Lumberton Informer

Many of you read the "Recap of the June 5, 2012 Board Meeting" post where I made some disparing remarks about one of the persons that read (drives the truck) water meters. Somehow, everyone that had a loved one on the meter truck felt attacked. So, let me give you the break down of what happened and what I posted because it's obvious there is a real issue with reading and comprehension. I posted the following: ". . .for the most part, the Lumberton Public Works Department has an uneducated staff. . .The board need to stop their bickering and hire one meter reader to read the meters. . they should pay them somewhere between .50-.75/meter and make sure they can pass a 6th grade math test. . .City hall keeps losing money in the water department because they had to hire a reading rider because the clerks got tired of giving Roy turn by turn directions . ." That's part of what I said. .the rest is in the blog. . Now, this is the response from the wife of one of...

Recently, the Pearl River Board of Supervisors had to make some serious cuts in their budget and they cut $50,000 from the budget of the library and all government employees, must take a furlough of one day every other week. It was said that in tough times, tough decisions must be made. At this moment, the Lamar County Board of Supervisors haven't completed work on their new budget. Hopefully, the cuts made in support to the Pat Harrison Water Way District will help them in the services they provide to the citizens of Lamar County. It's not certain if they are going to make any cuts to the Lamar County Library, but it is a possibility. In this day and age, it seems that politicians seem to think they can force departments to make brick without straw. There has been a barrage of news reports about the proposed one cent tax increase in Pearl River County. It seems that city, county, state and federal agencies think they can raise revenue without raising taxes. Sorry, but it...

The other day, it was reported that Alderman at Large was present for the certification of the votes. What are his motives for being there? It's strange that he has time to attend that meeting but couldn't make room in his schedule to attend the board meeting to vote on a new insurance carrier. I don't know why this election was so important to Gibson, but sooner or later, his true motives will show in the voting pattern. We probably will never understand the TRUE motives behind Gibson political aspirations, but I have a theory on why he ran in the first place. For those of you that might not remember, some years ago, Gibson applied for the position of Public Works Director. Holder and Rogers were serving as aldermen at the time. For some reason, Gibson wasn't hired; a perfume attendant was. I think over the years, Gibson has let that moment build up and now that he's an elected official of Lumberton, he's using his position/influence to run this city into th...

Sometimes I come across posts that are just fitting for what I need to say. This morning's post will come from the Book of Pat (L). . Thanks, friend. . "After much deliberation, this is my conclusion!!!! I think I know why I offend some people. Sometimes people harbor feelings they don't want to be reminded they have. If you are one of those people then YOU should be ashamed of yourself (not the other way around). Trying to make me feel inadequate for expressing myself won't help your dilemma. Did I make you "SEE" yourself for who you REALLY are? I mean, why jump on MY blog and basically tell me to stop using it for my own personal motives. You use it the way you choose with your cowardly, anonymous, baseless remarks; so don’t question me when I do the same!!!! Don't get it twisted rabble rousers . . .I’m not asking permission and you don't have to attend this party. If you invite yourself just remember who invaded whose space! I am happy with ...

There is a special election being held today to fill the position vacated by Rebecca Hale. The residents of Ward 2 will vote to select a new representative. They will be choosing between Deborah Gallagher and Jay McGraw. It is rare to have two well-loved, well-respected individuals running for the same position. It's going to be a tough choice for the residents of Ward 2 because both of the candidates will be a welcomed addition to this administration. Good luck and regardless of who wins, it seems that Ward 2 will have a winner representing them at the next board meeting. Hopefully, the winner of this special election won't change after taking the oath of office or at least remember the oath while voting on issues of the city.

This post was inspired by a Facebook friend. Over the weekend, I was looking at the weekly reports and suggestions I received about my blogger account and I was surprised to see the listing of the my top 10 blog posts. Now, the self-righteous, holier than thou crew want to act like no one is reading the blog and talk about how it's a waste of time, but the numbers are telling a different story. The top three stories as of 06/21/2012 are as follows: Woman's Worth had 1,217 views, Recap of June 5, 2012 Board Meeting had 1,092 views and Making Adjustments had 987 views and that's not including the views via Facebook. There's this sentiment that I shouldn't say negative, but true, things about people and that I should post more positive stories. I agree that the blog should be more balanced, but the City of Lumberton is dying because people are electing incompetent individuals because of church/club affiliation instead of electing people that want to see Lumberton thri...

The other day on facebook I posted the following: When I blog.. I offend white people. When I post on my facebook wall. . I offend black people. . I guess I have to start offending Mexicans on my twitter account. São momentos que serão pra sempre, momentos inesquecíveis, agradeço aos amigos que Deus me deu, agradeço a esses anjos que foram enviados para fazer parte da minha vida, essas pessoas maravilhosas que são meu motivo de estar rindo é com ele...s meu melhor sorriso, meu maior abraço, minha melhor história, minha melhor intenção, toda minha compreensão são com vocês ! Nada nem mesmo o tempo será capaz de apagar tudo que já passei ao lado de vocês e tudo que ainda pretendo passar !EU AMO VOCÊS ♥ Sorry for the errors in subject/verb agreement. . Spanish was my minor not my major. Buenos dais!

With all that took place today, most of the comments/questions I received today was what did you mean when you said you were going to spill the tea? Well. . .the term spill the tea is a phrased used by the urban rainbow kids. "Tea" signifies a piece of sensitive and possibly highly sought-after information or tidbit. (Imagine you were listening in on a conversation between the Ratchet Boys: Emmanuel and Phillip..go to YouTube. . they're the urban rainbow kids general.)Here's the example of the tee: Emmanuel: Did you hear the tea about Malysia Denise Palin? Phillip: Nah gurra, what's the tea? Emmanuel: The tea is that she dropped out of school to do bareback porn. Phillip: Bish duh! That ain't no tea. That's just some water with a lemon in it. Now you know what it means to spill the tea.

I just received an update from the Steve Harvey "The Defination of Manhood" mentoring program that's taking place this weekend and I thought of the late Rev. Michael Edwards, Sr., Lumberton's own version of Steve Harvey. Rev. Edwards had a straight forward way of telling it like it is and he was always dressed to the nines. As I thought back on the times we shared, I realized that he's been a spiritual father. He truly help me establish a firm foundation for my Christian life and taught be not to do things well, but exceedinly well. I remember how he put me in charge of doing a lot of his paper work, despite my lack of confidence. He also started a bible class where we actually went through the bible, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. Somehow, bible study at most churches has become another sermon of the week. I remember all the summer trips he scheduled and the fun times we had going to Disney in Orlando, FL, Six Flags in Houston, TX, and the historical trips ...

There are times when the mentally challenged muster up enough gumption and attempt to tell me that I should be ashamed of the things I blog about. They say that it's not based on facts, that I like to stir the pot, I'm not a journalist and I shouldn't allow certain things to be posted on my blog. There are a select few that says if I allow a comment to be posted on my blog, then I agree with the comment because I didn't delete the comment. How stupid! The things I say and believe are listed under my name. Now, if the City of Lumberton wasn't filled with so many cowardly people, I wouldn't have to monitor the comments, but since no one wants to register, because they want to say vile things they would never have the audacity to say without hiding behind their sheet of anonymity,I have a fellow blogger review/approve the comments because I don't want to be biased in what I select. But the point I wanted to make was the news threads that are often filled with ...

The other week, I posted something to the effect that Hobson knew that Lumberton was differnt at night and knew that most police officers should be on nights and weekends. Well, things have changed. I still think more officers should partol during the night because we have a group of young boys that probably don't get out of bed until the sun goes down. I think it was wrong to ascribe credit to Hobson regarding the night patrol because he used fear tactics to try and take a grip on the city. He wanted people to be fearful and fearful people are liable to do anything; especially when backed into a corner. However, unlike all these so called gangstas and wanksters, I didn't run nor cower when Hobson chose to target me because of things I've said on facebook and on the blog. There are times I think that Hobson could have been an effective officer here in Lumberton, but we all know that when you throw dirt, you lose ground. Last night, I had a Hobson flashback. I was parking a...

Many of us, including me...sometimes can not or do not comprehend street language. In today's world young people have their own language. If you ever get in a conversation with anyone under the age of 30 you are in for a new selected word processing. I said under 30 but there are some older men that try to act like they are younger and look like idiots when speaking like this. There are some older men that wear their clothes like the younger generation and look like idiots. Some people today can not even speak in a professional language. Please do not ask them to write a sentence using correct punctuation and spelling. I was reading my Niece FB page and she and her friends were talking and I could have sworn they were speaking in a foreign language. Oh my word...texting. I can not understand the text language. I am always asking.....what? or What does that mean. Street Translations: 1. (That ninja aint ish) = A guy treated her wrong. 2. (You trippin') = " Your behavi...

Now don't expect to ride into this city and see amusement park rides, a petting zoo, or even well-manicured lawns. I call it Neverland because they never want anything productive to happen. One of the most productive places in Lumberton is the library; there's always something going on and the branch manager/friends of the library are always working on new projects to get more people involved. But there are still issues there, but hey it's expected for a place that stores magazines. Now, the rest of the city could take a que from a place that has become the city's most effective visitor's center. Whenever people need information, they go to the libray, whenever people need a phone number, they go to the library, whenever people need help with a report, fax, etc. they go to the library. Exercise programs are at the library, reading programs are at the library, tutoring services come to the library. But this post was not supposed to be about the library, it was suppo...

I usually don't blog on the weekend, but since the Lumberton Library is open on Saturday, I decided to join all the (according to an anonymous commenter/coward) other jobless, friendless, poor people that can't afford a computer of their own. For the record, I must be in good company because there was a wait list for the computers. Anyway, let's not focus on the haters and focus on the good news that happened this week. I would like to share a bit of good news. For those of you that were wondering why I added the banner on the page that kept track of the visitors to the site. Well, a few weeks ago, I was notified that I reached the pinnacle number and I signed a contract to get paid for advertisement banners. It's only on a trial basis, but in the meantime, I will be getting paid and to think that the people that visited my blog just to leave their anonymous, hateful comments helped to make this happen. And I just want to say, "Thank You!" In other good n...

I really wasn't planning on blogging today, but after the chilly reception I received this morning, I thought what the heck. Before entering the room, there was loud chatter/laughing but it quickly turned to side-eyed stares and hushed tones. I wonder what caused that reaction. Could it have been something I said on my facebook page? I was scrolling through facebook and I came upon a friend's status and I told her I was going to use it because it was so fitting; especially for today. Her post read as follows: "To anyone that may ever be offended by any of my words or actions, remember I don't have to get permission to speak or act. My words may not be what you want to see nor hear which is why you have da option to scroll past. I'm sick of people trying to make something out of everything and trying to dictate others actions. Ask yourself what do I lose without this person. If da answer is nothing, you still have a winning hand." Now, I couldn't have sai...

Business as usual in the City of Lumberton. Again, the elected officials wanted to show those that elected them that they really are not concerned about them. The meeting went pretty good at the beginning, with the exception of a few stray citizen comments. Eugene Underwood was on the agenda to address the board and they took that as an opportunity to say they need citizens to submit a letter outlining what they need to address the board about. The board never offers solutions to any of the questions being asked, so why they need to have preview of what is going to be said. They get their board packets prior to every meeting and you can tell they're not reading that, but they want to get citizens to submit a letter in order to be added to the agenda. Just another control issue and a way to make sure they're not there if someone has an issue that the board does not want to address. There were more issues with the water bills. All over the city, there have been spikes in water b...

There was a lot of news stories printed over the weekend. For instance, I found out that the Lamar County Board of Supervisors withdrew their financial support from Little Black Creek back in September of 2011, when Ben Winston was still on the board. In an article in the Hattiesburg American, it was revealed that the Pat Harrison Water District has enough money to keep the facility open, but they closed the waterpark in an effort to get enough citizens ensensed; hoping they would pressure the Lamar County Board of Supervisors into changing the decision that was made by the previous board members. Talk about cutting your nose to spite your face. Also in the news this weekend was a letter that was submitted by a Petal teacher to the Hattiesburg American, "The cat that swallowed the canary 'PERS'. Brenda Daily outlined how the PERS (Public Employee Retirement System) is under attack and this attack is at the behest of the Republican Party. The Republicans have managed to ...