Comments by lisa_smith
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Posted on July 31 at 5:05 p.m.
This is not the Bingo our kids played in second grade this is a slot machine and a highly addictive one. The problem that we in Ferriday have is with those that would try to benifit financially of the backs of the already impoverished. When is the last time those of you that support this enterprise rode around our town. We have a community with enough addictive disorders that already don't feed or cloth their children because, yes, you are right they drive to Natchez (if they even own an automobile) or they spend it on crack cocaine.
No, I do not want to tell anyone how to spend their money,,what groceries to buy or what clothes to wear. However we have plenty that have innocent children going without proper food, shelter and clothing now due to their parents addictions. Sanction or allow another one in Ferriday? I don't think so. No, there are very many of us who feel strongly that is not going to happen in our town. Concerned citizens is what we prefer to consider ourselves. I am not sure what a hottie-tottie is.
Posted on March 6 at 4:58 p.m.
It would be nice if the mayor actually was a resident and had to live in that cesspool of a town he runs. If I am not mistaken that is supposed to be part of the qualifying process. I have passed his lake house everyday for a year after 6pm his truck is there 95% of the time. Of course the area in which his funeral business and supposed residence is located is pretty noisy and dangerous after dark. Business is flourishing on ever street corner.
Posted on January 15 at 12:15 p.m.
Much Thanks to the editor Julie Finley for responding to the calls from citizens about this incident. Apparently it was "lost in the system" at NPD so Democrat reporters were not aware of it.
Just as an aside this Ferriday Police Officer according to the Natchez Police Department, resides in Natchez and has a La. drivers license.
Posted on January 1 at 8:49 p.m.
Apparently given the recent ruling of the honorable(?) Judge Marchman and those equally esteemed members of the La. Supreme Court (royalty) it is apparent that I may if I so choose, vote in the upcoming Ferriday mayoral election . After all, I have a friend that lives in the city limits of Ferriday, I have a pair of jeans and a sweater there
(see Lipsey Trial transcripts, requirements to vote) I also have a business...inside the city limits of Ferriday which obviously means I can go down tomorrow and register to vote in the City elections. What say you all? Can I? Even though it is apparent I do not reside inside the Ferriday city limits and never have...
Posted on December 5 at 11:12 a.m.
Julie that was an excellent editorial. Thank you for that. We are all hoping for one of the judges to do just as you said, raise an eyebrow and hear this case. To question this case and the actions of those in power. It seems astounding that this has had to cost Mr. Lipsey so much financially.
Many in this parish are very grateful that we have such men of principle who are willing to take this fight all the way.
Posted on November 25 at 4:42 p.m.
The Lipsey trial transcripts can be viewed at: http://theconcordiaunderground.org/forum...
Posted on November 21 at 12:19 p.m.
Yes I do run CAWS. A mission to defame? Why would you say that? Do I expect a Sheriff to uphold the laws? Yes, that I do. One shouldn't be too melodramatic and think "with every breath I take". I personally have moved on to the next corrupt official as I believe Mr. Maxwell will not be here much longer.
The only reason I had a work release inmate was not because RM gave me one for free. I am not sure where you recieved that information.
A kind and generous board member of CAWS is responsible for that. Would have been nice if he had offered though, since we have been doing his job for so long.
Posted on November 21 at 12:01 p.m.
JW, The Concordia Underground is committed to exposing public corruption. Wherever it may lie. No one in public office will recieve preferrential treatment. No One. Now what is it about exposing public corruption that makes you so angry? Threats of disbanding TCU? Come now, freedom of speech is an issue with you? Civil Suits? For excercising first ammendment rights? This is America still last I checked. Might want to consider saving some of the expense of civil suits for Mr. Maxwells defense counsel.
Posted on November 21 at 11:50 a.m.
Imthe1 when I read your post I was struck by how much of its content was concerned with money, money, money.
What about money? It is indeed telling, the stark difference between GL and RM. One lives quite well one might say, on a Sheriffs salary. Employees at his beck and call that have no issue with perjuring themselves under oath and lets not forget an endless supply of inmates to farm out, set up or take advantage of in the Prison Industry business.
Mr Lipsey lives quite modestly, raising intelligent polite children with a strong moral foundation. Justice, and the right of the people to be assured their election process is fair seems more of a concern to him than money. I like that and a large percentage of the almost 2000 people at TCU do also. Although Money (and intimidation) have always been a part of our politics and may yet. I sense change.
I feel quite certain that a new day is dawning. Sunlight and a cleansing breeze is going to blow through... at least our dirty little part of Louisiana.
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Posted on August 8 at 7:51 a.m.
Well you get at least this wish Ms. Beverly, CCA is a model prison. The newest most lucrative form of slavery. For investors it is like hitting the jackpot. Who would make better employees than prisoners? No strikes, no vacations, no workmans comp, never late or absent and if they don't like the 25-50 cents an hour pay they are put in lockdown isolation.
Institute on Money in State Politics reveals that during the 2002 and 2004 election cycles, private prison companies, directors, executives and lobbyists gave $3.3 million to candidates and state political parties across 44 states. Why lobby so heavily for harsher and longer sentences for non violent offenders? More slave labor.
At least 37 states have legalized the contracting of prison labor by private corporations that mount their operations inside state prisons. The list of such companies contains the cream of U.S. corporate society: IBM, Boeing, Motorola, Microsoft, AT&T, Wireless, Texas Instrument, Dell, Compaq, Honeywell, Hewlett-Packard, Nortel, Lucent Technologies, 3Com, Intel, Northern Telecom, TWA, Nordstrom's, Revlon, Macy's, Pierre Cardin, Target Stores, and many more. All of these businesses are excited about the economic boom generation by prison labor. Just between 1980 and 1994, profits went up from $392 million to $1.31 billion. Inmates in state penitentiaries generally receive the minimum wage for their work, but not all; in Colorado, they get about $2 per hour, well under the minimum. And in privately-run prisons, they receive as little as 17 cents per hour for a maximum of six hours a day, the equivalent of $20 per month. The highest-paying private prison is CCA in Tennessee, where prisoners receive 50 cents per hour for what they call "highly skilled positions." At those rates, it is no surprise that inmates find the pay in federal prisons to be very generous. There, they can earn $1.25 an hour and work eight hours a day, and sometimes overtime. They can send home $200-$300 per month.
How unfortunate for Natchez this growth industry has chosen your fair city. I am sure it won't be long before someone you love with a substance abuse problem is calling you from Global-Tel link or lamenting the cost of a bar of soap they are forced to purchase from the Sheriff or Wardens cousins company store.I hope not but the growing statistics are not in your favor.
On Prison can change people for better