrician is self-employed and he is paid by the job, does he receive a salary?
If these people do not receive a salary are they in a "salaried position"?
If they are not in a salaried position (or one of the other specifically proscribed activities) what prohibits their other income producing activities?
Whew! I feel like a magpie. (as opposed to a hair pie)
What's the deal with Jacques Roy. I heard he was all the way in but all has been quiet for several days. Is he vacillating? I don't like vacillating.
The ancient Romans recieved salt for their service, hence the root sal, evolving to salary. Modes of delivery, frequency, or amount had nothing to do with the fact that some form of currency ( salt) was used in exchange for services rendered. If you want to get down to basics, then any form of currency exchange for services performed would be a salary whether they are called wages, fees, or salary. You continue to make my point ad nauseum, but we can continue the discussion until you publicly concede.
Spanky the Dizzy
I concede. I'm sorry. I'm wrong. But I think I made a worthy stand. If you go to the levee at midnight during a full moon, you will have the shortest administration in history. I salute you.
Delores for Mayor!
"SHE CAN REACH FOR A FIGURE OF SPEECH
BUT SOMEONE SHOULD TEACH
THAT IT'S A MORAL BREACH"
Downtown is not dead! It just moved about 40 years ago. So why not stop all the BS about reviving it, adding trees, walking trails and spending millions on a dead horse. Put the money in the areas that are growing and where people want to work, shop and eat. Downtowns move in every city and every city has spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to fight mother nature. Unless the mayoral candidates concede this point we will have forty more years of the same head in the sand mentality. What do any of the candidates have to say about this issue?
So my fellow blogger. You would have us believe that all downtowns are destined to die and should be ignored. Apparently you havn't been out of Rapides Parish very often. Ever been to Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Dallas, New Orleans (pre-Katrina), Atlanta, Boston, New York, San Fransisco, Natchitoches, Many,Fairhope Alabama, Charleston...... Apparently not. All of these places have vibrant downtowns that are the direct result of public / private reinvestment. It can happen here. But first we have to get rid of the limited thinking naysayers like yourself
Fort Worth, Texas has a great downtown lots of restaurants, nice bars, Barnes and Noble, movies theater, Bass Hall and very clean. It would be great to see downtown Alex develop into that ......BUT... not with the police dept we have it is not possible. THE MAIN REASON WHY FW DOWNTOWN IS SUCESSFUL IS BECAUSE OF THE POLICE PATROLS. Every 30 minutes i saw cops patroling on bike or foot.
copied and pasted from sams website
Why run for mayor? For the same reason I became a doctor and the same reason I became a school board member. God gave me the drive to make a difference on this earth and from my perspective I am the only electable person willing to run with the combination of enough intelligence, ethics, and tenacity to help turn this city around.
My themes are basic: honor and integrity, fairness and accountability. My methodology is simple. As a school board member, I did not have to seek out corruption and inefficiency. Everyone knows where it exists and honest people call and tell you. The job of confirming the issue, establishing accountability, and correcting the problem is the method whereby the system improves.
Economic development requires a government with good leadership.(CODE WORD BIG GOVT) A positive fair leader that all can trust to do the right thing will bring economic development to this city. Community growth in a fair and unbiased manner, holding all accountable, will bolster economic growth. Community development and infrastructure development capable of handling and attracting the economic development that this city should be attracting is imperative. Business is interested in a community going the right direction with the right leadership to get it there. Education and economic development through an inviting environment and family oriented community are the keys to this city.
Most successful plans are simple. Spend the public's money wisely. Hold qualified people accountable. Work together. Always try your best to be fair.
Can I be mayor and continue my practice of medicine?
Yes,(IF IT WAS COLFAX)
without question. God gave me many talents. While I am willing to serve my community as mayor, I am unwilling to abandon my patients. I will modify??? my practice and limit it as necessary to established patients, and will alter my office hours to accommodate my duties as mayor. WHAT AT NIGHT TIME!!!The Mayor of Alexandria is a position of supervision and judgment.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE
The president of General Motors, I am told, works 4 hours a day.?????????? WHERE IN THE HELL DID HE GET THAT....
AND AND GM LOST 10.6 BILLION!!!!! LAST YEAR
UNDER WAGNOEERS LEADERSHIP AND THEIR ARE TALK OF MERGERING WITH NISSAN OR A BUY OUT FROM TOYOTA. MAYBE WE JUST MERGE WITH PINEVILLE
Having the character to assure fairness and accountability for all, having the tradition of honor and integrity, and having the intellect to make good judgments are the qualifications I bring to the people of this community. I would hope they would allow me to serve them as Mayor..
PART TIME MAYOR PART TIME RESULTS ALEXANDRIA CAN'T AFFORD SAMS!!!!!!!!!
WHAT THE WEBSITE FOR THE MAYOR CANIDATES
I will vehemently oppose John Sams' candidacy for Mayor.
What is so important about downtown? It is nothing but a bunch of old buildings, lawyers' offices, public buildings and a decaying hotel that just can't make it on its own (actually not even with many hundreds of thousands of dollars of public money). Why pump money in a crime ridden ghost town when there are other areas where people want to be. Why must we be going upstream when the flow will give us results much more beneficial to everyone. After 40 years of trying and millions of public money squandered on downtown, including stopping progress for years by diverting I-49 downtown, I have become a naysayer, just as any rational person would become in regards trying to use taxpayers' money to do the impossible. And actually I have been to all the cities mentioned other than Fairhope and I believe the money spent would have produced results a hundredfold in the areas where the cities growth occurs naturally. Baton Rouge has the state capitol bldg, a casino and a few millionaires working diligently and difficulty still haunts downtown. We ain't Atlanta with one of the largest airports in the world and growth that is phenominal and still the growth and given its citizens suburbs that offer far more than confines of an artficial revamped area called downtown. I think it is you who should try and think outside the box and consider other possibilities for growth in Alexandria. Let's try for the next 40 years to allow private industry to move with less burdisome taxation and keep the government who has never made a profit or accompllished anything out of our pockets and away from more glorious redevelopement schemes.
I agree that the problem downtown is crime and the fear of it. Crime is pretty bad everywhere in this fair city. Even carjackings and drivers being shot trying to save her car....Driving under the railroad and hit by thrown rocks..when are people going to say enough is enough
They aren't going to say enough is enough! Remember the days of past when as children those of us with the title of "Baby Boomers" got our britches torn up by a neighbor when we were caught doing something wrong only to have it torn up again when we got home? Now I dare anyone to stop and do that to a child old enough to toss a brick off an overpass onto the windshild of a passing automobile. And whoa unto the, oh violator of human rights if you take that child to his momma and tell her what YOU DID... "You chastized my chile??" Then your arrested... Come on now, get real... Isn't that the way it really is?
We need to pass a city sales tax to pay the police more and we will have less crime.
NEW THREAD! NEW THREAD! NEW THREAD!!!!!!
If our citizens had more walking trails and water parks they would not breach the peace.
Maybe the new sales tax yo are proposing can give us PROs (parkinglot resourse officers) just like the salestax for the SROs. The schools are SO SO SAFE now that Hilton has all the children protected.
Can we please get a new blog or something? This one is a pain in the ass, and I am not on dial-up.
re roy's candidacy. any other "new" candidate at this point would just be a spoiler. jacque is a great guy and i would be proud to have him as my mayor. he obviously did not want to be mayor or his hat would have been in the ring way before this. if he wants to be mayor, he should wait four years and run. let me give you a scenario totally of my own conjecture. the regime annointed delores as heir apparent. the list of supporters on her first fund raiser was identical to ned's fundraiser last time he ran. for whatever reasons, dolores can't get any traction, and the regime knows she is dead in the water. they underestimated the sentiment for change, any change. with delores riding a dead horse, they have to do something. their worse nightmare is sams. so what do you do? you play roy for a dupe at the 11th hour. you know he can't win this late, but you hope he peels enough voters off of sams and delores to put all three out of the race, and have a run off between two of the black candidates. you then cut a deal with one of those candidates for the run off, and the regime stays in power. poor roy for the rest of his life will be remembered as electing one of the black candidates, not that the color matters, but the quality of the two. i think roy had better think twice, three times and four times before he runs. he may be being played for the fool. again, if his desire is to be mayor, and i think he would make a great mayor, he needs to wait four years. to merely split the white vote this election will ruin any political plans he may have.
I am don't think I agree with your analysis. Roy, if he runs for mayor, will do so because he sees a desparate need for reform in city governnment. While it might be late in the game for anyone else who would be basically splitting the Rotary Club and Jr. League vote another way, Roy attracts a whole new multiracial, multiethinic, pansocial group that traditionally doesn't get interested or involved unless they are excited by somebody like the old Ned or the new Jacques. I think the city would benefit from the new dimention that somebody like Roy would bring to the contest. Right now what we have is the pissed blacks vs. the patrician honkeys. Where is the future in that? And Jacques can wait 4 years or 10 years - WE CAN'T.
anonymous. i think you missed my point. digressing, believe me you can wait four years for anything. you must be very young. just how big is this "whole new multiracial, multiethinic, pansocial group " that is gonna vaunt roy into the mayorship? with out offending you, i think you are being naive. he at best will further dilute the white vote.
So tell me what to do when I pull the curtain on the voting machine. Vote for somebody in whom I have no confidence or vote for somebody who has the intelligence but may very well lack the skill to be mayor. An then, of course, there are the minority candidates. And what is going to excite my neighbors enough to go Sat. morning during football and hunting season to vote for the same old crap? Perhaps I am naive. Or perhaps you are morbidly skeptical. I hope Roy gets in it. We need a fix.
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