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Methinks TheRiot v the Blogsphere is also included in the $145,394 taxpayer funded bill for legal services. A truly sad state of affairs folks. (H/T Citizens for Good Government and the divine M&M sisters)
As Lawyer X can well explain, corporate and insurance clients routinely pick apart billing statements and do not pay what is billed. It’s even more deplorable if the Parish does not have someone audit these bills and seek reduction. So wrote a menber of the Slabbed legal team that saw the vender detail report detailing … Continue reading “Your Jefferson Parish Tax Dollars at Work: Parish pays Phelps Dumbar over $97,000 to sue bloggers and prevent access to public records.”
Short and sweet folks: Three cases and we’ve covered them all. The suit the Parish filed against certain media outlets to clarify which grand jury documents the media would receive pursuant to media public records requests. The decisions made with respect to the outcome of this litigation is a key precursor to Slabb O’Leaks where we … Continue reading “A “White Shoe” firm with smelly brown stuff on the soul: A Phelps Dumbar Conflict of Interest Update.”
From the sweet serendipity files I have a two pack of USDC filings that are circulating around the local legal community. These come from two different readers. First up is a plaintiff’s filing which illustrates why Pro Se litigants have such a bad name in the court system: Next up is a Judge that must … Continue reading “US District Court filings reveal lack of temperament for the trade: A two pack”
The business world always slows down in advance of the Christmas holiday so yesterday I took advantage and headed to US District Court in New Orleans and a major pretrial hearing in the Heather Hilliard civil suit against Jefferson Parish. The hearing was attended by all the finest people but before I get to that … Continue reading “Looks like I was in the wrong courtroom yesterday…..”
It was with disbelief that I read the details of my Settlement splashed across the page of the local paper ( online and hard copy). I was doubly shocked to discover that the Parish Attorney, Ms. Foshee, was quoted in the article and had allegedly emailed information to the reporter. It was in fact Foshee … Continue reading “Anne Marie Vandenweghe has issued the following press statement (Updated)”
July 25, 2012 was the day I made my first official visit to the Yenni Building and the assistant Parish Attorney that was initially assigned to handle public records for Team Young/Foshee was singing her swan song as she had to leave due to the no longer meeting the residency requirements in the Parish Charter … Continue reading “Batter up! Broussard document dump Part Deux”
Whew folks that is a mouthful! I am pleased to announce Slabbed will remain on the Jefferson Parish beat as there is never a dull moment in the “aorta of corruption”! First up is Parish Prez John Young. After studying this millage renewal thing for a few weeks I now draw 2 conclusions: There is a … Continue reading “Adventures in Jefferson Parish Leadership Fails. John Young and his ghosts plus Barry Bordelon sticks the tab on the taxpayers plus Sheriff Noodles on hot seat”
Part 2 of this series ended with the allegations contained in the Concrete Busters lawsuit that Fred Heebe, along with several co-conspirators has been waging a coordinated campaign to unmask and otherwise harass internet commenters sharing information on the political scandal in Jefferson Parish. I’ve always pointed to the first post I did on Aaron … Continue reading “Slabbed examines the harassment of private citizens expressing their opinion on Jefferson Parish Corruption: Part 3”
Allow me to summarize the latest Waste Management lawsuit against Jefferson Parish: 1. From 2007-early 2010 Jefferson Parish was run by self admitted felons 2. Even after those self admitted felons resigned in disgrace TheRiot continued their dirty work during his interim reign of terror. 3. Now the cat is out of the bag so … Continue reading “Behold the terrible price to the taxpayers for electing crooks and buffoons to the Parish Council…”