Jackson Jambalaya

Proving Lee is even dumber than the average council member.

So is Lee's campaign debt now paid for? Or did the FBI go and get its money back after hooking Lee, reeling her in, and putting her in the live well?

Even Virgi can outwit the FBI's finest (Famous But Incompetent).

Virgi doesn't seem to be the type who can be bought with shoes, purses, etc. She seems more like a single-malt type.

Did Brian Grizzell take a meeting.. he’s been pretty quiet lately..

impeach the mayor

You have to put this into context. Anyone with any sense at all will be skeptical of anyone wanting to invest in certain things in Jackson. It goes to show the mentality of Lee. Maybe this will be the start of changing the culture of this town. And that's the problem in Jackson. We have nurtured a culture that's going to be hard to change.

Obviously they didn't email her the invitation or she would have never known about it.

Removed Hoover's name from FBI buildings. He is a disgrace.

Nothing coming out of Jackson government surprises me. But Jody Owens? It just does not add up. Why would Jody attend a meeting to feel out "how things get done?" He has been here all of his life, he doesn't need to ask questions like that. I think some people are going to be very surprised when the final chapter of this book comes out.

If those idiot FBI agents went undercover in the drug world what would happen to them? They were bad at their cover. They couldn’t even look professional. I’m old enough to remember when the FBI was good at its job and nailed corrupt sheriffs and solved gangster style hits. These clowns might as well be writing parking tickets. FBI is really big time these days.

KF's description of Virgi brings to mind the old denial of being a fool:
"I may have been born at night, but not last night."
BTW, did Lil Choke turn down a free meal, bag of cash and a tony shopping spree from undercover FBI?

My question is - Did the FBI try to bribe Kenny Stokes?

I think what this may be showing is that Owen’s was caught a long time ago and is/was acting as an informant for the FBI under a plea agreement.

They should have offered her a shopping spree at Kohl’s.
G.

Re the WLBT story at https://www.wlbt.com/2024/08/20/youve-got-more-votes-coming-recording-reveals-talks-between-former-jackson-councilwoman-fbi-informants/ , I wonder who the 4th councilperson is that WLBT knows met with the undercover FBI informants who were posing as developers. Quote from the WLBT article:
"It is believed that Owens introduced the agents to Lee and other council members in an attempt to elicit bribes. WLBT knows of at least four council members who met with the informants including Ward 1 Councilman Ashby Foote and Ward 5 Councilman Vernon Hartley."
That's in addition to Virgi Lindsay.
So who's the 4th one WLBT knows about?

From the article:
>If Lee is convicted she faces up to five years in prison, a fine of not more than $250,000, up to three years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. She also must forfeit all the property she received in the form of bribes.
Lee was convicted. She volunteered a pleading of Guilty. WLBT do better.

August 21, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Our state doesn't have legislation to impeach a sitting mayor.

“I felt like it was a meeting where..."
How did this syntactic error ever become commonplace? Proper phrasing would include, "...felt THAT it was a...".

I think what's being claimed here is that the FBI boys were ill-prepared, didn't really know what the hell they were doing and stumbled over their own feet.

If they had been better prepared, every councilman/woman would have rolled over and taken the bait. So, let's not credit it to honesty and integrity.

PS: Who in the business world is invited to a fancy place for dinner and picks up her own ticket? Nobody!

Did the FBI try to bribe Stokes? Good question I guess. He is on city council. But I’ve heard Stokes called a lot of things, good and bad. Corrupt is not one of them.

The FBI took cell phones from city hall as well, so it should be interesting to see if they got anything interesting from the mayor and his staff.

Wonder how many deep sighs of relief there were from the council? Wonder if Mr. Mayor has received and all clear signa yet?

FBI did right and caught sleazy COJ Council members. Obviously none of you have ever seen the FBI in action. They showed up at MISSCO for a girl named Suzanne who had done a pigeon drop in LA and was wanted on a ULFTP. She was taking money from Brian Lampton too until his sister was called! Evil lives among us & does it really matter how the FBI dressed or acted because they still got some criminals!

Every sentence "is like" includes "like." I don't like it.

Rukia can't fill out the paperwork fast enough. Right?

I'm dumb. Your saying Rukia (Mayor sister) is going to run for Lee's position? Now, I'm dumb struck!

@5:44 - A few years ago my son had to interview a public official to earn a Boy Scout badge. He interviewed Virgi, and we met at a coffee shop. She paid for her coffee and said that as public official, she couldn't accept anything from us - not even a cup of coffee from a teenager. That's the kind of person who gets invited to a business dinner at a nice restaurant and pays for her own meal.

Ely's? Why not Char.

@ 7:11 - You mention 'members' (caught) and (got some) 'criminals', both in the plural sense. Any particular reason you're of the opinion more than Lee were 'caught'.

1:00 pm, you beat me to it. Where’s Grizzell in all this? I recall him and Lee being the two prime players in helping the mayor install Richard’s Disposal during the garbage contract debacle. He’s sure been quiet lately.

11:16 Char is Chokwe's spot. They didn't want to get their cover blown. The Fibbies are here for him in the end, at least that's what I believe.

Several council members said the people did not look or act like business men so they didn't take the bait. Would they have taken the bait if the men would have been better actors?

Why is Virgi Lindsey being called a liar?