Why do we allow our elected officials to do this to us? Maybe because not enough of us pay attention. The legislature (notice I did not use "our legislature") spends and spends. It would be great if they did so sensibly. What we need is infrastructure; repair, maintain, replace or new. We need a skilled workforce. We need an educated populace. We need jobs. We don't need to catch up with other states, we need to bypass them.
We have a chance to try a new group this coming election, let's give them a chance. If they fail, well, throw them out next election. If not Louisiana is doomed to loose it's population, it's businesses, and itself (coastline!).
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Spanky, you are absolutely right!! I had mentioned that the educated, informed voters would insure positive renewal of the taxes needed to move our fair city forward. Though only a small percentage voted, we succeeded. I wonder if Mr. "I have a doctorate" bothered to cast his "NO Brain Vote". Kudo's to all who voted to press on.
Well
Appears that we will get more of the same over the next 3 years. Jaq and Myron fighting over who the voters are supporting.
Did you mean Jacques instead of jaq?
Of course.
Did I miss the lengthy enumeration of Lance's accomplishments and contributions to humanity? I note that the question was asked about a half dozen times.
Being awful hard on Laura Sylvester arn't you?
"U had to ax??? said...
You were entirely undistinguished as a student (and went to the easiest school to get into and out of in the universe); a joke as a law clerk (fucked up a lot more things than you fixed); and then a local cheerleader for the king of all hipocrits - you would have done better to screw a president."
prayerwarrior2007 said...
Did not Maxwell work for Vitter? If so, why not public statement on Vitter? What does he think of Vitter? We prayer warriors want to know.
Sunday, July 22, 2007 10:26:00 PM
I heard Lance speak once. He said he would not have entered the race without Vitter's full support. He said he had learned a great deal from Senator Vitter.
So what is the latest info on the Pineville Alderman Joe Bishops arrest? I have not seen anything in the newspaper or heard anything on the radio or Tv
Like the other dude said, your fascination with Maxwell is weird. I have to agree you're looking like a gayhound. Back off dude, or ask him for a date. There's nothing we can do for you here.
Whether I vote for him (which I prolly will - since he's the only repub in da race) will not be effected by your constantly evoking his name.
Also, like the other dude said there are others in the race that you're not saying nuthin bout, so it really must be a gay stalker thing with you!!
Remember, there were lots of folks on here dissing the tax. Look where that got them. Same thing with Maxwell, you're getting no traction here, just making yourself look bad.
And BTW, it's pretty easy to figure out who you are. On the main page there is a way to see who the last visitor was, your Domain Name, IP Address, operating System, the Browser you use, type of Monitor Resolution, time of Visit, Visit Length, and the web site you came here from, and the one you left from here to go to.
Cuz if I can find that info, I'm sure Maxwell's people can too.
Scary ain't it!
And BTW, it's pretty easy to figure out who you are. On the main page there is a way to see who the last visitor was, your Domain Name, IP Address, operating System, the Browser you use, type of Monitor Resolution, time of Visit, Visit Length, and the web site you came here from, and the one you left from here to go to.
And how do you plan to get around the privacy laws which will prohibit you from obtaining the actual account holder of that I.S.P. address once you have found it. Will you get a court order for it? How bout it cuz?
Is asking about your candidate's accomplishments really that offensive to you? Are you that ashamed?
If you want to know about a candidate, ask the candidate, not some unaccountable anon bloggers.
are you that stupid?
Cuz if I can find that info, I'm sure Maxwell's people can too.
Scary ain't it!
More threats, he learned well from Vitter.
--And how do you plan to get around the privacy laws which will prohibit you from obtaining the actual account holder of that I.S.P. address--
I think the poster is talking about using deductive reasoning. If a poster visits here from a domain assigned to a certain company, then you can "guess" who at that company would be interested in a particular topic. There are some Whois sites, and ways to ping a domain that will give you the "group" that an IP address has been assigned to.
Also, if the IP address in question goes several days without logging in, and its commom knowledge that a certain employee was sick, out of town, on vacation, in court, etc. then you can once again deduce who that might be.
And then there's the "rule out" method. If someone is seen out on the town, when a harsh comment is made, then you can rule that person out, and narrow it down to others that would be using the same company's domain.
It's just a matter of keeping track of the domains making comments, knowing the personalities involved and whether they have computer skills, and keeping your ears and eyes open to whats going on in as topics are discussed.
Sounds boring, but easily doable for someone with no life.
Yes for companies and insitutions that have registered domain names. For people on suddenlink, aol and etc... no.
there are far more people able to discuss the subtleties of cyberspace and the internet (thanks to Al) than folks who can list Lance's accomplishments - or maybe they have been listed - and are "zero"
Here's your answer, Monday, July 23, 2007 1:20:00 PM.
Joe Bishop has not been arrested, arraigned, detained or had any other legal action taken against him. The juvenile in question is Bishop’s daughter. Bishop had to forcefully remove her from a party at the home of Judge Ryland’s first wife. Apparently the ex-Ms. Ryland was serving alcohol to minors at the party. Bishop’s daughter got drunk and out of control, hence the removal by force. The ex-Ms. Ryland filed a complaint against Bishop to forestall Bishop from filing a complaint against her for getting his daughter drunk. Keep in mind that the ex-Ms Ryland has been in and out of re-hab, for alcohol abuse, several times. The ex-Ms Ryland’s complaint was kicked to the AG’s office because our DA is the ex-Ms Ryland’s personal attorney.
The postings on We Saw That and Aymond’s web site are dockets for the court. In other words, a schedule of things the court will consider on that particular day. In Bishop’s case, the item was bumped from the docket, something that happens all the time.
As of now, the AG’s office is investigating the complaint and will take the appropriate action based on the facts of their investigation.
Keep in mind that We Saw That and Aymond’s stock and trade is speculation, rumor, half-truth, and spin. Neither of them deal in fact, unless it fits with their personal agenda, something that rarely happens.
Actually, the assistant attorney general reviewed the case, found merit and probably criminal conduct, and formally filed charges by bill of information against Mr. Bishop. Now who is "adjusting" the truth?
To this stupid moron: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:13:00 AM
I read the post, and Just the Facts said... "As of now, the AG’s office is investigating the complaint and will take the appropriate action based on the facts of their investigation."
Where is the spin in his statement asshole? He said the AG's office will investigate and take appropriate action. Looks to me like they have...
And, looks to me like you're a completely brainless pinhead.
You are a liar and you are caught. I can understand how that would make you uncomfortable but why the anger? Perhaps you should refine your liar skills so that you do not lie about facts that are so easily checked on the public record. Just a suggestion.
And I may be a pinhead but I am clearly a hell-of-a lot smarter than you. I assume that this fact may generate the inappropriate anger.
To Tuesday, July 24, 2007 9:16:00 AM
I get angry every time some assbreath like you twists the truth. This guy, Just the facts NEVER said the AG's office didn't act on Bishop. He said they would investigate and act based on fact.
Maybe they have and maybe that haven't I don't know...but I know that you are claiming he lied, and he didn't.
That makes you an asshole liar, and I HATE a liar.
Posted at 7:31
"Joe Bishop has not been arrested, arraigned, detained or had any other legal action taken against him."
Apparently this posting was non-factual.
Posted at 8:13
"Actually, the assistant attorney general reviewed the case, found merit and probably criminal conduct, and formally filed charges by bill of information against Mr. Bishop. Now who is "adjusting" the truth?"
Unless a lot went on in 40+ minutes the first posting was wrong, spin or designed to mislead.
Either that or the first poster needs to get up to date information sooner.
Wonder when the Bill of Information was filed?
I enjoy pudding. Sometimes I eat pudding instead of a healthy lunch.
I like milk with my pudding.
Bill of Information filed on 7/19/07 means someone has already looked at the complaint and police report and determine there is sufficient information on Joe Bishop to have officially charged him and set his arraingment for 8/24/07.
Mr. Bishop will be given an opportunity to prove his innocence at a trial. The problem here is why wasn't Bishop reported in the newspaper or KALB like other criminals awaiting arrignment and trial?
Bill of Information filed July 17, 2007 - sounds like they investigated and decided a while back . . . .
Anonymous said...
I enjoy pudding. Sometimes I eat pudding instead of a healthy lunch.
I like milk with my pudding.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007 10:08:00 AM
We understand Lance, but what does that have to do with your qualifications?
Sounds like typical Pineville Spin to me. Anyone else notice how Pineville always seem to have a different set of facts than everyone else?
-- Anonymous said...
I enjoy pudding. Sometimes I eat pudding instead of a healthy lunch.
I like milk with my pudding.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007 10:08:00 AM
We understand Lance, but what does that have to do with your qualifications? --
You look retarded posting this and then answering it yourself. A little "Rain Man" thing going on in the brain?
NObody seems to care that you are a closet fag and are now fixated on /stalking Lance. Does your wife know? She soon will!
Looks like Bridgett is talking through Hobbs mouth again
We wouldn't have all of these problems if we all just ate more pudding.......
Good idea Lance.
enough of this. we need to focus. pudding is not the answer. a really nice water slide is.
I am always amazed at how easy it is to distract the public's attention from the central issue of whether or not Hobbs broke the open meetings law and interject all these other non-issues. WTF is Aymond is a member of al qaida. Hobbs either has to be a liar (letter to Roy) or a a lawbreaker with his illegal meetings. I am not sure that it really matters which.
I read this on the TT forum. I didn't know our once VP was so involved with communism.
Did you know that the environmentalist in chief has a very interesting history with communism?? Makes you wonder what really is at the heart of all his anti-industrial GW crusade???
1892 Julius Hammer joins the Socialist Labor Party.
1898 Armand Hammer born to Julius Hammer. Armand is named after the hammer and sickle, symbol of the Socialist movement.
1919 Julius Hammer founds the American Communist Party.
1956 Hammer purchases Occidental Petroleum, $120,000.
1961 J. Edgar Hoover memo: Hammer cannot be "pursued" because he is "protected" by Senator Al Gore Sr.
1973 Armand Hammer sells a zinc mine to the father of Al Gore, $160,000.
1973 Ten minutes after the above sale of land, Al Gore Sr. sells the zinc mine to his son, Al Gore, Jr., $140,000.
1985 Al Gore, Jr. leases the family zinc mine (for which they receive $20k/yr from Occidental) to Union Zinc.
1988 Occidental Petroleum, revenue: $20B, profit: $302M.
1995 At Vice President Al Gore's recommendation, Federal government sells Elk Hills oil reserves to Occidental Petroleum, $3.65B.
Gore is such a hypocrite. Didn't his wfie once campaign against the very same acts he invited to headline his concerts? Are all dems such frauds???
Can Roy screw up any more than he already has?
Hobbs has linked him in the public's eye to the KKK. How much support will he get next election from the black community?
Sorry folks, but our rookie mayor has solidified his one-term status. I'm convinced that the only reason he won't resign before then, is that the racist element in the city won't allow it.
Advice to CRoy, don't waste your money on qualifying. Your brother has topedoed any hope you ight have had.
Well said Gary Brown.
Tim Biakabatuka borrowed my uncle's sailboat.
Well, the Town Talks series on the sheriff's race was hilariously non-informative.
I've never met any of the three, but the questions I wanted to know were not there.
Robinson, do you think you can be an effective leader when the dept. knows of your physical aggression to a subordinate IN A WHEELCHAIR?
Slocum, did you reaaly need to lose weight to appeal to voters?
Wagner, c'mon do you reallly expect to be put into the top job after leaving law enforcement for a decade?
Just based on what I know (with no help from the Town Talk), Slocum wins in the primary
I don't know about your "Gary Brown" comment, but, I'm a white voter, and I think a KKK link looks terrible for our city.
I am a white voter as well. I am seriously concerned as to what has happened to our community in the past few months. We are now more focused on race than at any other time than I can remember, well except for when a shooting occurred in the Sonja Quarters.
The in-fighting between the Mayor and the Council is driving a wedge not only between our governmental leaders but our community. As some have said we are headed back to the days of John K. Snyder where during his tenure a Councilman was actually called a monkey during a committee meeting. I pray cooler heads will prevail. I hope all ministers can bring a sense of calm and order to our community.
Our Mayor likes to quote Martin Luther King, he needs to learn to act a little more like him. He could use some diplomacy skills and learn to talk to people and with people and not "at" people. We know he is intelligent, but he needs to stop insulting those around him with his extensive vocabulary. The true sign of genius is one who can communicate with anyone - a blue collar worker and a PhD.
The Council needs to become less sensitive to their color more attune to the people they represent. Yes, our community color lines have shifted. But realize this, the only way up is through education and hard work. We have to make a difference in many areas of our community - that includes the black, white, red, brown, and yellow areas. We are falling behind fast in education and job skills. We have fallen behind in life skills and basic family support structure.
Ned Randolph accomplished many things during his term as Mayor, but the one thing he should be remembered for the most is uniting the City. He came in at a time when the City was on the brink of bankruptcy, racial tension was high and there was little hope. He brought us to a place where we can compete against other communities for companies like Union Tank, have a surplus in our budget, and begin to make a difference in many areas of our community. Not all problems were addressed, but he made strides in most of them. Instead of moving forward we are beginning to slide backward. We cannot allow this to happen or we will become a place no one wants to live.
does anyone know when and where the Vitter endorsement of Maxwell will be?
George, love ya man, but did you just wake up about thirty minutes ago? We have been talking about these issues for the past two years on this blog. The fact that someone has he courage to speak up is the amazing stride in my estimation.
Ned was being blackmailed into submission by council minions, that is why he was so quiet for nearly 5 years. Truth never hurt anyone, so now that you are awake, jostle your neighbors.
No I haven't just woken up you moron. I have been here anonymously speaking out about the same things.
The racial divide is growing greater every day here - that is what my current post was about. That is my concern.
Ned helped pull the City together. The current administration and the council seem help bent on tearing this city to shreds. Do we want to become New Orleans? Do we want to be Monroe? Do we want to be Shreveport where not too long ago people picketed the Chamber because they didn't have any black staff members? I don't.
The Town Talk keeps the issue stirred up. The Mayor insults the citizens with his rhetoric. The Council continues to act they own the City. As far as I am concerned we can find someone to buy back the newspaper back from Gannett and get real reporting and through out all the politicians and start over - mayor and council. Maybe then we can go forward and start working on the real issues.
I am also a white voter.
I agree 100% with what has been said. There has to be an eledment of racism for the tide to have turned as much as it did with the election of the new mayor.
Without a real leader, our city is lost!
"does anyone know when and where the Vitter endorsement of Maxwell will be?"
Sugar and Spice?
STFU, George.
Wow, so much going on since I last read:
1) Gore's ties to communism
2) Roy & the KKK
3) Council cries racism
4) A pervert stalking a candidate for state rep
5) Someone already has the sheriffs race locked up
and now Foti cannot get a an indictment. Looks like he's gone too. La. is an exciting place. But so is Iraq. Sometimes excitement is not a good thing
George, calm down and no I am not a mo ron. We see the same events and facts but place them in different contexts. If you are truly stirred, then shake everyone's hand that you meet and ask them if they voted and if no why not. Gently remind them that for evil men to prevail is for all good men to do nothing.
There has always been a racial divide in Alexandria that is kind of like farting in church. If everyone is quiet for long enough, it will go away.
Not so with racism.
Even within families, difference in children produce varying relationships.
Now, why would people with greater diverse traits not have have difficulty?
I prefer to smile, confront, then defuse anger by stimulating that emotion. Once the angered party has vented and the smoke clears, then folks can find common ground.
Never talking about issues allows them to be nurtured to monstrous proportions with sometimes catastrophic consequences that have been driven by irrational emotions.
Emotions by their very nature are irrational, but drive every decision that we make.
De-fusing emotions by recognizing them and finding common ground for common goals is a path to successful race relations.
The fart in church approach prolongs the suffering.
Can I get an AMEN, brothers?
But I thought holding in the fart is what prolongs the suffering.
Boy, have I got a lot to learn about politics.
Well Spanky what we have right now is a bunch of angry people. An angry Mayor - he's angry at the Council who seem to understand the charter makes them the governing authority - and he's angry at the Town Talk who can't seem to quote him correctly.
The Council is angry because the Mayor is trying to take away their power.
Bridgett is angry because she can't sit in on a case she refuses to sign a confidentiality agreement on.
The citizens are angry every time the open their utility bills.
Who's not angry? Joe D. Smith who made a mint when he sold the newspaper to Gannett.
Good, we just might have folks come together to yell at each other until they figure out that they won't get anywhere until they use some reason and diplomacy.
Getting off dead-center is the first step.
I will continue to do my part.
"love4aex
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Read a few of Aymonds posting at this location, sometimes he calls himself Spanky. For now I can't provide you too much of his blogs but there are many more in other places that tie directly to him.
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17307919&postID=3173744347226979918"
Copied from the remarks to the TT article on Hobbs. Spanky has been outed.
To: "Spanky" in black bold type, not to be confused w/ "Spanky" in blue bold type...
Re: Identity
Due to my own employment restrictions I must unfortunately remain anonymous. However, I am curious about the diferent color type.
Are you one in the same?
Is the black bold type a computer @ your place of employment or some other physically different computer?
Are you the "real" "Spanky" in blue bold print, or are you an identity thief?
Are you a "shit-stirrer" attempting to circumvent/distort or otherwise skew/manipulate the thoughts of others?
This is not an attempt to stir shit, just maintain some sembalence of credibility on/for this blog... never know when CFS or Hobbs is gonna go to reading again and get it right or not.
So Spanky is Aymond???
Did you really say this:
"If I was the racist that they claim, they wouldn't be alive to say it," Aymond said.
Man that must make mayor Roy proud to be on the same side with you.
Only the Shadow knows.
By the way, if I am so good at stirring shit, how come no more of you lazy-assed (pick a color) citizens went to vote than did?
I deserve no credit for being good at it.
Who cares about this "Spanky"? What a goofy name anyways. Weren't Buckwheat and Spanky buds anyway. What happened? Did they grow up to find that they cannot get along? Or did some evil city councilman lie to each of them to make them grow apart?
Buckwheat and Spanky had a falling out over who owned the white dog with the black circle around his eye and never spoke again.
Buckwheat went on to become an Airborne, Special Forces, Seal Team 6 Ranger know as BUCKBO.
Spanky has, apparently, grown up as Aymond the lawyer.
Now we are getting somewhere.
And why was this dog and the impetus to "own" it so strong ?
The young lady in the short dress was enamored with the dog and wanted a relationship with the owner in order to be with the dog.
She grew up to become a KAlb TALKING NEWS HEAD
Did the white body and the black eye represent an inherent natural division between "seeing" and "being". Between desire and circumstance? What, What could it mean?
Some kind of clue would be very helpful at this juncture.
Oh, so sorry. I must have been guilty of premature interrogation.
The black circle around the eye on a white dog is a mysterical simile designed to unobtrously relate to the all seeing eye.
To reveal anymore would require that I find you, smite you with a suare and slay you with a divider
premature interjection can be so embarrassing at times
Ok, I have had a little fun now, so it is time to cue you folks in that Spanky is not Greg Aymond.
Spanky is me.
Does anyone find it coincidental that the former KKK atty waited until after the taxes passed to file his complaint against the majority balck council.
Do you wonder if he was asked to wait until after the election by the mayor, or seems to have an advance copy?
Or is it just my suspicious nature?
Spanky is not Greg Aymond.
Spanky is me, Lamar.
Spanky is not Greg Aymond.
Spanky is Bridgett
OK, OK
I confess. Spanky is me.
Greg
Anonymous, once again you prove that you are willing to pontificate without a grasp of the facts. The complaint that you refer to was filed on June,29th. Almost a month prior to the election.
And if BUCKBO wound up owning the dog the resulting affair would be considered an insenuos innerracial affair during those days in the South.
The fear was if BUCKBO touched Dolly Spanky, aka Aymond, would hang the dog
No, it is me...Spartacus
Now that we have kicked the dog around, doesn't everyone feel refreshed?
No, I am Sparticus, err I mean Spanky.
There is some speculation on WST that the enthusiastic council fan posting in the Town Talk as love4aex is Bridget's brother, Gary. Is Gary the same guy as the amazing condo developer who appeared on TV with the black banker to declare that by this winter, they would have upscale condos on the second stories of the block occupied by Red Cross Drugs and his failed coffee shop disaster? That was part of the Bentley grand opening scam engineered by Myron Lawson to secure his re-election. What's the scoop?
Can anyone tell me why WANDA HALL DAVIS has not been fired from the housing authority for misappropriation of funds.(HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS)She does seem to have an affliation with the infamous BRIDGET BROWN.The only person who can fire her is the MAYOR.Due to her being investigated,she is making the little people who work under her job a daily living hell.They(the housing authority)also mentioned in a meeting that if anyone speaks with a representative from the TOWN TALK THAT THEY WOULD BE TERMINATED!!(what's wrong with this picture).Because she lacks integrity and ruined her own reputation she is taking it out on everyone at the housing authority.Mayor Roy please take the time to find out what the hell is going on over there before the housing authority loses alot of good,hardworking blue collar folks!
Hey Bish, can you spell Toast?
So , the Bishop incident occured in March? That was before the Mayor and his soldiers stood up on steps of City Hall. Did they know that Bishop was going to be charged when they endorsed him? What does that say about their recommendation?
Is dingleberry one word?
Spanky (or Greg) said -- Anonymous, once again you prove that you are willing to pontificate without a grasp of the facts. The complaint that you refer to was filed on June,29th. Almost a month prior to the election.--
Really, and we're only finding out about it now??? Wonder how that got hidden for a month, and why it got made public now??
The simple fact is that one can be more current and more informed by a daily visit to WST and Greg's site. They are often entire weeks ahead of the media.
Wonder if Clarence, Rich, Nathan, Kevin, Carol and Tom are willing to go take pictures on the front steps with Joey now. Wonder if they will have to suspend him from the police dept again.
6. Vitter lied, and Lance cried.
Does anyone find it coincidental that the former KKK atty waited until after the taxes passed to file his complaint against the majority balck council.
Do you wonder if he was asked to wait until after the election by the mayor, or seems to have an advance copy?
or is it just my suspicious nature?
No apparently it is just your ignorance. If you read Aymond's letter on the Town Talk site, it is clearly dated June, 29th. almost a month before last weekend's tax elections.
Try to get your facts straight before you speak shit next time.
Or maybe what happened is that the TT was asked to print the story after the tax election? Either way, I smell a rat in a white sheet.
Instead of making an ass out of yourself with unfounded bullshit assumptions, why not ask the Town Talk why the chose to print the story when they did. I've been reading this stuff for over a month on Aymond and Wesawthat bogs.
I smell a dumbass.
--I smell a dumbass--
Try putting your nose somewhere else, then you might be able to actually smell something.
questions 1) If Bishop is a Pineville police officer is he carrying a gun? 2) Does Pineville have any type of safeguards about hiring a police officer that has two restraining orders for violence behavior and at least one previous criminal problem when he roughed up two black kids last fall? 3) Was Bishop a policeman when he allegedly found out that his daughter was at a party where alcohol was present? Why didnt he file a criminal complaint? 4) How much of all of this did the Mayor of Pineville know and when did he know it? 5) Is Bishop being suspended AGAIN from the police department 6) Does the Mayor still endorse Bishop for election to Police Jury?
This all makes good press and gossip, but has anyone considered that maybe the man was just trying to take care of his child?
Yeah, I know...you all will say he shouldn't "abuse" his daughter in the process, but is that what really happened???
Do you know that for sure????
Were any of you guys there that night?????
Hmmmmm....
Hey, maybe he beat the cold piss out of her for no reason at all....but what I do know, is that he is innocent until proven otherwise.....
You have made me reconsider. Let's give him an award.
I would like to assure you fine towns folk that I, Spanky, am not Greg Aymond. I can also assure you that there are people that are beginning to feel the heat of the truth that is being laid before the public and they are digging as deep in the mud pit as they can to divert attention from their ill deeds.
As for the folk that were tired of hearing about filing a suit for the removal of councilmen, that will be the trump card.
Public exposure will be the modus operandi until all avenues are exhausted, then the ax will fall.
As to Bridgette's brother's ramblings about he knows who Spanky is, of course, he is wrong but would be surprised to find out just how close I am to him. I will begin to drop clues all around him to see if he can really figure out who I am.
Ready to play?
Guess number one is that Spanky is a former city insider. Am I getting warm?
Could be.
Not to break up your little party Wednesday, July 25, 2007 8:37:00 PM, but I was there. I saw what happened, and I can tell all of you, the media and you guys don't have a clue as to what really went down.
And, unless you're willing to stand toe to toe with Jam Downs...you never will.
Then YOU tell us what happened.
Does Mr. Downs have jam in his toes???
Spanky, aren't you married to a lawyer?????????
according to mr. hobbs, anyone that has any doubts or reservations about his position on any topic is automatically a racist and only doing it because mr. hobbs is black. "you can't question me, i'm black!" that's a sad state of affairs for an elected official.
You are blaming your TV set for what David Letterman says. Hobbs is a functional moron who can't form a cogent sentence. He is Myron's lightning rod and is way to stupid to know it. He is doing Myron and Bridget's bidding.
I agree with the Town Talk editorial in that, if you don't share Hobb's stance, you have a duty to openly and vocally criticize it.
Thanks to the Linton guy who has the guts to exersize his rights as a citizen and look at the Pineville emails. I don't know who you are buddy but I sure respect you .
Aw, come on. I think you know who this Linton guy is. I think this is a form of masturbation.
I think it a joke that someone asking for a public record becomes NEWS because of the obstructionist at Pineville City hall. I am glad that people are asking questions and exersizing the rights the law gives us. I do not know who the man is but applaud him.
see "aw come on" above
so, does anyone know if Bishop is still a Pineville police officer?
has Bishop had his weapon taken away yet?
I thought if you were cited for domestic violence you automatically lost the right to posses any firearms and notification was sent to the state and ATF. It would appear that the court didn't follow the law in his case.
2 domestic violence charges and this abuse charge: a awful lot of smoke for there to be no fire.
I have posted the following reply on the Town Talk article that was written in today's paper.
I have made a request to view specified e-mails that have drawn much attention in Pineville as a citizen using certified return receipt mail with a phone number enclosed. At the time of this posting, I have had no response except the article in todays Town Talk, which I find highly unusual and suspect behavior.
The first question that was asked by Karina Donica was" what do you want the e-mails for?" to which my reply was that I was returning the call out of courtesy and that I was preparing dinner for family and would like to conduct the interview on the following day. She informed me that the story would run and that she understood.
What is glaringly obvious is that he subject matter must be highly radioactive for there to be such a high level of interest in a request made by a humble citizen.
Secondly, if I was being properly informed of governmental developments by our local media, I would not be compelled to investigate for myself.
Thirdly, can any and all citizens expect the same "public outing" if they make a similar request?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Survey says. CLOWN TALK up Clarence ass.
I'm with you all the way, Lynton. I admire your gumption and sense of civic duty. Count me in.
I wonder if there are EMAILS about Joe Bishop that they are trying to hide too?
Thank You Spanky.
I almost feel like Oliver Twist when he asked for another bowl of porridge. The nerve.
Lynton, thank you for showing "tha Man' that the little guy has rights . I don't know you but sure respect you.
I remembered Roy's speech on Martin Luther King Day, so yesterday I requested a copy of it.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ADDRESS
Jacques M. Roy,
Citizens of Alexandria
Alexandria Convention Hall
January 15, 2007
Good afternoon fellow citizens, public officials, and visitors to our region. Good afternoon Mayor Fields. I am honored to be included in your memorialization services today—regarding a man who has influenced so many of us, including me, as a lawyer and now as a person new to public life.
On August 28, 1963, almost a quarter of a million people gathered between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial to peacefully demonstrate. It was there one of the most powerful, quoted, and remembered speeches in American life was given.
I have stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial several times in my life. My first time was a moment in my life which perhaps altered its course, altered my desire to serve silently in my work and effect change agency one case at a time.
I believe we are commanded to implement a model for inclusiveness in our City, and the Administration and City Council are committed to bring you diversity in action, a renewal of smart, community-based planning for our City which includes consideration of the needs and ideas of all citizens, not just a few, and I am personally committed, as is my team and our Council, to show those who refuse to recognize the moral necessity of our shared vision for action, inspired by the Reverend Doctor, to recognize the absolute necessity for it based on economic grounds—that is the vision we talked about at the inaugural event of proving diversity works; inclusiveness makes money; community-based planning positively affects cities.
No, Reverend Doctor, there is a new deposit in the bank of justice. The bank of justice is not bankrupt, Reverend Dr. King, and we will be together as a community to ensure the promissory note known as the Declaration of Independence, in your words, is not a check which comes back marked insufficient funds, but one delivering the funds of economic promise, justice, and inclusivity owed to all citizens. Echoing the Reverend Doctor, NOW IS the time for our city to move forward, not later influenced by the “the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.”
In my life, I never drank from the cup of bitterness and hatred, of which King warned all folks. King spoke of “soul force” as opposed to physical force or violence.
In the most influential writing of the Reverend Doctor King for me, the “Letter from Birmingham City Jail,” King wrote one of the most profound statements of justice for a young lawyer to live by, to keep close in heart—“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.”
This metaphor can find no truer an application than Alexandria, right now. We must all be careful to avoid the twin destroyers of progress: complacency and fear.
Complacency is the negative force which allows people to sit back and do nothing, to be disengaged from the community and avoid making things better. Make a promise to yourselves to be engaged in Alexandria, to meet new people, to meet new folks from different walks of life, to break bread with those folks, and to create a long-term relationship with them.
The other destroyer, fear, is even worse. It is mostly a reaction to the unknown, and it works together with complacency to allow us to sit back and let fear control us because we do not want to do the work—to do the heavy lifting.
We must not let fear take over, and we must arm ourselves with education—culturally, academically, and spiritually.
We must not have the fear which disallows us to consider new opinions and new models about how working together can be beneficial to our city.
On a beautiful sunny day in the latter part of my recent campaign for office, I was walking with a friend of mine who serves on our police jury, and we were discussing what the fruits of desegregation hold for us. With all of my study and indeed interest in that particular subject in law, it was my friend who reminded me that it is no better stated than that children were now growing up together and having long term relationships based on trust.
This is the quintessence of the “I Have a Dream” speech which longs for the day that all of our children would walk hand in hand and be schooled together. The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., knew the power of the classroom. He is perhaps one of the greatest architects of “smart growth” and how to create a sustainable community, along with what quality of life really means, as any person you will ever read about in history.
His plan, in that one speech, for how America should be is a template that can be superimposed on life anywhere and make things better.
On that sunny day walking down Willow Glen, I realized how much I was going to benefit from the hard work done by civil rights leaders many years before my time and in most cases before I was born. The promise of what happened with what lawyers call de jure or in the law, is now finding its fruition in the minds and hearts of men.
I told the students at LSU that “there is a new consensus building: one born of changes in law that forced us all to work and study and matriculate together which now makes it so our hearts and minds are being changed.”
I said, “I am proud to be part of the generation which will reap the harvest of desegregation and its promise of a shared vision for America. It will save our nation and the South, and locally, we can be a powerful example for progressive change.”
The admonition gleaned from the Reverend Doctor and now a message I include in almost every speech I give is it is time to get on board, or you may be left behind.
Alexandria, Pineville, and our region, be inclusive; have no intolerance for others except for those who are intolerant, and even then, listen. You might learn something, even if it is simply what not to do—and to guard against the venom spewed by those who want to divide.
As a look out from this stage, I am excited to be a part of public life, now. I am excited to benefit from those of you who built a foundation for change, created change agency in others, and still cultivate the desire to improve through change new disciples of the promise shared with us by Dr. King. I am one of those people, and I have been since I was old enough to understand, at least in part, the meaning of his life.
As we discussed at the recent inaugural events, we must overcome the chains of fear that bind our minds and create hatred, racism, and suspicion. We must work together everyday, side by side. We must all make sure that we do not let fear translate into complacency and suspicion, which paralyze mankind with poisonous indecision and hatred.
Thank you, God bless you, God bless the struggle for equality and justice, and God bless our City and region.
Speeches are easy to make. Remember "read my lips" and "I did not have sex with that woman, Monica Lewinsky" and "I won't have an official position in the Roy administration" and the WMD speech by Colin Powell to the UN?
I agree. Speeches are easy to make, but people can tell when you're speaking from the heart and when you're faking it. Thank you for pasting that speech. It is obvious Roy was speaking from his heart.
One comment,
Yes, if you make a public records request, then you and your request is now a matter of public record.
Ya cant have it both ways.
I think we need more people like Linton who is willing to challange the obstructions of the Government.
Lynton was a candidate for city council several years back and the voters shat upon him. As a city we abhore competent representation. We proved that again this last election. We could have replaced Hobbs with an honest well-educated professional. But nooooo
well there is an election next year and if someone like him is willing to run then i am certainly willing to support them.
Linton, will you share with us what you find in the emails? Be make a list of those you want and get them on a disk
OK, now I'm curious. A man that ran for Alex. city council wants the emails from a Pineville city employee??
And that somehow makes what sense?? Do I need to request Mayor Nagins emails, because of all the trouble I have read about in N.O.? Hell no. Why should I care?
That's the kind of crap that gives conspiracy kooks their ammo. Is there not one good citizen of Pineville concerned about the email situation? If, not then, drop it!
Just like the Aymond thing with the COA, if the council meeting was so damn important, was there not a non-KKK citizen willing to file a complaint against BLACK elected officials?
I hereby formally announce the candidacy of Lynton Hester for the at large seat currently abused by Rosevelt forked-tongue Johnson. Now, if we talk him into this, we gotta get off our asses and make him win.
A I posted on the town talk site;
Not that it is any of yours, but the fact that I was a state licensed mortgage broker that lent money state-wide for the purchase of homes and some of those homes were in Pineville and there may be some issues that affect the properties and possible liabilities that I may be held responsible for that could become sizable financial responsibilities on my part, that could make it my business.
Lynton Hester
I tend to agree. It's similar to what some say about Iraq. They want our troops out because it's none of our business. Funny thing is, some of the same people now want someone else to do the dirty work in Alexandria and Pineville, rather than stepping up themselves.
Can't play both sides against the middle. Either we need be involved in Iraq, or non-citizens need to butt out of either city's business.
Perhaps you should concentrate on the legal breaches rather than the complainers. If they did nothing wrong then the Pope couldn't derail them but if they broke the law, who gives a shit who files the complaint. I would feel better about your rant if I thought for one second that you had even a vague understanding of the problem.
You used the term "was." What time frame did those loans to homes within the city limits occur? It's my lawyerly nature to ask such questions.
And did you limit your request to the emails for the time you lent money for these homes, or do you want all emails regardless of how you would be personally affected?
Because you would could only bring cause for any city action during a specific time that you financially at risk.
What perverted logic. "why should I care if Nixon burglarizes some DC office building?"
Well let me say this, Thursday, July 26, 2007 6:49:00 AM, Bishops daughter was at teenage party at the home of a rather prominent woman. Bishops daughter, along with several other teens, were served alcohol, by this woman, in her home. The teens became drunk and were in the street outside her home creating a disturbance. I live on this street and saw the ruckus the teens were making. Bishop arrived to take his daughter home. Because she was drunk and out of control, Bishop had to forcefully place her in the car.
This whole incident was a dead issue until Jim “Fireworks” Smith, Bishop’s opponent in the PJ race, began to pressure Jam Downs to do something with the complaint.
Downs recused himself because he is this woman’s personal attorney, and kicked the whole thing to the AG’s office. The rest is history.
Look at the dates on the documents.
1) Incident took place in March
2) Complaints files soon after
3) Complaint sits on DA’s desk until last month
4) Moves to the AG’s office after Bishop’s opponent in the Police Jury race, Jim Smith, begins to put pressure on the DA
5) AG investigates and returns a “Bill of Information” on Bishop
dear lawyerly:
what if the correspondence occurred before or after the exposure period? You must be a Southern grad.
Oh you were the one that filed charges against Nixon's cronies? And I thoought all along it was local officials.
You have just proven what a dumbass you are. There is a HUGE gap between interest and action. AND YOU ARE NOW A PROVEN IDIOT. But that's OK because you're just an anon idiot, but an idiot no less.
No mayor Roy is the Southern grad, I was at LSU during that time.
If you really are an attorney, you are obviously not a very good one because you would immediately understand that mortgage loans are written for up to forty years while thirty is most common. In the event of default and subsequent issues being discovered with the property condition, I could have exposure, even as a broker, as it was written in most of my broker agreements with lenders I dealt with.
There is a HUGE gap between interest and action.
and it would appear that you are all interest and no action = mouth grande
I was at LSU during that time.
Music major, no doubt.
That is why I asked for the dates of your actual sales, because any correspondence prior to your involvement would mean nothing to you.
So I ask again, what was the time frame of your involvement, in case someone wanted to do as you have done and verify the dates with public parish records.
You obviously haven't heard me sing!
Lawyerly apparently does not comprehend that you are entitled to those public documents by law, regardless of who you are or why you want them. go jaguars
OK, I am going to draw a picture for you. I may have exposure for at least another 29 years. You do the math.
I understand FULLY that he is entitled, my original post asked WHY DOES HE CARE?
If it is such a TERRIBLE violation of public trust, shouldn't someone from within the city be the one that asks for the records? They have the most at stake.
My reasoning is this. Do not some folks get pissed when Sharpton or Jackson show up on the scene when an "event" occurs that has nothing to do with them other than the fact that they are "interested?"
How is this any difference than a former KKKer to be asking for records from the city ran by a black mayor or filing complaints against a black led council.
Is not what's good for the goose also be good for the gander?
LANDSLIDE LYNTON FOR CITY COUNCIL
and I say if you are looking for a good "goose" you might contact the Maxwell hdq.
You said "was"
Did you sell your interest? And through the sell of your interest, would the purchaser not have agreed to accept the risk?
And surely you carried brokers insurance, which in my experience claims do occur, but are extremely rare. Your insurance should have covered you for errors in closing services performed; failure to obtain or maintain obligatory hazard insurance; errors in mortgage servicing; failure to properly obtain an appraisal
So I'm not sure what Dupree could have said in an email that would leave you at risk.
I don't want to get involved in this fight; but I agree that I hate it when Jesse and Al show up where they have no business.
I LOVE the idea that you can't ask to view public documents unless you live in the city you request those public documents from.....
I REALLY LOVE the idea that you have to explain to everyone WHY you want to view public documents....
me, I liked Groucho and Harpo better -
Karl,
I take it that you're a big fan of the Sharpton/Jackson road show?
Everyone knows Aymond is out for revenge. Folks are just curious as to why anyone else would get involved?
After all, if you want to publicly ask for public records, the you too become part of the public scrutiny. Isn't that what you are expecting from Dupree, openess?
I LOVE the idea that you can't ask to view public documents unless you live in the city you request those public documents from.....
Try asking for public records from LA, NY, Orlando, etc. and see what response you get. Share with everyone your results.
Wait, I'll save you the trouble:
"In addition to the copying and postage fees, a special service charge will apply when the time it takes staff to respond to the public records request exceeds one hour. Staff time will be based on prorated hourly salary rates. Special service charges are intended to cover all personnel costs incurred in responding to a public records request."
Can I view documents at the Authority’s office?
"Yes, in lieu of copied information being mailed or picked up, it may be inspected by any person desiring to do so, at any reasonable time, under reasonable conditions, at the Authority’s administrative office at 525 S. Magnolia Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801. Special service charges, described above, will apply to on-site document viewing."
Now how s Pineville asking for anything different?
The public records law allows any citizen of La. to get public records from any public agency in the state. No reason is required, and they can get copies even if they want to use them them wipe their ass with. If some of you don't like it, take it up with the Legislature.
As far as Aymond's 3 month KKK involvement 30 yrs ago. is once a criminal always a criminal too. So no convicted criminal should be released from jail and Marcshall is still a gunrunner?
"Try asking for public records from LA, NY, Orlando, etc."
Why would I do that? I don't live those areas...
I LIVE IN LOUISIANA.
La. law prevails......
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bench warrants should have been issued for the black people that did not show up for jury duty. Why on earth did the judge allow an all white jury?
((Why would I do that? I don't live those areas...))
check & mate
By check & mate, I assume you mean that should also apply to non-citizens of Pineville?
Could you please, please start a new thread? We will be forever grateful and happy and content. At least until it is time to start another new thread.
Thank you. Have a great weekend.
This post by Hester: Thursday, July 26, 2007 4:57:00 PM
Is total BS. By BROKERING a mortgage, hester incurs NO LIABILITY as long as he has a complete title search done.
This liability crap is a smoke screen. Hester is beer drinking buddies with "Firebug" Moreau, Pineville's ex fire chief who already got SOME of the e-mails. "Firebug" is also one of Aymond's "clients."
This is nothing more than another attempt at getting Aymond access to 13,000 e-mails without paying for them.
Oh, and Hester??? Tell old "Firebug" that next time he gets drunk and pick a fight with another fire chief from a neighboring city, I,m not going to break it up. I'm going to let him get his a** beat.
Dear Mr. Hester:
I too do not know who are what you are but you must be a person of quality to attract the ire of municipal parasites like the fireman posting above. Stay above the fray and avoid getting the likes of the fireman on your shoe.
and to you Friday, July 27, 2007 5:50:00 AM...
When your home is burning and your loved ones trapped inside...Call Hester
Right, thats good advice. When you house is burning call Shipleys, Alebertsons or Popeyes, to get a fireman.
Have y'al lheard that Glen Beard didn't vote in the latest tax election?????????
I don't know how Beard voted but you tend to look at taxes differently when you have had a real job and actually supported yourself and a family. I thought the democrats were the taxers and the republicans were the read-my-lipsers. Its good to know that Beard is fiscally conservative like me and you.
its been threee days..has Lynton gotten his records from pville?
I doubt it. They have the fire dept. checking to see if he meets their residency requirement for their interpretation of the statute. Good Luck Hester
to the Genius anon
Friday, July 27, 2007 11:39:00 AM
It's not that he voted NO, he DID NOT EVEN BOTHER TO VOTE.
Which means he really doesn't care one way or the other about what happens in the major city he is trying to represent.
He's against taxes which make me pretty proud. I voted against them too.
Can you believe they don't sell Lucky Charms at Super One??????????
They do have plenty of pudding, though.....
And how do you know what he's for, he himself didn't take the time to register that viewpoint?
you said he didn't vote FOR the taxes obviously he was against them - I like a man who is careful about taxes. I feel the same way.
you have a reading problem.
No one used the word "FOR"
Every poster clearly said he didn't vote. This probably means he's relegated to 3rd place. Worse yet means one of the Beard boys won't get to take over from dad one day.
How do you ask folks to get out and vote, when you can't even manage to do the same?
Stupid move.
I know that there are those of you that feel that since I am from Alexandria, the e-mails that I requested to be viewed were none of my business. So be it. But, they are your business and I dare say that if you folks from Pineville make a similar request that you will at least get no answer, just as I did - which is not a dissappointment or a surprise. But I, living on this side of the river, cannot be intimidated or messed around by your city government as you can.
Lynton O. Hester III
I don't think its such a stupid move. Cheif Beard opposed the tax and so did a lot of us. I guess you are pretty happy with the way the that councilman hobbs is acting. I guess Maxwell was for the tax. Not me.
So Lynton, are you going to let them thumb their nose at you ? Thats what Pneville counts upon. I am proud that you asked for the information but if you do not force them to follow the law then you will only reinforce their evil belief that the law does not apply to arrogant Faircloth and his puppet Fields.
If the Mayor his dwarf and his lawyer KNOW that the emails contain information that would implicate someone would the expenditure of thousands of dollars of city money be itself a crime?
You mean if they are spending city money to prevent the disclosure of the emails? If that is what you mean then yes. I think that is misappropriation of public funds or malfeasons.
WHAT ARE THEY HIDING???
I'm sure no one cares if Candidate Beard voted in Saturday's election. Except maybe a few fireman, policemen, zoo workers, or other city employees.
Instead of speculating about why, or even if, Beard voted in the recent tax election, why don't you simply ask him? If he didn't vote, which one anon saying it on here doesn't make it true, was he ill, had a death in his family, or any other reasons? Or did whoever is posting this really give a shit about the truth, and is simply one of his opponents or their backers?
Police Chief Beard did not vote last Saturday, take it to the bank. You don't have to ask him.
My candidate Lance voted. Unlike Glen and Ronnie.
More later!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Police Chief Beard did not vote last Saturday, take it to the bank. You don't have to ask him.
No thanks sister Cleo, I don't trust someone who lacks the intergrety to sign there name a facts. Also, you still need to ask what reason they didnt vote. The reason Lance probaly voted was he was trying to make a pick up for Vitter.
So we have been asking about Lance's accomplishments for two solid weeks and no response. Now we have at least something: he actually voted FOR more taxes exactly what we need in Baton Rouge.
To these two assholes: Friday, July 27, 2007 11:08:00 AM and Friday, July 27, 2007 11:30:00 AM...
I don't care what you think about me or my profession. When you need me, you'll call. mainly because you don't have the skill or balls to enter your own fucking house to protect your own family or your property, when you smell a little smoke.
Assholes like you talk big and but when the buildings start to burn, you fucking cowards are the first to run away.
When we smell smoke, how do we know it's not the pot of chili on your stove that is burning while your fat ass in on your 8th game of dominos. We didn't ask you to become a fireman - you begged and pulled political strings so that you wouldn't have to get a real job. grow up
dear heros:
we fix your sink, teach your kids, take care of your aging parents, grow your food, and clean your street, and we don't go around telling you what a loser you are and what a wonderfull hero we are. I agree. Do your job or quit it, but quit giving yourself all those undeserved pats on the back. grow up
Great!
New York has their 9-11 heroes....
We have our 7-11 heroes....
At least the slurpy machines stay full.....
Doesn't the powdered sugar get on the dominoes???
Acting our firemen?
I think that's a poor way of defending of the Beards.
In my experience, heros don't go around telling everyone they are heros. Are there firefighters who are heros? Certainly. I am pretty sure that this loud mouth is not among them.
do the beards need defending from their accomplishment free bisexual mama's boy opposition?
do the beards need defending from their accomplishment free bisexual mama's boy opposition?
This is a news flash;
I have received a letter from the City of Pineville in today's mail that informed me that while not available at this moment, they are installing a computer in an area that will not impede the city's daily operations.
I wish to apologize for earlier statements that indicated I had no answer. Those statements are true, but I now have a response that indicates a willingness to comply with the law.
Lynton O. Hester III
So instead a using a dollar disk they bought a news computer ? LOL
To those brave "taxpayers." You whiners are all alike, screaming that public employees are YOUR employees because you pay taxes. Well let me remind you bozos of something. Policemen, firemen, garbage men, you name it...they all pay the same taxes you do, so that dog don't hunt.
You two are nothing but pissant little assholes who wouldn't amount to a pimple on any police or fireman's ass.
You complain about these guys, but when you hear a bump in the night, you're the first ones to call 911 and beg for a cop to come check out your house. You complain about all the crime, but don't have the guts to come swear out a complaint.
You're a pathetic wimp, with no guts who doesn't have the balls to walk into any police or fire station and tell the men working there just what you said here.
Instead, you huddle over your keyboard and type out your gutless bile, and post it here.
Neither one of you is worth someone crossing the street to piss on you if you were on fire.
Saturday, July 28, 2007 12:43:00 PM....No you moron. They are probably moving a screen and mouse to an area where Hester can scroll through the e-mails without altering, saving or copying them. All the guy needs is a monitor to view and a mouse to scroll. If they're smart, that's all they will give him.
I would think that if they were "smart" they would have complied with the law. You know, the one that says public business is open to public veiwing - you know, like public as in citizens. Like you the, taxpayer.
the anonymous hero speaks - I bet they hate your ass around the firehouse - and your general disdain for the public shows that you really don't understand your job. The tax passed in spite of sponges like you.
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