Friday, March 18, 2022

Planes, Strippers, & Limos

 Former Jackson Mayor Tony Yarber testified in federal court today that Mitzi Bickers provided all kinds of goodies to him in exchange for a big chunk of gummint grub in Jackson when he was Mayor.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported: 


He had chauffeured limousine rides whenever he came to town, according to his testimony in federal court on Friday in the Atlanta City Hall corruption trial.

When he visited several times in 2014, Yarber said, he flew in on a private plane or first-class on Delta Air Lines. He stayed at the Ritz-Carlton downtown. A beautiful woman accompanied him to buy clothes for a Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly outdoor concert he attended free of charge.

The patron of this largesse, federal prosecutors allege, was Pastor Mitzi Bickers.

Bickers, a former political operative and city employee, is accused of receiving $2 million in a cash-for-contracts scheme at Atlanta City Hall. But on Friday prosecutors outlined allegations she used her influence in getting Yarber elected mayor of Mississippi’s capital city to try to swing Jackson city contracts her way.

Prosecutors say Bickers was giving Yarber the star treatment because she was laying the ground work get a bite of a $1 billion contract to fix Jackson’s 100-plus year old sewer system as well as a piece of another $75 million contract for a new convention center hotel.... Article

Mayor Yarber tried to award a $2.5 million program manager contract for the $400 million consent decree to AECOM in 2016.  However, the Jackson City Council's Rules Committee rejected the contract twice.  Earlier post.


39 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is awful. Yet Yarber looks like Churchill compared to Lumumba.

Anonymous said...

So it would cost $1 billion to fix Jackistan's sewer system. That would grease a lot of palms, right?

cholly said...

Hmmm, a mayor of Jackson fighting irrationally for a company to feed at the taxpayer trough.

It is deja vu' all over again.

ZOINKS Scoob! said...

I read the linked articles. Interesting corruption to say the least. Club Derrty? Parties for the Jackson Mayor (Yarber) in Atlanta? Steering a contract for the water and sewer projects in Jackson? Minority participation? Richard's Construction?

Fast forward to now? Chowke partying it up in Atlanta? Let's go back to that defunct bar in Texas, what was it called? Club Derrty? Where can we make a connection to Chowke defending a local bar....and Mitzi Bickers.....do she go by "MB" as in M-Bar?

Anonymous said...

Thanks for following this, KF.

Anonymous said...

Mitzi “Fake Christian” Bickers.

Anonymous said...

Chokwe confuses petulance - like a small child - with "an emergency"....and will likely have a spanking forthcoming.

Anonymous said...

Too many up and coming black politicians don’t even realize they are being played. Yarber and the like just think this is how things work. Now Lumumba knows better and he does it anyway.

Stokes is looking better by the day.

Anonymous said...

Yarber has obviously cut a deal for his testimony. He forgot to mention whores at his disposal, strip parties he was invited to and certain other orgasmic experiences. He also forgot to mention (speculating here) the time the feds sent a limo to take him up to Yazoo to tour the federal penitentiary...just to give him an idea of what might be in his future.

But, he's a Godly man now and, like his white brother in Christ, Jimmy Swaggart, has repented and all that stuff is behind him.

Ghost of Jerry Falwell said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...Mitzi “Fake Christian” Bickers.
March 19, 2022 at 6:48 AM

Let's not forget Tony "Fake Christian" Yarber. Both are anointed ministers of the gospel.

Don't chunk this post JJ. It's a well known fact. If she's a 'fake Christian', so is he. No Christian would do what she's done and no Christian (minister) would participate as he has in the pleasures of the flesh she provided.

anonymous said...

to 7:32, you sound like archer maggot the religious wack played by telly savalas in the film the dirty dozen............'' it's judgement day sinners''

Anonymous said...

This does not make it right

But jackson council members have been taking bribes for decades.

I know some people who paid $30,000 40 years ago in a bag to get a variance.

It’s always been dirty.

Anonymous said...

Jackson reminds me of the Al Capone run Chicago years ago. Murders, crime, graft associated with infrastructure upkeep, etc.

Anonymous said...

How convenient for so-called 'christians' to disavow that crooks of their cloth aren't really christians. Jimmy Swaggert, Jerry Falwell JR, Jim Bakker, Jim Boob Duggar, no lack of these charlatons in the christian flock. Churches like PALACES! Tithe or else YOU KNOW WHAT!

It's almost like the christian flock is easy to fool perhaps they LIKE getting fleeced by by these types.

Also we would be failing to cover all the verses of Phariseeing the 'modern christian way' if we didn't mention expensive cars and FANCY homes owned by 'churches' where the ministers and family live .

Anonymous said...

The moss point mayor is in fed prison along with his wife… I’m shocked Chokwe isn’t already doing time

Anonymous said...

8:54 - you are so misinformed. You obviously think that a Christian must be poor, shabbily dressed and drive a 1972 Impala. You must also think Christians do no wrong, make no mistakes and are free of sin. If you don't know what your talking about, keep your ignorance to yourself.

Anonymous said...

Everyday I read all these comments from people who appear to be surprised by what goes on in Jackson; everything from the crime to the way city government is run. It's the Democrat way. When you find a community that is 80%+ Democrat like Jackson is you're going to find incompetence, crime, and graft. That's just the way it is. Put them in charge of almost anything and it turns to crap.

Here we go said...

I'll be right back. Heading to Kroger to load up on popcorn.

Anonymous said...

...and drive a 1972 Impala...

1972 was a good year for the Impala.

Anonymous said...

Did she also help with Tony T's mortgage disappearing?

Anonymous said...

Damn. I thought this was about Hugh Freeze' recruiting at OM.

Anonymous said...

@9:19
I just think Christians are merely easier to fleece since they prove every Sunday how much nonsense they will swallow as the truth!
And they often deflect from their cons with public displays of prayer and righteousness. How often are meeting among government officials opened with prayer in Mississippi? It’s all prt of the confidence in the “con”

Anonymous said...

If Chowke is taking bribes or benefiting in anyway from city contracts, Shad or the Feds should have all they need by now to prove a case. What are they waiting for? I wonder sometimes if some are just reaching for a crime that isn't there.

Anonymous said...

Hey, 9:19, leave the ‘72 Impalas out of this, especially if equipped with the TJ 454. Now, ‘77 to ‘85 Impalas? Those sucked. Use those years for your example.

Anonymous said...

Does Bickers have one of those *clergy* stickers or car tag holders on her vehicle? Most scam artists that proclaim they are preachers do.

Something something said...

It used to be that you had to fly to Vegas to have all of that fun. Now all you have to do is become a Jackistan politician and go to Atlanta.

Anonymous said...

@9:22 AM
Nah son, like yourself, they just like to hear themselves talk.

Anonymous said...

@9:22 is correct.

Anonymous said...

Graft and corruption have been the mother's milk of modern municipal government. These new hustlers have observed this stuff as children and were told about it by their elders so they couldn't wait to take their turn at the wheel. Because they were smart and slick enough to get elected or get a cushy position they figure they are just as slick as their predecessors so they figure they won't get caught either. What they forget is that things have changed, they do not have the "good ole boy network' or syndicate that old time Democrat politicians once depended on. In years past, kickbacks, bootlegging, bid-rigging, nepotism, etc. was all part of doing business in the city and county, you didn't have to be slick, just part of the network. But now if your ass is not covered you will get caught. Today you are being watched. Times have changed, Mitzi, Yarber.

Anonymous said...

A beautiful woman accompanied him to "buy clothes."
So, THAT'S what they are calling IT, now!

Anonymous said...

Let’s not forget that this asshole defaulted his mortgage and Wells Fargo let him off, scott free. Didn’t pay out what he owed and kept the house. When I called Wells Fargo to ask how I can get the same deal, they acted surprised. Yet here we are and I’m STILL paying my mortgage to Wells Fargo.

F Yarber. He’s a scum bag.

Same with the current idiot that is in office.

Can’t wait to seem them BOTH go to prison.

Anonymous said...

Yarber was a participant for a good while on the Mississippi Politics Facebook page. He argued with me a lot and frequently accused me of various unethical, racial and moral Lapses. The very idea of this 'clergical scumbag' accusing anybody of ANYthing.

As we speak, he's probably in his church office counseling with a female church member who has found herself in a moment of weakness. Door locked of course.

Anonymous said...

Tony Yarber. I hope you are prosecuted and rot in jail. I cant wait until I see you again around Jackson.

Anonymous said...

For years, the "leadership" of Jackson has been no better than the charlatans at Express Grain.

Anonymous said...

@6:11 PM
What are you gonna do when you see him on the streets? Pull out your phone and leave another comment in the comment section. You don't want that real-life smoke.

Anonymous said...

8:36 am
Yes and Louis and Bo and them got caught when they were askin' for "their equity" on those variance calls

Anonymous said...

6:11 - Last I heard he 'has' a church. He's like a book of Green Stamps. Done been redeemed.

Anonymous said...

9:01 - Is that supposed to be a threat? The guy will be an absolute Christmas gift in prison, a cream-filled, chocolate cupcake...with a cherry on top. Hat tip to the one who gets the cherry.

Anonymous said...

Playing under the table to get a license to operate as a disadvantaged business while living in a $775,000 house. Sounds about right.


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