Jackblog - ladd
Lawsuits Against Melton and City Piling Up
WAPT broke the story yesterday that A-1 Pallet has (predictably) filed a $100 million lawsuit against the city, Melton and several others. So how many lawsuits has Melton brought, or helped bring, to the city? Let's see ...
Donelson's mother
Ron Christmon
Jennifer Sutton
Doris Shavers
Help me out. What are the others?
posted by ladd on 07/16/08 at 08:45 AM. [printer-friendly version]
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posted by Queen601 on 07/16/08 at 10:40 AM
posted by L.W. on 07/16/08 at 10:43 AM
If you are doing a tally - might as well include the previous ones. Even though we lost those, they add to the impressive resume that is FM and show the how expansive these law suits really are.
posted by Puck on 07/16/08 at 11:00 AM
posted by ladd on 07/16/08 at 11:10 AM
I hate to say this, but as badly as A-1 Pallet is uglying up that area of Jackson I for once hoped the mayor could do something about removing them.
Those of us wirh some sense knew the city would get sued a lot with Frank as mayor.
posted by Walt on 07/16/08 at 12:21 PM
OK
There was
1. Lawsuit over publishing notices. The exact name of the paper escapes me, but they underbid the Cl, yet the CL got the job
2. The Upper level mess
I know I am forgetting some
posted by AGamm627 on 07/17/08 at 03:06 PM
posted by Tom Head on 07/17/08 at 05:45 PM
Tom
Thanks. I remembered all the details, including the attorney that represented the link, just not the name of the paper
posted by AGamm627 on 07/17/08 at 11:50 PM
[Kamikaze] The Media Fix Is In
J.T.: Amen to pushing a positive Jackson. And, yes, it is a movement. And, it is moving.
Aug 27, 2008 | 06:17 PM
Ban the Paddle?
ladd: A lot of kids in all our schools are "scary smart." Many just haven't had the chance to prove it, yet. On the not-know-how-to-ask-a-str anger-a-question point -- how many strangers are completely ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 05:33 PM
Ban the Paddle?
Tom Head: The kids I've met from the Jim Hill Civil Liberties Club are SCARY smart (they're not just the future; they're ready and able to get out and do stuff now), and the idea that anyone would consider ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 05:15 PM
Ban the Paddle?
ladd: you mentioned people should try to find out what is really going on with this generation. Damn right I did. And any given day, you will find up to 20 young people in their teens and 20s in my offices, ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 05:12 PM
Ban the Paddle?
ladd: Baquan, it's simple really: You generalized about all young people with statements like these: Discipline does not work any more on kids, whether it is beating them or putting them in time out. Young ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 04:49 PM
Ban the Paddle?
baquan2000: To Tom Head - lets just agree to disagree. You put yours in time out for stealing or cussing, while with mine, they will just have to meet their maker when they attempt to try it!? Sorry - I will ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 04:41 PM
Ban the Paddle?
baquan2000: Donna you did a good article a while back on this generation, where I think you mentioned people should try to find out what is really going on with this generation. Maybe what I said, was to ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 04:28 PM
Ban the Paddle?
Tom Head: Or for selling bad weed. Or for sleeping with your girlfriend. Or... Right. We teach the same pro-violence message with the Iraq War and the death penalty, too, not to mention when leaders go around ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 04:04 PM
Ban the Paddle?
ladd: That is a vast generalization about young people, baquan, and extremely offensive. I'm more impressed with young people today in their teens, and even tweens, than I ever have been. And the numbers bear ...
Aug 27, 2008 | 03:39 PM
Ban the Paddle?
baquan2000: after reading all the posts above; whatever it is we are doing; it is not working? Discipline does not work any more on kids, whether it is beating them or putting them in time out. Young men do ...
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