Former state representative and congressional candidate Vernon Jones is facing a massive bill after a U.S. District Court judge ordered he pay $45,000 to a former constituent after he blocked him on Facebook and deleted his posts. Judge Stephen Grimberg ruled that a public figure blocking a constituent constitutes “viewpoint discrimination,” and awarded the man some $8,000 in damages and ordered Jones to pay another $37,000 to cover legal fees. Jones will surely challenge the exorbitant payment totals, which have his wallet SINKING…
Political has-beens take taxpayer-paid vacation
Former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and ex-Sen. Butch Miller, along with 12 others including “security” personnel, wasted hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on a so-called European “economic study” junket— just two months before the two left office. New Lt. Gov. Burt Jones’ spokeswoman best summed up this selfish trip: “The lieutenant governor (Duncan’s replacement) finds it disheartening that two outgoing elected officials would take a taxpayer-funded European vacation knowing they will have zero influence on future economic development opportunities.” Duncan, Miller and their fellow shameless vacationers are SINKING…
