We are live again this morning from the Leon H. Whitten Courtroom in the Jackson Parish Courthouse at Jonesboro for day two of the civil trial in the matter of the State of Louisiana vs the Town of Jonesboro.
Appearing on behalf of the state are Assistant Attorneys General Michael Vallan and Patricia Wilton. Representing the town is Carol Powell-Lexing.
Hearing the case is Second Judicial (Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson parishes) District Court Division B Judge Jimmy Teat.
At issue is whether a fiscal administrator will be appointed to oversee the town’s finances, which for years have been in disarray. For four consecutive years, three different independent auditors have been unable to compile an audit because of incomplete bookkeeping.
9:32 AM – Court in session. First witness for defense, Town Clerk Melba Holland.
9:35 AM – Powell-Lexing asking witness about Tonya Wade.
9:37 AM – Holland: Data entered into systems around June 2011.
9:40 AM – Payables and receivables systems in effect for FY 2011-2012.
9:42 AM – Water meter deposits system also set up.
9:45 AM – Holland testifying that customer deposit refunds are current.
9:47 AM – Testimony about various plans, disaster recovery, budget, etc.
9:52 AM – Holland testifies that polices and procedures are in place.
9:54 AM – Holland now testifying about payments for workman’s comp insurance.
10:00 AM – Holland says that about $100 thousand in workman’s comp still in arrears, but that a payment plan to catch up has been agreed to with the state.
10:05 AM – Liability insurance – Holland testifying that town is paying on the unpaid balance.
10:07 AM – Holland testifying that sales tax payments are current to the state.
10:17 AM – Testimony about revenue and expenditures for recent months. Holland says that revenues sufficient to meet expenses.
10:22 AM – unable to hear questions and answers at this time.
10:23 AM – Powell-Lexing: Does town have sufficient revenues to meet expenses. Yes.
10:24 AM – Cross. Wilton asking Holland about latest audit.
10:25 AM – Asking if town still needs accounting help. Holland: May need some from time to time.
10:30 AM – Wilton asking about payment plan to workman’s comp. Holland: working hard to get caught up.
10:33 AM – Redirect – has town made corrections for deficiencies in audits? Yes.
10:36 AM – Recross – Wilton asking if corrections have been made since last Wednesday? Holland: changes were made when auditors first came in.
10:38 AM – Wilton asking about accuracy of latest revenue/expenditures.
10:40 AM – 20 minute recess.
11:01 AM – court back in session. Next witness Jonell Walker, CPA that did latest financial report.
11:05 AM – Powell-Lexing: Anything wrong with using CD savings to spend? Depends upon what used for.
11:11 AM – Walker: began field work on Jonesboro in Jan 2012.
11:14 AM – Asked whether finding issued on revenue/expenditures. Walker: referring to note 16 – going concern.
11:20 AM – Walker: sales tax revenues decreasing, budget tight.
11:23 AM – Powell-Lexing: Do you know TODAY if town can meet obligations? Walker: can’t answer that.
11:24 AM – Cross – Wilton: Reasonably prudent financial manager should not use CD’s to pay current obligations. Walker: correct.
11:27 AM – Asking about 4 consec yrs of disclaimers. Walker: not normal.
11:30 AM – Walker: reasonably certain that town can’t meet obligations.
11:30 AM – Powell-Lexing: What about TODAY? Walker: can’t be certain.
11:31 AM – Mayor Thompson on stand. Questions about when Wade hired.
11:33 AM – Powell-Lexing: has town corrected deficiencies. Yes.
11:35 AM – Thompson: Whenever errors fixed, the line is moved.
11:37 AM – Powell-Lexing: Can workers comp be paid. Yes.
11:38 AM – Do you still have CD’s? about 600 thousand plus.
11:40 AM – Can you pay bills? Yes.
11:41 AM – Asking about Reda Houston. Fired for insubordination. Said that employees were entitled to pay.
11:44 AM – Notable that no one from District Attorney’s office has been in court either today or yesterday.
11:45 AM – Defense rests.
11:46 AM – Written memorandums due Friday, and then ruling thereafter. No closing arguments.
07/17/2012 at 9:33 am |
Thank you Mr. Abbott. We are waiting patiently for good news!
07/17/2012 at 9:39 am |
who ever they appiont to take charge i hope they strip leslie of his 70,000 year pay thats why he wants more dam tax,s so he can keep his pay so please who takes it over strip of his salery.walter i still wish i could post my picture of the town employee in a town vehicle at taco bell in ruston he wasnt even dressed for work!!!
07/17/2012 at 10:03 am |
Make a copy and take it to Walter at the courthouse….just slip it in an envelope
07/17/2012 at 10:11 am |
Mayor pulled up for Court at 9:26 am. I overheard said “Guess it’s true – you can be late for your own funeral”.
07/17/2012 at 10:17 am |
Did he have his driver with him?
It is all a joke to him cause he really is sick…mental illness….
He will claim it and have a disability payment from the town for the rest of his life…bet they have kept his health insurance paid….can’t pay the workers comp insurance but keep the mayor’s health insurance paid up
07/17/2012 at 11:08 am |
Wonder if Leslie is worried that this mess will be the DEATH of him by his statement. Something he and his 4 stoogie council members caused.
I hope Renee Stringer runs for mayor come election time. I believe she would make a very good mayor. She is the only council member that cares about the TJ.
07/17/2012 at 10:12 am |
Wow….way, way behind in Workers Comp …but we have a plan in place…so that is good, all is good, just like the leader tells us…
Unbelievable……and if Judge Teat does not rule in favor of the State…something is really rotten
Mr. Cottonham, Mr. Stringer, Ms. Mason and Mr. Lampkin….where the heck have your heads been to allow this????
Rev Dill….shame on you!!!
Mr. Simmons….you know better …you have a law degree….you claim to manage a non profit…Are your bills paid on time???
Why have all you folks support and allowed Leslie to do this?
All the while he is driving around in a town owned car burning town paid for gas spending his doubled salary?
All the while you should have know the least of the insurance was not being paid!!!
One accident by an employee and the town has no workers comp.
What if the guy in the town truck eating at Taco Bell in Ruston last week had choked? What if the guy spraying the weeds at the Lake during the church camp had fallen and couldn’t get up?
07/17/2012 at 10:25 am |
Don’t throw Ms. Stringer under that bus. She has been the only one of the council members that has been fighting for the citizens of Jonesboro. She is outnumbered on the council so she is always voted down. She doesn’t go along with whatever the mayor wants. She deserves a pat on the back, not your condemnation.
07/17/2012 at 10:41 am |
So, so very sorry…I did not mean to say Mr. Stringer….IT IS MR. FLOWERS….typing too fast
Renee Stringer is a fine, upstanding, good hearted, kind woman who TRULY has Jonesboro’s best interest at heart. She is to be commended for staying on the council and not resigning.
The $500 a month pay to hang in there is certainly not enough.
Her service to the citizens of Jonesboro is priceless!
07/17/2012 at 10:50 am |
You are correct on all points about Ms. Stringer. Glad to know it was a typo. I don’t understand, either, how she has hung in there – except she loves her town and the citizens that live there. She also hates corruption – of which there is plenty at City Hall. I’m glad we agree on this and that she has someone else to defend her.
07/17/2012 at 12:35 pm |
I’m in total agreement! Renee is a huge asset and is the ONLY one that will take a stand on this sinking ship! We all know that Cottinghan, Flowers, and Mason are for whatever the mayor wants even if it is not for the good of the town. Mr. Lamkin is a wimp when it comes to voting. How can someone abstain on everything that matters most to our town? He needs to be replaced. Renee, just want you to know that you are greatly appreciated! Thank you for standing on our behalf!
07/17/2012 at 10:57 am |
Hope Mrs. Holland is not fired for telling the truth on the stand.
Mayor will throw her under the bus when he has a chance.
Perhaps the former employee who was fired by Leslie, can run for town council….I hope she has located another job or better yet sue for wrongful firing….Leslie likes coming to court.
She at least should file a complaint with the State Ethics board…just to have it on the state record.
Wish she would name the town employees Leslie was wanting to BLESS with extra spending money
07/17/2012 at 11:31 am |
Melba Holland testified under oath that revenues are enough to take care of expenditures for the Town of Jonesboro. Mayor Thompson stated that it was necessary to get new taxes to meet expenses. Of course, he is not under oath. Which of them are you going to believe?
07/17/2012 at 11:35 am |
Neither!
07/17/2012 at 11:37 am |
Hey Messy…where you at? I know you have some words of wisdom for the viewers. Things still alright in our fair town??
07/17/2012 at 12:46 pm |
He’s been sitting in the Courtroom the last two days awaiting his chance to testify or get interviewed. Guess you all know who it is, right?
07/18/2012 at 11:13 am |
Sorry, I don’t know. Who is Messy?
I, too, have been awaiting messy’s rants that all is good in Jonesoro.
07/17/2012 at 12:48 pm |
You heard it …the Town of Jonesboro is in HIGH COTTON.
There are $600,000 in the bank in CDs.
The mayor is just being careful and paying out on time the past due bills instead of cashing in the CDs. He nows that upsets some folks when you messy folks talk about cashing in the CDs.
I am believing Judge Teat gonna do the right thing and keep Leslie, our Mayor, in charge of the money.
Leslie was wanting to pay those employees for holiday time and that lady was not following his orders so he had no choice but to fire her. I wonder if Leslie got Mrs. Holland to pay those people…maybe the town council needs to check to see if they are due some holiday pay and get them a bonus check cut today!
You all know that attorneys from the state just up here messing around ….picking on Leslie. Didn’t he sound good under oath? He is not afraid. He needs a vacation to rest up….some body with one of those planes at his airport should give him a ride to Dallas to see his baby girl. He should not have to drive when he is so exhausted from this MESS.
07/18/2012 at 11:20 am |
Messy, I believe you are writing under the handle of “anonymous” now. It does not make any difference which name you blog under, you are just plain wrong in your illogical thinking.
07/17/2012 at 11:41 am |
If the town corrected deficiences, then why a disclaimer for the past 4 years? Leslie is in his fantacy world again.
07/17/2012 at 11:44 am |
Well, it’s simple. If the Town can pay their bills TODAY .. And if the TOWN can pay their worker’s Comp TODAY – why DON’T they?
07/17/2012 at 11:47 am |
WTF?? Where is the $600,000 plus CD???
07/17/2012 at 8:12 pm |
Show me the money, Mr. Mayor.
You testified under oath that the town has it….is it in your trunk???
07/17/2012 at 11:48 am |
Walter – (or someone who knows these answers) What Attorneys in Jonesboro are Assistant DA’s? Are any of them there? And, What local Attorneys are in the Courtroom?
07/17/2012 at 12:33 pm |
Was there any proof of the CD?
Any proof in court that the town could pay all debts today?
Anyone ask why the accounts in arrears have not been paid if it was possible to pay them?
So Leslie said the employees were entitled to have paid holiday…surely this is all spelled out in the employee hand book right near the job descriptions …wait, they never got around to that part of the things that needed fixing at the Town Hall…The lovely Tonya Wade was suppose to “teach” them about this under her $100,000 tutor sessions…..wait, she got paid but the workers comp did not….go figure!
07/17/2012 at 1:14 pm |
I am curious about sales tax. Melba said the town wasn’t really selling anything so they were reporting zero. Is selling water taxable? Or selling circus tickets?
07/17/2012 at 6:26 pm |
gospel concert tickets…oh wait, they didn’t have to account for that money either…………..how could we ever expect that.
07/17/2012 at 2:27 pm |
Someone just came from the courtroom and said that they have adjouned and Judge Teat would take the matter “under advisement.”
07/17/2012 at 2:31 pm |
Guess that is what the 11:46 a.m. posting says in different terms.
07/17/2012 at 3:05 pm |
Leslie is a good story tellermaybe his next career will be writing and publishing a fictional story such as “Leslie and the Wonderland”. He can tell some tells and is in total denial of the true problem.
07/18/2012 at 11:25 am |
Or, “Leslie In Wonderland”. He seems confused all the time.
07/17/2012 at 3:17 pm |
First, it was the city hall ladies that were whining about wanting holiday pay so he said give it and rita wouldnt! Secondly no proof of a CD because there isnt one!! Know that for a fact! Third, how about mr. Flowers losing his paycheck only to have a replacement check printed, then a few weeks later cashing the lost one too? Ask anyone from jody’s!
07/18/2012 at 11:27 am |
Typical. That is what they do.
07/17/2012 at 5:26 pm |
What about that check Mr.Flower? Did you do that dishonest thing? Mayor teaching you how to be dishonest?
07/17/2012 at 6:44 pm |
f.y.i. it was paid back in two days, come to city and see for yourself,keeping up mess.
07/17/2012 at 7:18 pm |
f.y.i. if it was cashed it was done, the deed was done, f.y.i. top cop aka god child aka educated…..f.y.i. Louisiana Theft Law
LSA-R.S. 14:67
A. Theft is the misappropriation or taking of anything of value which belongs to another, either without the consent of the other to the misappropriation or taking, or by means of fraudulent conduct, practices, or representations. An intent to deprive the other permanently of whatever may be the subject of the misappropriation or taking is essential.
B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of theft when the misappropriation or taking amounts to a value of five hundred dollars or more shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years, or may be fined not more than three thousand dollars, or both.
it don’t say go pay it back and you will be ok…..f.y.i. starting mess………f.,y. i.
07/17/2012 at 7:22 pm |
Paid back in two days? He knew he was stealing when he cashed it. I don’t care if he paid it back in three seconds. Thieving is thieving is thieving.
07/17/2012 at 8:05 pm |
Why did the book keeper not place a stop payment on it so that it could not be cashed if found???
07/17/2012 at 8:13 pm |
Maybe the book keeper didn’t have time………..why didn’t the check get returned instead of being cashed, that was a conscious decision to cash the check, it wasn’t the book keeper’s fault the check was cashed.
07/17/2012 at 8:16 pm |
sounds like an ethics violation to me………get the paper and pen and get busy………..
07/17/2012 at 9:40 pm |
There was and Jody’s got stuck with the check. Jody was the one complaining. Then devon ran up there and payed for the check.
07/17/2012 at 9:48 pm |
Prove it please…..
07/18/2012 at 11:31 am |
Absolutely. She should have stopped payment immediately. After all, if it was lost it could have fallen into anyone’s hands. Immediate “Stop payment” is the norm for a lost check.
07/17/2012 at 8:14 pm |
If I rob the bank and then return the money, will I get arrested???
07/17/2012 at 8:17 pm |
you will get arrested, but will you get prosecuted?
07/17/2012 at 11:35 pm |
May not get caught if there are no police
07/17/2012 at 5:55 pm |
Louisiana Theft Law
LSA-R.S. 14:67
A. Theft is the misappropriation or taking of anything of value which belongs to another, either without the consent of the other to the misappropriation or taking, or by means of fraudulent conduct, practices, or representations. An intent to deprive the other permanently of whatever may be the subject of the misappropriation or taking is essential.
B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of theft when the misappropriation or taking amounts to a value of five hundred dollars or more shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years, or may be fined not more than three thousand dollars, or both.
hmmmmmmmmmm, (if) this is truth, guess somebody gotta answer and looks like three folks gotta pony up………
07/17/2012 at 6:01 pm |
Ha…….A-1 Headed to Arcadia this evening……fast a speeding bullet more stealth than a ninja——it is all good. nobody studying no west law. you wish you knew it all.
07/17/2012 at 6:23 pm |
Just saw the usual one sided reporting of the same one that twists any and all information to make the king look like the champion.
I wonder if Ms. Houston has ever heard about a Federal Whistleblower Suit, then invite the king’s spokeswoman to report that story.
The king stated it was just a misunderstood policy……yeah, well if that’s so, then why fire your employee, why not explain it. I hope she files the Ethics complaint as well.
It appears that he has repeated his actions from an earlier time when he laid off his employee for reporting a theft she thought had occurred.
07/17/2012 at 6:24 pm |
Methy, Methy, Methy come out where ever you are. We need the truth (according to you) just how great the CTIC is doing and how well off the town is under his leadership. Methy, Methy, Methy come out where ever you are.
07/17/2012 at 7:04 pm |
Methy sure got audibly quite…………silence is so golden in this instance.
07/17/2012 at 7:24 pm |
I figured it out….I know where the CD is….
CD is in the mayor’s A-1 mobile….check the trunk …
The CD is in there will the reciepts and track of the missing MONEY
07/18/2012 at 2:19 pm |
per·ju·ry
Law .
the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
07/17/2012 at 7:35 pm |
The question of the paycheck, whether it was paid back or not is, why was it cashed in the first place? And i dare someone to use the i “forgot” excuse. There is no way! If you lost a check, got another one printed then cashed that one, if wlit is six years later, the minute you lay eyes on that check youll remember that it was the lost one. Sounds like someone “tried” then got scared, caught, or whatever but regardless he knows damn well what his intentions were.
07/17/2012 at 11:41 pm |
f.y.i. for the last time ,people make mistakes,and and the man didn’t do anything to get over,must rememeber he pay the money back,and he wasn’t scared,so stop being so messy,leave the matter ,alone,this is a year old.
07/18/2012 at 6:15 am |
f.y.i. for all times………..you have this thing called
accountability when you are an elected official. William Jefferson and Charles Jones made mistakes too, but they are now paying for their mistakes. Just because the current situation has allowed people to continue in their deception does not indicate it will be allowed for ever and most importantly the taxpayers, those that pay in that money for your check, they HAVE RIGHTS TOO! Paying back money is just part of sentence when convicted, if the action took place and I am quite sure there will be an investigation because the TAXPAYERS are Fed up with the same continual excuse…..then let the investigation take it’s course and please know this is PUBLIC, THERE WON’T BE A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST FOR THIS INFORMATION. NO MORE CLOAK OF SILENCE OR HIDING THE TRUTH. I pay taxes and I expect that they should be accounted for and those that have the opportunity to USE my hard earned money will be accountable for them. I will not allow misuse and abuse any longer and I will be in contact with Mr. Stewart’s office this day. I think everyone should be in contact with him and Buddy Caldwell. Enough is Enough!
07/18/2012 at 9:42 am |
This sounds like one of the town councilmen….I remember when they were pressuring Wesley Horton to hire Mr. Perry last year….one of them said something about Mr. Perry made a mistake about his current certifications and then asked Wesley “you make mistakes Chief don’t you?”
Everyone makes mistakes…no one is perfect….some mistakes just might cost more than others….think any of those guys sitting in parish prison made mistakes?
07/18/2012 at 10:47 am |
Town Worker, listen carefully as I will talk slowly so that you might be able to understand. T H E D I P S H I T C A S H E C A C H E C K T H A T W A S N O T H I S. T H A T I S A C R I M E. H E M A D E R E S T I T U T I O N O N L Y A F T E R H E W A S C A U G H T. Yeah, it’s a year old case but had he not been caught do you believe he would have still turned it in? Maybe on our side of the tracks but not on your side.
07/18/2012 at 11:38 am |
Yes, and he is a great big CROOK. Shame on him, he is not fit to be a councilman. You hear that Devon Rose?…….I mean Flowers. You will not come out of this smelling like a rose either. Shows your true character.
07/17/2012 at 8:03 pm |
We need proof of the $600,000 certificate of deposit belonging the Town of Jonesbor.
Said CD was mention UNDER OATH in courtroom today.
07/17/2012 at 8:07 pm |
I enjoyed that the Mayor was not crossed ….he look like he had something to say and was highly disappointed that he could not speak….guess the state had enough without asking him any questions.
07/17/2012 at 8:21 pm |
the entire world was spared another hour long diatribe about the injustice………blah blah blah. So much pollution can cause hearing and bran damage….I bet that was a very nice respite from the usual.
07/17/2012 at 8:46 pm |
Hey Jackson Parish, where is all your elected “leaders” ? Your town the parish seat is already gone, lost in incompetence and ignorance and racism. Where is the DA, Sheriff, State Rep. ? Just sitting back waiting not doing a damn thing so they wont hurt the black vote. Only in Jackson Parish
07/17/2012 at 9:52 pm |
Ha. You finally figured it out. Everybody giving the perception they doing something, but they not. Not even the one you praise on herd all day. Blacks 30% of the parish vote, enough to sway any election, Leslie is untouchable. I know it is hard for you to accept, get over it.
07/17/2012 at 9:53 pm |
Praise on here all day
07/18/2012 at 6:19 am |
Felons can’t vote. They can ride the town down into the ground, use up the vehicles, destroy all the property, but they can’t do the most important thing….they can’t vote. I know that’s hard for you to accept, but guess you too must get over that.
07/18/2012 at 11:45 am |
Agreed!
07/17/2012 at 11:03 pm |
If you hadn’t noticed, the black community is NOT supporting the Mayor. The courtroom was not packed out and most of the folks who were there don’t even live in the city limits. If you watch the videos Dill does for him, it isn’t citizens, it is town workers and radicals. The people are too smart for this stupidity. I have had so many tell me they don’t support him so no, having 30% of the vote doesn’t mean much when you are 100% wrong.
07/18/2012 at 6:25 am |
what about the letter begging for money, how many sent money? all the folks are sick and tired of the mismanagement and abuse of their taxes and most of all their faith in a person that has led them all down a road of smoke and mirrors. deception can only last for so long…….one must always remember there is more than one group that has a voice…..
07/18/2012 at 9:10 am |
You got a copy of this so called letter? I did not see it….who was begging to who???
Can you prove this????
No, I did not think so….more gossip….
07/18/2012 at 10:26 am |
many copies just like the other letters and fliers and things…….many many copies….no gossip, just the facts, you will see sooner than later.
07/18/2012 at 10:28 am |
Check the youtube videos. At the end of just about every video right before he hands the mike nack to DJ Marky Mark, he reminds the people of the accounts set up for donations!!! Getting Al an Jessie aint cheap we gots to have yo money!!!
07/18/2012 at 10:28 am |
you know who was beggin for funds, you typed it up for the beggar.
07/18/2012 at 6:46 am |
Don’t you find it interesting that someone that is such a staunch supporter of a particular individual may or may not have cashed a check that didn’t belong to them that was funded with taxpayers money? Don’t you find it interesting that the same thing is allowed to go on and has never been stopped, and more interesting is the fact that the person that could have stopped this (dog and pony show) never lifts a proverbial finger to do anything? When will that person ever be investigated?
07/18/2012 at 8:00 am |
Why you messy folks want to now pick on Councilman Flowers?
He is a wonderful supporter of our Mayor. He always saying “The documents don’t lie” and inviting everyone to come look at the documents….he might have them in his trunk as well.
Councilman Flowers should be upset with Jody’s for gossiping about his little mistake. Devin should stop doing business with Jody’s….take your business else where.
Beside, just cash your check at the bank it is written on before all the town’s money is gone.
It sure is looking great in Jonesboro….the trail is finished and the state has looked at the evidence. Judge Teat knows we do not need any help….besides, the is more money left….The Mayor let us all know there is $600,000 left in a CD.
The Mayor is paralegal (like almost a lawyer) and he understands being under oath and he would never tell a lie in court under oath.
Councilman Flowers, would you provide the proof of the CD to the public? You always invite others to review the documents so just take the CD on over to the Jackson Independent office to show all these messy folks on this website the truth in Jonesboro.
You sure looked nice in the courtroom. Keep on keeping on for our Mayor.
07/18/2012 at 8:26 am |
hahaha! A paralegal is almost an attorney just like a mall cop is almost a Navy Seal. Thanks for making my day!!
07/18/2012 at 8:29 am |
Article 1: Louisiana Constitution: 1. Origin and Purpose of Government
Section 1. All government, of right, originates with the people, is founded on their will alone, and is instituted to protect the rights of the individual and for the good of the whole. Its only legitimate ends are to secure justice for all, preserve peace, protect the rights, and promote the happiness and general welfare of the people. The rights enumerated in this Article are inalienable by the state and shall be preserved inviolate by the state.
When will justice be secured for all and all rights be recognized, it almost appears that the first Article of the Louisiana State Constitution may have been violated in some areas. Hmmmmmm, what say you?
07/18/2012 at 9:09 am |
What you unhappy about, Wayne? I am happy and my general welfare is good….all is good…I also feel protected and peaceful.
It is all good!!!
07/18/2012 at 10:53 am |
Council”not a”man Flowers should not be mad at Jody’s. I know for a fact that Jody came to City Hall to inquire about the check the town had returned to his place of buisness. Flowers lied to Jody and his employees when he cashed that “lost” check at his place of business. And I also know for a fact that the bookkeeper asked Flowers (twice) about the “lost” check before having the bank return the check to Jody’s. He lied (twice) and said he didn’t endorse the check. I hope he gets prosecuted for his “little” mistake and for being unethical and dishonest with taxpayers money.
07/18/2012 at 11:51 am |
Hey Messy:
The trail may be finished, but I have NEVER seen one person using it. Maybe if you went on over there and ran and jogged, you could clear your mind.
Want to give it a try?
07/18/2012 at 4:33 pm |
ROFL Now that was FUNNY!
07/18/2012 at 2:02 pm |
There may or may not be a $600,000 CD, but if there is, it sure was not accumulated under this administration, and it was not intended to be wasted like the other CD’s have been.
07/18/2012 at 2:20 pm |
per·ju·ry
.
the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
07/18/2012 at 8:29 pm |
LOL! Hope Messy takes your suggestion. If it works, we’ll witness a miracle.
07/19/2012 at 6:46 am |
THANKS TO Bob Marley –
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day
Oh yes I can make it now, the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is the rainbow I’ve been prayin’ for
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day
Look all around, there’s nothin’ but blue skies
Blue skies and rainbows for all you messy folks in Jonesboro
Trail is so nice now that it is finish….meet you there!
07/19/2012 at 5:50 pm |
The Mayor’s attorney is on the record via Rev Dill and The Fount.org as saying this is a case that will be studied for all future lawyers.
You need to read the Mayor’s assistant/handler/typer/movie maker account of the court proceedings…..
It is funny!!!
07/19/2012 at 7:25 pm |
les was the only one disappointed that he didn’t get cross examined. he loves to hear himself talk, he’ll talk 50 minutes when you ask for 5. He is a race baitin’ hater and i don’t like haters of any color.
07/20/2012 at 12:02 pm |
Les was really ecstatic that he was not asked any questions. Now he was able to run back an tell everyone he has the proof an all the answers. Everything is perfect its all those racists that are lying. The judge, the attorneys, the town, the state, the papers, that desk, those chairs, them birds!!!!! Racist, Racist, Racist!!! Gosh you guys I am super serious!!!!!
07/20/2012 at 12:21 am |
I just forced myself to read the mayors interview and I am convinced that Leslie, Dill, and Lexington-Powell are delusional. Lexington-Powell most certainly did NOT destroy the states case, she may be the worst attorney I have ever laid eyes on. She was unprepared, shuffling through papers, never on topic, objecting to her own questions, and standing in silence trying to think of another irrelevant question to ask. Thompsons only defense is everyone ( black or white) is a racist. I am pretty sure they accused the town an state of being racist but I could be mistaken the amount of BS on the page was scrambling my brain.
07/19/2012 at 8:28 pm |
Written memorandums from both parties due to be submitted to Judge Teat by 5 p.m. Friday. Should get a ruling sometime next week.
07/19/2012 at 8:32 pm |
Glad Messy is wishing “blue skies and rainbows” for “all you messy folks.” Guess that means he thinks Jonesboro will get a fiscal administrator to get things on track.
07/20/2012 at 8:19 am |
It’s Friday the 20th and here come da judge with his ruling and some of us are very aprehensive as to what he will say. There is an old joke that goes like this: How can you tell when a lawyer is lying? His lips are moving! Let’s hope that JT is not of that mold. Does Teat live in town? If not, that is a bad sign for the citizens of Jonesboro.
07/20/2012 at 9:31 am |
Doubt there will be a ruiling today. They have until 5 to file, so I am sure it will be filed as late as possible.
07/20/2012 at 9:31 am |
Since all of this “mess” has been going on for a while—why haven’t the citizens banned together and file a recall or tried something to get Thompson out of office? All I’ve heard are gripes and complaints and have not seen any actions. Everyone can point fingers so turn it around and point at yourself for not doing something! When he was elected everyone knew what would happen but closed their eyes and didn’t try to undo the dirty deed. The picture of employee eating at Taco Bell etc could have been used in several ways. The dog pound issue a couple yrs ago could have been used ……..but no citizen would take a stand.
Now he has ruined the town and everyone is sitting back letting someone else do the dirty work and complaining about what they are doing. WAKE UP people!!!! Get to work together!!!!!!! Get rid of the problem!!!
I don’t live inside city limits but I do shop and do business there. If not for people outside the limits the town would have already fallen.
07/20/2012 at 4:02 pm |
Oh please…so you are the savior of the town for coming to shop here?! ROFL How funny is that! I am going to chuckle over this one for a few hours now.
07/20/2012 at 12:01 pm |
To messed up Messy: Unfortunately for me, I no longer live in Louisiana. If I did, I am sure you would not want to meet me anywhere. I would probably be your and Leslie Thompson’s worst nightmare! I wouldn’t/couldn’t rest until Thompson was recalled or impeached!