The Louisiana State Police Commission became a body of total paralysis at a special meeting of Monday, February 20, 2017 when Commissioner Calvin Braxton openly pondered just how liable the Commission may be on the allegedly forced resignation of former Executive Director Cathy Derbonne at its regular meeting of January 12, 2017. Videos of Braxton’s open venting of his concern as well him challenging the legal validity of the meeting itself follow:
Braxton openly ponders how much liability the Commission may have from its handling of the Derbonne resignation.
Braxton challenges the legal validity of the meeting. CLICK HERE for an audio clip of the verbal resignation of Rev. Freddie Phillips referenced entailing the LALB meeting of 8/2/10. CLICK HERE for the aggressive nature entailing one LALB Member, Greg Bordelon, wanting to take a vote on the resignation but being told “nothing is official until he puts it in writing to the Governor.” Phillips changed his mind and remained an LALB member for another 16 months.
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In yet another example of Louisiana Gov. John Bel “Honor Code” Edwards’ long list of hypocritical appointees to Louisiana State Boards and Commissions, Sound Off Louisiana founder Robert Burns outlines one of his appointees to the Louisiana State Police Commission (LSPC), Jared Caruso-Riecke, openly bragging of his ability to avoid law-enforcement radar detectors across the nation’s highways in the following video:
Riecke brags of evading law-enforcement radar detectors across the nation’s roadways.
Riecke makes $50,000 bet against “Team Texas” breaking the record for racing across the nation from New York to Los Angeles wherein they describe means to avoid detection by law-enforcement officials, including changing license plates (from among 10 to choose) if they hear the license place called out over a scanner. Warning: Offensive language.
LSPC Member W. Lloyd Grafton, fed up with what he claims is a “lack of integrity” on the LSPC,
engages in a heated exchange with Riecke entailing whether a position LSP Col. Mike Edmonson
created did or did not result in an increase in pay for Jason Starnes.
Grafton, fed up with what he says was a witch hunt to fire LSPC Executive Director Cathy Derbonne,
and fed up with other members who wish to “serve at the feet of the master” (LSP Col. Mike Edmonson)
states his reason for resigning from the LSPC at the LSPC meeting of February 9, 2017.
LSPC Commissioner Calvin Braxton laments the “lack of communication” he says is applicable for
him on the Commission and indicates he was blindsided by the Derbonne termination agenda item.
CLICK HERE for webpage profiling Riecke and his reported $70 million net worth.
CLICK HERE for the “Team Riecke video part 1” and CLICK HERE for the “Team Riecke video part 2” (Warning: It’s disgusting!)
CLICK HERE for the “$50,000” bet video in its entirety (Warning: offensive language).
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In the following Sound Off Louisiana feature, founder Robert Burns provides an overview of a major article published in the Baton Rouge Business Report that hits the highpoints on previous Sound Off Louisiana posts entailing Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ auction board appointee, Jeff Henderson, and several civil fraud litigation cases entailing alleged fraud on the part of one or more individuals, including Jeff’s father, Marvin Henderson, the founder of Henderson Auctions in Livingston, Louisiana:
CLICK HERE for the Louisiana Association of Professional Auctioneer (LAPA)’s profile for notoriously-problematic auctioneer Ken Buhler, who is pictured in the Business Report article calling auctions for Henderson Auctions in the fall of 2016.
[CLICK HERE to see a 9/20/10 video of Ken Buhler pleading for his auction license to be reinstated (after it was revoked for nonpayment of consignors in 2006), during which LAPA President Freddie Phillips stood resolute as the only member of the Auctioneer Licensing Board (LALB) to oppose Buhler’s reinstatement. Viewers can also see Marvin Henderson strongly encouraging the LALB to reinstate Buhler’s license.]
[Nine months after the LALB reinstated Buhler’s license, and with a civil trial for alleged fraudulent use of interstate commerce instrumentalities hanging over his head, Buhler was found to be liable by a Federal jury for the fraudulent use of those instrumentalities.]
Keith Babb, who fired off this venom-filled 5/18/16 email lambasting Robert Burns and Freddie Phillips
for publishing all of the corruption in the Louisiana auction industry, takes great pride in inducting Marvin Henderson into the National Auctioneer’s Association (NAA) Hall of Fame.
CLICK HERE for a Louisiana Voice article Burns wrote on December 4, 2016 entailing formaldehyde concerns for 22,000 FEMA trailers which Henderson Auctions purchased and resold from the Federal government after Hurricane Katrina.
CLICK HERE for Henderson’s 2010 testimony against a bill to strengthen shill bidding laws in Louisiana. [CLICK HERE for Henderson’s rebuke of Burns for testifying in favor of a bill strengthening shill bidding and stating in the end that, had it passed, “it would put me out of business.”]
Secretary of State listings for Fairlight Films: listing 1 and listing 2.
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