MANIFESTO OF A MADMAN PART 17
SOUR NOTE
FACE OF EVIL
THE MOUTHPIECE HAS FALLEN OUT OF THE HORN AND ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE!
596. Today, I have the displeasure of disseminating the final part of Mayor Paine’s weird, bizarre and desperate last minute “letter from hell” to City Council on Dec 6, 2022. There has also been news to report on as well. Craig Sutherland, three term City Councilman has posted articles that I think you will enjoy. I also have a story of a dog and of course “A moment with Caitlin” as well. So let’s start this up.
“MANIFESTO OF A MADMAN”
THE LONG LETTER
597. So in the Mayor’s final act of insanity he goes on to say:
“Superior's downtown has improved dramatically in the last decade. New investments in business and infrastructure have made our city center a destination for the Twin Ports, increased public safety, and accelerated economic development. For this trend to continue, we must exercise a great deal of caution and set high standards for any venture that risks the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Superior. I hope that the building located at 1108 Tower Ave. will soon host another business, but I cannot support a proposal that puts our community at risk. I recommend the council deny this license.”
Respectfully,
Jim Paine, Mayor
City of Superior
COMMENTS
The pictures above best describe how I feel about his statement and as soon as I clean up the mess before my wife wakes up, I’ll break it all down. In fact whenever she finds traces of barf in the house she says “Have you been reading the Mayor’s letter again?”
598. He says: “Superior's downtown has improved dramatically in the last decade. New investments in business and infrastructure have made our city center a destination for the Twin Ports, increased public safety, and accelerated economic development.”
COMMENTS
Superior's downtown has not improved “dramatically” in the last decade. Granted, there has been some changes. Labelles Bar and the pool hall, Mr. Lucky’s next door to it were torn down and the Cobblestone Hotel went there. And that was an improvement. Did you know that the City of Superior almost lost the hotel twice due to the incompetence of its’ handling of the deal? Below is an article about the Labelles closure from June 30,2013. Did you know that La Belle is
french for The Beautiful?
Superior nightclub plans to close for good
A long-established Superior nightclub is closing today, and its owner blames road construction.
Labelles, 1014 Tower Ave., will close for good after business this morning, longtime owner Burnie Williams said on Saturday. Area bars already were taking a hit from the economy, Williams said, but it had become much worse since Tower Avenue construction began in April.
"Our business is about half what it should be just to break even," said Williams, 78. "There's other bars that I've been told are getting close to closing," he said. "There's no parking. You can't walk up and down the sidewalk." The establishment is one of the older bars in Superior, said Williams, who has owned it for 28 years. He talked to a customer on Saturday who said he bought his first drink in Superior there in 1958.
Back then, it was named after owner Tommy Byrnes. "It had a reputation for being the place to come in for a snit and a snort (a draft beer with a shot of whiskey on the side)," said Williams, who lives in Duluth. After Byrnes died, his nephew took over but eventually lost it to the bank, Williams said. Two Europeans purchased it -- one from Yugoslavia and the other from Greece. They named it Labelles in homage to La Belle, a West Berlin discotheque in which two American servicemen and a Turkish woman were killed and dozens injured in a terrorist bombing in 1986.
Under his tenure, Labelles has been most like a "big neighborhood bar," Williams said. "We probably had the most reasonable drinks in the Twin Ports." He probably should have closed a month ago, Williams said, but a bartender has been there more than 20 years and a couple of other employees almost as long. "We had emotional reasons to keep operating," he said. "It's not in the cards, I guess."
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MORE COMMENTS
And when he says :
“New investments in business and infrastructure have made our city center a destination for the Twin Ports, increased public safety, and accelerated economic development.”
That also is mostly untrue. When I bought the old “Lord Stanley’s” in 2012, that whole area surrounding it had become very blighted. People were reluctant to go to that area especially at night. I invested about a million dollars in that building and in August of 2013 Shorty’s opened with great fanfare. Finally there was life again. Over the next few years many of the existing businesses renovated their locations and new ones opened and of course a few closed as well. Then in 2017 I invested almost four hundred thousand dollars by purchasing the Palace and doing some renovations. That’s almost a million and half dollars in those two locations. We increased the customer base at the Palace substantially and our little block was kicking on all cylinders. And the other businesses around profited from those two investments I made as well. And all of this happened before you were even Mayor.
600. And when he said:
“New investments in business and infrastructure have made our city center a destination for the Twin Ports”
I say this:
It was investments by myself and the other businesses who opened or did renovations that got this all going. The city for the most part did “Jack Sh*t” as far as I’m concerned so don’t take any credit that you don’t deserve. All the city did was replace a road (Tower Ave.) that needed replacement. And quite frankly I don’t think there was anything special about it. I doubt that the street itself had anything to do with the resurgence of the area.
601.
LIE # 17
And the Mayor said this:
“increased public safety”
That is a lie. Yes if we called the police they would show up, but there was never any time in the combined 13 years I owned both businesses that any city official ever contacted me to have a specific meeting about safety. In fact if you Google the names of the Mayor, Chief of Police, City Attorney or City Council, with the word safety, nothing comes up. As I said before, I will be doing a Blog on “Safety” soon. Whenever I hear this Mayor talk about “safety” it just makes me cringe.
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AND NOW…………THE GRAND FINALE!!!!
AND THE BIGGEST LIE OF THEM ALL
The Mayor’s final words:
“For this trend to continue, we must exercise a great deal of caution and set high standards for any venture that risks the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Superior. I hope that the building located at 1108 Tower Ave. will soon host another business, but I cannot support a proposal that puts our community at risk. I recommend the council deny this license.”
Respectfully,
Jim Paine, Mayor
City of Superior
LIE # 18
The Mayor said:
“For this trend to continue, we must exercise a great deal of caution and set high standards for any venture that risks the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Superior.”
COMMENTS
If you could be jailed for lying, Mayor Paine would be spending the rest of his life behind bars without the possibility of parole. You have bars in Superior that have had murders, people shot, people stabbed, human trafficking, guns and drug offenses. And guess what? They are all still open. We had one incident where a guy shot a gun into the wall just below the ceiling. Nobody hurt or injured. We are closed. How can you take his statement with any degree of seriousness? You can’t. I think his words speak for themselves. I believe he owes an explanation to you, the taxpayers, to City Council and to me about this scandal that he and the perpetually triggered Melissa Hyatt conjured up. In other words it’s time to come clean. If you believe one word of his final statement then you are living in another universe and should seek help although I think it may too late. And if you think that we were closed and Jordan was denied a license because the Mayor was concerned about “the risks, the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Superior” then chances are you are also on drugs.
On the next Blog I will do a recap of the “Manifesto from Hell” as well as a final new text between the two schemers and much more. In the meantime, as I stated earlier on the Blog, there has been a couple of developing stories of interest about the Mayor and his wife Jenny “from the frozen block” Van Sickle. She was born in Alaska and it’s cold there. So let’s get at them.
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CRAIG SUTHERLAND
COMMENTS
I don’t really know Craig. I have met him a couple of times when I owned Shorty’s and I made a purchase or two at his CBD shop several years ago. It was more like “Hi how are you” type of stuff. I haven’t spoke to him for many years. I did start watching his Facebook page several months ago. There is no secret that he and the Mayor don’t get along and he would make comments on the Mayor from time to time. But recently he escalated his activity about him. I’ll show you a couple of his posts below.
1-In this upcoming video, I’ll be highlighting the concerning direction our city is headed under the leadership of our mayor and his wife. It seems like they're paving the way for a lawless environment with little regard for accountability. Buckle up—there’s a lot more to come in the next few days! Stay tuned!
Here is a link to his Facebook page: Facebook
2-As someone who has been elected to council three times, I truly understand how things work. I know the ins and outs of policy, and I've seen firsthand how a vendetta among leaders can hinder success—especially for business owners.
Over the past five years, I’ve witnessed the extremes of their pettiness, affecting not just friends but family as well.
So, I’ve taken up a new hobby: exposing these actions by sharing videos from meetings and raw footage of their absurdities.
Revenge may not be the best medicine, but my doctor just upped the dose! Stay tuned for the upcoming revelations!.
It’s gonna get raw. I’m sorry in advance.
3-48 hours ago, I started exposing the outrageous behavior of some city council members during committee meetings, and the response has been insane! bThe three videos have already hit over 10,000 views combined!
Check out the attached screenshots of the insights from Facebook—it's time for some serious accountability. Someone in the Allouez area needs to step up and run against her because this is unacceptable! Let’s shake things up!
4-Imagine creating a sex trafficking committee, send out this massive presser and get local media to pat you on your back only to have ONE meeting in THREE years? Don't piss on my back and tell me it's raining player!
That's Jim Paine, Mayor of Superior for ya!
5-So let me get this straight: I get denied a beer license for my bait store, but the mayor’s staffer gets one for an Emo Prom event? Sounds like a personal agenda or vendetta to me!
This kind of favoritism is ridiculous! If we're not all being treated fairly, then something needs to change! GTFOH with this nonsense!
6-I want to be transparent here: I’m using my platform to expose the nastiness of certain local elected officials.
Let’s be real—last time I got involved, my team submitted an open records request and got a city councilor to resign immediately. It’s time to hold these people accountable.
Enjoy your weekend y’all, I’m smiling ear to ear.
7-Tonight, the Human Resource Committee will be discussing the request to fill two police positions. Last meeting, that item was tabled for more discussion in regards to the job description, so tonight should be interesting! I’m sure after the public witnessed the shitshow that was Councilor Van Sickle—who, by the way, chairs the committee—she’ll have to come back to what they call reality!
My two cents: If they want to keep turning us into a lawless city, someone with far greater authority over her and her husband(Mayor Paine) will end up policing our city—and that would be the Sheriff!
8-We’ve lost a lot of department heads in the City of Superior ever since our mayor and his wife took office. Just about three weeks ago, our amazing Parks, Recreation & Forestry Director, Linda Cadotte, abruptly submitted her letter of resignation. It really makes me wonder, “Why?”
Well, I know why. I’ve done my research, and I’m going to keep it at that for now. It’s clear that things need to change at the top, folks.
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COMMENTS
Lots to cover here. Here a few of my takeaways.
1- I wish the Chief would have put Ms. Van Sickle in a Van Sickle Cell. She’s got quite the yapper. And she should be voted out of office for her stupid Minneapolis/New York/ L.A. ideas and her shitty attitude. Imagine a lightweight like her telling the Chief how to do his job. The party of tolerance my ass.
2-When Craig talks about only one meeting in three years for the so-called sex trafficking committee it reminds me what I said earlier. The Mayor doesn't give a crap about safety and it sounds like his wife doesn't either.
3-The Mayor seems to enjoy weaponizing business licenses. It’s called abuse of power.
4-Here is my biggest takeaway. As you all know, I am a big supporter of law enforcement but I’m a little baffled. After reading the letter from the Mayor you would think that after the Palace closed the SPD would be able to lay off between 3-5 officers right? After all the Palace must have accounted for about 90% of all crime in Superior right? WRONG. Apparently the Chief wants to hire two more officers. It seems strange to me that with the population of Superior dropping every year since Mayor Paine took over and in 2023 the revenues to the City dropped, that we would be needing to hire any new city employees. In fact in the business world we usually lay off employees when our customer base and sales drop. Just saying.
6. And when Craig said:
“We’ve lost a lot of department heads in the City of Superior ever since our mayor and his wife took office. Just about three weeks ago, our amazing Parks, Recreation & Forestry Director, Linda Cadotte, abruptly submitted her letter of resignation. It really makes me wonder, “Why?”
I don’t know Ms. Cadotte. In fact I don’t know one person who works for the city but I have heard that a lot of people have quit under the Mayors leadership.
7- When you check out Craig’s Facebook page make sure you check out the comments. A lot of them are hilarious.
605.
I LOVE A GOOD DOG STORY!
Family dog finds 11-year-old boy under several feet of rubble after mudslide during Helene
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A family said their dog rescued their 11-year-old grandson from a mudslide in the mountains. The child is in the Charlotte area now being treated at Atrium Health Levine Children’s Jeff Gordon Children’s Center.
Jamie Parker and his dog Tucker have always been inseparable. “I probably would have died if it wasn’t for Tucker,” the little boy told WCNC Charlotte. When Hurricane Helene barreled through in late September, the bond between the two of them was everything. "It was terrifying for me,” Jamie said.
The two were at home with his grandparents and sister Jemma, not far from Asheville, when a mudslide slammed into their house.
“All of a sudden I felt the house go like this and I saw walls coming at me and I thought, 'What?'” Jamie's grandmother Donna Johns remembered.
Jamie said he was on the couch with his sister at the time. "Then the house mudslided, and I face-planted into a wall, full body went flying,” Jamie said.
His grandmother ended up on the roof, but Jamie was thrown under the stairs in a pile of rubble about 12 feet deep. "It was scary, I thought I was all alone," he said. "I thought they went down. I thought my family had died.” Donna Johns said she also thought her husband and the kids were all dead.
“I had yelled for Jamie and Jemma and Michael and nobody answered me," she said. "I didn’t know if everybody was dead, and I was screaming my head off."
Jamie was lying under the debris, screaming for help, but hearing no one in return.
“It felt like forever down there," Jamie said. "I couldn't see sunlight. I could feel water dripping on me, and I thought I was either gonna drown or run out of air.”
Jamie's grandfather Michael Johns said he could see his granddaughter, but couldn’t find Jamie.
“It was raining really hard, I remember seeing the little girl, but I couldn’t find the boy," Michael Johns said. "I couldn’t find him, didn’t know where he was.”
Jamie was trying desperately to get someone’s attention. “I was screaming at the top of my lungs, and my grandma couldn't hear me,” Jamie recalled. His best hope was his best friend. “Tucker was above me, and he was barking," Jamie said. "I heard him whining and barking.”
Michael Johns said Tucker wouldn’t move from his spot.
“He stayed on top of the pile and was barking away, and I just thought he was going crazy," Michael Johns said. "I didn’t realize he had located the boy!”
Tucker stayed put until firefighters arrived and used a chainsaw to dig Jamie out.
Jamie thinks he knows why Tucker was the only one who knew where he was.
“Since he has big ears and a big nose, I think he could hear me and smell me," Jamie said. "He was trying to tell them where I was.
"The trauma caused a condition that can be deadly, so Jamie was flown to Atrium Health Cabarrus where one nurse is fostering Tucker and the rest of the nursing team has spent their own money buying the basics for the family who lost everything, including their home. Donna Johns is gutted after spending two decades paying off her home. “I’ve been paying for it for over 25 years, and I’m just $4,000 short of paying it off," she said. "My idea was that it would be paid off and we wouldn't have any mortgage payment -- and now it’s all gone."
But they’re grateful they have each other, and of course, Tucker.
Years ago, the siblings used their allowance money to pay for Tucker, saving him days before he was to be put down at a shelter. “He was the last dog there,” Jamie said. "When he saw us he ran right up to us. So they rescued Tucker.
"And he rescued me," Jamie said.
As of now, they don’t know where to go, so even though Jamie is medically cleared and could go home, the hospital is letting the family stay at the hospital in a room together.
Here is a YouTube link to the story:
(1) Family dog rescues North Carolina boy trapped under rubble from Helene – YouTube
606.
COMMENTS
When you rescue a dog you think you are saving it’s life, and you are. But sometimes it ends up saving yours.
607.
AND NOW “A MOMENT OF CAITLIN”
What a heartbreaker.
If there was one thing Lynx and Liberty fans could agree on about last night's WNBA Finals game, it's that we could use a couple more. (The league is expanding the championship series to seven matches next season.)
But the overwhelming sentiment on the part of Minnesota basketball fans — and at least one notable NBA player — is that a series of blown calls tilted the game toward New York. Even Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve aired her frustrations during a postgame presser, saying "this [expletive] was stolen from us."
The Lynx may not be the 2024 league champions but this lineup just wrapped one of the team's most notable seasons in franchise history.
They packed Target Center on more than one occasion and set a pair of attendance records. They fought tooth and nail for every game in the finals series, sending Game 5 into overtime for the first time ever. And the Lynx did it all with a roster completely rebuilt after the four-championship dynasty of the 2010s.
COMMENTS
Yes Lynx fans, sorry about your damn luck. But my beef is with your nasty, Caitlin Clark hater coach Cheryl Reeve. The same Cheryl Reeve who from the beginning of Clark’s WNBA career has been one of her top haters. She is the reason I boycotted the entire summer Olympics. She is the reason Clark was not on the team and deprived the entire world of seeing what Clark could do on the global stage. She clearly was a better player than some of the ones she picked. The results were so-so attendance at Team USA games and so-so TV ratings. And by the way Team USA won the gold but you only won by one lousy point 67-66. You were lucky. But you didn't win the WNBA title and as the say, karma is a bitch. Here at the Blog we are always all Caitlin all of the time.
Well that it for this edition of the Blog and thank you all for reading.
