Scuzzbucket of the Week

From the wacked out state of Arizona, this scuzzbucket is an elected official.

Senator Don Shooter, went to his grandson’s school to discuss several incidents of alleged bullying by a teacher.


Shooter burst into the classroom the morning of March 22 in a “visibly angry manner” and demanded to speak with a teacher, who told police Shooter “was an arm’s length from me pointing and shaking his finger at me,” the report said.

The outburst scared the teacher, Danielle Munoz, and students in her classroom.

“She was afraid for her safety and the safety of her students,” according to an officer’s account of the incident in the police report.

Munoz is seeking an injunction against harassment and wants to press charges against Shooter, who is under investigation for assault, third-degree criminal trespassing, and the disruption of an educational institution.

No charges have been filed against the Yuma Republican and no arrest had been made.

According to the 15-page report, Shooter was told by the registrar at the school’s entrance that Munoz was teaching a class and was not available to meet with him. But when the registrar was distracted by a phone call, the senator walked past her and into Munoz’s classroom, the report said.


This isn't the first scuzzbucket-like action by the Senator. In 2011, he entered the Senate building for a special session on unemployment dressed in what some Senate Democrats are calling an offensive Mexican costume.

Shooter,a Republican, was reportedly dressed in a sombrero and poncho, chomping on a cigar and carrying a half-empty bottle of tequila in a gun holster.

Oh, yes, he is a Tea Party leader.

GOP slimers

More on the Monsanto Protection Act

Windows Wednesday

I've always been a fan at the stained glass windows of the early 20th Century, particularly in the older buildings in the New Orleans metropolitan area. It appears that the older buildings in this area have at least one window that catches the eye. In the picture below, I caught this window driving through Slidell one day. Luckily I had my camera with me and caught it before the light turned green.

Just to be there....

Scuzzbucket of the Week

Janice Ricks Linam worked for 28 years as a personal assistant for two sisters who lived in the New Orleans area. The son of one of the sisters made a complaint to the St. Tammany Sheriff's Office that irregularities had been found in his mother's personal finances.

A Sheriff's spokesman says months of investigation led to evidence that Linam had been writing checks to herself for several years. The total amount stolen by Linam is more than $2 million, according to police.

Police say the woman turned herself in and confessed, after which she was booked into the parish jail on two counts of bank fraud. She was able to meet the bond of $500,000 and is now out of jail.

I'm sure that she used some of this money to fund a trip to Europe.

Windows Wednesday

Taken on Oak Street in New Orleans. This lady sat in her window all afternoon, scowling at the festival goers for the Oak Street Poboy Fest. We saw her again this year with a companion.


I wonder what she does for the other 364 days of the year?

Sign of our times

This will make your Monday better

The 610 Stompers - Ordinary Men. Extraordinary Moves. New Orlean's one and only all-male dance crew perform a tribute to Flashdance



You're welcome!

Priceless

Bead Town!!

Bead Town is the brainchild of Stephan Wagner from Germany.

Wagner came to Louisiana after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the area. He found a job in the much-needed construction activity. It was during this time that he fell in love with the area and her strong people.

"I remember thinking that it was right after Katrina-with 50% of the region destroyed and the other 50% helping those whose homes were destroyed, that was quite a challenge" he said. "So I moved on from construction and started putting beads together to capture the iconic images that make Louisiana so special: the food, the culture, the architecture....I was on a mission".

His mission has created so many beautiful things made with used Mardi Gras beads. Pictures are created by artists and Stephan - along with anyone willing to help - use the beads to create his magic.



The beads are applied to the pictures one at a time. Bead Town will be open to the public in Slidell through April 5th. From there the collection will travel to Denham Springs and many other Louisiana Main Street communities, each of which has a story to tell as part of the bigger city. In each city additional works have been or will be created which tells the community's tale.

Windows Wednesday

I caught this during tonight's sunset through the woods through a window in my sunroom. This piece is my favorite leaded glass. Happy Wednesday, y'all

Scuzzbucket of the Week

Ty Hickman of Jesup Iowa.

Ty Hickman was arrested Thursday night in Jesup and taken to Buchanan County Jail. A Waterloo code enforcement officer, Maria Tiller, says Hickman is charged with a misdemeanor charge of animal torture. Online court records don't list the name of Hickman's attorney.

The carcass and kennel were found February 16 on the east side of Waterloo. Waterloo Animal Control says the carcass was covered in feces and urine and it looks like the dog died of starvation or dehydration.

A reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction had reached $7,500. Tiller says tips from the public led to the arrest.

I hope this pig rots in hell.

Update March second: he was released from jail last night and didn't have to pay any bail to get out :( more than likely there will be more arrest to follow! His "friends" rolled on him (more than likely for the reward) and that is why we need high reward amounts for future cases like this, money talks!!!!