INDEX OF
AUCTION TOPICS DISCUSSED
BY THE LOUISIANA AUCTIONEER LICENSING
BOARD (LALB)
Public
Comment Policy
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May 5, 201
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LAPA Vice President Robert Burns emphasizes that, pursuant to oral
arguments
before the First Circuit Court of Appeals, an LALB hearing
DEFINITELY constitutes
a meeting of the board. Thus, Burns states that
a period of public comment is
REQUIRED. Burns also speaks on the
approval of the attorneys' contracts.
LAPA President Rev. Freddie Lee Phillips makes public
comment seeking
increased transparency on the part of the LALB
and openly questioning how the
board can justify continuing
to employ two attorneys on such a small board.
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January 15, 2014
After arriving 15 minutes late to
begin the meeting, LALB Chairman Tessa Steinkamp
makes a complete fool of herself (not an
infrequent occurrence) in taking a VERY, VERY hostile attitude to LAPA
President Rev. Freddie Lee Phillips before he even says a word!
Rev.
Phillips also seeks to address the issue that the
December 9, 2013 Louisiana Inspector General Report
entailing LALB
payroll irregularities is NOT on the agenda,
nor is the hiring of the law firm Shows Cali
despite the
fact that the LALB has now been employing the firm for nearly
three (3) months as of the date of this meeting
(the LALB didn't have
the hiring of the firm on its November 5, 2013 agenda either despite the firm
having gone to work
performing LALB legal work in October of 2013).
Convicted felon
attorney Larry S. Bankston, the second of
three attorneys hired by the LALB,
tells Rev. Phillips to "take your concerns
up with the Legislature."
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January 8, 2013
Former LALB
Executive Director Sherrie Wilks' public comment
regarding the "I's here"
roll-call responses is shut down before she even
starts.
Former LALB
Executive Director Sherrie Wilks, denied the opportunity to speak as evidenced
above, chose to express her sentiments soon after the 1/8/13 meeting.
Former Executive Director of the
Louisiana Auctioneer Licensing Board (LALB), Sherrie Wilks,
vents
frustration on January 9, 2013 regarding the LALB's "public comment policy." Ms.
Wilks sought to
express her frustration at the January 8, 2013 LALB
meeting; however, LALB Co-Counsel, Larry S. Bankston,
himself
a
convicted
felon, stated that she would NOT be permitted to address the
issue. Hence, she chose to do so the next day via video.
LAPA President Rev. Freddie Phillips Inquires
as to Why LAPA's Website Link
Has NOT Been Placed on the LALB Website and
Expresses Frustration
at the Public Comment Policy and Implementation
of the LALB
LAPA Vice President Robert Burns Makes Public Comment
and
Expresses His Frustration at the Public Comment Policy and Implementation of the
LALB
CLICK HERE for Email Sent by Burns to LALB
Attorney Bankston Outlining the Utter Fallacy of Bankston's Arguments
CLICK HERE for email from
Bankston to Burns dated 12/21/12 EXPRESSLY stating that Burns would be permitted
to speak!!!
Of course, Mr. Bankston reneged on his
WRITTEN assurance that Burns could speak on the matter of illegal per diem
payments
(Note: Gov. Jindal's Office subsequently informed the LALB
that the payments were in fact illegal, and the Board Members had
to write
checks back to the LALB for the illegal payments).
CLICK HERE for litigation filed as a result of the LALB failing to permit LAPA President Rev. Freddie Lee Phillips to speak on the "I's here," roll call responses at the January 8, 2013 LALB meeting as well as Burns' denied right to speak on the illegal per diem payments which convicted felon Larry S. Bankston appeared to be "going to the wall" to assist LALB Members in being able to keep notwithstanding the illegal nature of the checks having been written in the first place!!
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March 19, 2012
Over the objections of EVERY audience member present, the LALB, with
the exception of Board Member Hal McMillin,
crams down an incredibly
unpopular "public comment" policy. Despite LAPA Vice President Robert
Burns' warning
the Open Meetings lawsuits would likely ensue (and
they have)
from passage, the LALB voted to go headstrong with its policy!
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