tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post7895147702165476882..comments2024-03-19T01:55:36.211-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: Allstate accuses Baker & Butler of securities fraud on Lost Wabbit bondsKingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-10940407862382119842011-12-03T19:59:15.481-06:002011-12-03T19:59:15.481-06:00Keep in mind one thing, you are getting stuck with...Keep in mind one thing, you are getting stuck with the assessments while the old owners are more than likely not.Kingfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-24507911795769539472011-12-03T19:58:05.363-06:002011-12-03T19:58:05.363-06:00KF is right, but there is a buyers market of highe...KF is right, but there is a buyers market of highend properties across the Metro Jax area. The concern out at LR is the overlay of legal issues that could wind up making that "great buy" a money pit.<br /><br />Way to go LSU. There is no better team out there!KaptKangaroohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04205368935149517936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-2920055016552976992011-12-03T19:18:33.856-06:002011-12-03T19:18:33.856-06:00Best advice I can give you is it is literally a bu...Best advice I can give you is it is literally a buyer's market in LR. Also, if you buy, plan on keeping it because well, not much is selling out there. Just thought I'd point that out while hammered on Maker's Mark.Kingfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-12970066403788699102011-12-03T19:00:16.474-06:002011-12-03T19:00:16.474-06:00Read this entire blog (and got quite a few laughs ...Read this entire blog (and got quite a few laughs might I add!) We are anticipating a transfer to the area and spent some time recently in Lost Rabbit...absolutely love the architecture and feel of the neighborhood! It's ashamed about all of the troubles there as we would love to live there! Looked at a couple of other neighborhoods in the area too and they don't even compare in character and feel (Reunion for example). I believe we would have to take the risk, purchase a lot and build a home in LR (there's no white guilt here...LOL!). Btw, we now live outside of D.C. and the whole neighborhood with shops, grocery store, etc thing is way overated...I would much prefer the peace and quiet of LR!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-55404240764815675892011-08-01T06:45:28.254-05:002011-08-01T06:45:28.254-05:00Whoever believes an 'exit off the Trace' w...Whoever believes an 'exit off the Trace' was possible for LR has no clue how the Department of The Interior functions. The feds have absolutely no interest in providing a thoroughfare for commuters. Look at what commuting has done for the Trace through Ridgeland with traffic backed up for miles on all major arteries trying to access the Trace. <br /><br />'Walk to work and school'? Puleeze. The nearest school is right at five miles. Kids today don't walk five miles in six months time. <br /><br />If I lived in LR, I'd be objecting to all the folks parking in the street. A firetruck can't get down some of those streets. <br /><br />'Bait Store'? Puleeze, again. We all know the proletariat does not have access to a ramp or fishing bucket at LR and the bait the residents use is flown in from Paris. <br /><br />Using Burwell's logic (and a few geniuses on this site), the water inside the small slip-harbor belongs to the Rabbitians. However, you wan't see that claim being made. <br /><br />PS: ChokeMe Lumumba rode through there the other day in Blackmon's Bentley and six 'for sale' signs went up within hours.Shadowfaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-54362178084364697552011-07-30T12:43:36.310-05:002011-07-30T12:43:36.310-05:00I see on WLBT's website that Allstate has drop...I see on WLBT's website that Allstate has dropped the suit.Burkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-46410451009648564892011-07-29T07:59:10.384-05:002011-07-29T07:59:10.384-05:00... hell, I can't afford the house I have now!...<i>... hell, I can't afford the house I have now!</i><br /><br />Affordability. The metro is littered with partially completed high end subs where the developers took leave of their senses and succumbed to the false economy of cheap money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-26891825326328563212011-07-29T07:47:55.637-05:002011-07-29T07:47:55.637-05:007:18, good point: it does seem a little too "...7:18, good point: it does seem a little too "planned," like someone's desktop idea of what a community should be like.<br /><br />Not that I have any prospect of living there -- hell, I can't afford the house I have now!Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325205512110155291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-45545398498143437252011-07-29T07:18:39.841-05:002011-07-29T07:18:39.841-05:00Even with the exit to the trace (which was always ...Even with the exit to the trace (which was always a long shot), the concept was/is flawed because the commercial area is too removed so it could only be for the people at lost rabbit. No one will drive out to lost rabbit for coffee or ice cream except the people living there so the only businesses who will make a go of it there are those convenience businesses like a drug store or a small grocery. The roads out there are weirdly laid out. you cant go two feet without having to stop or turn. there's no real main street and the "center" is way off to the north. if it ever gets completely built then maybe it will flourish, but thats just seems too unlikely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-59947623936953740012011-07-28T23:39:06.489-05:002011-07-28T23:39:06.489-05:00Lost Rabbit was the name for that property for a l...Lost Rabbit was the name for that property for a long long time before that development ever came into existence. Teenagers used to hunt and get drunk there in the 1960s. They shot a rabbit, left it where they shot it, and when they went back to get it and cook it, they couldn’t find it. That land has been known as Lost Rabbit ever since.<br /><br />Also, all of you who are bemoaning the location are forgetting the following: LR banked on getting an exit off the Natchez Trace Parkway, which never came through. If that had happened, LR would be a hop skip and a jump (!) from the Natchez Trace exit on I-55. Hoy Road was NEVER supposed to be the primary way to get to LR. It is a project that had phenomenal local talent involved like Michael Barranco (rest his wonderful soul) and others, but for various reasons has been beset with problems. I do think it will work out eventually in the long run, perhaps when Hoy Road is widened that will help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-51973464120348858912011-07-28T22:13:46.982-05:002011-07-28T22:13:46.982-05:00Honestly, I don't think naming the development...Honestly, I don't think naming the development "Lost Rabbit" did it any favors. What is that supposed to signify or what image am I supposed to conjure up? Why not "Baffled Bunny" or "Thoughtful Hare"?<br /><br />Lost Rabbit sounds like redneck slang for going nowhere fast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-15947939507861311942011-07-28T19:47:19.363-05:002011-07-28T19:47:19.363-05:00It appears Allstate has filed a Notice of Dismissa...It appears Allstate has filed a Notice of Dismissal "without" prejudice, so this may be a temporary lull in the battle or the firms quietly settled but will now publicly act with rightous indignation. Very interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-6422515737203426062011-07-28T16:41:50.615-05:002011-07-28T16:41:50.615-05:00Duany is a "dare to be great" type con m...Duany is a "dare to be great" type con man. He has a national network of sales reps.One size fits all and all need it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-72580049891156534362011-07-28T16:13:20.802-05:002011-07-28T16:13:20.802-05:002:12 - I think con is harsh. I do think it was ill...2:12 - I think con is harsh. I do think it was ill-conceived. The 2000s love affair with New Urbanism has peaked and Lost Rabbit was an attempt to fit it into a non-urban setting. The whole motivation for this model is the option to bring everyone together, where residents can walk to work, shop, school, church, etc.<br /><br />It's a sweet idea - part Mayberry, part 1930s Paris, but it just doesn't translate as well as advertised. It is a cruel bit of irony that LR residents have to drive <i>everywhere</i>, moreso even than those in less hip neighborhoods like Northbay and Wright's Mill. The most retail LR will see (if any) is a fancy convenience store/bait shop and maybe a small cafe.<br /><br />This model has had more success in Fondren than anywhere else in the Jackson area. I know they're trying to push it over by JSU in the University Place development. Stand or fall, both of those locations are better suited to such a layout than a remote boat ramp off the Trace.<br /><br />I drive through LR every so often and almost every completed home has a for sale sign in front. There are a few hardy residents, but most people aren't as Pavlovian as the hipsters in Fondren and, therefore, aren't rushing to dump loads of cash into little more than a nice idea. It's a shame that cooler heads didn't prevail, because the development could have been nice. As it stands, it will be years (decades even) before LR becomes fully occupied. <br /><br />Honestly, I think I'll see water taxis ferrying people to Hotel Valencia before Lost Rabbit is fully occupied.Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15736004203099043644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-70815177012601487422011-07-28T14:12:25.251-05:002011-07-28T14:12:25.251-05:0012:17, Lost Rabbit is a good development located i...12:17, Lost Rabbit is a good development located in the proper place , which is not in the middle of no where. And on the edge of a small metro area with a dying central city. For new this plan to work there has to be a lot of people and it just be large enough to support business as well.This deal was a con all the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-84936851755060020982011-07-28T14:12:11.572-05:002011-07-28T14:12:11.572-05:00I see that C.E Frazier Construction Company has a ...I see that C.E Frazier Construction Company has a new location in Destin! Wonder how long the fraud will last there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-41907225724210615642011-07-28T13:22:32.196-05:002011-07-28T13:22:32.196-05:0011:48
Okay young Watkins, please direct me to the ...11:48<br />Okay young Watkins, please direct me to the site that lists the occupancy rates for these properties. Surely there is a way to verify what you and your daddy are saying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-85417779759822669632011-07-28T13:15:30.584-05:002011-07-28T13:15:30.584-05:00Since both the King Edward and the Standard Life a...<i>Since both the King Edward and the Standard Life and all of the other apartments in downtown Jackson are full, I guess some people have chosen to disagree with you by their simple action of moving.</i><br /><br />You think your point is proven by the occupancy of a staggering 140 (total) apartments in the KE & SL buildings? BFD. Jackson loses more population in one year than the grand total living in all apartments downtown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-66256058159027438792011-07-28T12:40:01.835-05:002011-07-28T12:40:01.835-05:00i refuse to believe that a lawyer of such an elite...i refuse to believe that a lawyer of such an elite firm would ever be accused of FRAUD... what has the world come to. Maybe these guys can rep the fraziers and throw both of these bond issues in one case and have a towffer... Astonished at the accusationsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-75287114665643894622011-07-28T12:17:15.122-05:002011-07-28T12:17:15.122-05:00Lost Rabbit has a lot of potential, and there is n...Lost Rabbit has a lot of potential, and there is nothing like it in the entire state. Now is the time to buy if you can get a deal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-3698366944769762792011-07-28T11:48:49.578-05:002011-07-28T11:48:49.578-05:00"Jacktroit"??? Geez, and you don't..."Jacktroit"??? Geez, and you don't call this Jackson bashing and you consider yourself enlightened? By who's standards? I don't know what about the denigration of downtown Jackson is all about. Since both the King Edward and the Standard Life and all of the other apartments in downtown Jackson are full, I guess some people have chosen to disagree with you by their simple action of moving. Parlor Market is an outstanding restaurant, by anybody's standards. <br /><br />It also looks like there are enough problems and challenges to go around with everybody and everywhere in the metro area. Ask Barksdale/Buster Bailey/Andrew Mattiace why the Renaissance isn't totally full, as they had projected, and why they don't have the same "high dollar" stores they projected. Ask BS and BD and LR developer if all is rosy in their non-downtown development project. <br /><br />Just saying . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-23496033234783443402011-07-28T11:44:06.422-05:002011-07-28T11:44:06.422-05:00Anon 9:57 and 10:02 --
Really? Why the negative ...Anon 9:57 and 10:02 -- <br /><br />Really? Why the negative comments about Jackson?<br /><br />I took the time to read the 2003 article you linked from Jackson Free Pravda. <br /><br />Very first comment after the article:<br /><br /><i>And I'll betcha that the residents of Lost Rabbit will be, at the minimum, 95+% white.</i><br /><br />Then, the Queen of White Guilt Liberalism herself, Ladd, chimes in: <br /><br /><i>I thought that, too, when hearing about how much the property and building is going to cost. With the current income break-outs in the area, that's probably the sad truth.</i><br /><br />You get it? Even when the Bolshevik publisher says something nominally positive about Madison, his readers and "girl"friend start playing the race card right out of the gate.<br /><br />To the Fondrenites, if you elect not to live somewhere with lousy schools and where criminals rampage with impugnity, you're a racist. Pure and simple.<br /><br />To hell with the City of Jackson, the people who run it, and their white-guilt enablers/apologists at the JFP. The place is a sewer.J. Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03098471986323051418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-64130421611327452062011-07-28T11:24:02.754-05:002011-07-28T11:24:02.754-05:00"If Jackson continues to dwindle, it will imp..."If Jackson continues to dwindle, it will impact the entire region, so we're all invested in the rise or fall of the city."<br /><br />A contagion theory and a myth not supported by the facts on the ground. On par with the creative claptrap Allen spreads about Mississippi, the state, losing another Congressional seat if Jackson, the city, isn't mortgaged to the hilt to rebuild downtown. Spare us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-45608343586806003802011-07-28T11:03:09.641-05:002011-07-28T11:03:09.641-05:009:22
Duany is the prophet for the Free Pressers an...9:22<br />Duany is the prophet for the Free Pressers and all the self-proclaimed hipster architects (young and old). But, I guess they are one and the same.<br />10:20<br />My day will go SOOO much better to know that you are over the negative remarks about Jacktown. I must say that I find your uncaring remarks about handicap kids out of character for such an enlightened soul. One thing that I guess I'm too ignorant to understand is how it is that Jacktroit continues to decline and yet somehow the surrounding areas continue to thrive. Perhaps you'd be kind enough to educate me about that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-85840460613677888992011-07-28T10:55:20.729-05:002011-07-28T10:55:20.729-05:0010:20 -
I can only speak for myself. My first pos...10:20 -<br /><br />I can only speak for myself. My first post was almost entirely regarding LR (although I did throw a dig in there at the downtown evangelists). The second post was a response to the absurd post about the assault on Jackson by the Renaissance partners.<br /><br />I am a critical voice, but I attempt to direct my criticism at individuals, particularly the senseless voices who endeavor to promote unrealistic ideals and to ignore the problematic realities of the city. Sorry if that bothers you. <br /><br />Solutions? Remove the incompetent and ego-driven city government (Stokes, Lumumba, JohnsonJr.) and quit alienating the white citizenry in some tacit campaign of revenge for the ills of the last century. But these solutions will not be enacted. Instead we'll see more things renamed for Medgar Evers and more money dumped on frivolous projects while the infrastructure continues to fail.<br /><br />When Hovvy repaves Ridgewood Road from Lakeland to County Line and Riverside Drive from Power APAC to the park, that's when I'll believe the corner has been turned, but that ain't happening until there are 35 blues clubs in downtown, at least from what I'm seeing.Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15736004203099043644noreply@blogger.com