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 The Great Mobile Land Grab
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| By : Roy_Pope on 19 Aug 2008 at 01:33:17 pm
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Some people don't have a clue. Give them the opportunity to buy a vowel and they put all their money on the number three. They don't have the sense God gave a grasshopper.
Yep. I'm talking about those who are unwittingly being led to believe that annexation into the City of Mobile will be beneficial to them.
Go back and read what was written on this site on April 14 - "Will Mayor Jones steal your land next?" After that, read "Tax Lien Investors Get Screwed by Mobile County".
I swear, it looks like the City of Mobile is becoming nothing more than a land-grabbing operation. Have the people of Mobile County forgotten how Sam Jones attempted to use eminent domain to steal people's land once he successfully annexed that huge part of west Mobile into the city? Have they forgotten how Sam moved the fire department from the area on Hitt Road where it was most beneficial and placed it out at the Mobile Regional Airport in what appeared to me to be an attempt to punish the people in the area of Hitt Road for voting against the annexation?
Before attempting to annex additional territories into the City of Mobile, it would make better sense if Mayor Jones would demonstrate to Mobilians that he knows what he is doing by focusing on crime in the existing city and fixing faulty utilities and services in the existing city.
Just a couple weeks ago, a man approached me as I was locking up my business downtown. At first, he asked me for money. When I refused, he threatened to "bust my m*f* head" and he lunged towards me with his fist balled for action. I was quickly spared a head-busting when I drew my pistol and he ran off down the street.
Immediately following that incident, I called the police. Twenty minutes later, a black female officer drove past. I flagged her down and told her what had happened. She took some notes, then told me that she wasn't out there to write reports - only to make certain nobody was breaking into cars. She told me I'd have to wait on another police officer, and she also told me that no call had been dispatched for my location as of that time. Twenty minutes and the call had not been dispatched!?!
After waiting ten more minutes, I began feeling for the safety of my wife who was waiting with me in the dark while the would-be robber was still on the loose. I finally drove to the Central Events Precinct and called for the police to meet me there. In all, it was sixty-five minutes before an officer finally spoke to me about what had happened - and he just rolled his eyes in his head and didn't bother taking a report!
I've been seeing the would-be robber sitting in Bienville Square regularly around lunch time. Clearly, Mobile's finest aren't doing their job.
Then, there's the matter of the Historic Building Marker being stolen from my building at 203 Dauphin Street. This happened in plain line-of-site to a police camera. Guess what - the camera hadn't worked for weeks prior to this theft, so the theives got away with their crime against me.
Yeah, I offered a reward for the return of the award. This past Saturday a young black man brought me a shield similar to the one that was stolen in an attempt to collect the reward. After looking at old photos of my building, I realized that it wasn't my award, so I took it to Central Events. The officer there - the same one who rolled his eyes at me about the attempted robbery incident - asked me what I expected him to do about it. I told him that I was turning the award in to the police because, for one, I didn't want to get in trouble for receiving stolen property. His reply to me - "we don't give a sh*t about that, Roy. Throw it in the trash, turn it in to the Historic department, or hang it on your wall. We don't care!"
Yes, there is quite a bit that needs to be done in regards to improving the services for the city that we already have. If police services are this bad in downtown Mobile, just imagine what you'll be getting in a newly annexed area if you permit Sam Jones to have his way with things. |
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Goodbye Picklefish
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| By : Roy_Pope on 01 Aug 2008 at 05:33:01 pm
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I really hate to say it, but a downtown venue of great significance to our community has closed its doors. Picklefish restaurant is no more.
The owner of Picklefish, Mead Miller, is a very dear friend of mine. It is no secret that he fell victim to esophogeal cancer earlier this year. By the time the cancer was discovered, it had already done some serious damage to Mead's health. And unfortunately for him, Mead is having a really rough time of getting back on his feet following his surgery.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm certainly going to miss having the Picklefish down the street from my restaurant, and I'm already missing having Mead around to shoot the bull with.
If you know Mead, be a friend and say a prayer or two for his health and recovery, give him a call if you know how to get in touch with him and just say hi, and keep him in your thoughts and prayers in the days that come. |
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$200 Reward Offered
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| By : Roy_Pope on 21 Jul 2008 at 11:46:31 am
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The Scheuermann-Drinkard building at 203 Dauphin Street was vandalized this past weekend. This is the home of Busaba's Thai Cuisine, Mobile's authentic Thai dining experience.
The vandalism done to the building was the theft of our Historic Building Marker - a metallic shield that was displayed on the outside of our building designating it as a historic building.
To make things short and sweet, Busaba's Thai Cuisine, Inc. is offering a $200 cash reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons who stole our Historic Building Marker and the return of the Historic Building Marker.
A police report has already been filed in regards to the theft - case # M08073561. Additionally, we will be contacting the National Registry of Historic Buildings and Places to find out if additional actions can be taken against the person or persons who stole the marker, considering that our building is listed in The National Registry of Historic Buildings and Places.
Yes, kiddies! If possible, I am going to make a federal issue out of this!
In the meantime, if you want $200, just turn in the asshole(s) who stole the Historic Building Marker from my building and you'll be happily rewarded. |
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Ron Paul is a Quitter!
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| By : Roy_Pope on 13 Jun 2008 at 10:45:41 am
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Remember the old saying that "It ain't over 'till the fat lady sings"? Evidentially, Ron Paul doesn't like fat ladies. Maybe he's just not a fan of opera - I don't know. What I do know is that Ron Paul quit in the race for President of these United States of America.
I never saw that one coming! Ron Paul, a "quitter"!
I, like many true Americans, stood fast behind Ron Paul in his campaign because he convinced us that he would champion The Constitution of our once-great nation. He convinced us with his record in Congress that he would not back down from this fight, that he was a man of sound resolve ready and eager to restore the liberties and rights of Americans everywhere.
Only yesterday (as Ron Paul was in the process of quitting), I gave an encouraging speech at my restaurant to a handful of customers as they ate their lunches. I reminded them of Ron Paul's determination to fight for us all the way to the end. I spoke of how Ron Paul has never backed down from what he believed to be right, and how he would benefit our country if we would only elect him to office.
Ron Paul sure made a liar out of me! |
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Tax Lien Investors Get Screwed by Mobile County
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| By : Roy_Pope on 29 May 2008 at 05:08:39 pm
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The annual participants in Mobile County's property tax lien auction got screwed really good this year. I'm one of those participants and I am steaming mad right now!
Mobile County has always conducted the annual property tax lien auction beginning on the first Thursday of June in every year. The county even printed flyers which I collect every year, and in those flyers it is advertised that the auction is held on the first Thursday of June and continued from day-to-day until all parcels have been sold.
Well, this year Mobile County decided to pull a sneaky one on the participants. Instead of starting the auction on the first Thursday of June, they started the auction on the last Thursday of May.
I found out about this change when I called the Mobile County Revenue Commissioner's office. I was calling to find out when they planned to update the list of tax-delinquent properties that they have on the internet at http://www.mobilecopropertytax.com/pap317.txt. Dated March 17, 2008, the list is more than two months old and well out-of-date.
When I called, the lady I spoke with told me that the auction had already started! I was shocked. I had been working feverishly for two months to prepare for the auction that was supposed to be held in June and had set aside fifty-thousand dollars to invest in tax liens. Now, my entire investment portfolio is screwed for the next 12 months.
Why in the world would they do something like this? I went back through old newspapers and even did some online research - they didn't mention anywhere that I could find that the date of the auction had been changed. The only mention of the date change that I was able to find was on pages buried deep within the mobilecopropertytax.com website.
I did find one clue that might answer why Mobile County would screw tax lien investors like this. There were articles that came out in the Press Register months ago about the City of Mobile getting into the tax lien investment game. Could it be that Mobile County screwed the regular tax lien investors in order to give the City of Mobile an unfair advantage over us - to omit us from participating in the auction so that the City of Mobile can buy up tax liens without too much competition?
I'm going to pass this one along to one of my company's attorneys and see what he thinks. |
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