Water meter issues took up a bit of time Tuesday night, also.
The town’s controversial mayor Leslie Thompson said that a letter would be going out soon to customers who have not been paying or have no deposit. If they won’t pay up, the meters would be removed locked, the mayor said.
District B’s Renee Stringer asked town attorney Doug Stokes if the non-payers could be prosecuted. Stokes said they could be sued in civil court, but he wasn’t sure about criminal charges.
District A’s Sam Lamkin said that customers who have been getting large water bills have not been treated courteously by the city hall employees.
Thompson said he would address the issue.
It was also revealed that the company that issues the town’s water bills had not been paid promptly, resulting in delayed billing to customers. Thompson said they would be paid this week.
The town’s precarious financial position was also touched upon. Fiscal Administrator Bill Ryder submitted a report to the board in which he said there may not be sufficient funds to meet employee payroll this week.
Thompson said that he didn’t want to address those issues until Ryder could be at the council meetings, and that cash flow had been an issue for some time.
Thompson also hinted that another certificate of deposit may have to be redeemed.
We will be submitting a public records request for the fiscal administrator’s report.
10/11/2012 at 10:20 am |
So, the town didnt pay it’s bill to the place that sends the bills. Which in turn results in us getting late bills.Hmm thats odd. Jonesboro not paying its bills? Wow! Oh wait…they never pay their bills! Whats new??? Cant make payroll huh? Better lay some folks off!!
10/11/2012 at 10:29 am |
this the second month my water bill has been almost a hundred dollors we put there ass to the test this month.we used paper plates took our showers every other day washed cloths once a week and our water bill was the same as last months so i know something is wrong i beleave they are just billing sertain people what ever they wont cause by what we did it should cut our water bill way below half of what it use to be so yall at city hall need to quit screwing people over i m sick and tired of all this bullshit going on in this town
10/11/2012 at 11:32 am |
just turn the water department over to the city of monroe, that should fix it
10/11/2012 at 12:33 pm |
Everyone go in and only pay the minimum amount requirequired to keep your water on. Once the water revenue depletes to a point they’ll have to do something!
10/11/2012 at 12:52 pm |
Do you know what the minimum is, cause they won’t tell you.
10/11/2012 at 12:56 pm |
Ole Les is right on one point! There is a cash flow problem. But who is to blame for this, let me guess it is everyone in town, except the Mayor and his followers! I don’t think I have been able to write a check using town funds, have any of ya’ll? No just the Mayor and his followers!
10/12/2012 at 9:51 am |
Its the white people of jonesboro fault.
10/11/2012 at 1:02 pm |
Talking about town water bills. When i had my house there but I didn’t live there I had a 600.00 one. Now the funny part about it the water was turned off.
10/11/2012 at 1:10 pm |
Let me guess, their explanation was uh don’t know!
10/11/2012 at 8:13 pm |
Right
10/11/2012 at 1:25 pm |
Don’t know bout ya’ll but i’d trust a FA cpa with 30 years experience when he gives an opinon on the finances before i’d believe a word falling from the mouth of the mayor man. As for the 130 meters not payin for water. Cut it off and that will bring them in to see ya. Cut them a deal on a new deposit if they can’t show a receipt, at least that will make them start to pay now if they want service. See that wasn’t hard was it?
10/11/2012 at 1:59 pm |
All except the part about cutting them a deal on deposit. They have been stealing water all these months and some cases years, so NO DEAL!!!
10/11/2012 at 3:40 pm |
I used to work in another city for the water department and if someone was caught with the water on without paying for the service, the meter was pulled immediatley. No questions asked. Believe me, they come running wanting water, and they can fork up the money when need be.
10/11/2012 at 4:07 pm |
Do you need a job? Maybe you could get on with the town. They need someone that knows how to do water bills correctly.
10/11/2012 at 7:40 pm |
Sharon, you might need to purchase the following items before you do that, prescription drugs for nerves, ear plugs for gray noise, blinders for free water recipients, rubber gloves cause hear tell it, it gets rather deep in there, and memorize the most common excuse, you must have a leak the size of an olympic swimming pool. Run Sharon, don’t go there, save yourself a lifetime of misery condensed into a day. No human deserves that misery, ever.
10/12/2012 at 10:08 am |
I did work there for a week!!!! i hated everything about it!!!!! i ran fast and hard to get out….No thanks!!!! you couldnt melt that job down and pour it on me and make me take it again! its really sad what our town has been going thru but until les is out and someone honest and who cares about j-town and its people is VOTED in, is in charge, no lil (pee-on) person is going to make a change.look at all the trouble the FA is having…. i appreciate all he and Renee are doing to straighten this mess out and i pray for them. Lord knows they need all our prayers because it seems they are dealing with the devil himself!!!
10/11/2012 at 3:37 pm |
Sue those thieves in civil court……if they cannot be sued in criminal court.
Would like to see a LIST OF NAMES from these thieves.
10/11/2012 at 5:39 pm |
Will we ever really know the rest of the story?
Park the Mayor’s automobile.
Let go of the Mayor’s right hand man, Mr. Rev. Dill
Take a cut in pay Mr. Mayor….
These, will all minor, would be a start in the right direction.
10/11/2012 at 7:34 pm |
Prosecute the thieves and recoup the money that has been stolen. That should be the very first step in the right direction.
10/12/2012 at 1:23 pm |
Absolutely Paul Harvey Jr. Bet that would stop their foolish thievery behavior.
I think that first of all a list of the thieves names would have to be obtained from the records at TJ, then warrants issued and the sob’s prosecuted. Do we think the illustrious DA could handle a simple matter such as this? If this has been going on for a while, surely the TJ could recoup some of their LOST revenues. Heck, charge those thieves interest to boot.
10/11/2012 at 9:59 pm |
The free water people were known about many months if not years ago. So, why now, are they going to get letters? What took so long? Go ahead and lie and say you didn’t know about it.
10/12/2012 at 1:39 pm |
I call it the application of PRESSURE. Too, it has just now REALLY been brought to light even though some have know about it for sometime. Those in the dark are now in the light about this situation.
Here’s a little ditty for all your cheaters:
I once had a house with running water,
So, I didn’t pay my water bills…..I said why bother!
After all, Les has always been my friend,
For me, the rules he would surely bend!
But, now I’ve been found out
I will have to pay for my sins, without a doubt!
Hope I will not have to serve time,
Cause my sins have cost me my very last dime!
So my advise for all you “cheating” thinkers,
Stop it now, or you will be thrown in the clinker!
Wish I had taken my own sage advise,
But, hopefully, these words to you will surely suffice!
10/13/2012 at 8:42 am |
here’s a little ditty for all the liars:
I can’t tell the truth
or my tounge would stick to my mouth’s roof
I can’t handle money
but it’s your fault
cause I aint gonna get caught
I can’t answer a straight question
but I can make excuses and give suggestions
I don’t have to worry bout my transgressions
cause I always blame it on my complexion
you cant have my piece of pie
if you try I will just tell another lie
you think you can keep me from spending yo money
shame on you cause I got more lies than a bee got honey
10/11/2012 at 10:30 pm |
Hell if I don’t pay my bill by the 26 they will come cut it off, and I’m sure les knows who is getting the water for free, I’m sure we all do , the blacks , enough said . Get the man out of office.
10/12/2012 at 1:42 pm |
Anyone know if ol Les is one of the cheaters? Bet he is. Betcha!
10/12/2012 at 7:11 am |
Agree. I would be willing to bet money every single name on that no pay list is of a poor, mistreated, everbody owes me, I didnt get my 40 acres and a mule, proud black african american free man of color!
10/12/2012 at 7:32 am |
don’t exclude the white trash rednecks that just loved him at one time because he was part of their agenda.
10/12/2012 at 8:07 am |
For the 130 that are not paying their water bill: (1) determine the average bill for them, BEFORE THEY STOPPED PAYING; (2) cut their water off; (3) charge them AVERAGE BILL BEFORE THEY STOPPED PAYING times NUMBER OF MONTHS THEY DID NOT PAY; (4) leave water off until they pay or a payment plan is worked out. I know it sounds harsh but do we want to make crime pay or have the crimminal pay? Honest people know the answer; your mayor doesn’t so he needs to be removed from office at the earliest opportunity.
10/12/2012 at 8:28 am |
how about the DA just do the job he was elected to do, what a thought….actually performing his duties.
10/12/2012 at 8:21 am |
Lets don’t forget about the $2.00 public safety fee we are still paying that they now say its for the fire department and not the police department. It may only be $2.00, but over time that adds up!
10/12/2012 at 9:08 am |
$2.00 so hizonner can drink a better brand o whiskey and smoke a better brand o cigar as he stylin an profilin in A-1.
10/12/2012 at 10:17 am |
Leslie has some sort of problem with paying water bills, just ask someone at city hall from the old administration about how many times his water was cut off for non payment even as he was running for office!
10/12/2012 at 10:19 am |
I’m so sick of the world owes me something mentality. Just because you are a certain color the world doesn’t owe you crap!
Work, its the only place money comes from, not the government and not from taking it from the people who have worked for it!!!
10/12/2012 at 10:41 am |
I have said it once I have said it a thousand times, the “I cant get ahead” mentality left when Obama took took office. If a black man can be president there is NO EXCUSE!
10/12/2012 at 4:46 pm |
And the DAs term is 6years. Straight from the hoerse’s mouth!
10/15/2012 at 3:03 pm |
it is 6 years and it expires in 2 years! woo hoo
10/13/2012 at 8:32 am |
I find it disgusting that a group of silhouettes sponsored by the DART ( Domestic Abuse Resistance Team) line the front of the Town of Jonesboro lawn that sits in front of the office of the Mayor that pled Nolo Contendre (No Contest) to a charge of Simple Battery on a woman. Sickening.
10/13/2012 at 3:42 pm |
Good point! Thompson…….domestic (home) violence……I do not know.
Town council member violence…….yes, indeedy!
I thought the silouettes had always been placed on the Courthouse Square. Why was it changed?