Stokes: “Criminal Liability” for Delay of Meeting Minutes

According to a letter from Town of Jonesboro attorney Doug Stokes addressed to the town’s controversial mayor Leslie Thompson, the individual who is responsible for insuring that meeting minutes of the town’s Board of Aldermen has exposure to criminal liability if the minutes are not delivered to the official journal within twenty days from the date of the meeting.

Stokes also noted that the twenty day deadline is from the date of the meeting, and not when the minutes are approved.

A copy of the letter was obtained by Lincoln Parish News Online (LPNO).

See it here.

At the Tuesday night meeting of the board, it was revealed that the minutes from the June 12, 2012 meeting had not yet been published.

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29 Responses to “Stokes: “Criminal Liability” for Delay of Meeting Minutes”

  1. Anonymous Says:

    So what are uou saying Doug? There is another law that somebody wont be prosecuted for?

    • Mad Hatter Says:

      which hat was he wearing when he wrote the letter, the Assistant to the D.A. or the Leslie Thompson hat?

  2. Anonymous Says:

    Wonder what this letter cost the TOJ?

    Think Doug works for Leslie for free?

    Maybe Doug can do like Mrs. Holland and QUIT????

  3. Bruce Wayne Says:

    If Leslie would give up the need to be right, healing in Jonesboro will begin.

    • Where my cut? Says:

      Jonesboro will never be given the opportunity to heal then, anyone that could have helped by providing the merits and penalites of the law are cowards and vote sucking leeches that want to ride the taxpayer instead of represent the taxpayer and do their job. One big open wound, oozing tax dollars…………..

  4. Anonymous Says:

    Is there a (criminal liability) for the DA not doing his job?

  5. Anonymous Says:

    So, now what? More than 20 days have passed….

    We are all just blowing in the wind!

  6. hmmmmm Says:

    isn’t criminal liability the same as malfeasance in office? And, since Stokes is an assistant DA then doesn’t this serve as evidence to the DA that a crime has been committed? Hmmmm….looks like proof of crime right here in the open Mr DA. So now what will be your excuse not to prosecute?

    • Jeff Says:

      so file a complaint against Stokes, there is a bar association that takes complaints on attorneys, if you can write this mess on here, go the the website, download the document and file away, fortunately they are not regulated by Caldewll or Stewart, so you might actually see some penalty from them.

  7. Anonymous Says:

    DO NOT DRINK THE TOWN WATER. UNSAFT.

  8. Anonymous Says:

    Daryl purperra and the attorney generals office had the mayor and his band of idiots in a meeting all morning. Guess who is in a bind!

    • Anonymous Says:

      Just how do you know this? Were you at the meeting? Why would they meet with him now, they already know plenty of stuff going on in the poor town!

    • Bubble Popper Says:

      Come on people, (if) that were true, it would be another “let me show you how to do this now” so we can appease the politicians and get your grant money flowing……Caldwell or Stewart is not going to do a thing, so big fat hairy deal if they met all day and into the night, who cares, nothing is going to be done….just more of your taxes being wasted…….that should be more important than the fact that they met……not only are they wasting local taxes they are ripping the entire state off every time they come here…..look at the big picture.

  9. Anonymous Says:

    No, your right bubble popper. Im a total moron..they didnt meet at all. My bad brotha man.

  10. watching Says:

    Oh they met, now does that mean anything, I don’t know. I am just wondering why all council was not invited. Who got to choose who was there?

    • L. Pennywell Says:

      Did you ever stop to think the ones that have no indication of trying to do what the laws stipulate need to attend a meeting like that? One does her job to the best of her ability and follows the law if at all possible, the rest follow the king and one day they are going to follow him right to the graybar hotel……..it’s just like the Hotel California…….may they never leave.

  11. Anonymous Says:

    Because all of the council are not slandering people and breaking laws. There is a court date coming.

    • Justia for All Says:

      Personal judgements are not like a judgement against a municipality, just so you know, you can collect on a personal judgement, garnish those monthly checks and take your house, your car, your savings………anything of value you have to liquidate to pay your indebtedness………..so get ready……..it’s coming. They are about to encounter a court system that is not ruled by their ally and professional crime cover up artist, guess they didn’t know that all people have access to KGRM and Toni Brown…..my what good evidence.

      • sunrisesunset Says:

        Care to explain “access to KGRM and Toni Brown” statement? What do the initials stand for?

        I hope you know about that of which you speak when you state, “it’s coming”. Can you be more specific about the time frame that this is to take place?

        I trust the FA has seen and heard a lot of crap while working in the “big house”………ooops……Town Hall. I wish he could have some influence on the big guns in BR to get this mess over with. After all, we, the people, are sick of this mess lingering on and on and on and on.

      • Anonymous Says:

        Maybe Leslie gonna get a personal judgment against all these folks stirring up stuff on here about him

        • anonymous Says:

          Ha………it will be countered by quite a few against him……let the games begin………….

        • sunrisesunset Says:

          We, the bloggers, are not afraid of ol’ Les. As a matter of fact, the town’s residents need to SUE him for not fulfilling his duties as mayor of this once honest, thriving, little town.

          All he has done has been to keep all of North LA focused on how dumb he is.

      • Anonymous Says:

        Toni Brown???? Is that Zero Brown’s wife in Jonesboro?

        There is a Tony Brown on the radio in Alexandria….

        • sunrisesunset Says:

          I was confused about the name, also. The blog writer that first mentioned “Toni Brown” should have correctly spelled the name as “Tony Brown”.

          Walter came to the rescue. Tony Brown is a black radio personality in Alexandria, I believe. So, this is not our Toni Brown who is Zero Brown’s wife.

  12. Anonymous Says:

    Mrs. Holland was still the clerk 20 days after the June meeting….the Mayor can not blame her on this one…..

    So thankful the FA is there …..it is a crying shame it took SO SO LONG to get him in the house (using one of the mayor’s terms for the Jonesboro Town Hall)

  13. Anonymous Says:

    Toni brown and KGRM have something to do with the radio station at grambling. But I don’t know what that has to do with that post???

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