Several Town of Jonesboro police officers have filed a class-action suit against the town alleging that they were improperly terminated, sources have told Lincoln Parish News Online (LPNO).
We will have further details later today.
Several Town of Jonesboro police officers have filed a class-action suit against the town alleging that they were improperly terminated, sources have told Lincoln Parish News Online (LPNO).
We will have further details later today.
08/24/2012 at 9:02 am |
Hope they have paid the insurance so their is something to win.
08/24/2012 at 9:16 am |
Run roaches run, guess the king and court have more issues now than ever before and I heard that there is another suit simmering just waiting for the most opportune time to be delivered.
08/24/2012 at 9:19 am |
This would not be an insurance claim but a claim against the town. Another frivolous situation the mayor and 3 alderman have put Jonesboro in.
Mayor and alderman need to learn what the law says before acting!!!!!!!
08/24/2012 at 9:28 am |
I wonder who will get shoved now, didn’t the tape have the king saying stop suing and we will quit fighting? Guess the JPD Officers need to come to the next meeting and help the public that try to come to a meeting to hear and ask questions regarding local government have a safe experience.
08/24/2012 at 9:40 am |
If you never have had anyone make a believer out of you, you won’t ever obey or even remotely give the appearance that you are willing to follow the law. Thank all those that have enabled the current mess, that have contributed to the mess and have no excuse for their involvement, other than the same old worn out excuses. They are all of the same mold, weak, pathetic, spineless jelllyfish that hide in the shadows and assert themselves via someone else then cry foul when the light of justice shines on them, if only for a moment. They live for a vote, they sacrifice the law and all that is legal and ethical for a vote, may they have to subjected to all that they have helped to grow, a cancerous, stagnant festering sore that oozes crime that never gets addressed.
08/24/2012 at 9:43 am |
If somebody somewhere doesn’t do something about Jonesboro and goofy mayor Leslie Thompson, then somebody’s who’s fed up with the shenanigans down there is going to come out blasting and we’re going to make the national news in a very bad way. Jonesboro is a powder keg waiting to blow and a lot of people down there are sick and tired of this mess dragging on. Thompson is a massive embarrassment who’s bankrupted the town and people who live there can’t understand how he remains in office. Is there no state or federal investigative body able to see this mess? We have state auditors who have taken over the town finances and installed a financial controller, so none of this is happening in a political vacuum. Isn’t anyone investigating this mess? I mean, how long is this clown going to get away with his arrogance before he’s arrested and prosecuted? Public patience is wearing thin on this mess.
08/24/2012 at 9:54 am |
It is already out of control, you can’t attend a meeting without being assaulted both verbally and physically and yet it just keeps on going and is allowed to continue on and all those that could have already addressed the issue are sitting on folded hands and whistling a merry little tune and waiting for any department other than theirs to take a step. I do have to agree, spinless jellyfish wimps.
08/24/2012 at 10:19 am |
Now, now….settle down. I am certain this will all be okay.
Our Mayor Thompson has had legal eagle, Dr. Doug Stokes, at his beckon and call for all meetings and then some.
Mayor Thompson also has the nice attorney lady from Monroe.
I can not imagine for one little second that this suite will have any merit. Dr. Stokes would not have allowed our Mayor to act if this was not correctly handled.
Dr. Stokes and Mayor Thompson….the A team….all is good and just keep watching, you gonna see that it is all okay.
Stop trying to make folks upset. Dr. Stokes, heck, he always looking out for the town just like the Mayor and the Rev Dill.
Hard working mens for the Town of Jonesboro.
08/24/2012 at 1:39 pm |
The mayor, “his council”, and bro sweet pickle refuse understand and accept that the law suits will continue as long as you operate in a manner contrary to law. Even now the case should be in the works to charge the district attorney with malfeasance because he knowingly refuses to do the job he swore an oath to do. See ya in court…bring your check book or a money order.
08/24/2012 at 2:09 pm |
don’t take a check, cashier’s check only!
08/25/2012 at 8:12 am |
just be patient, the “mother of all lawsuits” is just around the bend…..be patient grasshopper.
08/24/2012 at 1:53 pm |
After the David Roberts lawsuit did we really not see this one coming?
08/24/2012 at 2:22 pm |
maybe some of us town people should file a lawsuit our selfs for the town not spraying for mosqetos,sorry i know i miss spelled that it seems they have abandoned us and our health there is the westnile viruse this concerns me and my family that they have quit spraying for the last three years now and have said they wont be either!!
08/24/2012 at 2:59 pm |
The town use to moniter the mosquitoes for west nile. On several occasions several areas in town tested positive. they would spray those areas heavily. Hadn’t seen spraying in a couple of years.
08/24/2012 at 6:22 pm |
Question? Does the town get funds to spray?
08/25/2012 at 8:10 am |
the town has gotten funds to do everything it is supposed to do, and has done for centuries, the fine king has made sure it was used for everything other than that, example-matt’s music-microphones and sound mixer-now all the years the town operated and never needed that, but I forgot, the town never had a king that needed to amplify his (voices) for his subjects…….yes there is money but no, it never sees it’s intended purpose…….it goes to insulation- lines pockets and covers crime…….
08/24/2012 at 3:10 pm |
Glad to see Messy back after a three-week vacation from writing, because he is predicting the this “suite” will have little merit, and he has been wrong in every prediction he has made so far. Must not be the same guy, though, because the other Messy was criticizing Stokes for not doing enough for the mayor and council persons, this one is praising “Dr. Stokes?”
08/24/2012 at 4:01 pm |
First time I have heard Stokes referred to as “Dr.”. Messy, do you know something we do not know?
I would like to hear from Dr. Simmons. He should not be evasive. I know he has a lot to say.
08/24/2012 at 4:21 pm |
I think they call him Doctor because he is protecting the CTIC’s ass. Break out a large tube of Preparation H, Messy, because that circle of crooks in charge is going to need it when the courts get through with them.
08/24/2012 at 4:58 pm |
Forgot to ask Messy if he is referring to a hotel “suite”, office “suite” or just what. Never heard of “suite” in a law suit, but have heard of “suit” forever.
08/24/2012 at 5:08 pm |
read the next jackson idiot , he will surely have a droning disjointed dissertation about how disrespected and downtrodden all the people are because they can’t have booze with fried chicken and hamburgers…….oh wait, there’s a new pizza joint, maybe he can get some booze down there…………..and how Pharaoh has kept the people down, clueless and pathetic, no clue about being held down, especially when you are the king and queen of Federal funds………
08/28/2012 at 4:35 pm |
Why doesn’t the king and queen of Federal funds clean up around their estate? Looks really “messy” there. But, I suppose they are too busy looking for the next Federal funds to come their way.
Are those $ signs in their eyes I see?
08/24/2012 at 4:22 pm |
If John Public’s quote of the mayor from the tape is correct, “Stop suing and we will quit fighting,” doesn’t that indicate by the use of the word “we” that Town officials may have instigated the attack on Mr. Allen? It was reported that a Town council member warned Mr. Allen not to attend future council meetings.
08/24/2012 at 4:58 pm |
Mr. Allen has shown something that not many other men have done, he comes to the meetings, asks intelligent questions and that infuriates certain people. He was called out of a meeting and accused of various things, there were witnesses present. It is amazing that the ones that mouth off the most never attend a meeting, all they do is sit around and criticize, make accusations and try to figure a way to try to stop anyone that doesn’t agree with their agenda. I think I will nominate D.J. Allen for Grand Marshall this year…………yes indeed, D.J. Allen for Grand Marshall!!!!
08/24/2012 at 5:00 pm |
Yes Yes Yes, where do we vote??????
08/24/2012 at 5:04 pm |
Let’s contact Ms. Wilda Smith……the chamber of commerce president.
08/24/2012 at 5:11 pm |
Yes, we need to do that asap……..call her get your vote in…..
08/24/2012 at 5:01 pm |
Mr. D.J. Allen has every “right” to attend the council meetings as any other citizen.
Was the “warning” a threat by the council member? Sounds like it.
08/24/2012 at 5:14 pm |
it was alleged to be one that allegedly took the extra check……opps….just made a mistake……..allegedly…didn’t mean to cash that check………uh oh…….just a mistake.
08/27/2012 at 3:03 pm |
Gotcha! Thanks.
08/24/2012 at 6:15 pm |
Don’t understand the comment by the mayor, if it is what was reported earlier. The “fighting” as he calls it only brings on more lawsuits, and doesn’t accomplish anything for them. He should know that, because he just recently pled “no contest” and paid a fine for it.
08/25/2012 at 8:21 am |
how do you know he actually paid the fine? has he been held accountable to that office for anything to date? I would love to see the proof…….maybe it’s in the trunk.
08/24/2012 at 6:55 pm |
I think he means his senseless stupid continuation of contesting every lawsuit and taking it all the way through the appeals process. I don’t really think he meant actual fighting. C’mon people.
08/24/2012 at 7:34 pm |
well you better hope that there is a parade this year,and if there will be christmas lights.but i kinda think there wont be.thanks to the ass turd mayor and his clowns who broke the town.and if there is a parade i invite everyone to attend and throw turds at the mayor and dill pickle so let the crap fly!!!!!!!!!
08/24/2012 at 8:41 pm |
Ha ha ha
08/24/2012 at 8:54 pm |
There was some talk earlier on this blog about nominating and voting for D. J. Allen for Grand Marshal of the Christmas Parade. Sorry, anyone can nominate but the voting is done by a three-person committee of the Chamber of Commerce.
08/24/2012 at 10:16 pm |
yeah and we know how that goes too……D.J. for Grand Marshall…………..
08/27/2012 at 3:12 pm |
Well……………if we all flood the Chamber of Commerce phone line, maybe there will be a concensus that Mr. Allen would make a really fine Grand Marshall. The number is in the phone book…..under the Jackson Parish heading. I would post it, but I do not know if it is legal to post phone numbers on this blog.
Anyone have this information?
08/27/2012 at 3:23 pm |
If it’s in a telephone book it’s public knowledge.
08/24/2012 at 9:08 pm |
I’m glad at least one of our bloggers thinks he understands what the mayor is talking about. Since he changes his mind almost on a daily basis, most of the rest of us don’t have a clue.
08/24/2012 at 9:54 pm |
Saw the ” I’m a political gladiator” mayor on tv tonight. He’s not looking or sounding so confident now. Thanks channel 10 for showing the shot of our big water tank, it looks rusty and faded just like the rest of jboro since thompson took over. A dismal failure in leadership continually on display for all the state to view.
08/24/2012 at 10:18 pm |
was that a big reverse or what……we in a new land……that has got to be the only truth ever spoken on camera by the king….we are in new land alright…..broke land, and he led the town there, he and his crew…….rock on king.
08/25/2012 at 1:22 pm |
Yes, we are in “a new land”….a third world country with NO police… NO mosquito spraying…NO consistent payments to irs on employment taxes withheld or unemployment taxes paid properly or health insurance premiums paid properly, a once outstanding Christmas lighting program in ruins, more employees doing less with les in town history, more lawyer fees, accounting fees and training fees paid for seemingly untrainable employees and on and on and on it goes.
08/27/2012 at 3:31 pm |
It’s pathetic how swiftly ol’ Les has opened the floodgates for all the world to see. Floodgates that have led to the town of Jonesboro being swallowed up in a great and mighty flood……..drowning in the corruption caused by a complete fool and his followers on the council…..save one, Renee S.
Definition of fool: A person with little or no judgment, “common sense”, wisdom, to waste or squander.
I now see a picture emerging. Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Tell me who is the fairest of them all. Oh, no, you mean it’s not the esteemed mayor? I see clearly now. It is Ms. Renee Stringer.
Renee for Mayor. D. J. for Grand Marshall.
08/24/2012 at 10:55 pm |
yep, they see it but won’t lift a finger to do one thing about it……..political hostages held by state and local politics……..one party won’t do anything and blames the other and the other party makes more excuses than the king.
08/24/2012 at 11:40 pm |
I think Renee Stringer should be grand marshall….
08/25/2012 at 8:15 am |
D.J. D. J. D.J. for Grand Marshall………..vote for a real King!!!!!
08/25/2012 at 2:01 pm |
Would be nice, but I would rather see her as the next Mayor!
08/27/2012 at 3:33 pm |
Well, let’s split it. Renee for MAYOR. D. J. for GRAND MARSHALL.
08/25/2012 at 12:54 pm |
When on when is all this going to stop? The town is not financially stable to handle anymore or even the present lawsuits. Ole Les is gonna have to cut the budget even more, just for lawsuits! I sincerely hope the FA, the DA, and most importantly that the Attorney General reads each and every post. Maybe the FA will contact the AG and explain to him where the problems of the town lie and get rid off the problem!
08/25/2012 at 6:09 pm |
“Old Les” needs to repay the town for the raise in salary he manipulated for himself. He shouldn’t have received any salary,because he did more damage and no good for the town. He seems to be interested only in himself and his cronies, and I think jail is too good for him….I’d vote to send him to Angola! The color of his skin is not important to me – I’d vote to send a Caucasian to the pen if they did the things that poor excuse of a human being has done!
08/26/2012 at 9:50 am |
Angola for Five, Angola for six,
Sucked the town dry
Like a bag of dog ticks
Paid all the thugs
To get the vote
Now they all need
To find a good boat
The town is broke
The town is dry
The king’s in charge
And we know that’s why
Can’t pay the bills
Can’t have cops
But can use that gas
For the A-1 Mobile
Struttin and rollin and haulin that mass
Political Gladiator that’s what he is
He brags and gloats and issues a challenge
He runs and hides and shakes in his loafers
When the truth comes forth like a two edged sword
The Sun is going down on this pathetic mess
The Truth is coming up like a 747 jet
Who can he blame now that there’s no whites left
Did have one hidden in the closet on the shelf
Happy day is just around the bend
When he and his crew board the justice bus
Then and only then will truth and peace return to us
Jonesboro is coming back, stonger than ever
May he and all his thugs
Never return to power
May they all be forced to buy a car and their own gas
We, tax payers are sick of carrying them on our back
And that is just the pure, cold hard facts.
08/27/2012 at 3:35 pm |
Did you write this by yourself? It is really good.
08/27/2012 at 9:35 pm |
aint nuttin…..got lots to rap bout……we gonna go gold and all da way live wid this song……….
08/27/2012 at 6:53 pm |
You’ve got talent!! Keep up the good work.
08/26/2012 at 1:51 am |
Hey! Anyone want to come live in Jonesboro? I have a lovely house for sale … I even pay $2 extra each month on my water bill to cover additional police protection in my peaceful neighborhood.
08/27/2012 at 2:23 pm |
GOOD JOB RAPPER.
08/28/2012 at 1:39 pm |
Facts Jack
Got my files, got my notes
Got my evidence behind the seat
Gonna keep the rest in my coat
And the rest betwixt my feet.
Got my gas, gots my car
Too bad you don’t know
Just how far I drive this car
Run my game, use your name
You gonna get all of the blame
I am destined for all the fame
I know the man and he knows my plan
We been workin on a team
He knows I ain’t lookin for no scene
I call the shots, he marks all the dots
We gonna fix this thing
Don’t won’t no folks to sing
Been round this place more than once
Gonna grab a wing and have some punch
Looking for mo money this month
It’s all good, it’s all fine
You folks go out and have some wine
Pop the cork, grill the pork
We gonna keep partyin like it’s South Fork.
Just take a break and relax
You bout to have to pay mo tax
and that Jack
is da Facts.
08/28/2012 at 9:36 pm |
Didn’t know Messy was a poet.