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Wake Up Jackson Parish!!

Jackson Parish NAACP "Wake Up" March & Rally On Saturday, January 14th 2012 the Jackson Parish Branch of the NAACP sponsored the "Wake-Up Jackson Parish" March and Rally in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday in Jonesboro, LA. The segment of video below covers the 18 minute speech of the embattled keynote speaker, Mayor Leslie C. Thompson of Jonesboro, LA. Mayor Thompson, who offered thanks to his supporters, and addressed several injustices against his administration and the … [Read More...]

Aryan Nations: “Elect a Black Politician and Get Robbed.”

A Publisher's Heart Editorial: A flyer entitled “Aryan Nations Demands Justice for Jonesboro Taxpayers” was circulated to businesses located in the vicinity of an NAACP press conference held at the Jackson Parish Courthouse earlier today. The first sentences of the flyer read: “Same old Song & Dance - Elect a Black Politician and Get Robbed. And then the other blacks headed up by the NAACP cry “Racism” and demand the criminal investigation against the suspect (in this case the Mayor of Jonesboro) be dropped.” The flyer quotes several statements made in the Louisiana Legislative Compliance Audit issued 6 months ago June … [Read More...]

Jonesboro Mayor: “I’ll Show You The Money”

The Honorable Mayor Leslie Thompson updated the public and Council during a special called meeting of the Jonesboro Board of Alderman held Friday, September 23rd regarding his administrative staff’s progress in replacing missing supportive documentation related to some $385,000 that he was falsely accused of misappropriating. Such records which are maintained by the Municipal Clerk were discovered missing by the Louisiana Legislative … [Read More...]

O Christmas Tree, NO Christmas Tree?

Christmas Without The Tree? When I learned that the Bible refers to the decorating of chopped down trees as a heathen practice and that God forbids it, this was one of the great shocks of my life, and yet I was strangely relieved at the same time. I can hear somebody already - "What in the world are you talking about?! We've always had a tree in our house at Christmas time, and we ain't gonna stop now no matter what you say! Who are YOU anyway?" Oh, how endeared all of us have become to the Christmas … [Read More...]

UNISON PRAYER For The Town Of Jonesboro

Pastor Desiree' Joe of Pacecetters Christian Fellowship in Jonesboro spoke briefly at a Minister's Luncheon held this past September on a particular Unison Prayer she was led to share with the Jonesboro community. The prayer is designed to pull down strongholds, principalities, powers and spiritual wickedness in high influential places by utilizing one of The Believer's mightiest weapons: PRAYER. Pastor Joe explains … [Read More...]

2nd Circuit Court Accepts Jonesboro’s Request For Appeal

--A Publisher's Heart Editorial Update-- Appeal Application Accepted In the matter of Essmeier vs. The Town of Jonesboro (case # 32584) Louisiana’s Second Circuit Court of Appeal has decided to accept the Writ Application filed by Attorneys Louis G. Scott and Carol P. Lexing of Monroe, LA on behalf of Jonesboro Mayor Leslie Thompson and Council Members LaStevic Cottonham, Devin Flowers and Charla … [Read More...]

Attorney Lewis G. Scott, Monroe LA & Jonesboro Mayor Leslie Thompson

The Systematic Elimination Of Black Elected Officials

A Note From The Publisher's Heart Anytime one seeks to prove racial discrimination, unfortunately because one act of racism is hard to prove in court --the victim of such harassment often times must endure a series of negative attacks in order to indicate an overt pattern. As Chief Editor of The Fount Online News, it is our team's desire to not make the news, but to report it by exposing such patterns that indeed … [Read More...]