By Duncan Eaton
The Braddock Times
Braddock, TX. A gang of "rednecks," one of whom was wearing a "Richard Nixon" mask, smeared dog excrement on Tony Fanuci during a gang attack. The unprovoked ordeal has left the 650 pound victim terrified of walking to the Braddock County Public Library on his own. He was attacked from behind by four or five rednecks as he walked home from BCPL.
Tony Fanuci was walking along Kemellia Ave around 3:30pm when one of the attackers covered his eyes while another held his arms behind his back. A third attacker pulled Fanuci's shorts down and another smeared dog excrement over his lower body. The degrading assault lasted for around a minute before the attackers eventually walked away.
"This is a terrible incident and although Fanuci wasn't injured, he suffered an horrific and humiliating ordeal," said Braddock County Sheriff's Deputy Andrew Young, who added that patrols were being stepped up. The offenders are all described as being between 30 and 50 years and all over 6 ft tall. They were wearing masks and tracksuit bottoms, all grey in color. One of the offenders was wearing a Ronald Reagan mask and shouting obscenities against the "Liberal Librarian" the legal owner and master of Tony Fanuci.
Fanuci later said, "that was the most humiliated I have ever been, and believe me, I know humiliation. I just hope the master isn't too disappointed in me."
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Shocking News at Braddock Church
The Braddock Times - The 75-year-old leader of a Braddock church is at the center of a sex scandal of biblical dimensions: He slept with his nephew's wife and fathered a child by her.
Members of Rev. Dr. Archbishop Curtis Eldorado Lowe's family stood at the pulpit of the Mount Holy Olive People's Temple a few Sundays ago and revealed the secret exposed by a recent court-ordered paternity test. In truth, this is not the first - or even the second - sex scandal to engulf Lowe and the independent, charismatic church. But this time, he could be in trouble with the law for lying under oath about the affair.
The living proof of that lie is 31-year-old Shitifa Shaqueen Moore, the assistant pastor at the church, who for years was known publicly as Lowe's cousin. "I is sawree fo' da damug disi be causing da chuch' and my frunds hu'tby da removing ub da vale dat hid my daddy sinyuns," said Moore, who received the mantle of assistant pastor earlier this year.
Moore said she did not learn the secret of her parentage until the paternity test. "I wuz su'prized," she said. "Tyrone be da daddie ubmy chirrunss, dow, that a fack." Lowe, his nephew, Raeshown, and his sister-in-law, Daqueenesha, did not return calls for comment.
A judge ordered the test at the request of the Braddock County district attorney's office and the Texas Rangers, which are investigating Lowe for possible perjury and false-swearing charges stemming from a lawsuit. The archbishop, his nephew and the church are being sued by formerchurch employee Shamonna Brewer, who says Curtis Lowe manipulated her into an affair last year by telling her it was her only path to salvation. Lowe admitted to the affair in front of the church in June. In a 2006 deposition stemming from the lawsuit, the archbishop said under oath that the only woman he had ever had sex with outside of his marriage was Brewer. But the paternity test said otherwise.
So far no charges have been filed against Curtis Lowe. DistrictAttorney Carl Jones and Ranger spokesman Cordell Walker would not comment.
The shocking results of the paternity test are speeding up a transformation already under way in the church after more than a decade of sex scandals and lawsuits involving Lowe. For years the church was at the forefront of many social movements -admitting mixed marriage members, encouraging open sexual relations, ordaining women and opening its doors to gays.
By soliciting tithes of 40 percent from each member's income, Lowe has been able to build a women's shelter/brothel, wear expensive clothes and jewelry and purchase a Cadillac. At its peak, the church boasted a membership of 1,500. Today, though, membership is down to about 25- a downturn blamed largely on complaints about the alleged sexual transgressions of Lowe.
In 2007, a church member claimed she was pressured into a sexual relationship with Lowe. Other women also claimed they had been coerced into sex with Lowe and other members of the church's administration. The church countered with a $24 million libel suit against seven former church members. The lawsuit was later dropped.
Sejan Royston, who left the church in 2007, started an online support group for former members to discuss their crushed faith and hurt feelings. "This is a cult. And you escape from a cult," she said. "We all escaped."
These days, Lowe, who is also a manager for the WNWA and a maintenance worker at BCPL, has a much-reduced role at the church, giving 10-minute lectures as part of Sunday morning worship each week.
Members of Rev. Dr. Archbishop Curtis Eldorado Lowe's family stood at the pulpit of the Mount Holy Olive People's Temple a few Sundays ago and revealed the secret exposed by a recent court-ordered paternity test. In truth, this is not the first - or even the second - sex scandal to engulf Lowe and the independent, charismatic church. But this time, he could be in trouble with the law for lying under oath about the affair.
The living proof of that lie is 31-year-old Shitifa Shaqueen Moore, the assistant pastor at the church, who for years was known publicly as Lowe's cousin. "I is sawree fo' da damug disi be causing da chuch' and my frunds hu'tby da removing ub da vale dat hid my daddy sinyuns," said Moore, who received the mantle of assistant pastor earlier this year.
Moore said she did not learn the secret of her parentage until the paternity test. "I wuz su'prized," she said. "Tyrone be da daddie ubmy chirrunss, dow, that a fack." Lowe, his nephew, Raeshown, and his sister-in-law, Daqueenesha, did not return calls for comment.
A judge ordered the test at the request of the Braddock County district attorney's office and the Texas Rangers, which are investigating Lowe for possible perjury and false-swearing charges stemming from a lawsuit. The archbishop, his nephew and the church are being sued by formerchurch employee Shamonna Brewer, who says Curtis Lowe manipulated her into an affair last year by telling her it was her only path to salvation. Lowe admitted to the affair in front of the church in June. In a 2006 deposition stemming from the lawsuit, the archbishop said under oath that the only woman he had ever had sex with outside of his marriage was Brewer. But the paternity test said otherwise.
So far no charges have been filed against Curtis Lowe. DistrictAttorney Carl Jones and Ranger spokesman Cordell Walker would not comment.
The shocking results of the paternity test are speeding up a transformation already under way in the church after more than a decade of sex scandals and lawsuits involving Lowe. For years the church was at the forefront of many social movements -admitting mixed marriage members, encouraging open sexual relations, ordaining women and opening its doors to gays.
By soliciting tithes of 40 percent from each member's income, Lowe has been able to build a women's shelter/brothel, wear expensive clothes and jewelry and purchase a Cadillac. At its peak, the church boasted a membership of 1,500. Today, though, membership is down to about 25- a downturn blamed largely on complaints about the alleged sexual transgressions of Lowe.
In 2007, a church member claimed she was pressured into a sexual relationship with Lowe. Other women also claimed they had been coerced into sex with Lowe and other members of the church's administration. The church countered with a $24 million libel suit against seven former church members. The lawsuit was later dropped.
Sejan Royston, who left the church in 2007, started an online support group for former members to discuss their crushed faith and hurt feelings. "This is a cult. And you escape from a cult," she said. "We all escaped."
These days, Lowe, who is also a manager for the WNWA and a maintenance worker at BCPL, has a much-reduced role at the church, giving 10-minute lectures as part of Sunday morning worship each week.
Steelers fan humiliated by "Gate D Party"
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (CBS)
They're subjected to taunting and teasing. Women and men with large breasts are being encouraged to expose themselves. It's happening during halftime at New York Jets football games.
A shocking video that initially surfaced on YouTube has cast a bad light on the Jets and their fans. The video shows what is known as a"Gate D Party," clearly not what most fans pay to see when they come to the team's home games at Giants Stadium.
Mostly male fans pack the stadium's spiral columns, presumably drinking beer, sometimes encouraging young women to lift up their shirts."The fans -- they're excited and stuff like that," said Chino Ramos ofthe Bronx. "They do it in New Orleans all the time. No, I don't have a problem with it."
The gathering is nothing new, but many say it has changed -- for the worse. On Sunday, visiting Steelers fan Tony Fanuci unknowingly walked into the crowd where he says hundreds of men singled him out and screamed for him to show his breasts. "People were touching me and things like that and it was very, very frightening," Fanuci said in a voice eerily reminscent of Curly Howard of the Three Stooges. When Fanuci refused to comply, it got ugly. "They started yelling obscenities and throwing beer bottles, and spitting and it was really intimidating." Fanuci stated "As I was looking for my master, the Liberal Librarian, I saw a security guard walking by. I thought 'Oh great! He'll stop this.' But he didn't. He just kind of was shaking his head. He kind of chuckled to himself. He didn't stop it. He just kept walking."
John Santangelo of West Milford, Conn., said that type of behavior has been prevalent at Jets games for a long time. In a written statement, State Senate President Richard Codey on Tuesday called for the state police and New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to increase security, adding:"Apparently, Gate D stands for drunk and disgusting. It's beyond comprehension why security personnel would tolerate such behavior.
Even with beefed up game day security in the spiral, it's unclear if it would change some of the rowdy behavior. State police and stadium officials say while they will arrest someone for exposing themselves-- there's no public safety concern and nothing illegal about chanting during a football game. However, fans caught harassing anyone will be ejected and if they have season tickets those tickets could be voided. And the Jets released a statement a short time ago, saying "We will not allow a small minority of people to ruin the experience for our fans and will be monitoring the situation."
To Fanuci, that's not nearly good enough."You feel very demoralized when it happens to you," Fanuci said."Whether you're a man or woman. It's public humiliation. And someone should stop it."
Fanuci said the worst part of the ordeal was watching his "beloved Steelers humiliated by the lowly Jets."
They're subjected to taunting and teasing. Women and men with large breasts are being encouraged to expose themselves. It's happening during halftime at New York Jets football games.
A shocking video that initially surfaced on YouTube has cast a bad light on the Jets and their fans. The video shows what is known as a"Gate D Party," clearly not what most fans pay to see when they come to the team's home games at Giants Stadium.
Mostly male fans pack the stadium's spiral columns, presumably drinking beer, sometimes encouraging young women to lift up their shirts."The fans -- they're excited and stuff like that," said Chino Ramos ofthe Bronx. "They do it in New Orleans all the time. No, I don't have a problem with it."
The gathering is nothing new, but many say it has changed -- for the worse. On Sunday, visiting Steelers fan Tony Fanuci unknowingly walked into the crowd where he says hundreds of men singled him out and screamed for him to show his breasts. "People were touching me and things like that and it was very, very frightening," Fanuci said in a voice eerily reminscent of Curly Howard of the Three Stooges. When Fanuci refused to comply, it got ugly. "They started yelling obscenities and throwing beer bottles, and spitting and it was really intimidating." Fanuci stated "As I was looking for my master, the Liberal Librarian, I saw a security guard walking by. I thought 'Oh great! He'll stop this.' But he didn't. He just kind of was shaking his head. He kind of chuckled to himself. He didn't stop it. He just kept walking."
John Santangelo of West Milford, Conn., said that type of behavior has been prevalent at Jets games for a long time. In a written statement, State Senate President Richard Codey on Tuesday called for the state police and New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to increase security, adding:"Apparently, Gate D stands for drunk and disgusting. It's beyond comprehension why security personnel would tolerate such behavior.
Even with beefed up game day security in the spiral, it's unclear if it would change some of the rowdy behavior. State police and stadium officials say while they will arrest someone for exposing themselves-- there's no public safety concern and nothing illegal about chanting during a football game. However, fans caught harassing anyone will be ejected and if they have season tickets those tickets could be voided. And the Jets released a statement a short time ago, saying "We will not allow a small minority of people to ruin the experience for our fans and will be monitoring the situation."
To Fanuci, that's not nearly good enough."You feel very demoralized when it happens to you," Fanuci said."Whether you're a man or woman. It's public humiliation. And someone should stop it."
Fanuci said the worst part of the ordeal was watching his "beloved Steelers humiliated by the lowly Jets."
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
BCPL Hires New Texas Collection Employee
In an attempt to lure the temporarily retired Jabberjaw back to take over the Texas Collection from CityD, Kelly Millis has hired a new Texas Collection Librarian.
"We are so pleased to announce the hiring of Master Harry Bates. Master Bates is an expert genealogist and is well-published. He is a very close, personal friend of mine and of Noah Retro, so we are pleased as punch to offer him our favorite position. He will make a great addition to our staff. While he is more than capable of rebuilding our now ruined Texas Collection, I still prefer to have the experience and friendly nature of Jabberjaw to hold the position, hopefully she will return to lead our genealogy collection for several more decades."
CityD and Steven Grant were unavailable for comment. Library Operations Manager Inez Mitchell said that "I could care less if that fat hog comes back to work here. I never liked the lazy, incompetent old bag anyway. I hoped that by getting rid of (Aaron) Whitaker, she would retire, and in turn, force her geeky husband to follow, but she just took a bunch of leave. It was my goal to shut the collection down by allowing The Liberal Librarian to weed the entire collection and then to put that insane CityD in charge, but alas, Kelly wants to bring Thehuts back."
"We are so pleased to announce the hiring of Master Harry Bates. Master Bates is an expert genealogist and is well-published. He is a very close, personal friend of mine and of Noah Retro, so we are pleased as punch to offer him our favorite position. He will make a great addition to our staff. While he is more than capable of rebuilding our now ruined Texas Collection, I still prefer to have the experience and friendly nature of Jabberjaw to hold the position, hopefully she will return to lead our genealogy collection for several more decades."
CityD and Steven Grant were unavailable for comment. Library Operations Manager Inez Mitchell said that "I could care less if that fat hog comes back to work here. I never liked the lazy, incompetent old bag anyway. I hoped that by getting rid of (Aaron) Whitaker, she would retire, and in turn, force her geeky husband to follow, but she just took a bunch of leave. It was my goal to shut the collection down by allowing The Liberal Librarian to weed the entire collection and then to put that insane CityD in charge, but alas, Kelly wants to bring Thehuts back."
Monday, November 19, 2007
Braddock News Briefs
Braddock Librarian convicted of stealing book from mentally ill man; Judge throws out decision
By TRACY JOHNSON
The Braddock Times
Braddock, TX. A librarian accused of swindling a mentally ill man outof a $10 book and stealing $70,000+ while he was hospitalized for psychiatric care was found guilty Thursday of theft.
A Braddock County jury took about two hours to convict Joseph Paul Paynter, 36, for his part in an alleged scam by librarians at the Braddock County Public Libary in Braddock, Texas. The jury agreed that Paynter stole the book from Billy "CityD" Huffman, 63,through deception, taking advantage of his troubled mental state in what one juror called a sad commentary. "It always amazes me how man can treat his fellow man," juror Mark Knowles said afterward.
Jurors also found that Huffman was a vulnerable victim, which allowed prosecutors to seek a longer sentence than the usual maximum of three months in jail for first-degree theft. "This closes one chapter of a very sad set of circumstances at the Braddock County Public Library," Deputy Prosecutor Tim Leary said. In July 2006, Huffman, who now works at BCPL as Texas Collection Supervisor, arrived at the Braddock County Public Library wearing soiled clothing and bought a discarded book, a Polk City Directory, agreeing to pay a higher than normal price with a pile of $100 bills stuffed in a plastic bag. Prosecutors say Paynter's colleagues heard the mentally troubled man bragging about having more cash at home, so several groups of them went to his apartment to steal it. Paynter and two men accused of taking $70,000 from a dresser will face trial in January. Paynter became involved when the book was impounded and Huffman called the library seeking help. Paynter paid to get the book back and agreed to hold it for Huffman, who by then had been committed for psychiatric care.
Paynter drew up contracts giving him power of attorney over Huffman and brought them to the hospital. Huffman agreed to pay Paynter $15,200 to hand over the book, but he was hospitalized and didn't come up with the money in time. Paynter transferred Huffman's property into his name.
After the verdict was announced Thursday, Paynter said he didn't know what to say about the jury's decision. His friend, Jonathan OliverBlair III, said, "We're disappointed, and we're not done yet." The allegations against Paynter and the other two, Antonio "Da Crunk" Davis and the Rev. Dr. Bishop Curtis Eldorado Lowe, have been blamed for the scandal at the Braddock County Public Library and are at the center of a lawsuit against BCPL director Kelly Millis.
The money was to be put into a trust for Huffman, who now lives in a group home. However, at the last possible moment for a legal maneuver, Judge William J. Jennings acquitted all three of any wrong-doing, and allowed them to keep their "rightfully gained earnings." Jennings also ordered Braddock County to pay the three "wrongfully accused" men $325,000 each for pain and suffering.
In other news at the scandal stricken Library, with the promotion of Inez Mitchell to Library Operations Manager after the retirement of Liz Bien, an interim head of the Research Services Division has been named. Marilyn Krakowski has been named the interim head. The new position carries more responsibility but no increase in pay. Krakwoski said she is happy to have the "opportunity for such a prestigious position at such a prestigious institution. I have a very big seat to fill." Off the record, Krakowski was quoted as saying "I was such a fool." Krakowski has been at the library less than a year and passed over several co-workers, most notably Karma McCarthy, a seven year part-time employee and John Thehut, a 13 year veteran. The library also announced the resignation of Librarian I Chad Folsum, who took a position at nearby Solie Public Library as a Librarian III.
By TRACY JOHNSON
The Braddock Times
Braddock, TX. A librarian accused of swindling a mentally ill man outof a $10 book and stealing $70,000+ while he was hospitalized for psychiatric care was found guilty Thursday of theft.
A Braddock County jury took about two hours to convict Joseph Paul Paynter, 36, for his part in an alleged scam by librarians at the Braddock County Public Libary in Braddock, Texas. The jury agreed that Paynter stole the book from Billy "CityD" Huffman, 63,through deception, taking advantage of his troubled mental state in what one juror called a sad commentary. "It always amazes me how man can treat his fellow man," juror Mark Knowles said afterward.
Jurors also found that Huffman was a vulnerable victim, which allowed prosecutors to seek a longer sentence than the usual maximum of three months in jail for first-degree theft. "This closes one chapter of a very sad set of circumstances at the Braddock County Public Library," Deputy Prosecutor Tim Leary said. In July 2006, Huffman, who now works at BCPL as Texas Collection Supervisor, arrived at the Braddock County Public Library wearing soiled clothing and bought a discarded book, a Polk City Directory, agreeing to pay a higher than normal price with a pile of $100 bills stuffed in a plastic bag. Prosecutors say Paynter's colleagues heard the mentally troubled man bragging about having more cash at home, so several groups of them went to his apartment to steal it. Paynter and two men accused of taking $70,000 from a dresser will face trial in January. Paynter became involved when the book was impounded and Huffman called the library seeking help. Paynter paid to get the book back and agreed to hold it for Huffman, who by then had been committed for psychiatric care.
Paynter drew up contracts giving him power of attorney over Huffman and brought them to the hospital. Huffman agreed to pay Paynter $15,200 to hand over the book, but he was hospitalized and didn't come up with the money in time. Paynter transferred Huffman's property into his name.
After the verdict was announced Thursday, Paynter said he didn't know what to say about the jury's decision. His friend, Jonathan OliverBlair III, said, "We're disappointed, and we're not done yet." The allegations against Paynter and the other two, Antonio "Da Crunk" Davis and the Rev. Dr. Bishop Curtis Eldorado Lowe, have been blamed for the scandal at the Braddock County Public Library and are at the center of a lawsuit against BCPL director Kelly Millis.
The money was to be put into a trust for Huffman, who now lives in a group home. However, at the last possible moment for a legal maneuver, Judge William J. Jennings acquitted all three of any wrong-doing, and allowed them to keep their "rightfully gained earnings." Jennings also ordered Braddock County to pay the three "wrongfully accused" men $325,000 each for pain and suffering.
In other news at the scandal stricken Library, with the promotion of Inez Mitchell to Library Operations Manager after the retirement of Liz Bien, an interim head of the Research Services Division has been named. Marilyn Krakowski has been named the interim head. The new position carries more responsibility but no increase in pay. Krakwoski said she is happy to have the "opportunity for such a prestigious position at such a prestigious institution. I have a very big seat to fill." Off the record, Krakowski was quoted as saying "I was such a fool." Krakowski has been at the library less than a year and passed over several co-workers, most notably Karma McCarthy, a seven year part-time employee and John Thehut, a 13 year veteran. The library also announced the resignation of Librarian I Chad Folsum, who took a position at nearby Solie Public Library as a Librarian III.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Thieving monkeys 'out of control' in northeast Braddock County
Russell Lorrie
The Braddock Times
Troupes of monkeys are out of control in Braddock's northeast, stealing mobile phones and breaking into homes to steal soft drinks from refrigerators, lawmakers in the region have complained.
"Monkeys are wreaking havoc in my constituency by taking away mobile phones, toothpastes, sipping coke after opening the refrigerators," Larry Barnes told Braddock County's Board of Commissioners. He said the primates were "even slapping women who try to chase them."
"It is a cause of serious concern in my area, with more than 1,000 such simians turning aggressive by the day," fumed Sheriff Fenton Washburn. He said the worst ones were Antonio "Da Crunk" Davis and "that fake preacher" Curtis Lowe.
Because of increasing welfare payments, monkeys have increasingly moved into cities elsewhere in Texas as well. Last week, around two dozen people were hurt after monkeys rampaged through a Palmer neighborhood.
Last month, the mayor of Sophie died when he fell from his balcony after being attacked by monkeys. Efforts to drive out the animals is complicated by political correctness and the Democrat party in Texas--headed by Judge Jennings.
The Braddock Times
Troupes of monkeys are out of control in Braddock's northeast, stealing mobile phones and breaking into homes to steal soft drinks from refrigerators, lawmakers in the region have complained.
"Monkeys are wreaking havoc in my constituency by taking away mobile phones, toothpastes, sipping coke after opening the refrigerators," Larry Barnes told Braddock County's Board of Commissioners. He said the primates were "even slapping women who try to chase them."
"It is a cause of serious concern in my area, with more than 1,000 such simians turning aggressive by the day," fumed Sheriff Fenton Washburn. He said the worst ones were Antonio "Da Crunk" Davis and "that fake preacher" Curtis Lowe.
Because of increasing welfare payments, monkeys have increasingly moved into cities elsewhere in Texas as well. Last week, around two dozen people were hurt after monkeys rampaged through a Palmer neighborhood.
Last month, the mayor of Sophie died when he fell from his balcony after being attacked by monkeys. Efforts to drive out the animals is complicated by political correctness and the Democrat party in Texas--headed by Judge Jennings.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Inconvenient Cafe Closed
Braddock Health Dept. Closes Restaurant Selling $25,000 French Tickler
Inspector Finds Mice, Piles Of Droppings, 1,000 Roaches, Flies, UsedCondoms; Store Failed Fifth Inspection In A Month
The Braddock Times
If you've been saving your nickels and dimes for the$25,000 French Tickler unveiled last week at "An Inconvenient Cafe," the popular coffee, dessert, and gay sex shop located downtown on MLK Blvd, we've got some not-so-delectable news for you. The Health Department confirmed Thursday to The Braddock Times that the shop had been shut down Wednesday night after failing its fifth straight inspection in just a month's time. Department officials tell The Braddock Times that both inspections revealed "rodent and fly infestation and conditions conducive to pest infestation, including stagnant water in the basement."
Inspectors say, "the problems get worse every time we visit!" The plumbing was reportedly so out of line that the "sewage disposal system [was] backing up into the plumbing feeding the water fountain."
On Wednesday night, the cafe', which has been featured in numerous OIL TV shows, apparently kept open its wild zoo of filth for inspectors. The Department says the inspector came upon live mice, more than 1,000 live cockroaches, fruit flies, house flies, used condoms in the kitchen area, overflowing toilets, a guy in a "turd"costume, and piles of mouse droppings scattered about the restaurant.
Just last week, owner Joseph Paynter introduced the world to his slightly overpriced "Golden French Tickler". For $25,000, a customer could purchase the device with edible lubricants and Jenkem. It even came with a copy of Braddock Library's Gay-4-Pay magazine. The proceeds for the tickler went to the "Defeat Freedom, Elect Hillary Now!" campaign. Sadly though, the cafe has been closed. Looks like you'll have to spend your 25-grand on something else.
Cafe' officials have not commented on the closure, except to say Judge Jennings will have the final say on the matter.
Inspector Finds Mice, Piles Of Droppings, 1,000 Roaches, Flies, UsedCondoms; Store Failed Fifth Inspection In A Month
The Braddock Times
If you've been saving your nickels and dimes for the$25,000 French Tickler unveiled last week at "An Inconvenient Cafe," the popular coffee, dessert, and gay sex shop located downtown on MLK Blvd, we've got some not-so-delectable news for you. The Health Department confirmed Thursday to The Braddock Times that the shop had been shut down Wednesday night after failing its fifth straight inspection in just a month's time. Department officials tell The Braddock Times that both inspections revealed "rodent and fly infestation and conditions conducive to pest infestation, including stagnant water in the basement."
Inspectors say, "the problems get worse every time we visit!" The plumbing was reportedly so out of line that the "sewage disposal system [was] backing up into the plumbing feeding the water fountain."
On Wednesday night, the cafe', which has been featured in numerous OIL TV shows, apparently kept open its wild zoo of filth for inspectors. The Department says the inspector came upon live mice, more than 1,000 live cockroaches, fruit flies, house flies, used condoms in the kitchen area, overflowing toilets, a guy in a "turd"costume, and piles of mouse droppings scattered about the restaurant.
Just last week, owner Joseph Paynter introduced the world to his slightly overpriced "Golden French Tickler". For $25,000, a customer could purchase the device with edible lubricants and Jenkem. It even came with a copy of Braddock Library's Gay-4-Pay magazine. The proceeds for the tickler went to the "Defeat Freedom, Elect Hillary Now!" campaign. Sadly though, the cafe has been closed. Looks like you'll have to spend your 25-grand on something else.
Cafe' officials have not commented on the closure, except to say Judge Jennings will have the final say on the matter.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
BCPL Hires New Head of Technical Services
Russell Lorrie
The Braddock Times
BCPL Director Kelly Millis today announced the promotion of bookmobile driver Francesca Fanuci to the post of Head of Technical Services. "We are lucky to have an employee who works with such diligence and tenacity as Mrs. Fanuci. She is a role model for others and is a fine mother, friend, and worker."
Some have questioned the promotion of Mrs. Fanuci to such a high position within the library considering she has no formal training as a librarian and has only worked at BCPL for five months, and that in a volunteer capacity. As far as we can determine she has never even done any copy cataloging. Former employee Aaron Whitaker said, "It's hardly surprising. You have a high school dropout, registered sex offender as the head of the Children's Library, an old hag that gained most of her library experience in Mexico as the Library Operations Manager, a bunch of freaks in GRS who couldn't work their way out of a wet paper bag, a recently retired (for the tenth time) verbal dyslexic, a shock therapy victimized scam artist running the Texas Collection and a damn secretary running the IT end of the library. So to hire Francesca Fanuci, whose only claim to fame was getting in a fight in the break room with Mrs. Thehut back in June is par for the course for the wisdom of Ms. Millis (emphasis added).
Whitaker was not the only person questioning the decision. Library Board member and Braddock County Commissioner T. Diana Belle-Little simply shook her head when asked about the hire. Truman Marlin, a frequent patron said, "same old same old, just another old white woman." One current BCPL employee who asked to remain nameless said "This place is the worst run place I've ever heard of. It makes the sitcom The Office look well-managed. I don't even care anymore, I'm out of here soon anyway."
The Braddock Times
BCPL Director Kelly Millis today announced the promotion of bookmobile driver Francesca Fanuci to the post of Head of Technical Services. "We are lucky to have an employee who works with such diligence and tenacity as Mrs. Fanuci. She is a role model for others and is a fine mother, friend, and worker."
Some have questioned the promotion of Mrs. Fanuci to such a high position within the library considering she has no formal training as a librarian and has only worked at BCPL for five months, and that in a volunteer capacity. As far as we can determine she has never even done any copy cataloging. Former employee Aaron Whitaker said, "It's hardly surprising. You have a high school dropout, registered sex offender as the head of the Children's Library, an old hag that gained most of her library experience in Mexico as the Library Operations Manager, a bunch of freaks in GRS who couldn't work their way out of a wet paper bag, a recently retired (for the tenth time) verbal dyslexic, a shock therapy victimized scam artist running the Texas Collection and a damn secretary running the IT end of the library. So to hire Francesca Fanuci, whose only claim to fame was getting in a fight in the break room with Mrs. Thehut back in June is par for the course for the wisdom of Ms. Millis (emphasis added).
Whitaker was not the only person questioning the decision. Library Board member and Braddock County Commissioner T. Diana Belle-Little simply shook her head when asked about the hire. Truman Marlin, a frequent patron said, "same old same old, just another old white woman." One current BCPL employee who asked to remain nameless said "This place is the worst run place I've ever heard of. It makes the sitcom The Office look well-managed. I don't even care anymore, I'm out of here soon anyway."
Son of BCPL Reference Librarian and Braddock Mayoral Candidate Arrested for Possession of Drugs
By Russell Lorrie
The Braddock Times
Ian McCarthy, 18, son of Braddock Mayoral candidate and BCPL librarian Karma McCarthy, was arrested yesterday at South Braddock High School on charges of possession of drugs and drug paraphenalia according to Braddock County Sheriff Fenton Washburn.
Mr. McCarthy, who just recently enrolled at South Braddock High after years of being home schooled by his mother, claims that he was "set-up by Aaron Whitaker `cause that dude's out to get my mom for ratting him out." McCarthy was released on $1,000 bail posted by Tony Fanuci.
When asked about McCarthy's allegations, Whitaker, who is employed at Solie Public Library and does political consulting work, said that "well, we see that young Ian has inherited his mother's sense of paranoia and propensity for drug abuse. Hopefully he didn't inherit her foot fungus and have to wear smelly sandals. I know that Karma has another goofball kid that she home schools in their old hippie stripper van. One of my sources at BCPL tells me that the other snot nose, Alex, refuses to take his final home school test to obtain his diploma. I guess the real world is just too tough for him. Well, how does the old stripper try to deal with that? She goes out and buys the little bastard a laptop. So, now he can sit at home and play on MySpace with his paranoid mommy looking to see what other people may have said about them."
Karma McCarthy was unavailable for comment as she is training for an upcoming WNWA wrestling match and hoping for a promotion to full time status at BCPL after seven years as a part time employee.
The Braddock Times
Ian McCarthy, 18, son of Braddock Mayoral candidate and BCPL librarian Karma McCarthy, was arrested yesterday at South Braddock High School on charges of possession of drugs and drug paraphenalia according to Braddock County Sheriff Fenton Washburn.
Mr. McCarthy, who just recently enrolled at South Braddock High after years of being home schooled by his mother, claims that he was "set-up by Aaron Whitaker `cause that dude's out to get my mom for ratting him out." McCarthy was released on $1,000 bail posted by Tony Fanuci.
When asked about McCarthy's allegations, Whitaker, who is employed at Solie Public Library and does political consulting work, said that "well, we see that young Ian has inherited his mother's sense of paranoia and propensity for drug abuse. Hopefully he didn't inherit her foot fungus and have to wear smelly sandals. I know that Karma has another goofball kid that she home schools in their old hippie stripper van. One of my sources at BCPL tells me that the other snot nose, Alex, refuses to take his final home school test to obtain his diploma. I guess the real world is just too tough for him. Well, how does the old stripper try to deal with that? She goes out and buys the little bastard a laptop. So, now he can sit at home and play on MySpace with his paranoid mommy looking to see what other people may have said about them."
Karma McCarthy was unavailable for comment as she is training for an upcoming WNWA wrestling match and hoping for a promotion to full time status at BCPL after seven years as a part time employee.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
BCPL adds more meaningless groups and meetings
OP ED piece by Aaron Whitaker, special to The Braddock Times.
In yet another bizarre waste of tax payer's time and resources, BCPL has formed a new group, G.A.S.P., to discuss their upcoming and seemingly never-to-begin expansion project. GASP, which stands for Group Aesthetic Style Planning or some stupid shit like that (if Kelly Millis is involed it probably stands for Gay Ass Shit Plower) is yet another way for BCPL's lazy ass management team to shirk their duties and get fatter by hogging down on doughnuts while pretending to work. That's why Library IT Specialist Joannie Saulright and Operations Manager Inez Mitchell have wide load signs hanging off their ever widening asses. Maybe that's why they named the group GASP, because that's what people do when they see their asses.
Next up, the biggest waste of time and resources on BCPL's calendar: Staff Development Day!!! Let's close the library at noon and eat Subway sandwiches, sit around and gossip and make fun of "that old stripper" Karma (all good as long as it's not done on the Internet) and watch Kelly Millis cry because somebody slighted him or because some old bag retired, or his sister croaked or because "we've had a really trying year." What a crock of shit.
In yet another bizarre waste of tax payer's time and resources, BCPL has formed a new group, G.A.S.P., to discuss their upcoming and seemingly never-to-begin expansion project. GASP, which stands for Group Aesthetic Style Planning or some stupid shit like that (if Kelly Millis is involed it probably stands for Gay Ass Shit Plower) is yet another way for BCPL's lazy ass management team to shirk their duties and get fatter by hogging down on doughnuts while pretending to work. That's why Library IT Specialist Joannie Saulright and Operations Manager Inez Mitchell have wide load signs hanging off their ever widening asses. Maybe that's why they named the group GASP, because that's what people do when they see their asses.
Next up, the biggest waste of time and resources on BCPL's calendar: Staff Development Day!!! Let's close the library at noon and eat Subway sandwiches, sit around and gossip and make fun of "that old stripper" Karma (all good as long as it's not done on the Internet) and watch Kelly Millis cry because somebody slighted him or because some old bag retired, or his sister croaked or because "we've had a really trying year." What a crock of shit.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Jenkem: Huffing Shit-Gas
At the Kem Hardie Russell sewage ponds, two teenage boys plunge their hands into the dark brown sludge, gathering up fistfuls and stuffing it into small plastic bottles. They tap the bottles on the ground, taking care to leave enough room for methane to form at the top. A sour smell rises in the hot sun, but the boys seem oblivious to the stench and the foul nature of their task.
They are manufacturing "Jenkem", a disgusting, noxious mixture made from fermented sewage. It is cheap, potent and very popular among the hundreds of homeless in Braddock, TX. When they cannot afford glue or are too scared to steal gasoline, these bums turn to Jenkem as a way of getting high.
"It lasts about an hour", says one user, Oliver Jonathan Blair III, who prefers Jenkem to other substances. "With glue, I just hear voices in my head. But with Jenkem, I see visions and smell shit. I see my mother who is dead and I forget about the problems in my life."
They are manufacturing "Jenkem", a disgusting, noxious mixture made from fermented sewage. It is cheap, potent and very popular among the hundreds of homeless in Braddock, TX. When they cannot afford glue or are too scared to steal gasoline, these bums turn to Jenkem as a way of getting high.
"It lasts about an hour", says one user, Oliver Jonathan Blair III, who prefers Jenkem to other substances. "With glue, I just hear voices in my head. But with Jenkem, I see visions and smell shit. I see my mother who is dead and I forget about the problems in my life."
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Tallest US Man Is 7-Foot-8 Braddock Deputy
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - To all those people who blurt out "Wow, you're tall!" as they stare up at Obumawe Blubmake Issa : He knows. And now, the world will know, too. The lanky, 7-foot-8 Braddock sheriff's deputy and part time WNWA wrestler is being recognized Thursday by Guinness World Records as the Tallest Man in the United States.
That makes him 2 inches taller than the NBA's current tallest player, Yao Ming, but too short to be the world's tallest living man. He stands below, according to Guinness, Ukraine's 8-foot-5.5 Leonid Stadnyk and China's Bao Xi Shun, who is 7 feet 8.95 inches.
To answer the inevitable questions:
Issa wears size-19 shoes, pants with a 43-inch inseam and shirts with 45-inch sleeves.
He did play basketball, in his native Nigeria and with the Benin Wizards and Lagos City Globetrotters show teams.
And as for how he feels about being so tall?
"I have no choice but to like it," Issa, 28, said in an interview with The Associated Press as he paced the sidelines of a Pee Wee football game at a city park, where he was providing security.
"I'm used to a small man's world," he added in a deep voice that suits his stature. "I've been dealing with a small man's world since I was a kid."
Issa was to be revealed as America's tallest man on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Thursday, when 200,000 people worldwide were expected to celebrate Guinness World Records Day by attempting to set records of their own.
Guinness began searching for America's tallest man in August. Issa's manager and attorney, Daniel O. Agbor, registered him online, and Guinness spokesman Stuart Claxton said Issa's doctor documented his height.
The Guinness record book now lists only the tallest man in the world, but Issa will be noted—along with the tallest men in several other countries—in the edition to be published next year.
Issa hit 5-foot-4 at age 9. In middle school, he topped 6 feet. By the end of high school, he was 7-foot-6. He played wrestled full-time until a few months ago when he lost interest in the sport and switched to law enforcement.
His height doesn't intimidate jail inmates—it helps him develop a rapport.
"They've never seen anyone this tall before, so they're amazed," Issa said. "They want to talk."
Issa focuses on the perks of being tall. For example, he usually gets free upgrades to first class on flights when the ticket-counter attendants realize he's going to need a lot of leg room.
Issa focuses on the perks of being tall. For example, he usually gets free upgrades to first class on flights when the ticket-counter attendants realize he's going to need a lot of leg room.
Braddock County Sheriff's Bulletin
New Drug – JENKEM
On 10/19/07 Deputy Testaverde received an email from a concerned
parent regarding a new drug called "Jenkem". The parent advised their
child learned about this drug from a gentleman in a "Turd Costume" at the
Braddock County Public Library and at Word Net Wrestling Alliance
(WNWA) events.
Jenkem originated in Africa by fermenting raw sewage to create a gas which is inhaled to achieve a high. Jenkem is now a popular drug in American Schools. Jenkem is a homemade substance which consists of fecal matter and urine. The fecal matter and urine are placed in a bottle or jar and covered most commonly with a balloon. The container is then placed in a sunny area for several hours or days until fermented. The contents of the container will separate and release a gas, which is captured in the balloon. Inhaling the gas is said to have a euphoric high similar to ingesting cocaine but with strong hallucinations of times past.
On 10/19/07 Deputy Testaverde received an email from a concerned
parent regarding a new drug called "Jenkem". The parent advised their
child learned about this drug from a gentleman in a "Turd Costume" at the
Braddock County Public Library and at Word Net Wrestling Alliance
(WNWA) events.
Jenkem originated in Africa by fermenting raw sewage to create a gas which is inhaled to achieve a high. Jenkem is now a popular drug in American Schools. Jenkem is a homemade substance which consists of fecal matter and urine. The fecal matter and urine are placed in a bottle or jar and covered most commonly with a balloon. The container is then placed in a sunny area for several hours or days until fermented. The contents of the container will separate and release a gas, which is captured in the balloon. Inhaling the gas is said to have a euphoric high similar to ingesting cocaine but with strong hallucinations of times past.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
BCPL Director Kelly Millis wins TLA GLBT Award
BCPL Director Kelly Millis is all smiles after recieving the coveted Texas Library Association's GLBT Issues Committee's Awareness Award for his novel, A Man Named Kim: A Middle Aged Man Comes to Terms with His Sexuality.
This is Millis' first novel and the first award from a library body that BCPL has ever won. Noah Retro, Millis' close friend and Children's Librarian at BCPL assisted with the research for the novel and contributed the forward to the book.
BCPL kicked off a week-long celebration with attendees from the Texas chapter of NAMBLA. Unfortunately for Millis, someone stole the plaque for the award and replaced it with human feces with the word "A Cleveland Steamer for Kelly," written on a note.
Suspected robber gets stuck in air shaft
A suspected thief trying to help himself to convenience store goods instead wound up crying for help after becoming stuck in an air shaft for 10 hours.
Antonio Davis, 25, was rescued Tuesday. He removed an air conditioning cover at a CVS store Monday night and tried to enter the store via the shaft but became trapped, Braddock County Sheriff's Capt. James Pogue said. He began calling for help about 8 a.m. Tuesday. "I hurd a kat in da thang. I wuz trying to sabe dat cat," Davis told The Braddock Times. He denied attempting to steal prescription drugs."No, sir, it a furey kat — a litel anima."
It took firefighters an hour and a half to rescue Davis, but he suffered only minor cuts and was in stable condition, according to Fire Rescue spokeswoman Heather Danenhower. Antonio Davis has been charged with commercial burglary, possession of burglary tools and felony criminal mischief, Pogue said.
Online records with the Texas Department of Corrections indicate Davis has several previous convictions in Texas and North Carolina for burglary and drug-related crimes. He was convicted in Braddock, TX for possession of the prescription painkiller Oxycontin, according to a Braddock County Sheriff's Office report. After the verdict was read, Davis was immediately pardoned by Justice William J. Jennings for lack of evidence. Davis was also arrested earlier this month on an arson charge. Jennings was quoted as saying "there doesn't appear to be any evidence linking 'Da Crunk', a fineupstanding citizen, to this outrageous charge."
Friends claim Judge Jennings' trial was "a sham."
Jennings Trial a sham, the Turd claims
Judge William J. Jennings walked into federal court in November, swore on a Bible to tell the truth and pleaded not-guilty to 50 counts of extortion, solicitation, fraud, bigamy, molestation, illegal drugs, perjury, bribery, and conspiracy.
Behind the scenes, his 'family,' the professional wrestling stable known as Frustrated Inc., say the charges are a sham and prosecutors want Jennings, Chief Justice of the 5thDistrict US Court, to admit to crimes he didn't commit.
In e-mail messages to "Destroy America--Elect Hillary Now" employees, two of Jennings' associates say federal prosecutors threatened to prosecute Jennings' cat and his seventeen year-old mistress, and to force him to sell his non-profit group, "Frustrated Inc." The e-mail messages, recently obtained by The Braddock Times, say the witnesses who testified against Jennings at his October trial were also pressured to lie. And Jennings, who declined to testify in his own defense, wrote to friends in a holiday letter that he has not been allowed to tell his side of the story, even though he has had plenty of opportunity to do so.
Jennings' associates wrote that the only time Jennings' lied was the moment he confessed immediately after being caught red-handed with stolen money, cocaine, and prostitutes in his living room.
Prosecutors said Judge Jennings, who was appointed by President Clinton in 1993, took tens of thousands in illegal cash, drugs, and sex from defendants seeking 'not guilty' rulings. Just prior to the expected "guilty"verdicts, the Judge received a last minute pardon from Nancy Pelosi. "He's innocent, absolutely," Jonathan Paynter, who wrestles as The Liberal Librarian, said. "The trial was stacked against him. They had a will to condemn."
Paynter said the witnesses who testified against Jennings -- including a priest, sexual abuse victims, police officers, and his own mother --lied because they support George Bush. Paynter said Jennings' only crime was loving teenage girls and hating George Bush too much.
Judge William J. Jennings walked into federal court in November, swore on a Bible to tell the truth and pleaded not-guilty to 50 counts of extortion, solicitation, fraud, bigamy, molestation, illegal drugs, perjury, bribery, and conspiracy.
Behind the scenes, his 'family,' the professional wrestling stable known as Frustrated Inc., say the charges are a sham and prosecutors want Jennings, Chief Justice of the 5thDistrict US Court, to admit to crimes he didn't commit.
In e-mail messages to "Destroy America--Elect Hillary Now" employees, two of Jennings' associates say federal prosecutors threatened to prosecute Jennings' cat and his seventeen year-old mistress, and to force him to sell his non-profit group, "Frustrated Inc." The e-mail messages, recently obtained by The Braddock Times, say the witnesses who testified against Jennings at his October trial were also pressured to lie. And Jennings, who declined to testify in his own defense, wrote to friends in a holiday letter that he has not been allowed to tell his side of the story, even though he has had plenty of opportunity to do so.
Jennings' associates wrote that the only time Jennings' lied was the moment he confessed immediately after being caught red-handed with stolen money, cocaine, and prostitutes in his living room.
Prosecutors said Judge Jennings, who was appointed by President Clinton in 1993, took tens of thousands in illegal cash, drugs, and sex from defendants seeking 'not guilty' rulings. Just prior to the expected "guilty"verdicts, the Judge received a last minute pardon from Nancy Pelosi. "He's innocent, absolutely," Jonathan Paynter, who wrestles as The Liberal Librarian, said. "The trial was stacked against him. They had a will to condemn."
Paynter said the witnesses who testified against Jennings -- including a priest, sexual abuse victims, police officers, and his own mother --lied because they support George Bush. Paynter said Jennings' only crime was loving teenage girls and hating George Bush too much.
Braddock wrestler arrested for robbery
BRADDOCK, TX - A Braddock man was arrested Monday in connection with the robbery of a man in July.
Letravis Gorman, 39, of Brown View Apts was arrested by Braddock County deputies for allegedly robbing Delbert Johnson of $500 at knifepoint on July 2, according to warrants filed at the Braddock County Magistrate's office.
Gorman faces charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and possession of a fire arm by a felon.
He is being held on a $5 bond at the Braddock County jail in Braddock.
Letravis Gorman, 39, of Brown View Apts was arrested by Braddock County deputies for allegedly robbing Delbert Johnson of $500 at knifepoint on July 2, according to warrants filed at the Braddock County Magistrate's office.
Gorman faces charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and possession of a fire arm by a felon.
He is being held on a $5 bond at the Braddock County jail in Braddock.
Friday, November 2, 2007
More strange decisions at BCPL
DVD thefts lead to more "questionable" policies
Russell Lorrie, staff reporter
Braddock, TX
Only weeks after instituting a search policy for customers, BCPL has added a new level of security. Customers who browse the Media Arts section and leave the section with DVDs will now be required to show library security the DVDs and their library card. Library security guards will be posted outside the Media Arts section to enforce the policy.
Library Operations Manager Inez Mitchell takes credit for this latest change in policy. "I feel that this will help us catch the person who is taking our DVDs."
Director Kelly Millis believes that the person taking the DVDs is "not checking them out, nor do they have a library card, so if they don't have a library card issued to them there is no way for them to get the DVDs out of the room. I just want to applaud Inez for being so on top of things and realizing that this policy is a fool-proof way to catch the thief.
An anonymous employee of BCPL begs to differ, however. "This is just another stupid idea by Mitchell and Millis. I swear, I'm out of this place as soon as I can find another job. Those two are the biggest buffoons I've ever seen. They think that this is actually going to solve the problem? They're fools. They've locked the bathrooms, they've searched customers, now they're making people show their library cards? Well, I mean how hard is it to just present a library card? I mean, just because they show the card doesn't mean they will check the DVD out and if they don't have one, it's pretty easy to get one. They could just steal one for that matter. If they had any brains they would make people check the DVDs out in Media Arts. I swear, these people are ignorant of how real libraries run."
When asked his views of the policy, The Liberal Librarian stated that "Millis and Mitchell are Nazis at heart. They need to start searching the staff, too, because they have the easiest access to steal materials. All you have to do is walk out the employee exit- that's what the DVD thief is doing."
Mitchell and Millis were both dumbfounded when confronted with these employees comments. They demanded to know who the anonymous employee was so they could discipline the person. They are unable to discipline The Liberal Librarian because he is not an actual employee of BCPL, he is here on a research fellowship.
In other BCPL news, after once again being embarrassed by nearby Solie Public Library at TLA, Millis and Mitchell have announced an initiative to finally win an award. Despite having a small staff and budget, Solie continually wins prestigious awards given out by TLA while BCPL despite it's large budget and large staff never seems to be recognized by the library community. A former employee of BCPL, Aaron Whitaker who now works at Solie as the Manager of Collection Development says "it's quite simple. BCPL never wins anything because the people that work there suck. They can't get jobs anywhere else and BCPL can't hold on to any of their good employees. The supervisors are incompetent, the long-time employees are weird and never get promoted. There are a couple in General Research Services that have been there for years and can't move up to save their souls. Not that they should be because they are idiots. Solie wins because we actually work and have actual meaningful jobs. The local library schools and TLA trash BCPL and tell their students and members not to apply there because they have such a bad reputation. And if you are foolish enough to do so, you go down like the Hindenburg. Any good employee gets passed over for promotions for goofs who don't even have to be interviewed and then they leave and go on to make a name for themselves. Just ask the 13 people since 2005 to leave GRS, they're all doing better since leaving. " Mitchell said that Whitaker is just mad because he no longer works at BCPL, though she is legally not at liberty to say why Whitaker resigned. Millis gave a terse, jaw clenching "no comment" when asked about Whitaker's comments.
Russell Lorrie, staff reporter
Braddock, TX
Only weeks after instituting a search policy for customers, BCPL has added a new level of security. Customers who browse the Media Arts section and leave the section with DVDs will now be required to show library security the DVDs and their library card. Library security guards will be posted outside the Media Arts section to enforce the policy.
Library Operations Manager Inez Mitchell takes credit for this latest change in policy. "I feel that this will help us catch the person who is taking our DVDs."
Director Kelly Millis believes that the person taking the DVDs is "not checking them out, nor do they have a library card, so if they don't have a library card issued to them there is no way for them to get the DVDs out of the room. I just want to applaud Inez for being so on top of things and realizing that this policy is a fool-proof way to catch the thief.
An anonymous employee of BCPL begs to differ, however. "This is just another stupid idea by Mitchell and Millis. I swear, I'm out of this place as soon as I can find another job. Those two are the biggest buffoons I've ever seen. They think that this is actually going to solve the problem? They're fools. They've locked the bathrooms, they've searched customers, now they're making people show their library cards? Well, I mean how hard is it to just present a library card? I mean, just because they show the card doesn't mean they will check the DVD out and if they don't have one, it's pretty easy to get one. They could just steal one for that matter. If they had any brains they would make people check the DVDs out in Media Arts. I swear, these people are ignorant of how real libraries run."
When asked his views of the policy, The Liberal Librarian stated that "Millis and Mitchell are Nazis at heart. They need to start searching the staff, too, because they have the easiest access to steal materials. All you have to do is walk out the employee exit- that's what the DVD thief is doing."
Mitchell and Millis were both dumbfounded when confronted with these employees comments. They demanded to know who the anonymous employee was so they could discipline the person. They are unable to discipline The Liberal Librarian because he is not an actual employee of BCPL, he is here on a research fellowship.
In other BCPL news, after once again being embarrassed by nearby Solie Public Library at TLA, Millis and Mitchell have announced an initiative to finally win an award. Despite having a small staff and budget, Solie continually wins prestigious awards given out by TLA while BCPL despite it's large budget and large staff never seems to be recognized by the library community. A former employee of BCPL, Aaron Whitaker who now works at Solie as the Manager of Collection Development says "it's quite simple. BCPL never wins anything because the people that work there suck. They can't get jobs anywhere else and BCPL can't hold on to any of their good employees. The supervisors are incompetent, the long-time employees are weird and never get promoted. There are a couple in General Research Services that have been there for years and can't move up to save their souls. Not that they should be because they are idiots. Solie wins because we actually work and have actual meaningful jobs. The local library schools and TLA trash BCPL and tell their students and members not to apply there because they have such a bad reputation. And if you are foolish enough to do so, you go down like the Hindenburg. Any good employee gets passed over for promotions for goofs who don't even have to be interviewed and then they leave and go on to make a name for themselves. Just ask the 13 people since 2005 to leave GRS, they're all doing better since leaving. " Mitchell said that Whitaker is just mad because he no longer works at BCPL, though she is legally not at liberty to say why Whitaker resigned. Millis gave a terse, jaw clenching "no comment" when asked about Whitaker's comments.
Restaurant cited for deer carcass in kitchen
Restaurant cited for deer carcass in kitchen
Saturday, October 27, 2007
By Russell Lorrie, Staff Writer
An Incovenient Cafe and GLBT Lingerie Bar was packed with customers Friday evening, just hours after the Board of Health allowed the restaurant to reopen after inspectors closed the restaurant down when they found a deer carcass in the kitchen. This is the second time the Board of Health has closed An Inconvenient Cafe in three months.
Braddock County health inspectors cited the restaurant at 1360 Analesion Rd. for bringing a deer into the kitchen and butchering it, using food obtained from an unapproved source, not protecting the food in the kitchen from contamination, allowing the employees to handle the deer and allowing business to continue in the presence of a "gross unsanitary occurrence and condition," according to the inspection report.
Jonathan Oliver Blair III, a manager and member of the "family" that owns An Inconvenient Cafe, said the employees who were responsible for bringing the deer into the restaurant have been disciplined and that the kitchen has been thoroughly cleaned since the carcass was removed. He denied that the employees butchered the deer in the restaurant.
Inspectors said they showed up at An Inconvenient Cafe Wednesday afternoon after they received a complaint about the carcass, said Environmental Health Specialist Darrell Brackney. Blair said the complaint came from an electrician who happened to be in the kitchen at the time.
When they arrived, they found "a few mentally impaired" people, presumably employees, standing around a gutted, headless, skinned deer carcass that was lying on the floor, Brackney said.
Blair said Department of Natural Resources officers who were friends with one of the employees brought the deer, which had been hit and killed by a car, to the restaurant at the request of the employee. That employee and another then carried the deer into the kitchen.
At no point did employees intend to serve venison from the carcass to customers, Brackney said. The employee was, however, butchering the animal on the floor and large pieces of meat had been cut from the carcass, said Brackney and Board of Health Administrator Beth Glaze, both of whom took part in the inspection.
"That is a lie," Blair said of the health department's assertion that employees were butchering the deer.
He said he was not in the restaurant Wednesday, and maintained that the employee was just storing it until he could bring it home..
Brackney said they shut down An Inconvenient Cafe on the spot because it was an "imminent threat to public health."
This was the only restaurant closing in Braddock County that Glaze has seen in her nine years at the Board of Health, she said.
It remained closed for the rest of the day Wednesday and all of Thursday before reopening Friday afternoon.
Health inspectors talked with the owners of the restaurant and made them throw out all food that was in the kitchen when the deer was brought in. They also reinspected the facility before allowing it to reopen.
As a result of the health code violation, An Inconvenient Cafe will be on probation for six months, during which time health inspectors will visit the kitchen once a week to make sure it is staying within health code. The owners also face a fine for the infraction, though the amount has not yet been determined, Glaze said.
In response to the violation, owners fired the two employees who brought the deer into the kitchen and are reviewing security camera tape from the kitchen to determine whether Tony Fanuci be fired as well, Blair said.
Both men were waiters and were not responsible for preparing food, he added.
Douglas S. Ehman, a Public Health Coordinator for the county who took part in the follow-up inspection, said he is confident that the restaurant is safe to eat at and that there are no particular precautions that anyone who dined there Wednesday needs to take.
Despite this, Glaze said she would have reservations about taking her family there to eat.
"They would have to gain my trust again because they've lost my trust," she said.
Diners walking into and out of Friday evening seemed to take the restaurant's closure in stride.
BCPL employees Kelly Millis and Noah Retro, who were about to enter An Inconvenient Cafe, said they were unaware of the restaurant's health code violations, but they shrugged off the news and decided to eat there anyway. Millis said "they're the only place in town that serves cock, or as some folks call it chicken, the way I like it."
Saturday, October 27, 2007
By Russell Lorrie, Staff Writer
An Incovenient Cafe and GLBT Lingerie Bar was packed with customers Friday evening, just hours after the Board of Health allowed the restaurant to reopen after inspectors closed the restaurant down when they found a deer carcass in the kitchen. This is the second time the Board of Health has closed An Inconvenient Cafe in three months.
Braddock County health inspectors cited the restaurant at 1360 Analesion Rd. for bringing a deer into the kitchen and butchering it, using food obtained from an unapproved source, not protecting the food in the kitchen from contamination, allowing the employees to handle the deer and allowing business to continue in the presence of a "gross unsanitary occurrence and condition," according to the inspection report.
Jonathan Oliver Blair III, a manager and member of the "family" that owns An Inconvenient Cafe, said the employees who were responsible for bringing the deer into the restaurant have been disciplined and that the kitchen has been thoroughly cleaned since the carcass was removed. He denied that the employees butchered the deer in the restaurant.
Inspectors said they showed up at An Inconvenient Cafe Wednesday afternoon after they received a complaint about the carcass, said Environmental Health Specialist Darrell Brackney. Blair said the complaint came from an electrician who happened to be in the kitchen at the time.
When they arrived, they found "a few mentally impaired" people, presumably employees, standing around a gutted, headless, skinned deer carcass that was lying on the floor, Brackney said.
Blair said Department of Natural Resources officers who were friends with one of the employees brought the deer, which had been hit and killed by a car, to the restaurant at the request of the employee. That employee and another then carried the deer into the kitchen.
At no point did employees intend to serve venison from the carcass to customers, Brackney said. The employee was, however, butchering the animal on the floor and large pieces of meat had been cut from the carcass, said Brackney and Board of Health Administrator Beth Glaze, both of whom took part in the inspection.
"That is a lie," Blair said of the health department's assertion that employees were butchering the deer.
He said he was not in the restaurant Wednesday, and maintained that the employee was just storing it until he could bring it home..
Brackney said they shut down An Inconvenient Cafe on the spot because it was an "imminent threat to public health."
This was the only restaurant closing in Braddock County that Glaze has seen in her nine years at the Board of Health, she said.
It remained closed for the rest of the day Wednesday and all of Thursday before reopening Friday afternoon.
Health inspectors talked with the owners of the restaurant and made them throw out all food that was in the kitchen when the deer was brought in. They also reinspected the facility before allowing it to reopen.
As a result of the health code violation, An Inconvenient Cafe will be on probation for six months, during which time health inspectors will visit the kitchen once a week to make sure it is staying within health code. The owners also face a fine for the infraction, though the amount has not yet been determined, Glaze said.
In response to the violation, owners fired the two employees who brought the deer into the kitchen and are reviewing security camera tape from the kitchen to determine whether Tony Fanuci be fired as well, Blair said.
Both men were waiters and were not responsible for preparing food, he added.
Douglas S. Ehman, a Public Health Coordinator for the county who took part in the follow-up inspection, said he is confident that the restaurant is safe to eat at and that there are no particular precautions that anyone who dined there Wednesday needs to take.
Despite this, Glaze said she would have reservations about taking her family there to eat.
"They would have to gain my trust again because they've lost my trust," she said.
Diners walking into and out of Friday evening seemed to take the restaurant's closure in stride.
BCPL employees Kelly Millis and Noah Retro, who were about to enter An Inconvenient Cafe, said they were unaware of the restaurant's health code violations, but they shrugged off the news and decided to eat there anyway. Millis said "they're the only place in town that serves cock, or as some folks call it chicken, the way I like it."
Man defecates in the middle of McDonalds
Man defecates in the middle of McDonalds
November 2, 2007
The Braddock Times Staff Reports
Braddock, TX. Patrons of a Ewing Blvd McDonald's were left grimacing Thursday morning after a man, who appeared to be homeless, defecated in the middle of the restaurant.
Around 5 a.m., the disheveled man dressed in a "Turd" costume walked in to the 24-hour McDonald's at 10 E. Braddock — near the Public Library — and tried to enter the restroom. It was out of order, so the man walked toward the soda fountain machine and defecated on the floor, said witness William Jennings, who was eating a sausage McMuffin at the time.
"He just said 'I have to go to the bathroom' and that is when he did it in front of the entire crew," said Jennings, a 57-year-old jurist. "He took a napkin and cleaned it up and placed it on the counter where anyone can put your food and get your condiments."
Workers threatened to call the deputies, so the man left, Jennings said. There were just a handful of customers in the restaurant at the time. A manager at the store confirmed the incident — as did a spokeswoman at the chain's corporate offices — and insisted that everything was cleaned up. A wet-floor "caution" sign was still out hours later when a reporter showed up. And when the reporter began asking questions, a worker began to mop the spot.
The incident didn't make for the happiest of meals for Jennings, but it didn't spoil his appetite either. He said he finished his sausage McMuffin before leaving.
November 2, 2007
The Braddock Times Staff Reports
Braddock, TX. Patrons of a Ewing Blvd McDonald's were left grimacing Thursday morning after a man, who appeared to be homeless, defecated in the middle of the restaurant.
Around 5 a.m., the disheveled man dressed in a "Turd" costume walked in to the 24-hour McDonald's at 10 E. Braddock — near the Public Library — and tried to enter the restroom. It was out of order, so the man walked toward the soda fountain machine and defecated on the floor, said witness William Jennings, who was eating a sausage McMuffin at the time.
"He just said 'I have to go to the bathroom' and that is when he did it in front of the entire crew," said Jennings, a 57-year-old jurist. "He took a napkin and cleaned it up and placed it on the counter where anyone can put your food and get your condiments."
Workers threatened to call the deputies, so the man left, Jennings said. There were just a handful of customers in the restaurant at the time. A manager at the store confirmed the incident — as did a spokeswoman at the chain's corporate offices — and insisted that everything was cleaned up. A wet-floor "caution" sign was still out hours later when a reporter showed up. And when the reporter began asking questions, a worker began to mop the spot.
The incident didn't make for the happiest of meals for Jennings, but it didn't spoil his appetite either. He said he finished his sausage McMuffin before leaving.
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