Occupy Jackson Update: Councilman Edwin Taliaferro Takes His Toys and Goes Home

Yesterday, the Jackson City Council Planning Committee took up the issue of Occupy Jackson's demand to camp out and teach bathing lessons in Smith Park.  And once again, Councilman Chokwe Lumumba Edwin Taliaferro used the opportunity to act like a preschooler.

The Clarion-Ledger reported that Councilman Taliaferro made a motion to allow the protesters to camp in Smith Park overnight as they demanded.  When the motion died without a second, Edwin walked out of the meeting.  Edwin said he did not want to participate in the meeting if the Committee was not going to capitulate to the occupiers' demands.  Ever the clown, Edwin stated "It would be just like our predecessors telling Martin Luther King Jr. or Medgar Evers how to march...."

Yeah, Edwin.  Just like that.

Ultimately, the Committee adopted a compromise to waive the dusk closing time and allow the occupiers to stay in the park until 11:00 p.m., but not overnight.

Like clockwork, the Occupy Jackson Whining Machine went into full effect after the meeting.  Chelsea "Cricket" MacDonald, Occupy Jackson's spoiled, overindulged spokeswhiner, immediately started complaining because they didn't get exactly what they demanded.

The issue will ultimately be resolved when the full City Council meeting next week.

NEW RULE

You don't get to call yourself a neighborhood association, if all you do is call yourself a neighborhood association.  Yes, I'm talking to you Jackson Downtown Neighborhood Association.

As reported by Jackson Jambalaya, the Occupy Jackson crowd continued their fight to turn Smith Park into their own degenerate 24/7 two-and-a-half month dirty campground.  The anti-money protesters appeared before the City Council at the full council meeting on November 21, to appeal the daylight-to-dusk permit granted by the administration.  Incredibly, only former Jackson Mayor Kane Ditto spoke against allowing the protesters to turn the park into a campground.  After Mr. Ditto spoke, the Council was treated to a veritable loser parade of occupiers, some of whom claimed that the community actually wanted them there on a 24/7 basis.

The troubling part is that no one appeared to speak on behalf of the residents of downtown Jackson.  Not a single representative from JDNA appeared to give the residents' perspective of this grime pile.  In fact, JDNA hasn't even taken a position at all on the issue.  JDNA has been completely AWOL on this issue. 

This is no small matter.  We have a bunch of Rankin-Madison-Scott County trash trying to set up a camp, complete with porta-jons, fifty (50) feet from where residents live.  Yet, JDNA cannot be bothered to think about it.  They are far too busy planning the next feel-good mixer to be bothered with such frivolous matters as quality of life.

How hard would it have been to appear at the meeting and speak for two minutes on behalf of downtown residents?  Or if you did not want to appear at the meeting, why not write a letter to the Council in opposition of the occupiers?  It's not like it would have required that much effort.  We've already done the work for you, just print it off and send it to the Council. 

By your silence and failure to act, you tacitly approved of the occupiers' appeal.  The Council knows that we have a neighborhood association for downtown residents.  When JDNA stands mute, it sends a message to the Coouncil that downtown residents don't care how many Occupy fools occupy the park, or for how long.

There is more to being a neighborhood association than planning cocktail parties.  It takes more than putting up little flyers telling people where to go hang out and drink.  Besides, we already have a little flyer that does that--the Jackson Free Press.

A neighborhood association takes action to protect and advocate on behalf of the residents.  The DJT sees no evidence that the JDNA has any interest whatsoever in protecting and advocating on behalf of the residents of downtown Jackson.

Occupy Jackson Update: Councilman Edwin Taliaferro a/k/a Chokwe Lumumba Shows His Butt

Former New Afrika Republic Minister of Justice, and current Ward 2 City Councilman, Edwin Taliaferro Chokwe Lumumba did what he does best during the Occupy Jackson appeal hearing today:  He showed his butt.

As reported by Kingfish, Councilman Quentin Whitwell moved that Occupy Jackson be allowed to protest in accordance with the original permit issued by the permit department.  Whitwell stated that requiring the protesters to follow the original permit was consistent with good "law and order."  That evidently set off General Taliaferro Lumumba as he compared Whitwell to former racist Mississippi Gov. Theodore Bilbo.  Kingfish has the video here.

It's no great shock to the DJT that Taliaferro Lumumba showed his butt tonight.  After all, he's made a life of acting like a clown.  In fact, we could probably devote an entire blog to Taliaferro Lumumba acting like a fool.  It's also no great surprise that Taliaferro Lumumba would sympathize with the occupiers, as his own seditious proclivities support a complete occupation of the entire southeastern United States.

What we do find shocking is that gutless SoJack Councilman Tony Yarber, who was chairing the meeting, did not smack Taliaferro Lumumba down when he made the remark.  In most Legislative bodies, comparing a colleague to the likes of Bilbo would result in a rebuke from the chair.  But Tony Yarber is apparently too much of a coward to stand up to Taliaferro Lumumba.  Rather than rule Taliaferro Lumumba out of order, he shouted down Whitwell when he tried to object to the remarks.  Disgraceful.

Some free advice to Tony Yarber:  This is the City Council, not a faculty meeting at Marshall Elementary.  If you aren't man enough to stand up to Taliaferro Lumumba when he makes these outrageous statements, you need to hand the gavel back to Mr. Bluntson and go review some lesson plans or something.

The Devil Went Down To....Alabama??

We all know that Chip Matthews likes to have his tentacles in many different scum bars in downtown Jackson, even though he continuously tries to hide his involvement in those clubs.  What many do not know is that Chip is an "interstate" purveyor of trash.

Back in 2009, the Chipster decided to try his hand at the trash bar bidness in Birmingham.  His target was the Five Points Music Hall in Birmingham, Alabama.  The DJT doesn't know anything about Birmingham night life, but Five Points was apparently a big deal a few years ago.  Despite being a popular venue, an underage patron had a little too much to drink one night and decided to hone his marksmanship skills in the parking lot, resulting in the deaths of 2 people.  The bar closed shortly thereafter.  Like a vulture on a dead possum, here comes Chip Matthews.

In July of 2009, Chip Matthews and 2 guys from Birmingham re-opened Five Points to much fanfare.  And then, a short 8 months later, it abruptly closed without explanation.  An "owner or manager" appeared in the middle of the night and cleaned the place out, even packing up the tables.

It appears Chip made some new friends in Birmingham.  A few of them stopped by the above post to wish him Godspeed, farewell, and following seas:

We have repeatedly said that Chip Matthews does not intend to contribute anything positive to downtown Jackson.  He has opened (and closed) every type of trash bar imaginable in Jackson, never once leaving the community better, or at least no worse, than he found it.  Many people in Jackson know that Chip Matthews opens and quickly closes so-called clubs and bars.  We doubt many people knew that he does this on an interstate scale as well. 

This is how Chip rolls.  It's a pattern and practice.  A modus operandi.  Chip Matthews' latest trash dive is not going to benefit our community.  It will hurt our neighborhood, and in a few months Chip will cut-and-run like he always does.  And a few months after that, we'll find him slipping around in the shadows looking to do it all over again.

The "New" Fire (Re)Opens!!!

If bullshit was a controlled substance, Chip Matthews would sell it by the gram. (h/t Vanilla Ice).

After mysteriously closing a few weeks ago, the Fire sewer Club looks like its ready to reopen.  But it's not the old Fire.  Apparently it's the "all new Fire."  Chip Matthews announced today that a new show was coming to the bar he doesn't (wink, wink) own:

The Sultan of Slime already has shows planned for two more dates after that.  The DJT welcomes the "new" FIRE to downtown, though we question what is "new" about it.  It appears to be the same skank hangout its always been.  And, of course, the "new" FIRE has Chip Matthews ass-deep in the operation, just like the old FIRE.  What, exactly, has changed?

Looks like some more Chip Matthews shady bullshit to us.  At any rate, we're sure the old/new FIRE  will make a positive contribution to the community.

Does Madison County Resident Chip Matthews Own Fire?

Several readers have commented that Madison County scum merchant Chip Matthews owns Fire.  This appears to be a widely-held belief.  Chip did a drive-by on another post and made it a point to say that the only business license he held was for some other location--not Fire.  However, the undisputed Baron of Bullshit stopped just short of denying an ownership interest in Fire.

We know that Chip's modus operandi is to open bars, and then go to great lengths to hide his involvement in them.  So naturally, the DJT wanted to poke around in this pile of feces to see what was under it.

According to the Secretary of State, FIRE, LLC was created on November 7, 2005.  Members of the corporation include Charles E. Matthews, Jr., Cecil Fox, Jr. and Samuel Pittman.  Here's the Certificate of Formation:

Fire Club Jackson MS-Certificate of Formation

On an incestuous note, "Samuel Pittman" is the same name ("Sam Pittman") listed by Club Volume patsy DJ Cornbread on his Facebook page:

Less than a year later, the Three Stooges broke up.  On June 14, 2006, they submitted a Certificate of Amendment (signed by all three) to the Secretary of State.  The amendment removed the Chipster from the LLC and replaced him as registered agent.  This left Cecil C. Fox, Jr. and Samuel Pittman as members of the corporation.

Fire Club Jackson MS Certificate of Amendment 6-14-06

Six months later, the Fire starters filed yet another Certificate of Amendment.  This time, they removed Samuel Pittman and added F. Earl Fyke, IV as a member of the LLC.

Fire Club Jackson MS Certificate of Amendment 1-22-07

As it stands now, those are the members of the corporation.  So Chip is telling the truth.  He has abolutely nothing to do with FIRE.  And we believe him. 

Yeah, right.

That's an awful lot of change in membership in such a short period of time.  It's also inconsistent with Chip's actions in appearing to be skank deep in Fire's operations.  The DJT wonders what is really going on here.  Why is Chip so secretive about his involvement in these dives?  Who is Cecil C. Fox, Jr.?  F. Earl Fyke, IV? 

Wonder how long it's going to take us to put this little scum-puzzle together.

Club Volume-Here We Go Again

Did you know the average adult cockroach can lay 400 eggs in a single year?  We know this because Jackson's most famous human cockroach keeps hatching his eggs downtown.

The latest clusterfuck business venture is Club Volume.  Consider this an open forum on the new club, located at 206 West Capitol Street.  What do ya'll know about these miscreants young entrepreneurs?

The DJT has a few questions:

1.  Is this a Chip Matthews production?

2.  If so, is the slimeball going to have the stones to admit it's his place?

3.  Who is "DVDJ Clover?"

4.  Is Mr. Clover a resident of the City of Jackson?  If so, does Mr. Clover live downtown?

5.  What do you get when you take a lame white dude and give him a street name?

6.  Is Club Volume gonna bring some uptown to downtown?

7.  Who is Elizabeth Peabody Smith and what, if any, connection does she have to this club?

8.  Will Club Volume have a delousing station and penicillin vending machine in case Chip drops by to visit the club he "doesn't" own?

Let 'er rip.

Nice Shot

Oakland PD "asks" occupier to move along.

Jackson City Council Tells Occupy Jackson Trash to Come Back Later

The unemployed butt monkeys from Occupy Jackson showed up at the Jackson City Council meeting to demand that they be allowed to turn Smith Park into a makeshift campground for 3 months.

The City of Jackson previously granted a permit to Occupy Jackson that allowed them to publicly make fools of themselves protest in Smith Park.  The permit, however, stopped short of Occupy Jackson's demand to invade and permanently take over Smith Park 24 hours a day for two-and-a-half months.  Even though Mayor Johnson's office made reasonable accommodations to the protestors, they were still not satisfied.  The entitled little princesses pitched a fit and filed an "appeal" of the permit decision to the City Council.

As reported by the Clarion-Ledger, a procedural error resulted in the appeal not being properly placed on the agenda.  Ward 2 Councilman Chokwe Lumumba asked that the Council hear the appeal as an "emergency" matter (Lumumba didn't specify what part of Occupy Jackson's little tantrum constituted an emergency).  Thankfully, Ward 1 Councilman Quentin Whitwell objected to the motion.  Because emergency matters require a unanimous vote, Whitwell's objection prevented the appeal from being heard.  The Council rescheduled the hearing for Monday.

Occupy Jackson motormouth spokesperson Chelsea McDonald lied her ass off tried her best to spin that the protesters were neat and tidy in the park.  McDonald, who is from Rankin County, told WAPT,

All of our stuff is picked up and moved out, and we clean up around it. We have our recycling bins that we use. We dump all the trash ourselves.

Oh really?  Well how about this pile of shit stacked up on our sidewalk:

Is this Ms. McDonald's idea of picking things up and cleaning?  Tell you what Sweety, why don't you go pile all this crap on a sidewalk in Brandon (you know, where you're from)?  Hint:  Taking a bucket seat out of a car and using it as lawn furniture may be perfectly acceptable in Rankin County, but we consider it a bit "uncultured" over here.

The DJT is sure the Occupy Jackson Trash will be back whining and crying at the Council meeting on Monday.  We appreciate Councilman Whitwell's efforts to eradicate these pests from downtown, and pray that he continues to do so.

Don't Eat Uncle Fuller's BBQ in Canton MS

Uncle Fuller's BBQ in Canton MS is the very first business to be placed on the DJT's Boycott/Do-Not-Buy List.

This place is owned by Madison County slimeball Chip Matthews.  Uncle Fuller's restaurant appears to be a nice, quaint little BBQ place.  Nothing like the shitholes Chip Matthews opens in our community.  In his own community, Chip opens barbecue restaurants near the courthouse.  In our neighborhood, Chip Matthews opens overflowing sewers like The Joint freak parade and Wendy's Whorehouse Playhouse.  Places that he is so ashamed of he has to get "front men" to run them.

The DJT is fed up with this nasty MF shitting on downtown Jackson.  He has enough respect for Canton and Madison County (where he lives) to not open dives, but has no problem whatsoever disrespecting Jackson with his human sewage.

Slimeball Chip Matthews has no respect for Jackson, so the DJT sees no need for Jackson to respect Chip Matthews.  If you find yourself in Canton around lunchtime, find somewhere other than Uncle Fuller's to eat.  Every dollar you spend at this place helps finance this fat bastard's operations in Jackson.

The DJT likes Canton and Madison County.  There are plenty of good restaurants to choose from in Canton.  But Uncle Fuller's ain't one of them.  The DJT encourages you to show Chip Matthews the same amount of love and respect he shows us.  Boycott this place.  Don't spend one cent in Uncle Fuller's restaurant in Canton MS.