Can you imagine if you were a democrat in Lampasas and the chairman of your party was a loud-and-proud socialist AND a compulsive liar? It would be embarrassing and shameful. Then again, if you are a democrat in Lampasas (like Bruce Haywood or Stephanie Fitzharris or Grady Lucas) then concepts like pride and ethics are foreign to you anyways. So it’s pretty much impossible to feel any shame.
What is Comrade Clayton’s latest pile of shit he stepped in? Well, he travels through time again in order for his stated facts to make sense….
A pathological liar usually is more manipulative and goal oriented. They lie in order to achieve person gain, usually. There is at least something in it for them.
Trust Fund Tucker just seems to lie for zero reason. As easily as taking a breath of air. Sad, really. But I expect nothing more from a communist scumworm.
Last weeks after the massive rains, it occurred to me to swing by Brodie Estates (where only 8 of the promised 22 houses are completed) and see the $290,000 detention pond in action. SURELY after all the rain we had, that thing would be full.
Photo taken the morning of May 5th – after massive rains.
Nope. Not a drop of water in there!
But look at that joke. Does that look like $290,000 worth of work? It’s just basically a depression in the ground overgrown with grass. Yes, there is a teeny bit of concrete work over there on the left. A tin horn and a small wall. That ain’t $290,000 of work, I assure you. That’s maybe $10k.
Remember, this was BEFORE Covid and the resulting inflation. I had a tank I built here at my property about this size around 2015…and that was WITH a liner. The entire thing cost me about $27,000 if I’m not mistaken. Yet this piece of shit was a hair under $300,000 with NO liner?!? Nonsense.
The City cut S2M2 a massive check for $185,000, of which $40,000 was for “other stuff” and the rest was a cost sharing (presumably split 50/50) for the detention pond. That means the City’s half was $145,000.
Of course, when S2M2 INITITALLY went to council and was rejected, the supposed “estimated cost” was $135,000. Then somehow it ballooned to $290k? Funny how that happens when taxpayer monies are being grabbed.
Reminder – Brodie Estates STILL only consists of eight completed houses even though 22 houses were promised as a condition of the “free” money. S2M2 also failed to abide by other requirements of the deal. What does City council do about being ripped off? Same thing they always do: sit there and take it like a bitch.
As a reminder, here is the timeline of events…..
5/31/19 [page 5]: “The pond is estimated to cost $135,000, and McDonald said if he has it built, he will forego $75,000 he could have made had he turned the pond site into three residential lots. As a result, he asked the city to spend $105,000 on the pond – half of what he said it would cost S2M2 if the company sacrifices potential buildable space to create a drainage pond. Council members, however, said that cost is too high to justify for what they said would be minimal drainage improvements in the area. The council’s motion called for no city payment toward a detention pond.”
[McDonald failed to get the free stuff…so he sends in Greasy Chris three months later. Greasy used to sit on City council with the other Goldfish]
8/30/19 [page A4]: Lampasas company S2M2 Inc., represented at Monday’s meeting by Chris Harrison, is seeking city cost-sharing for the detention pond, which would occupy three lots the company otherwise could have used to build houses in its proposed Brodie Estates subdivision. S2M2 is asking the city to spend $125,000 toward the detention pond, Harrison said. That amount, he told city officials, is about half what the water detention structure will cost the company — when factoring in pond development expenses, the value of the three buildable lots the company will sacrifice and the profit that the sale of three houses could have generated. The pond is not required for Brodie Estates.
“The mayor said city officials need to think again about a detention pond“
[Now that former council buddy Harrison is asking, Mayor Talbert thinks they need to “think again”. Notice the cost has already jumped from $105,000 to $125,000. These wormy shits do this all the time.]
9/20/19 [page 4]: “the City committed to pay S2M2 a maximum of $150,000 for the company’s actual costs of surveying, engineering and building a rainwater detention pond in the subdivision. Council members have said the detention pond is not required to develop Brodie Estates.”
“Harrison said developers requested city cost sharing because adding the detention pond will cause S2M2 to sacrifice three lots it otherwise could have used to build houses. On another item, the amended development agreement specifies that the city will reimburse S2M2 a maximum of $40,000 for engineering, easement acquisition, construction and materials for a water line loop.”
Incredible!!
The Seven Goldfish went from “NO, we won’t spend $105,000” to “we should rethink this” at $125,000 to “here is $145,000 PLUS another $40,000 for some water line stuff”
I’m not an engineer or power expert, but even I knew this had to end in disaster. Why in hell would you go putting solar panels on water when there is PLENTY of dry land around to use. The costs and possible future problems just explode exponentially on water – which the “offshore wind farms” morons will also soon learn.
According to the latest LEDC packet [page 4 under VI – Business Park Strategies] Finley presented some more options to burn cash on the goat pasture that has stayed empty and devoid of tenants for over 20 years now.
His brilliant idea? “Professional engagement with a commercial broker,” preferably one who “has experience with large projects.” Also to “seek outside guidance from brokers who reside outside Lampasas and specialize in commercial development.“
Are you shitting me? Wouldn’t that be the FIRST thing you do after realizing you blew over $7.4 million on a goat pasture that nobody has any interest in? I must ask for the fifth or sixth time now: what the hell have you been doing for the last 20 years?!?
Well, they actually HAVE been using “professionals” for a while now and spending a lot of money doing it. Let’s look at the MANY ways the LEDC has marketed this disaster – every one of them cost a nice chunk of change – all of them have been utter failures.
#1 – the “weekly RFI (requests for information) from the governor’s office.” I think we can safely say after 19 years of “getting weekly RFIs” and having zero tenants to show for it, that this avenue is and was totally useless bullshit. I called them on this exact bullshit nine months ago:
#2 – Blow money on numerous videos, emails, digital ads, print ads, social media, etc. (Neon Cloud, Site Selection and Flyerview) – cost of over $15,000 in one year alone and WELL over $50,000 since inception. Results? Zero tenants.
So after failing many different expensive ways over the last 20 years, Finley and the LEDC have come up with the genius idea to hire a commercial broker who “specializes in commercial development.“
LOL. I can’t wait to see what THEIR cut is going to be if they DO find someone to move in.
What a joke.
P.S. – bonus method #5: don’t forget the LEDC just recently DRASTICALLY lowered the bar on financial requirements to move into the Business Pork.
Granted, they are slimy shitball D-list ‘celebrities’ like Michael Rapaport, but hey. That’s what a measly $20,000 gets you in Hollywood.
I know what you’re thinking: how the HELL does Lampasshole remember that information AND have the link [page 5 under Staff Updates] right at his fingertips after three years?
Because I am fucking badass and that’s how I roll. I NEVER forget. Also, that memory was luckily jarred loose yesterday after five rums at Lampasas Beer Market.
So to summarize: this magnanimous man and greatest gift to our community (1) pilfered $20,000 for his funeral home from taxpayers (2) grabbed $325,000 from the feds for Covid and (3) then got Lonestar shutdown for financial irregularities and was accused of wage theft. What a hero!!
[Editor note: I’m aware a lot of my images are not lining up in the center of the page despite being labeled as centered on my editor. Driving me nuts as some stay centered and others randomly align left – and it looks like shit, I’m aware. Reading all this on a smartphone instead of desktop helps. Working on a fix. Sorry. It takes a ton of time to root out shit like this and I’m illiterate with this software.]
Desperation is a stinky cologne.
Most people are sick of hearing about Pandas and Wongs. They are content to just watch this place fail by next Valentine’s Day. But not the hard-core Mercer-naries and apologists who are splattering desperately enthusiastic reviews all over LCBN…
Nobody cares
There were multiple postings like this. A very desperate attempt to bail out the sinking ship. The worst part is that after all this nonsense, now I’m going to have to go in there, look around and very publicly turn my nose up at “this Chinese rat food” and walk out of there making a scene. After using their toilet to take my saved-up-for-three-days morning dump, of course.
Because that’s how I doos it.
Anyhow, this nutjob Mercer-nary is REALLY angry!
He truly helps the community? How, exactly? I know he was on the board of directors for Boys and Girls Club when they wildly overpaid about $150,000 for a new playground set that looked like it should have cost half that. Makes me wonder if he was lining his own pockets. I also know he was accused of wage theft and Lonestar Social Services was shut down for “financial irregularities” – despite Lonestar taking $325,000 of taxpayer monies during Covid and never paying it back.
Of course, this same woman was also singing the praises of Heritage Funeral Home last August – right about the time the entire Lonestar thing blew up. That would be the same Heritage that was listed to be foreclosed upon three days ago but was mysteriously cancelled “due to weather.”
Want more dirt? I got it.
I have it on solid authority that Happy Panda made a VERY concerted effort to poach the main cook from Putter & Gutters recently. Apparently he laughed in their face and told Panda they couldn’t afford him. I wonder how long it will take for Fulton to tire of being in the Panda kitchen non-stop to keep things running? Methinks Fulton doesn’t have the first clue about the dedication it takes to run a restaurant. It’s not like your other 37 shell companies you stick your name on and run some possibly weird financial scams with.
My over/under on Panda shutdown is February 2025. I only give it that long because now that this whole place has become a spectacle, Fulton/Mercer ego will not allow it to shut anytime soon – even if it is a financial disaster. I guess they could always “funnel” some money from an adoption agency or something!
In other unrelated restaurant news: rumor is Eve’s Cafe will be re-opening with a new owner. Think LBM.
Also Country Kitchen is supposedly changing hands…and will be taken over by a well-known restauranteur in town.
P.S. – I’m STILL waiting for those police arrests of Wong for all his “perverted” behavior! Mercer promised we will all be enlightened soon! Any day now! Just you wait! The truth will soon be revealed!!
LAST April, we saw a +8.7% – which was the last positive print of 2023 before we took a nosedive. That doesn’t bode well for the next 6 months or so.
The state of Texas as a whole was barely positive at +0.32%
Sales tax receipts YTD are now basically flat (at -.025%) compared to this point last year – at $1.23 million.
How did other cities fare?
Burnet: Barely positive at+1.6%
Marble Falls: DOWN 6.18% – similar to Lampasas
Dallas: UP 4% – well above the state as a whole.
Austin:UP 9% – must be all those stupid Palestinian keffiyehs the UT students are buying by the thousands for their protests. Or perhaps the cops buying tear gas.
Pathetic and disgusting. UK sits by and gets cucked.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan with "Islam" microphone: "The children of Muslims who are underemployed or in jobs not suited to their great skills will have subsidies and I will build housing for those of Islamic faith. Diversity is our strength!" He wants to Islamize London. pic.twitter.com/I0PejDHxvF
London Mayor Khan is buying up 20,000 homes in London for only Muslims This will be paid for by the British Taxpayers in Housing Benefits and funds will then be paid into his “Muslim funding account.”
Read any book about Africa in the 19th century and you’ll be struck by how silly and false the modern western conception of slavery is. The people who were primarily pillaging Africa for slaves were Arabs.
The most wonderful illusion is in the idea that Europeans were rounding people up and stealing them from their homeland. They didn’t have to. Their own people did the dirty work and sold them at ports. Africa betrayed Africans.
The Arab slave trade was kept alive by African tribes slaughtering, subjugating, and selling each other into slavery. Europeans were late to the party, and the first to leave. Yet they take 100 percent of the blame these days. It’s totally absurd. The Arabs castrated their African slaves by the millions.
Arabs invented the slave trade. Before that, it was a “capture, then enslave” kind of thing, from battles. Then Arab Muslims thought of capturing people just because and selling them into slavery. Africa thought: “we have lots of people, let’s capture them and sell them.”
[In total about 12 million Africans were forcibly embarked and because of the high mortality aboard, about 10 million slaves were disembarked in: Brazil (45%), the British, French, Dutch, and Danish Caribbean (37%), Spanish America (11 %) and North America (4%) – yes you read that right: North America was FOUR PERCENT.]
The Barbary pirates (Muslims, btw) had millions of white slaves just a few centuries ago, but we’re not allowed to even mention this fact for some reason. Thomas Jefferson asked the Muslims why they attacked American ships and take prisoners as slaves. They said Allah demanded it. Hence the Barbary wars and the USMC Hymn “to the shores of Tripoli“
Early towel heads.
There were between 1-2 million European whites enslaved, men, women, and children, from as far as Ireland and Scandinavia. In fact, these fuckers basically captured an ENTIRE IRISH VILLAGE called Baltimore. There’s even a book about it. As someone who is 35% Irish, I demand some reparations from those Muslim bastards. See how completely retarded that sounds?!
But learning this would require minorities to be honest about their ancestors (and technological superiority of the West). It is much easier for them to believe Africa was Wakanda, a land that invented everything, yet somehow was subjugated by Whitey!
When it comes to confused libtards who cannot make up their minds and contradict themselves repeatedly, only one person gives Bruce Haywood a run for his money…and that is America-hating German transplant Christine Seefeldt. As you can see, stupid oozes from her ears…
She assured us back in March there was NO inflation! It was all in your head and your inability to do basic math! Because Biden is awesome and he’d NEVER cause massive inflation with his moronic policies!
But even the dummykraut couldn’t ignore it forever. So five weeks later, she does what every libshit does when prices go up: blame “greedy corporations”!
I have to say. It IS quite interesting how every company on earth waited until January of 2021 to realize they could raise prices and express their greed simultaneously.
Hilariously, the very day Seefeldt posted this, Starbucks came out with earnings that were absolutely atrocious and the stock was smacked for a 16% loss. Weird! It’s almost like if you offer a shitty product at a high price, people just stop buying it! Which is why the FREE MARKET rules!
Here is a thought: if you are crying over the price of a $10 Starbucks coffee or a $1300 iPhone, then DON’T BUY IT! Moron. There are plenty of alternatives out there, thanks to the FREE MARKET.
Then again, I don’t expect much from an old bat whose only smart move in her entire life was spreading her legs for an American soldier in Germany so she could hitch a free wife-ride to America – the greatest nation on earth.
Say that reminds me…let’s check in over in Germany and see how things are going with their plan to import millions of third-world scum. Seefeldt always brags about how great the Germans are for doing this. She never misses a chance to shit on America and tell us how awesome Germany is. Germany is SO awesome, that she chooses not to live there!
