Fiscal Administrator Recommended to Oversee Jonesboro’s Finances
The State Treasurer says the Town of Jonesboro should have a fiscal administrator to oversee the town’s finances.
The State Treasurer and two other members of the state’s fiscal review committee including the Attorney General and Legislative Auditor voted unanimously in favor of the town having a financial overseer, during a public meeting in Baton Rouge Monday afternoon.
Lincoln Parish News Online 
03/27/2012 at 7:11 am |
Poor Leslie…he has done EVERYTHING all parties ask him to do and look at the prize.
He sure looks upset….bet the ride home was interesting!
Rev Dill, you need to start looking for another gravy train to ride. Your declaration of having no part of handling the money was very interesting…..as Assistant Dep Clerk, you should know all about the money!
Leslie, you may want to purchase yourself a personal auto…might be needing it…the town car needs to get parked at the town hall.
Lovely Tonya Wade….your bonus is gone….the train has stopped!
New Auditors….enjoy your first, and perhaps, last audit in Jonesboro. Why you want to shove Leslie under the bus with you need more time cause he did not hire you soon enough?
03/27/2012 at 7:26 am |
Rev Dill – I think those three men yesterday might have seen your “I’ll Show You The Money” clip of the Mayor….seems like you sure should know where all the money went!
03/27/2012 at 7:33 am |
Oh Yeah….Leslie and Rev Dill have never provide the documents they claim to have in the “I’ll Show you the Money”….
Leslie said at the NAACP rally it was in his trunk and backseat but no one ever got a copy
Leslie told the news reporter from Monroe he had to speak to his attorney before giving the reporter the copy.
So, hey guys…..were is the money and the proof you claim to have?
Maybe you should have shared it with the folks in Baton Rouge….
I like Mr. Purpera asking for a copy of the report he wanted from Leslie…while Leslie was waving a piece of paper in the air…and of course, the paper in Leslie’s hand was not the paper Mr. Purpera wanted….I think the paper in Leslie’s hand was a prop….like when acting on stage!
03/27/2012 at 8:04 am |
His entire administration has been a Prop. He has kept it propped up with propaganda and racism. I do think the prop got dislocated yesterday. I also heard on the video the very sound of air being depleted from the mighty sail that has flown full mast for so long. Wonder who is going to help him fold that sail and stow it away. Sail on baby sail on!
03/27/2012 at 8:04 am |
Let’s see some action in the District Court now….Come on DA Stewart and Judge Teat clear out your case loads and move the cases with Thompson forward….Let these actions be a green light to move forward and do the right thing.
03/27/2012 at 8:53 am |
Do not hold your breath.
03/27/2012 at 9:45 am |
Teat and Brown have done everything they can, it is all on our wonderful DA!!!
03/27/2012 at 1:13 pm |
when did the sheriff arrest thompson must have missed that
03/27/2012 at 2:30 pm |
i know for a fact he was arrested for the Renee Stringer incident.
03/28/2012 at 3:47 pm |
Not sure, but somewhere around last fall of 2011, I think!
03/28/2012 at 6:38 pm |
only on a warrant that ms stringer obtained, not for him stealing the towns money
03/27/2012 at 1:15 pm |
when did the sheriff arrest thompson i missed that
03/27/2012 at 11:23 am |
You know if you feel the need to spin, do it good!! What a waste of oxygen!!!!
03/27/2012 at 2:02 pm |
That is not spinning, that is weaving!!!!!!
Dream weaver
I’ve just closed my eyes again
Climbed aboard the dream weaver train
Driver take away my worries of today
And leave tomorrow behind
Ooh dream weaver
I believe you can get me through the night
Ooh dream weaver
I believe we can reach the morning light
Fly me high through the starry skies
Maybe to an astral plane
Cross the highways of fantasy
Help me to forget today’s pain
Ooh dream weaver
I believe you can get me through the night
Ooh dream weaver
I believe we can reach the morning light
Though the dawn may be coming soon
There still may be some time
Fly me away to the bright side of the moon
And meet me on the other side
Ooh dream weaver
I believe you can get me through the night
Ooh dream weaver
I believe we can reach the morning light
Dream weaver
Dream weaver
Dream weaver
– gary wright
03/27/2012 at 2:28 pm |
Good one!
03/27/2012 at 11:41 am |
its not too late to start recall petitoin on Da stewart
03/27/2012 at 11:52 am |
Where would I go to check on a recall petition procedure for DA Stewart???
03/27/2012 at 2:27 pm |
Love it, love it, love it. I am waiting on “messy anonymous”. Still have not heard from him.
Where are you, Messy?
03/27/2012 at 2:29 pm |
I am wondering why Leslie wanted to know if the action takes place in District Court…..he think he can appeal this or something?
John Kennedy made a good point….that no one who has day to day experience managing the Town’s money has ever appeared in Baton Rouge….
Devine and Dill look like deers caught in the headlights…so odd!
03/27/2012 at 4:21 pm |
I do have to wonder just how confident and bold the mighty 4 feel today……..all the time spent following and defending and trying to bash anyone and everyone that even tried to ask a question from Mr. Allen to anyone that came out and just wanted information.
The new person will not be intimidated by shouting and false accusations, he or she will have the ball and will not let go until the game is over. So, with that thought in mind, I say come on up and Let’s Play Ball!
03/27/2012 at 7:11 pm |
He is probably planning to spend as much as he can before it goes to court. Did you notice how he asked if it took effect immediately? He wants to get a few more spending sprees in before he cannot do anything. I only wish he hadn’t left the room before Kennedy stated that the fiscal administrator would be making all of the decisions and merely notify the mayor and council; but, that person would have all the power. It is sad it came to this; but, boy, it was needed. I am hopeful things will get turned around. There will probably be a few hard to swallow decisions to be made; but, if it gets things back on track so be it.
03/27/2012 at 2:33 pm |
The DA is insisting that the Police Jury give him $ 50,000.00 more for his budget. What is he going to give us in return?
07/11/2012 at 4:25 pm |
I hate to say it but you will find out when you hear Stewart utter the words “bend over.”
03/27/2012 at 8:07 pm |
Messy Anonymous did make one short comment on the other category, but the reason you won’t be hearing much from him now is that his list of “messy people,” (i.e., anybody who finds fault with anything the mayor or the three stooges do) is growing by leaps and bounds. Now the state treasurer, the attorney general, the legislative auditor, the fiscal review committee, sheriff’s office, police department, TV stations, newspapers, websites, and any number of judges and lawyers, have been added to the list of hundreds (maybe thousands) of those who have seen, commented and in some cases acted upon the mismanagement of the Town of Jonesboro during the past 15 months.
03/28/2012 at 3:54 pm |
I hope this will open “messy’s” eyes & ears because they have been closed for quite a long time now. Do we think he has seen the “light”, and, heard yet? Probably not!
Anyone with an ounce of common sense, can understand that all of his “messy people” are correct after all.
03/28/2012 at 4:28 pm |
Liked CPA Kelly Love’s comment when asked to rank the Town of Jonesboro on a 1-10 scale of audit completion, and he said he would give it a zero. Love is with Jay Walker & Co. of Lake Charles, who came on board for the December audit extension.
03/28/2012 at 10:27 pm |
Oh Man….this special hand picked auditors giving a zero…Mr. Love not showing much love to the man who hired them!
03/28/2012 at 4:35 pm |
Will the Town of Jonesboro have to pay the state more than they did Edwards, Wade and Perry for a financial administrator, less, or anything at all? And where will that money come from if the town is $135,000 in the red? Maybe we could take it out of the mayor’s salary.
03/28/2012 at 4:44 pm |
Blanche Shows has a good column in this week’s Jackson Independent. One correction: She said the mayor gave himself a $30,000 raise. It was $35,000, Blanche, up to $70,000. Wouldn’t want to short-change the poor fellow.
03/29/2012 at 6:30 pm |
Loved Mrs. Blanche’s letter today, also. Just wish someone would list in the paper ALL of the corruption from people not paying their water bills for eons, the road runner from Ruston that travels to City Hall just to take the mail to the box, etc. I do not believe most people are aware of some of the issues that have not been printed in the JI.
03/29/2012 at 9:30 pm |
It would be nice if they would print all the names and addresses of people not paying their water bills.
03/30/2012 at 9:28 am |
See, you folks are so funny! This stuff will all be forgotten soon and our Mayor Thompson will be just fine.
Nothing is gonna happen to the man.
The grant will be coming soon and all will know what a good leader he is for our town.
Devin & Lestevic….you two keep on helping him…you doing good.
Rev Dill – so glad you are his right hand and know the assistant clerk…help them all please to do the very best on the job.
Charla – come on sista…don’t let us down….follow the leader!!!
All you complaining peeps….just stop picking on the wrong group…start looking at the real problems!!!
Anyway, what is wrong with a new modern liquor store downtown? We need businesses!!!
03/30/2012 at 1:01 pm |
Messy, You NEED TO WAKE UP!!!!!!!
03/30/2012 at 3:12 pm |
Messy, you are pathetic. It is so sad that one has to be so stupid. You know, without a doubt, that all IS NOT RIGHT in Jonesboro. Hence, why all this turmoil?
Take a “smart” pill and wise up to the truth.
07/11/2012 at 4:35 pm |
He can’t take a smart pill. Remember that the medicine bottles are child proof!
03/30/2012 at 3:21 pm |
Yeah, just what Jonesboro needs. NOT! Another liquor store to keep alcoholics drunk. NOT! More money for Jonesboro. NOT! Look at how the downtown can be revitalized. NOT! More drunks hanging around, causing problems, littering downtown, peeing, and who knows what else they do while they are loafing around. NOT!
We do not need a liquor store in downtown or anywhere else for that matter.
07/11/2012 at 4:36 pm |
God, I hate to say it sunrisesunset, but I agree with all you say above.
03/30/2012 at 3:50 pm |
Messy, please tell us exactly what advantage a “new modern liquor store” would be to non-alcoholics in Jonesboro? It would be an advantage to somebody to make money and to alcoholics, but how would it help the teetotaler, law-abiding Christians? How would it make Jonesboro a better town? I bet your minister (if you go to church) is not behind you in this one.
03/30/2012 at 4:07 pm |
I think Messy is just trying to change the subject away from the mayor and council’s financial failings, and the coming fiscal administrator. I don’t think they are going to be able to try to get a liquor store or anything else for the next few months. Got all on the table they can handle (maybe more).
03/30/2012 at 4:20 pm |
Why would a liquor store or any other business want to come to Jonesboro in the shape they are in? The owners of these businesses can read the papers and see on the TV what is happening to Jonesboro. There are plenty of well-run towns available without them coming to one whose leaders spend most of their time in court or defending their actions against state auditors and finance committees.
03/30/2012 at 5:38 pm |
I think Messy is trying to have a little fun at all your expenses. Surely no one in their right mind would write the trash he/she does.
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I believe Leslie Thompson may be looking at some jail time! He should be jailed for playing the race card and causing divisiveness between whites and blacks. If he can’t explain how he spent (squandered) the money; he’s got trouble in Jonesboro City.
03/30/2012 at 5:57 pm |
I think Messy’s problem is he visited too many of those “nice modern” stores while he was in Baton Rouge.
03/30/2012 at 8:19 pm |
You might be right. LOL
03/31/2012 at 8:52 pm |
Messy says he is still down in Baton Rouge. Maye he is the mayor’s ambassador to try to get a new, modern liquor store to come to Jonesboro. If that’s the case, he will probably be there a long time.
03/31/2012 at 8:59 pm |
Maybe not just a liquor store in downtown Jonesboro for a new business….how about a saloon???
03/31/2012 at 9:03 pm |
They were talking about a hotel coming here two years ago, and I haven’t seen one yet.
04/01/2012 at 7:18 am |
Maybe a hotel with a eats and drinks…..since Jboro is a hot vacation spot for man!
04/02/2012 at 4:06 pm |
To show the intellect of this whole conversation. What the heck is the difference in buying a bottle of whiskey in a “modern liquor store” as opposed to a run of the mill store? Is there different whiskey in the same bottles??
04/02/2012 at 7:32 pm |
“New” and “modern” were Messy’s terms. Note that he still hasn’t answered the question of what good it would do the average citizen in Jonesoro that doesn’t drink to have one here, new or old. It would be just as good to have businesses that don’t serve liquor. Not much chance of getting either kind here, though.