Saying that “I will not put him on schedule, I will not pay him out of my budget,” the Town of Jonesboro’s elected Chief of Police Wesley Horton yesterday refused to budge on his recommendation that Jonesboro Police Department (JPD) Patrolman Hezekiah Perry be terminated for insubordination because he refused to comply with a direct order from his supervisor.
“If y’all want to pay him, find another budget to pay him out of,” he said. “The Lawrason Act also says that I control my personnel, my equipment, my budget,” Horton added.
Horton’s comments came during a 45-minute special called meeting of the town’s Board of Aldermen to discuss the controversy. The issue had been deferred from Tuesday’s board meeting and was tabled again yesterday until the town’s legal counsel could be present.
Yesterday the discussion centered on the issue of insubordination and the proper remedy for it.
Horton quoted from an executive order that is contained in the town’s policy handbook that said the chief had authority to apply the rules contained therein. Horton stressed that rules for police officers had to be taken seriously and enforced strictly, since they can be involved in high-speed driving and armed confrontations.
The executive order had been signed by the town’s controversial mayor Leslie Thompson.
Also, as was the case Tuesday, there was some discussion about trying to enroll Perry into another Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) class, but Horton said that the JPD used the North Delta Regional Training Academy in Monroe, and that he would not pay for any other training from his budget.
District B’s Renee Stringer offered a motion to uphold Horton’s recommendation, but the motion died for lack of a second.
See here Horton’s recommendations.
01/14/2012 at 6:59 am |
It boggles the mind that certain individuals cannot grasp what the law states. I guess if you have been successful in circumventing and thumbing your nose at the law for so long, those that follow in the footsteps of that one will not try to adhere much less understand nor grasp the ramifications of their actions. There are no excuses now, the “duh, I didn’t know that” common theme cannot continue on as the legacy of stupidity prevails. Let them learn the hard way and hard it will be.
Congrats to the Chief for finally standing his ground, way overdue, but finally done. Good job!
01/14/2012 at 7:32 am |
Go Wes! Go Wes!
Glad you stood your ground. If the young man did not seem interested enough to get his own paperwork together so that he could attend academy, he should not be allowed to keep his job.
He made excuses instead of getting up and taking action. “I did not go to school here” “He said I could not go to my own doctor”
What is the real reason he wants to work for Jonesboro Police?
What is the real reason Leslie, et al, want him working for Jonesboro Police?
Besides everything, Louisiana is a hire at will and fire at will state!
How would Wesley be able to manage any employee who thought they did not have to follow orders? Especially, one who thought he could run to Devin, LeStevic and Leslie at any time….Mr. Perry did not like his schedule and it took it to an Alderman???
When folks are given what they want, when they want, they seem to forget about the right way to handle themselves.
And again, Leslie needs “legal counsel” to take action. Why was Dougie not there? Let’s draw this matter out….Let’s have a rally for Mr. Perry’s rights!
01/14/2012 at 7:41 am |
I hear he works for the Mayor’s wife at the Simmons apartments. Is this ethical? Can a town employee work for the Mayor’s wife and work for the town? I think there might some complications here……need to check this one out.
01/14/2012 at 8:15 am |
Glad he has a job else where…and yes, anyone can work for the Mayor’s wife….she is just an employee of Janice Simmons…..so Mr. Perry, really works for Janice Simmons.
There is more to the story ….Mr. Perry may be a plant to try and bring trouble to the Jonesboro Police Department via Janice Simmons.
01/14/2012 at 2:51 pm |
Absolutely. He is not in Jonesboro for nothing. He needs to go back from whence he came. One cannot trust Janice Simmons nor the Mayor. Two peas in a pod that attempt to throw their weight around.
They are not above the law even though they THINK they are.
Thanks Wesley for standing your ground to this Perry guy. I do not believe he has the aptitude to even to go law enforcement training. Probably could not pass. He certainly does not exhibit qualities that a good, honest law enforcement officer should be. So he needs to stop skirting around the issues.
01/14/2012 at 3:02 pm |
One more thing…….Sam Lamkin I am soooooooooo disappointed in you. Be your own man, if you can.
Charla, too, be your own woman. Do not be controlled by the controversial mayor. That makes you the same as he. I tihink you really know right from wrong. Don’t you?
01/14/2012 at 7:51 am |
The King et al want to run the department. The King et al have been allowed to run roughshod and rampant over everyone and everything and they have finally hit a brick wall. Finally.
But, as evidence has proven, the inability to run anything except his mouth as the town has now been shown to have no funds, no tax payments and the list goes on, that department if allowed to be run by the King et al will fall into the dump just like the town. So, let em have it and run it into the ground too. Then the King et al can have a matching pair of blown out shoes and worn out cars…..only thing they might have to borrow some money from Fannie or RINO Rodney to buy some cinder blocks to put the worn out vehicles on.
01/14/2012 at 7:34 am |
Mr. Perry, go on back to Monroe and find a job!
01/14/2012 at 7:48 am |
THIS IS BEYOND BELIEF! Three meeting to discuss a man who refuses to provide such easy things.
Mr. Perry only had to turn in his high school diploma and his drivers license and fill out a form. Nothing else….no doctor’s certification as he mentioned at the meeting on Tuesday.
How many days does one need to provide these three things?
Horton did not ask him for anything unreasonable. Perry, if he wanted a job, should have at least made an effort. He could have immediately completed the necessary form and provided a copy of his driver’s license. Then attempted to obtain a copy of his diploma.
But no, he did nothing and whined to his hook ups!
WHAT A JOKE!!! Glad to have to depend on Mr. Perry to protect me!
Charla, come on, think about this ….why defend Mr. Perry’s lack of motivation to follow an order? Did you realize how lazy Mr. Perry sounds…..he just need to fill out a form and give two copies of documents.
01/14/2012 at 7:53 am |
Maybe Alderman LeStevic told Mr. Perry he did not need to have his driver’s license on him…..at least not until you get caught, and miss your court date….then you get arrested and talk to a judge…oops!
What a crying shame! Young Mr. Perry could not take the time to fill out a form for his own training and give a copy of his drivers license…while he looked for a copy of his diploma.
Sounds to me like young Mr. Perry does not want to be told what to do…..maybe he needs to work for himself….then he does not have to follow anyone’s direct orders.
01/14/2012 at 8:01 am |
Ah the continual military service mumbo jumbo…….service to the military is just that, serving mean to join up and serve, not be demanded to join to avoid being put in prison. Get real with decorated soldier bull crap……..save us all a trip to the toilet and let the decorated soldier bull crap stop too. That is a cold slap in the face of all the REAL SOLDIERS THAT JOINED TO DEFEND OUR RIGHTS TO FREEDOM AND ALL THE RIGHTS DEFINED IN THE CONSTITUTION, NOT ALL THE THUGS THAT HAD NO CHOICE.
01/14/2012 at 8:17 am |
Are you saying LeStevic or Devin joined the military service to avoid trouble with the law? Can you back this up?
01/14/2012 at 8:34 am |
Court minutes will back up any thing that was recorded. Just ask about the ones that were bought with sewer funds.
01/14/2012 at 7:55 am |
You come on, they do as they are told, they think as they are told, they do what the King demands and that is exactly what is going to send them all to the graybar hotel. It is coming, it might be 4 years from now, but it is coming. Stop wasting your breath, that mind is controlled just like Lumpkins and the other two so give it a rest.
01/14/2012 at 8:02 am |
Walter, can you tell us when the Mayor signed the Executive Order.Look like he would have known that . As much as he said the previous council didn’t know the Larson Act.
01/14/2012 at 8:09 am |
He forgot he signed it or it too would have curiously been missing at City Hall. Kudos for Horton keeping a copy…….this is a big a moot point as the motion to quash the subpoenas from the Sheriff’s office. Stupidity gone to seed. But it does seem to flourish at City Hall…….we all know there is continual supply of fertilizer and most especially a ton of hot air at the monthly meetings.
01/14/2012 at 8:20 am |
Careful, King Leslie may sign a NEW Executive Order to change the prior one….and it is evident, he has the votes to support any executive order.
Leslie can have an executive order that allows him to hire Mr. Perry if Leslie wants to!
01/14/2012 at 8:32 am |
He doesn’t need an executive order to do that….he hired the dog catcher back and put him another department. He can do the same thing here, but that would not complete the plan of the internal connection to the po po office, now would it?
01/14/2012 at 8:36 am |
The new Executive Order will be handed down on the next meeting. Hear tell that the King is demanding another raise, seems this has just gotten too expensive and more money is needed to help construct the Spring Tax election……..stay tuned….more to come!
01/14/2012 at 8:37 am |
A man who really wants something will find a way; a man who doesn’t will find an excuse.
Seems Mr. Perry and his hook ups only found excuses!
01/14/2012 at 8:41 am |
The Excuse Handbook, first edition-book signing by the King et al Town of Jonesboro on Monday. Be late and miss this date!
01/14/2012 at 9:26 am |
Please post the tape to this meeting…..I wanted to see if the burping and giggling was still going on….
01/14/2012 at 9:35 am |
Proud of you Wes! R
01/14/2012 at 9:36 am |
FOR A PREVIOUS ARTICLE
Alderman Attempts to Interfere with Police Chief’s Authority
Another significant development last night was an apparent attempt by District D’s Devin Flowers to interfere with the authority and duties of Jonesboro’s Police Chief, Wes Horton.
At the beginning of the meeting, Flowers had added to the agenda an item “police department.” When that item came up, Flowers questioned the shift assignment of one of Horton’s officers.
Horton said that no patrol officer is specifically assigned any particular shift and assignments were made as requirements dictate.
City Attorney Douglas Stokes backed up Horton’s authority.
“The Chief of Police – he has the authority,” said Stokes.
“It’s gonna cause him (the officer) a problem,” Flowers replied.
DOES MR. PERRY STAY IN DISTRICT D? WHY CALL FLOWERS?
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM IT IS GONNA CAUSE THE OFFICER?
PROBLEM ON HIS JOB WITH MRS. SIMMONS/MRS. THOMPSON?
AGAIN, THERE HAS TO BE MORE TO THIS TALE…….
01/14/2012 at 11:53 am |
Wesley,
Maybe change how you hire from this point on…..make them file out the form for academy, provide drivers license and high school diploma during the first few days.
Especially if the hire is a recommend from the Mayor and his soldiers.
You are in charge!
01/14/2012 at 10:33 pm |
Why should the TOJ require its officers to be POST certified when the Sheriffs Office has many gun carrying deputies on the job and are not POST certified. Louisiana Law demands all peace officers to be POST certified within one year. I dont think the Sheriff is exempt from the law either. Hats off to Chief Horton for trying to do the right thing. Even if the Sheriff dont.
01/15/2012 at 11:34 am |
I find it quite humorous that every time something is said about the Jonesboro Police Department, that someone has to drag the Sheriff into the mix. It is obvious that He does such a great job that everyone uses he and his job performance as a measuring guide. Too bad some people will never ever meet his qualifications or goal of excellence for his department or his employees. If some people would try to use he and his department as a model, they too might find themselves with more respect from all parties involved.
01/15/2012 at 1:42 pm |
Yeah, when I think of excellence in law enforcement, I think of the Jackson Parish S.O. More professional than the FBI! That is the funniest thing I have heard today. LMFAO!! Ha ha
01/15/2012 at 12:04 pm |
How do you know this information regarding the Sheriff’s office?
I would not think Andy Brown believes, for one tiny second, that he is exempt from any law.
Are you assuming this information or know it for a fact?
01/15/2012 at 9:03 pm |
Its a fact that some of the deputies are not POST certified and are carring out the duties of real police officers. And i also am quite sure when i think of excellence in Law enforcement its not the Jackson Parish Sheriffs Department.
01/14/2012 at 12:04 pm |
I vote for Mr. Perry to become the Mayor’s personal driver of the A-1 Mobile….and his personal body guard as well.
There, let’s not be worried any more on this topic.
Poof….new job for a new young soldier created!
01/14/2012 at 12:48 pm |
Way to go Wes! Stand up to the nonsense that comes from the city hall. If the guy really wanted a job, he would respond like normal people to a requirement of the employment. This is further proof that people think who they know is more powerful than the law!
Proud of Wesley Horton!!!!
01/14/2012 at 12:50 pm |
Hit the “like” button on this post!
01/14/2012 at 3:21 pm |
WES FOR MAYOR !
01/14/2012 at 4:03 pm |
Thank you Wesley!! I know you will not back down from these thugs and satan’s soldiers.
01/19/2012 at 4:46 pm |
thugs, what about the kkk.
01/14/2012 at 5:09 pm |
Thank you, Wes, for doing what is lawfully right! I’m so very proud of you for standing your ground!
01/14/2012 at 8:07 pm |
Yes, but ran the opposition to the King et al out of town to redeem himself in front of the King’s soldiers today…..flip flop ……..you can’t buy their vote or their loyalty….no matter how many favors you do for them or how many times you turn your head and look the other way…..it will keep on biting you.
01/15/2012 at 1:31 am |
Nice that once again the J-boro Mayor and his boys want to give special preference to someone just because they are the same color as them. Want to know who the real racist are, just look at the Mayor, the black members of the council, the Simmons and their supporters. FYI, to all you who think the Simmons are such great people, all they are a massive drain on our money our taxes. All they have done has been given to them because they are black and can cause trouble for politicians. Just ask Rodney Alexander, he has pushed 1 million plus of our tax dollars to them for their empire building. They employee all their relatives using our taxes, must be nice to get all these handouts so they can live like millionairs without having to work for it. What a crook of crap. No more tax money to any of these idiots, I am tired of funding crooks and welfare for the rich. What losers they really are and the politicians that take care of them.
01/15/2012 at 12:54 pm |
Anyone know how many WHITES (ratio black to whites) are employed by the Simmons’ in their entities?
01/15/2012 at 3:28 pm |
99:0
01/16/2012 at 10:13 am |
Well, I am so amazed. Looks as though the Simmons’ are RACIST indeed.
This is so hilarious. They all cry racism at the drop of a hat, but have their NAACP, galas galore, and everything else you see in the paper, but if the whites attempted to have any of these functions and they were not invited to attend, they would cry foul everytime.
What a messed up bunch they are. Hahahaha
And, before anyone jumps on the Aryan Nations, do not attempt to say there is a chapter in Jonesboro. There is absolutely not one, and they came to the rally at Jonesboro on their on accord. The whites in Jonesboro did not issue an invitation to them. From what I understand the NAACP chapter in Jonesboro not only had their chapter attend the rally, but INVITED numerous other chapters outside Jackson Parish.
Whites=peace
Blacks=controversy
01/19/2012 at 4:54 pm |
WTF!!!!!THEM, they, and their….is that racist. Every black person does not support NAACP. And with all these comments you made we see exactly who is racist. How many whites put in jon applications with the Simmons. 0:99. Wake up!!!!!!!!
Glad you knew about the rally clucker.
01/26/2012 at 5:09 pm |
Oops, got under your skin, did I not?
Better slow down, you may just have a stroke or heart attack. Hahaha!
01/15/2012 at 3:49 pm |
Why waste your energy thinking about the Simmons? Who cares what they do?
Get out and do something good yourself!
Stop whining and be nice!
01/15/2012 at 4:12 pm |
Tell us what “good” they have done, the masses are waiting for the list of the wonderful things they have done. They do deserve credit for naming all the streets and buildings after their family…….wow how good. They spend tax dollars paid in by whites but neglect to acknowledge them when it comes to anything they do, except of course getting help to get the son in the Creek. She is the worst example of any race I know of regarding Racism, she doesn’t even try to hide her hatred of whites, he on the other hand tries to cover his with double talk and whining when things don’t go his way. Yes a great group they are.
01/16/2012 at 10:20 am |
Thanks. You are right on. But, I can add another black woman to the mix……the one and only Desiree Joe.
As far as Mr. Simmons, I would think maybe he would be a little better than his other half. I knew his father many years ago, and he was a nice man whenever I saw him…..or, so it seemed.
01/16/2012 at 2:17 pm |
Who gives a flip about who Janice Simmons hires?
I would not want to work for her…do YOU???
She will do herself in….maybe she did in the last town where she stayed…..
01/16/2012 at 10:58 pm |
As long as Rino Rodney is sending down the money it will continue as planned and will keep flourishing unchecked. However, when the article that was written by her highness finally makes it’s rounds in the Capitol, she might just be in line for pennies instead of all the millions she has feasted on in the past.
01/15/2012 at 9:20 am |
Walter,
Will you discuss the rally’s? I am appalled that a hate group was given the right to stand under the American Flag. Why did they get permission to stand in front of a court house that represents Americans not colors? As an American, as a veteran, and as a multicultural being this was more shameful than anything going on in this town. I am so glad the Church members across the street stood strong. I am saddened by the appalling white group that appeared in front of OUR American Flag and using another flag that mimicks the American Flag. Can we ensure they never get to do this again or is their Constitutional rights protected?
01/15/2012 at 10:03 am |
If you are a veteran as you stated, you would realize what the Constitution contains and what you were representing when and if you did serve in the American Armed Forces. Read the Constitution, you will find your answers there. They have the same rights as the group across the street and I do wonder if they had a permit too. Good question, how can one group be burdened with applying for a permit that specifies particulars and one group can occupy one area and then occupy another area, were there time limits and area limits on that permit, if there was a permit? One thing about Jackson Parish and Jonesboro, the law is applied according to who you are, who you know and what someone else knows on you. It has been this way for years and continues on until this day. The major thing about the so called demonstrations was and is the crux of the matter- a smoke screen to cover one person’s inability to function in the position he was elected to and the non courage of the man that has the power to prosecute the man elected to that position. All a smoke screen and cover up. One day the cover will come off and the raw naked truth is going to prevail and all the allies are going to answer to the actions they have taken and all the other actions that have not been taken. It is coming and it is coming swiftly.
01/15/2012 at 1:00 pm |
I certainly did not like it when the church group across the courthouse square infringed upon the Ayran Nation’s right to have a rally. They were obstructing their rights to rally by causing discord. Hooray for the racial comment even thought it caused the Aryan Nation rally to close.
We certainly know there were no whites that showed up to obstruct the NAACP rally. Shows the caliber of people they are.
01/15/2012 at 4:16 pm |
Exactly so right on, would the whites that could have shown up at the NAACP rally been run off? No, because they didn’t care enough to try to start a bunch of stupidity like the others nor were there any people to impress there. Most people knew that so called rally was to try to divert attention off the facts and that did’t work either. You people still have no money, you still have a Federal Tax Lien on your Town’s assets and you still have an idiot running your town accompanied by a board of idiots. The problem remains and you still have the same results on Monday morning that you had on Saturday when the so called rally took place. Idiots.
01/16/2012 at 10:25 am |
Yes, they have had their dog and pony show. Wonder what lies ahead.
All of this rallying stuff, did not accomplish one thing…..just as you have pointed out. They just like to make a lot of noise and be seen.
01/15/2012 at 10:11 am |
As you lack the respect of other veterans and believe you are the only true veteran I apologize to ALL veterans for that comment you made. But if this city does as you say and applies the law based on popularity or as you stated who you know, then my point is made and the Constitution is not the guiding power as I LEARNED it should be applied. As a prior veteran you should also realize that as military members we look at everyone equally and not with a who you know attitude. As for the Church group…that is their property and their right…based on the Constitution to stand united on their property….As you can stand on your property and pray or protest as you please without a permit….it is your property. Correct me if that is not true. If you support this white group then that too does not follow the creeds, morals, and integrity of the United States Military. We represent Americans not color.
01/15/2012 at 10:47 am |
You are incorrect, that sidewalk does not belong to that church. That sidewalk is Public Property that belongs to the men and women that pay taxes. I do not support either group so stand down and get your bearings soldier. As far as respect, you cannot nor will you ever have the authority to speak for any of my comrades in arms regarding my rights.
01/15/2012 at 10:56 am |
what a crock! so you have the authority to speak for all veterans??
as for the church it is their property, there isn’t a sidewalk in front of
their property, go by take a look!!!
01/15/2012 at 11:19 am |
You need to go take a second look. If that sidewalk belongs to that church go find where it was legally conveyed to that church and then come back and tell us who conveyed it to them. You are incorrect in your thoughts and your reply. That sidewalk is Public property. All sidewalks are Public property. No I do not speak for all Veterans, do you speak for all people? I think not.
01/15/2012 at 1:07 pm |
Yes, there is a sidewalk ,and it is not OWNED by that black church. Just goes to show how ill-informed they are.
01/15/2012 at 7:26 pm |
go take a look there is NO sidewalk in front of that church. there are sidewalks in town but not in front of that church nor the building to the right or the building to the right of that one.
Go take a look.
01/15/2012 at 10:44 pm |
Go take another look. Then ask around about issues related to parking a certain motorcycle on the sidewalk in front of a certain church. There is a sidewalk there, whether you want to admit it or not.
01/16/2012 at 10:33 am |
Whether it is a true sidewalk or not, the fact is that little piece of concrete that lies in front of the church’s walls to the curb, is considered owned by the Town’s taxpayers. Thus, it does not belong to the church.
Relate that info. to other businesses along the boulevard. That concrete walkway is not owned by any of those businesses either.
01/15/2012 at 10:52 am |
No Harm, No Foul
Big Deal that two groups of folks gather for whatever reason they decide.
Fact still remains….Mayor Thompson ain’t taking care of Jonesboro right!
Fact still remains….DA Stewart is not doing his job right!
Move on about the groups….stay focused on what needs to be taken care of…..Thompson needs to be taken to court!
01/15/2012 at 11:04 am |
Totally agree! Has nothing to do with RACE!
01/15/2012 at 11:26 am |
I totally disagree, it has everything to do with race, it is a race to see just how fast the money can be thrown to the wind. It is a race to see just how fast one man can totally annihilate a town that was created by hardworking men and women of various races, it is a race to see just how far one man can break, bend and totally disregard the law, and most importantly, it is a race to see just how much power one can can attain and utilize for his own selfish goals before the town is totally destroyed. Yes it is about that Race.
01/15/2012 at 1:49 pm |
Mr. Perry, why don’t you just quit your cop job? Stop causing problems.
01/15/2012 at 2:23 pm |
Someone please state on this site what can be done to move past/around our non-functioning DA to the next person to act on the evidence that has been presented and should be prosecuted.I realize that he will not recuse himself and understand why. Surely we have some option to omit him from the equation and get some justice for the citizens of Jonesboro.
01/15/2012 at 2:52 pm |
Call Gary Nunn and ask him….he should be retired by now and would certainly know the operations well enough to help out or at least let you know why it ain’t moving….just a thought for those readers who know Gary Nunn, former Assistant District Attorney.
Call Judge Jimmy Teat for an answer.
Just a thought….
01/15/2012 at 3:24 pm |
Go to the archives of the Legislative Audit Committee meetings and see where there is an option. There are two options, but no one has the courage or the care to exercise those options. Call James Caldwell and ask him, he has a toll free number. Call him. I dare you!
01/15/2012 at 3:51 pm |
James Caldwell might just tell you to fix it in our own backyard.
He got bigger fish to fry!
Why would James Caldwell care about DA Stewart’s lazy self?
01/15/2012 at 4:20 pm |
James Caldwell has a job to do too, and he too neglects his job just like the lazy DA Stewart and the sorry King. Three blind mice and they all eat the same cheese. It is made of Greed and Laziness. Now fry that fish.
01/15/2012 at 4:02 pm |
IF the DA is going to move forward with the grand jury, what is the hold up? If he doesn’t want to move forward, then why has he not recused himself yet? I mean there has plenty of time to decide on one or the other. I think it is now a protection ploy. Seems that the DA is now protecting the mayor from further proceedings. No one can step in an intervene until the DA steps aside. So, if he never does, then there are going to be a lot of people around Jonesboro turning blue from holding their breath. Come on Mr. Stewart, make a choice!
01/15/2012 at 4:08 pm |
Absolutely nothing can be done to move it forward. Without the DA recusing himself there is no possible way for anybody or any outside prosecution to step in and move it forward. The DA has to either move forward or recuse him self. If he never does either, then nothing will ever be done. The DA answers to NO ONE! The Attorney General can not even intervene without the DA first stepping aside and recusing him self.
So, we all might as well accept the fact that it has been how long now since the waiting game started? I think we all see the road we are headed with this one. The only thing we can hope and pray for is that there is more than the 17% voter turn out at the next election. People you have to WAKE UP and realize that the election will be the only thing that ever changes ANYTHING! Everyone has to stand up and do what ever it takes to make sure that you along with everyone you know that is registered to vote does vote. If it means using your precious gas to give rides to the polls. That is a very small price to pay to have these things cleared up!
01/15/2012 at 4:24 pm |
You are incorrect, there is a statue in the law that gives the Attorney General an avenue to take over. It is the law, it has been used before and you need to review it. There is a way to stop it, but Caldwell will not move forward. Stop making excuses for lazy and no good elected politicians that ride on the backs of tax payers like sorry no good lice. There is a way, and waiting to the next election is a poor excuse for someone not doing their job. Caldwell needs to do his job.
01/15/2012 at 4:26 pm |
Ditto….start now securing ONE person to run against Leslie.
And show him how it is done to get the vote out!
01/15/2012 at 4:30 pm |
You can’t stop people from seeking elected positions, you try as you might but fortunately, it is still America and anyone that meets the qualifications can run. So march on, you can’t control the election. Leslie will be King until he gets tired of it and then he can pay you to run again.
01/16/2012 at 7:10 am |
Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man’s sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true.
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illumines it.
Martin Luther King Jr.
01/16/2012 at 7:25 am |
ALL JONESBORO NEEDS IS LOVE…..
1 John 2:9-10
New International Version (NIV)
9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister[a] is still in the darkness. 10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.
01/16/2012 at 7:52 am |
I think it is shameful to refer to Mayor Leslie Thompson as “King” ….in that someone might accidentally think he is like MLK….
Dictator might fit better than King!
Let’s use Muammar Gaddafi or Kim Jong
Mayor Gaddafi or Leslie Jong of Jonesboro
Better fits……
01/16/2012 at 8:19 am |
I think it is shameful to refer to him as Mayor. I think it is shameful to refer to Jonothan Stewart as District Attorney. I think it is shameful to refer to James Roy Fannin as State Representative. I think it is shameful to refer to James D. Buddy Caldwell as Attorney General. I think it is shameful to even breath their names in the context of an elected official that will do what they were elected to do, they took an oath of office and one stipulation is to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the State of Louisiana. Can anyone here say that any one of the above people have done what thier Oath of Office directed relative to the Town of Jonesboro? No, you cannot, that in itself is a shame and disgrace to the taxpayers of the State of Louisiana.
01/16/2012 at 10:44 am |
I declare the Parish of Jackson to be the most corrupt Parish in LA, and our officials in BR to be the most corrupt in the United States.
Maybe dictator Thompson would be a good handle for him. I do not like king or the esteemed mayor either. It may just give him the bighead……..but, he already has the bighead, does he not?
01/16/2012 at 8:14 am |
Oh I wasnt trying to make excuses for anyone. I think it is pityful that the case has not hit the grand jury yet. They need to get the show on the road.
01/16/2012 at 8:18 am |
Maybe or Maybe Not
If DA Stewart does not present all the information, the grand jury will put a end to the case.
01/16/2012 at 8:30 am |
Brother, mind out what you do
And how you treat your fellow man
If you knew like me you’d try and live
The very best you can
For if you spread good all around,
You’ll be able to sleep when the sun go down
Keep movin’ on, keep movin’ on
Life is this way, so
Keep movin’ on, keep movin’ on
Every day
Sam Cooke
01/16/2012 at 12:56 pm |
Here is how to get something done, start calling all the news stations and tell them you want them to do an interview with D.A. Stewart and to ask the questions that need to be asked on tv for everybody to see ! If enough people call they will do it . If they can get him in a lie on tv then you can get someting done !
01/16/2012 at 1:45 pm |
That is useless, he does not have to respond to the request for an interview. The media has provided enough information already, the investigations and audits and everything known to humankind has been presented. Two men have the authority to do something, the same two that will not do their job. So, there you have it, the ultimate responsibility at this point lies on the shoulders of the Attorney General who has someone in Jackson Parish holding people that want to meet with him at bay saying do not meet with him until I give you the word to go. Politics at their finest. One day it will all come apart, lies and deceit can only hold something together for so long and finally one day the cord gets loose and it all breaks down. Just be patient, it is coming.
01/16/2012 at 1:16 pm |
Just sent a message to a reporter at KTVE 10.
01/16/2012 at 2:06 pm |
Maybe if the DA refuses an interview, then the reporter can speak to Gary Nunn for some speculation and report that DA Stewart refused to be interviewed.
01/16/2012 at 2:08 pm |
Maybe all the happy little bunnies in the nest can hop on over to the mike and make up some more excuses for the D.A….
01/16/2012 at 2:15 pm |
SOMEBODY needs to be writing a TV script for a movie….the stuff in Jackson Parish is GOOD!
Folks in other parts of the world would claim it to be fiction!
01/16/2012 at 2:37 pm |
Here is a theme song:
Here comes the Man with a non functioning plan
Here comes the Man with a handout pan
Here comes the team, all carrying his dream
Here comes the team, always covering his scene
Here comes the taxpayers, all ready to cry
They cannot understand why the D.A. won’t try
Here comes the Feds with a lien to file
Even the Government has begun to take notice for awhile
Here comes the bills, no money to pay
Here comes the Man with even more to say
It’s all good, it’s all good
I need more of your tax money if you could
I am the first and appears I am the worst
But you can’t touch me
Cause you don’t see
The D.A. is my connection
I helped him win his election
I even gave the State Rep some help
It was all cash as I don’t report my stash
I helped the legal council too
You know the one that favors Mr. Magoo
My friend in Baton Rouge, the Auditor ya know
He is my other connection and the Rep keeps him in tow
My main connection is named after a movie
He be the love bug and he is groovy
Smile like you like this cause this is how we roll
Keep on sending in ya coins cause we need ya dough
I will be King until I get tired
You can stop me nor can you get me fired.
01/16/2012 at 2:27 pm |
We read this blog, we were told about it months ago, but today has go to be the most interesting one we have ever read. Can you please explain to me what is going on? You have a Mayor/D.A./Atty Gen/Board of Aldermen that are not compliant? Or is this just a smoke screen for the mayor that you people do not like? I don’t completely understand what the real issue is, can you explain it?
01/16/2012 at 2:52 pm |
Polly,
Make yourself a fresh cup of tea and sit down for a long winter’s read.
There are 416 articles regarding Jonesboro…you may use the search request and just type in Thompson. Review and make your own decision.
We like Leslie Thompson as a God created person. We are just exhausted by Leslie’s actions as well as lack of actions when it comes to spending the tax payers money.
There as been more money spent that ever before in the history of Jonesboro along with the worse record keeping/documentation.
He was elected cause folks like him and thought he might could do the job…..a mistake for sure.
He was paid by the DA Stewart and Rep Fannin for “consulting” work during their elections. We do not know if he reported these earnings to the IRS.
The three new aldermen, he hand picked and got elected. He know controls everything that goes on regarding Jonesboro.
He doubled his salary last year and paid about $100,00 to an accountant from Ruston to “fix” the books at Town of Jonesboro while they both forgot to pay the IRS the employee withholdings.
Let us know what you think….and there is more than I wrote….
Enjoy!
01/16/2012 at 2:57 pm |
God may have created him, but satan is running him like a puppet, he and all his imps.
01/16/2012 at 3:29 pm |
The Rev David J Dill is alive and well! He has posted the tape of the NAACP Rally on youtube. ….Thanks so much….I missed the rally and now I can hear and see it.
Jackson Parish LA NAACP Wake Up Rally 011412
He was the keynote speaker for the rally.
Leslie talks about Northwestern State University ran him off during his college years and he had to go graduate from Southern ….interesting tale because of his activities in the NAACP….he has been a member his entire adult life.
Leslie mentions that a hotel coming to Jonesboro….has this information be discussed in any town meetings?
Boycott Devils Foods cake along with Angel Food cake….the names of these cakes are racist!
He is not in Jail cause he is not guilty…period ….end of story per Leslie.
Leslie is a political gladiator….he calls himself that on this tape.
He is not fighting white folks though…he also said is about famous…he is on the news more than the president of the USA.
God has provided a majority minority council and thus the authority and votes he needed to move this town.
He handed out evidence of every check that was written if you asked for it at the meeting. Happy to show you the proof!
He had proof in the trunk of the A-1 Mobile that his budget was balanced and the previous mayor’s budgets were never balanced.
The tape in court was doctored up and the lawyer in court claimed his tape was faulting.
Now he is in court about pushing a council lady’s hand….and she shouted and that gave the appearance of him pushing her. Going to court on Feb 6 and please come to court that day. The show of support really does help.
And how dare the law raid his office without any legal right.
His wife does not want to see him go to jail….he said his charge for not have a balanced budget is like he “went to court for speeding and came out with a rape charge” . This is what happened to him in the Jackson Parish court.
Fight the fight with Leslie…he gonna stay with you!
Keep sake DVD are available….just call the town hall and ask for David Dill, the mayor’s assistant.
01/16/2012 at 5:54 pm |
God please send justice, you see the lies, you see the theft, you see the utter and complete lawlessness, now God we need YOU to move and come to our aid and please come quickly because we have had to endure enormous amounts of satanic influences most especially the one that continues on daily. Please help us Lord, and we trust You for Justice as Your word says You are a Jealous God and you see the things before You and how man has turned his face away from truth and justice. Thank You Lord in advance for help and Thank you for mercy in Jesus Name, Amen.
01/16/2012 at 9:04 pm |
It is interesting to hear Leslie at the Rally.
I think he REALLY believes what he is saying….not sure which mental illness it is….I guess if you keep repeating something, you eventually believe yourself.
Walter, please ask him for the documents he promised was in his car and trunk. See if you qualify for copies since you were not present at his Rally!
01/16/2012 at 10:00 pm |
Walter has better things to do with his time, like reporting TRUTH, not some propaganda put out by a desperate man that is grasping at straws and trying every way he can to build the biggest possible smoke screen he can in order to stay free a few more days. Graybar Hotel is readying the room, he has a reservation with his name on the stripped jumpsuit and a special identification number to denote his wonderful residency at the Graybar. The locks work good at the Graybar and the hinges don’t need oil cause they don’t swing to and fro like his jaws……..Graybar Hotel………each day is another day closer to the check in date……Graybar!
01/16/2012 at 10:21 pm |
Proverbs 13:20 He who walks with wise men wil be wise,
But the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Proverbs 10:10 He who winks with the eye causes trouble,
But a prating fool will fall.
01/16/2012 at 5:35 pm |
stay with leslie you must have lost your dam mind.or your just to dam blind to see the truth he is a theif.and you cant even see it.now can you.i bet leslie got the church to protest the aryan nations didnt he.i beleave he did.no one protested the naacp now did they.maybe we should have and kciked some ass why we where there people arent buying leslie,s crap anymore city hall hall is full of theifs they are all packed under one roof.hell you might as well go join them talking about we should stay with his retard ass!!! i hope and pray he goes to jail soon and anyone else who,s in the boat with him this is america and we have a right to say what we feel so you go ahead and jump in bed with leslie oh and buy the way there where some blacks at the aryan nation protest so all of you aint for leslie im waiting to here you run your mouth some more!!!!!!!
01/16/2012 at 10:29 pm |
Keepsake DVD? I hope you are joking. I no longer have the stomach to listen to that crap. It makes me want to vomit. It’s kind of like having gangrene in your arm and no one wants to operate.
01/16/2012 at 10:48 pm |
you can bet that there will a fee associated with the keepsake dvd, aka disney characters…..goofy, dopey and cast……..that will be used for the legal defense fund……gotta make a buck anyway possible.
01/17/2012 at 12:55 pm |
Nelson in federal court this morning for sentencing
BATON ROUGE – Former Mayor of New Roads, Tommy Nelson arrived in federal court this morning, expecting to learn his fate.
Nelson will be sentenced for his role in promoting a fake garbage can cleaning company.
He was found guilty last summer of bribery in the federal sting called “Operation Blighted Officials.”
Nelson promoted “Cifer 5000,” in exchange for thousands of dollars.
He could face up to 20-years in prison.
News 2′s Stephanie Ryan is in court this morning and will bring you more information as it becomes available.
01/18/2012 at 8:33 am |
Nelson gets 11-year term
Sentence below federal guidelines
By Bill Lodge
Advocate staff writer
January 18, 2012
Former New Roads Mayor T.A. “Tommy” Nelson Jr. was sentenced to 11 years in prison Tuesday in Baton Rouge for his June jury conviction on federal charges of racketeering, wire fraud, lying to investigators and using telephones in aid of racketeering.
Prior to the decision by Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson, Nelson told the jurist, regardless of his sentence, “I do have faith in God.”
Nelson added: “I’m saved. I’m saved.”
Jackson then said he was sentencing Nelson substantially beneath federal guidelines of 19 to 24 years in prison for his crimes. He said the fact that Nelson and his wife have three young children was a factor in his decision.
The 11-year term for Nelson, 42, was one year more than Jackson imposed on former White Castle Mayor Maurice Brown in a related case last year.
Both officials were snared in a years-long FBI sting operation known as Operation Blighted Officials. In that investigation, undercover agents and an undercover FBI operative posed as corrupt executives of a garbage-can-cleaning business dubbed Cifer 5000.
In addition to Nelson and Brown, three officials in Port Allen have been convicted on racketeering charges for acceptance of bribes in return for assisting Cifer 5000 in its efforts to gain municipal contracts and promote its business to both investors and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Former St. Gabriel Mayor George Grace faces trial on related charges next week.
Courts “cannot turn a blind eye to the corruption and dishonesty” displayed in Nelson’s recorded conversations with men he believed to be corrupt business leaders, Jackson told the former mayor Tuesday.
“This kind of conduct is intolerable,” Jackson told Nelson. The judge added that the recorded conversations showed that Nelson defiantly told an undercover operative at one point he would not end New Roads’ reliance on contract work from a bribe-paying company even if another firm offered to do the same work for less money.
Jackson said Nelson’s statements and actions were “despicable.”
The judge said Nelson’s actions already have cost him his employment and his home and now will hurt his three children.
“What you did has deprived them of their father for many years,” Jackson told Nelson.
One of Nelson’s lawyers, Page A. Pate of Atlanta, repeatedly argued for a lower sentence. Pate contended that Nelson’s alleged intended gain of $6.38 million from the scheme could not be accurately estimated from information in the court record.
Although Jackson took eight years off the minimum prison term under federal guidelines, Pate said after the hearing: “It (11 years) is still the wrong sentence. I think we have a strong case for appeal. All these numbers are made up.
“Tommy Nelson didn’t know anything about $6 million, didn’t touch $6 million,” Pate said. He added that Nelson also will appeal his conviction, which occurred at the last trial presided over by former Chief U.S. District Judge Ralph E. Tyson before his death in July.
Nelson had supporters in the courtroom.
“He is here because he is being accused of using bribery. I prefer the word ‘accused’ to ‘convicted,’” she said. “He has been instrumental in so many good things for the children of our community.”
But Assistant U.S. Attorney Corey R. Amundson told the judge that Nelson should receive a substantial prison sentence.
“He would have been walking away with millions,” if the Cifer businessmen had not been undercover agents, Amundson added. The prosecutor also said Nelson bragged in recorded conversations that he had been receiving substantial sums of money and other gifts from actual businesses for years.
“This is a serious, serious case,” Amundson told the judge.
In addition to the 11-year prison term, Jackson ordered Nelson to serve a post-prison term of two years under the supervision of federal investigators. And the judge ordered Nelson to repay more than $20,000 in cash and other bribes he received during the FBI sting. He said Nelson must report to prison by 2 p.m on Feb. 20.
01/18/2012 at 8:34 am |
We still have hope!
Maybe the federal government is working undercover in Jonesboro.
Maybe Rev Dill is a federal agent…..who knows?
01/18/2012 at 2:21 pm |
Lol. Conspiracy theorists alive and well in JB. Maybe Leslie is an undercover agent, also!
01/18/2012 at 3:37 pm |
As is the repeated playing of the race card….Time will tell.
God has a plan for Jonesboro and the honest, hard working folks who have lived there for many years.
Leslie will have his day in court I am believing….and if proven guilty as charged, he will continue to play his race card.
01/18/2012 at 4:28 pm |
Just want you folks to know that the Aryan Nations is planning to return to Jonesboro for a follow up visit. We were treated so warmly by the White population of Jonesboro, the Jonesboro Police Dept, and Jackson Parish Sheriff’s Dept. Especially Officer Gerald Palmer who was on duty the day of the rally. He was kind enough to suggest to our world leader that the Sheriff escort us out of town to keep us and our vehicles safe from assault from the negros in Jonesboro. We’ve also had many telephone calls thanking us for our trip there and asking when we were planning to return. So look out Jonesboro, hear we come !
01/18/2012 at 5:08 pm |
Thanks but NO THANKS! Stay where you are please.
Yes, we are a parish of nice, warm people.
“hear we come” should be “here we come”
01/26/2012 at 5:32 pm |
Jonesboro welcomes the Ayran Nations back. Now, they can finish their rally they started when a bunch of “blacks” across the street begain causing a disturbance.
01/18/2012 at 7:11 pm |
I wrote it how I meant it, ya here ? No you’re not here, at least your brain isn’t. It’s a play on words dufuss. Just like what I just wrote, ya hear ? What are you some kind of control freak who thinks they can speak for everyone in the entire parish ? And now you think you know how to spell what I meant to write better than I do. That’s the key to the problem right there. One or two people want to decide for the rest of the country how we should live, how we should believe and how we should think. You sound like the kind of person who would be a complete tyrant if you were in office. Just like the Mayor who thinks he can squander everyones money and not be responsible. And just like Obama and every other president who thinks it’s right to ignore the illegal alien problem and give amnesty to a bunch of invaders who came into this country in a fashion that is against our nations laws. And all you can think to say about any of it is to try and control what some else thinks, hears and believes by denying the constitutional rights of Aryan Nations just because YOU think it’s best that people don’t hear it. Are you afraid that there will be more people who agree with Aryan Nations than they do you ? Ya here ? Or are you somewhere else, ya hear ? Ignorant people who think they’re smart are the worst sort of ignorant people there are. So look out Jonesboro. Aryan Nations will be back. Hear ?.
01/18/2012 at 7:47 pm |
Praying for you and your message.
A heart full of bitterness and angry has no room for love.
01/18/2012 at 9:12 pm |
sounds like the decent folks of Jonesboro have a good man with guts in their Chief of Police. Get behind him, at least there is hope.
01/19/2012 at 8:01 am |
The Chief don’t want to help this young black man with his job. The Chief should find him another school and fill out his application for him. The Chief could have gotten a copy of his drivers license and diploma for this young man…..young man who is willing to risk his life in the line of duty for the Town of Jonesboro.
Mr. Perry just made a little mistake and it should not cost him his career.
Chief admitted in the meeting he has made mistakes before…he needs to lose his job, too.
Those aldermen mean business…..Chief better listen or he might have no job either.
01/19/2012 at 7:27 am |
Mr. Devin Flowers & Mr. LeStevic Cottinham…you rock! You gonna be the future of Jonesboro.
You trying to help Mr. Perry. One of you need to vote to fire the chief and the other second it.
Show them who is in charge…this young Mr. Perry just made a little mistake and he should not lose his job over this little bitty mistake.
Find him a nice school to attend so he can have his certification ….don’t worry about the cost. It will get paid….you men can stand up to Horton and make him pay.
Go forward and lead the way!
01/19/2012 at 7:47 am |
For sure, gentlemen. Make a motion at the next meeting to remove the town from the under the Lawrason Act. We want the mayor to have all the power to appoint and remove the police chief.
The Mayor with you guys will have total control of everything in Jonesboro. Don’t worry, at least one other (Sam or Charla) will go along with you two….they can have some power too.
Vote for yourself to double your salary. You have earned more money…you guys work 24/7! I think the town needs to provide you a free cell phone and gasoline for your car.
Jonesboro needs to be under a city’s charter so the Board of Aldermen has the sole power to appoint and remove the chief without the mayor’s approval.
A dream team …first Black Mayor with the first majority minority Board of Aldermen….Moving Jonesboro ahead of the pack!
01/19/2012 at 8:21 am |
I also think that you all should vote in to effect a motion that would require all the banks to make monthly deposits in to a fund of no less than $20,000 to be divided between the “majority minority council”. I think that all resturants in Jonesboro should give the “majority minority council” free meals daily. Entergy should stop billing these fine people of the “majority minority council” for their electricity at home. In closing, every town of Jonesboro employee should be so thankful to the “majority minority council” for being saints and donate their weekly paychecks back to the town in order to be divided between the “majority minority council”.
Oh and , you all are the biggest freaking joke I have ever seen in my life. You all sit there with your “holier than thou” attitudes thinking everyone else around you are idiots and that you can over run the law. You are jokes. Devon will never be anything more than a two bit wannabe. Lestevic is just flat out a loser all the way around. Charla couldn’t cut it working in city hall before so dont know why she thinks she can now. Sam, well,, need I say more. and Renee, well, renee I think is actually the only one now that has any sense of thought that is trying to move the town forward. Im no huge Renee fan, but she is trying. You people are funny.
01/19/2012 at 8:39 am |
Show them, Devin & LeStevic…..here is your chance. Step up and get the job done right. Make those motions at the next meeting.
You know what is right….like when you told D J Allen he was not welcome at the meetings….see, he listened and stopped attending.
You guys need an office at the Town Hall. Pick one out and get the Mayor’s wife to decorate it for you. She can use the debit card for those purchases.
You are both wonderful leaders. One of you can be the next Mayor….and let the Rev Dill help you!
Get yourself an office and a pay raise….start telling the town workers what to do….show your leadership.
Remember, the Chief works for you guys!
01/19/2012 at 8:42 am |
You are the funny one. These things you mention are not needed.
And, you sound mad and bitter about the town’s new young leaders.
You do not like anybody at town hall…..that is not nice!
01/19/2012 at 10:38 am |
Chief Horton needs to listen to what the people of Jonesboro want…we want to give this nice young man, Mr. Perry, a chance to become a Jonesboro Town Cop.
He deserves another chance and to be forgiven for his mistake.
We need young black men on the force…need to have one coming up the ranks to be the first Black Police Chief of Jonesboro.
We need the current aldermen and mayor to make it a law that the Mayor can pick the Chief. Not the voters.
New town….new faces….new attitude!
01/19/2012 at 11:57 am |
AND DON’T FORGET “BROKE”, TOO, YOUR MORON!!!!!
01/19/2012 at 11:32 am |
Remind’s me of the junk yard , full of SHIT !
01/19/2012 at 12:04 pm |
Man some people are so clueless. The mayor can’t just up a change the fact that the Chief is an elected official. And as far as Mr. Perry, sounds to me as if he has a problem with not telling the truth. Do we really need this with a badge. Some probably will say, “why not the rest of them are liars too”. I guess that is why he is so tight with the mayor and the council members. I am sure they would love to have him as chief, one more hand puppet to try and rule the town. Wake up people. You and your town are being raped by this governing body. Election is the only thing that will ever change anything. I just hope all the lazy voters realize this and show up at the next election.
01/19/2012 at 3:19 pm |
The voters who vote are the ones who elected the current officials.
The town has the new leaders as decided by the voters.
You don’t like it, go ahead and move out.
We will have a new Chief of Police and he will be decided on by the Mayor and Aldermen.
The vote will get out for the ones our Mayor decides on.
Jim Fannin will help out as well….he is a good man and has my vote for any office he wants.
01/19/2012 at 4:38 pm |
The Chief is just that… the Chief… NOT A BABYSITTER!!!! It dont matter if it is a “young black out there, man” or a “young white man”! As for as that goes, it dont matter if it is an “old black man or white man”. This crap has went beyond sickening! If their is one that can’t follow orders and work when they are suppose to, they need to grow a set, quit whinning, and get the heck out. As for as our aldermen goes, l think it’s pretty safe to say that, they need to be worried about the real problems at hand. You know, the “financial problems” that this town is facing.
01/19/2012 at 5:56 pm |
And before anyone wants to jump about what I wrote above… It’s not just the Chief that shouldn’t be a babysitter. The Mayor, should not be a babysitter, nor should the aldermen. You each were elected to do a job. Last time l checked, that wasn’t in the job description. This town will NEVER move forward if things dont change and people dont get their priorities in order, and by people, l mean ALL people. God doesn’t see skin color. We are all the same in His eyes.
01/19/2012 at 6:10 pm |
They all are just wanting Horton to help this nice young man, Mr. Perry.
He came all the way over here from Monroe and wants to serve the fine folks of Jonesboro as a police officer.
He deserves at least a chance….find him a school…anywhere he wants to go and let him prove himself!
01/19/2012 at 7:47 pm |
Mr. Perry needs to go back to Monroe and find some fine folks there to serve. My guess is that no one there was willing to babysit him.
01/20/2012 at 8:40 pm |
If Mr. Perry wants to be a police officer why doesn’t he apply for a position in Monroe. Maybe their Chief would be more receptive to someone who doesn’t want to take responsibility for his actions or lack of. The police chief is not your mama. He should not be expected to fill out the required paper work for Mr. Perry. Perry is able to read?
01/19/2012 at 6:27 pm |
There are no job descriptions for the town folks….they do what they want!
01/19/2012 at 9:02 pm |
How many times does Mr. Perry want to try and pass the police academy? He already failed twice. Does he think it get easier with time? If he is this slow, does he really need a gun?
01/19/2012 at 9:37 pm |
That is not nice!!! How would you know that Mr. Perry has all ready attempted Police Academy?
01/19/2012 at 9:54 pm |
listen to the tape…….duh…..watch the video……duh………….
01/19/2012 at 10:06 pm |
where is the tape or video? I want to listen or see…
01/20/2012 at 8:42 pm |
Can the boy read?
01/21/2012 at 5:42 pm |
The boy….clucker can you read.
01/20/2012 at 2:25 pm |
We should have a rally to show support for Mr. Perry!
01/21/2012 at 7:26 am |
You should have a brain scan.
01/20/2012 at 8:19 pm |
Hey….your mayor is on the news again. He said that
employees were simply incompetent BLAMES SOMEONE ELSE
Thompson denied any intentional wrongdoing OF COURSE
he has full documentation on where the money was spent and what it was spent on..but he refused to give KNOE copies of the documents. He wanted to speak with his lawyer first…speak to his attorney first about giving copies of PUBLIC DOCUMENTS? HUH?
the matter is a laughable matter… almost a joke but so serious he is not laughing right now WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WHY EVEN SAY THIS?
that if he was guilty of what is said by all of these folks, the conspirators, he would be in jail…THE WHEELS ARE TURNING SLOWING BUT NONE THE LESS TURNING….GET YOUR READING BOOKS TOGETHER FOR YOUR TRIP
The “conspirators” against him are his political enemies trying to capitalize on the appearance of impropriety – including judges but he didn’t name them I THINK HE BELIEVES THE STUFF HE IS SAYING…CRAZY
he is now using town money to challenge the legality of the search warrant for the raid – costing, he estimated, about $150 per hour in attorney fees. NO SURPRISE HERE…HE SPENDS THE MONEY.
He claimed the sheriff and the district attorney are targeting him and may themselves be acting inappropriately. WELL, SUE THEM LESLIE…HAVE THEM ARRESTED!
WONDER WHY HE DID NOT MENTION MR. PERRY’S ISSUES?
01/20/2012 at 8:44 pm |
Did you see the look in Leslie’s eyes? The light is on but there’s nobody home.
01/21/2012 at 8:49 am |
I think his press conference didn’t give the “appearance” he thought it was going to convey. I think the fact that he stated yet again, on tape, he denied access to public documents that he has put his foot in the trap again, not to mention all the other videos of his rants and ravings. Let Mr. Dill keep on taping and let him keep on talking because he is slowly but surely winding down the Dog and Pony Show that has been on the Front Stage for the last 5 years! Hooray and Bon Voyage, may the Justice Ship dock soon and may it anchor deep until ALL PARTICIPANTS ARE ON BOARD!!!!
01/20/2012 at 9:47 pm |
I believe the “Horton Stands Firm on Cop Firing” has now set a record for the Jonesboro category with 137 comments. This most I can remember on any one subject was 127.
01/21/2012 at 8:50 am |
That is only because there is no other Jonesboro Topic to discuss various issues under at this point.
01/21/2012 at 7:45 am |
Surprise, Surprise.
Louisiana is gonna have a $895 MILLION budget SHORTAGE and guess who is surprised?
None other than our own State Rep. Jim Fannin, of Jonesboro who is the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
He said the $895 million projection surprised him despite several years of lagging revenue.
“I wasn’t expecting it to be quite that large,” Fannin said
The apple did not fall far from the tree….Fannin and Leslie have the same principals…SPEND, SPEND, SPEND…IT IS OKAY TO SPEND WHAT IS NOT THERE
01/21/2012 at 8:53 am |
So, that explains why the King can continue on with the money flow and Baton Rouge cannot stop the sure demise of the assets of the State of Louisiana.
I wonder how Mr. Jindal feels about his wonder boy and prize Mr James Roy Fannie?
Maybe Fannie can legally adopt the King and they can sit around and play spin the money wheel together.
01/21/2012 at 11:13 am |
So, trying to understand the situation.
Mayor Leslie Thompson has twice in the last week proclaimed to have copies of every check written along with documentation to show where every “missing” dollars went.
Said information that can prove the “conspirators” against him and his political enemies are totally wrong.
Leslie told the TV reporter he does not want to release these PUBLIC documents until he spoke with his attorney.
Listening to his speech at the NAACP Rally, he offered the documents that were in his trunk and car (the town’s owned automobile).
Did not one person at the rally ask for a copy OR did Leslie tell them he had to speak to his attorney first OR did Leslie lie and there are no documents to be shared?
He repeatedly tell folks to come to the town hall and see these papers…Wonder if you head to town hall and ask to see them if he will produce them?
Please call his hand on this lie…..
01/21/2012 at 11:24 am |
Please do yourself a favor and realize there is not one person going to call him on anything, ever. He is the king and he rules his kingdom. All you naysayers best just take a pill and enjoy the ride, cause the king is on the front seat driving A-1 and that is how he rolls.