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Alderman-elect sues Ferriday
Published Wednesday, June 18, 2008
FERRIDAY — A Ferriday alderman-elect has filed a lawsuit against the town less than a month before he will become a sworn elected official.
Elijah “Steppers” Banks was elected District B alderman in February, but June 2 he filed a lawsuit against the town, Mayor Gene Allen and the board of aldermen seeking damages plus interest for an action the town took almost seven years ago.
The lawsuit, filed in the Seventh District Judicial Court, alleges that on Oct. 3, 2001, Banks received a letter from then-mayor and now mayor-elect Glen McGlothin immediately suspending the business and liquor license for his nightclub, Club Steppers, located at 211 E.E. Wallace Blvd.
McGlothin said Tuesday that the business was closed in 2001 because it was a public nuisance.
“After a number of complaints and after enough people called, I did revoke the business license, which the mayor is allowed to do,” McGlothin said.
The business was the scene of several run-ins with the police, including one where a police officer was shot, McGlothin said.
The suit alleges that the suspension of the business’ licenses was improperly executed, but it did not elaborate as to how.
The business’ occupational and liquor licenses were on the agenda for the Oct. 9, 2001, Ferriday board of aldermen meeting, but the aldermen did not re-issue the license at that time.
It is because the board of aldermen did not re-issue the licenses that the closure “continues to this day to cause damage to the petitioner (Elijah Banks) as the owner of Club Steppers,” the suit alleges.
Attorney Anna Ferguson, who was the town attorney at the time of the closure and who will serve as town attorney under the new mayoral administration, said she remembered the closure but did not feel comfortable commenting about the lawsuit until she officially becomes town attorney.
“I’ve never heard of an alderman suing the town before, but there is a first time for everything,” Ferguson said.
It is interesting that Banks waited seven years to file his lawsuit, McGlothin said.
“I think it would be hard for him to represent the town and sue them at the same time,” McGlothin said.
Banks could not be reached for comment.
Comments
Posted by picture_music101 (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 2:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)
O my greatfulness LET it Go steppers....if it is a nusiance its a nusiance.....your gunnah waste all your money!The mayors where just doing their Jobs!
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 5:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)
ferriday just another jena!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 5:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)
dannys is next it only matters when it happens to you that is the mind set of the people of these little towns.
Posted by kilabe (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 6:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Is this guy for real? I agree 100% w/ McGlothin statement "I think it would be hard for him to represent the town and sue them at the same time,”
Get over it already!!!!
Posted by sandyman7 (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 8:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Hmmmmm Sounds like a RECALL PETITION might be in order for this guy.!!!!!
Posted by thepass (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 9:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)
This just does not make any sense. Like most of you are asking, "Why did he wait so late?" There may be more to this than meets the eye.
Go figure------
Posted by obamayamama (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 9:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)
What isn't a public neisance in Ferriday?
Posted by kpage (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 9:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"Elect me then I'll sue ya!" Recall IS in order, <<<<sandyman>>>>>
Posted by destiny (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 9:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Get that guy off the board, NOW!!!! Let him take his whimpering backside somewhere else where someone might care to listen to him. Hope the court fines him for all he's got for wasting their time.....Hummmph!!!... The nerve of some people.
Posted by obamayamama (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 11:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"Steppers" needs to get steppin!
Posted by fire39212 (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 11:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Wow almost 7 years later..guess the statue of limitaions(sp) must run out in 7 years...Boot him now before ferriday regrets it later...
Posted by dottie (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 11:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)
This is a disgrace. People like this need a mental
evaluation.
Posted by Magnolia1 (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 11:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)
wow!!! only in America
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 12:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)
they should close the redneck bar down there 2!!!!!!
Posted by Zhena (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 1:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
*msblackstallion*
If there were multiple Police calls, and an officer was shot there, it was revoked because of ***behavior*** NOT race.
People who constantly play the race card, due to their own ignorance or bias beliefs, are the ones who make America look bad, and the ones who do an injustice to society.
If the so called "redneck bar" is becoming a nuisance, and a danger, then by all means their license should be revoked as well. And btw, I am a highly educated woman of color!
Posted by daris (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 4:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I am also a woman of color and I agree with Zhena, it as nothing to do with race. I remember back when they closed down Stepper's it was a lot of fighting. Stepper's was on the front street than I use to be out there but in the club. Whenever it was close to time to go people were close to the street, they were loud and yes the police would come and ask them to go inside that made it worst. He got his on place shut down because he would not handle the situations that occured. If he would have had security maybe it wouldn't have been so bad. And as for the redneck bar comment. They have had clubs along the Vidalia highway and still have a couple I have never once past and their patrons was out sitting on cars, or standing out. If you're going to run a club at least run it properly and than you want have to worry about being shutdown. The night that that really cost Stepper's to shutdown they had a big fight I was going to my car they fought all out in the road, so he asked to be shut down by not controlling the situations.
Posted by lambchop (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 7:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
How on earth is this guy going to represent the people who elected him? Why the 7 year interim? Was he just waiting for McGlothin to return as Mayor? Guess there is not a time limit for this sort of thing, but it truly does not make since to me.
If anyone remembers Morgan's in Natchez from the time I grew up here as a teenager, it was a place that was rough. My father dared his children to enter the place, but we did with another parent as guardian, but never went back. (That parent worked there, and Daddy did not find out about it until later.)
Thing is trouble was always brewing there and it was WHITE back then. Trouble is trouble regardless of color. When people do bad things outside to disturb the peace, they all get what they deserve. The owner is supposed to keep things orderly and quiet --- what kind of public servant will this guy make? Someone said recall -- can't you just picture it.
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 9:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)
so why close the club stuff is still happpening!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 9:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)
it was the record hops b4 that i go way back
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 9:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
they always gonna find something1 close the store where the white boy jumped on his girlfriend close dannys close bill ups the club with the flags flying all over it
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 9:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
are you kidding me!!!!! when you step out of the club you already in the road. he can`t be help accountable for that. poor blacks will never get it. like i said b4 that it was record hops, dannys, bill ups, slab. hell close the drug store because he let someone come in there and rob him wake up ferriday is just a bigger jena. all white rule. never once have they even had a black judge the bailiff down there is a joke 80yrs old wake up young black men and women!!!
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 9:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
i`m from ferriday probably know ya peeps. I remember when a 2 piece snack was a dollar seven at kentucky. black kids use to have record hops after the mighty trojans kicked butt. one person would fight every week they shut that down. white kids hung out at sonic fight every week just kids misbehaving.
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 9:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)
we elected bush. don`t even go there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 9:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
zhena don`t sound to educated to me. sounds like you need to pick up a book and read 37yrs of ferridays bs that why if you leave there you will see there is diversity in the world ferriday whites in north blacks in south east and west and when you move to there hoods they move!!!!!!!!
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 9:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)
fire 39212 why not give ya boy bush the boot?
Posted by Sarge (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 9:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
msblackstallion.......It looks to me like you're not here to offer any advise on how to alleviate the problems around Ferriday! Instead you post all these racist remarks that show your ignorance!
Steppers was a very bad place......A lot of underaged kids were allowed in there.....Just like at Dannys! There were fights every time the doors opened.....just like Dannys! Fights.....shootings....stabbings! Even a few rapes!
Is this the kind of place that you'd like to see opened again with Ferriday already in trouble?
Get off the racist remarks at every post and offer up some suggestions that are valid! Or find a forum in Dallas where you now live to post your racist remarks! We don't need that here!
JMO
Posted by lilredhead (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)
OOHRAH Sarge!
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
where do you live bet aint no color in your neighborhood.
Posted by lilredhead (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I prefer to think I am TAN. That is my official color. So think of me what you will, but I live right in the HEART of it msblackstallion. Always have so get off of your high horse. No pun intended.
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
1990 grad of ferriday high same people running that little town and they ain`t black. wake up people.
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
crabs in a bucket
Posted by lilredhead (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I don't care if you are RED, YELLOW, BLACK, WHITE, LAVENDER, OR TAN if you are doing wrong it is still wrong. I teach my children that everyone is equal and should be treated as equals.
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
did you take them to jena i sure was with my son!!!!!!!!!
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)
white folks stick together. thats why they run those little towns that they are the minority in.
Posted by lilredhead (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Do you really think they would have allowed a TAN woman there? Also I do not feel that would be an appropriate place for very small children.
Posted by Sarge (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Democrat.....How much longer are you going to allow msblackstallion to create racial tension in your forums before you do something about it??? I've seen posts on this forum removed with a lot less in them that what she is posting!
Pure troublemaker!!
BTW.....I have a very diverse group of neighbors!! All races are welcome!
Get over yourself!!!
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
not
Posted by lilredhead (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Sarge---I contacted the ND a few weeks ago about comments that were very troubling and got no response. So I called and spoke with some of the staff and was told they could not police the comments all the time. The "suggest removal" does not work most of the time.
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)
the truth hurts
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
say what you want to but is the truth
Posted by Sarge (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I know lilredhead.....They only delete the posts that are offensive to the Democrat!!!
Maybe someone will come along soon and delete all her posts! I'd hate for anyone outside of our area to read that diatribe of hers! She doesn't live in this area anymore and could really care less whats going on in Ferriday! I'm sure my black friends are having a good laugh at her expense! lol..........
Posted by lilredhead (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
BTW msblackstallion as someone who was victimized by someone of a different race than I am, I am still not racist. I am not going to judge a whole race due to one person. I am prejudice towards ignorance and there is ignorance in every race.
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
troubling why cause you say so
Posted by fire39212 (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
msblackstallion my sons name isn't bush not sure why you would say that but....If his name was bush why would i give him a boot he works and can buy his own boots...
Posted by lilredhead (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
msblackstallion it was actually a very racist remark against a black person. So there are good TAN people out there and they are not out to get you.
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)
37yrs old only time i ever say whites in town is when they needed my peoples vote and thats the god heavens truth wake up
Posted by Sarge (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You know it just occured to me that msblackstallion is probably Elijah Banks kin folks!
Is that why you're defending Steppers like a rabid dog after a bone?
Makes sense now! hmmmmm.........
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
president bush
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)
just tired of seeing one sidedness all the time and hearing the same ole spill. they will find something.
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)
i can think and you folks will never run me
Posted by Sarge (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I haven't seen any "onesidedness" as you say! In fact.....the blacks and whites in this area get along quit well! A lot better that your giving us credit for!
Posted by emp (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
If someone white said the things msblackstallion has said, the FBI would be knocking at the door, the NAACP would be with them, represented by the ACLU.
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 10:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)
tell them to come see me i would tell them the same thing hello frank morris
Posted by fire39212 (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 11:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)
emp they would have been deleted by now.....
msblackstallion you are a very sad person aren't you?
Posted by him2her (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 11:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
blackstallion you need to learn how to write and spell.You show everyone how dumb you are. You make Ferriday proud.
Posted by squeetlebomb (anonymous) on June 18, 2008 at 11:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
msb = racial biggott, ignorant loudmouth, the actual story was about an official who needs to be impeached or recalled
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 19, 2008 at 4:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)
our u.s. president impeached him dummy squeel.
Posted by thepass (anonymous) on June 19, 2008 at 9:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Who is this pitiful "msblackstallion"?
It is difficult to interpret most of what this person writes.
It is obvious we are dealing with someone who has no command of the English language.
Posted by drawpaintsing (anonymous) on June 19, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Good morning to all! I must agree with Daris and Zhena. this has nothing to do with race, msblackstallion. Just give it up. I could care less if a club's name is "The Blue Oyster". If it is causing trouble, then it should be shut down. Why would an elected official bring up something old like that anyway?
Posted by lukecannon (anonymous) on June 19, 2008 at 11:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)
blackstallion-- you make me laugh!! Look at your language, you can't even speek english...what is that? ebonics??
Posted by lukecannon (anonymous) on June 19, 2008 at 11:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
What is a "dummy squeel"???
Posted by thepass (anonymous) on June 19, 2008 at 3:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I was wondering the same thing, lukecannon. Is it, perhaps, some kind of street language phrase or prison-speak?
Posted by Sarge (anonymous) on June 19, 2008 at 3:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I think msblack was talking to "squeetlebomb' but she slaughtered his name too! lol.......
Posted by thepass (anonymous) on June 19, 2008 at 4:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I think you are right, Sarge. "msblack" is definitely lacking in communication skills. It is probably senseless to try to respond to any of her comments because she most likely cannot comprehend the content of the article in the Democrat. Um-um, how sad.
Posted by msblackstallion (anonymous) on June 19, 2008 at 5:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
jokes
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