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Post by ronnief on Mar 12, 2008 15:28:34 GMT -6
I bet the state finds that some money was miss-spent, the clerk says ooops, he is so very sorry, it will not happen again, and he goes on his merry little way. The D.A. does not have the backbone to go after an elected official, unless there is some blatant crime committed. People in Lafayette have very short memories.
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Post by percy on Mar 14, 2008 20:26:46 GMT -6
Oh, please. The Clerk is telling anybody that will listen that it his annual audit. Only the people that perform his annual audit leave their work papers in the office every day and do not drive little cars with public plates on the back of them. These people are from Baton Rouge, they work for the State and they are there for a reason.
It will be interesting to see when the audit is released. So many people made such a fuss about a few thousand dollars allegedly misspent by the Airport Commission, raised such a stink, you would have thought millions were in question.
Let’s see if the same people raise the same ruckus about the Clerk of Court and his misdeeds. The public will be shocked when the audit is published, and the Clerk can do 3 to 5 in “government provided housing.”
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Post by quest on Mar 15, 2008 8:36:06 GMT -6
The Clerk will not do anything anywhere if the DA / AG / US Attorney do not step up to the plate and do the job they were elected/appointed to do.
Especially the DA, isn't he up for election this year?
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Post by quest on Mar 19, 2008 16:21:51 GMT -6
The auditors from the Legislative Auditor's Office must really like the food in Lafayette ( lol ). They keep coming back!
I understand that this is their third week in Lafayette. Amazing that there has been nothing in the written press about their visits to Louis Perret, only a small mention on a radio show this past Monday of trouble brewing in the Clerk's Office.
Brewing, more like an explosive boil. It will be interesting to see where the blame is placed and whose head(s) will roll.
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Post by zoe10850 on Apr 2, 2008 23:33:59 GMT -6
I am still waiting to see those positive posts from 360Guy and Twiggy re; Clerk of Court. There is a criminal investigation being conducted right now in the Clerk's Office by the Legislative Auditor so evidently the election allegations had merit. Findings will be released and turned over to the District Attorney if anything is found of a criminal nature. If the public gets half as worked up as they did over the airport commission and a few meals, there will be fireworks. I wonder if politics will prevail or if the new ethics reform the Governor is pushing has any substance or is just smoke and mirrors ? Isn't the Clerk's brother on the Ethics Commission ?
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Post by quest on Apr 5, 2008 7:32:33 GMT -6
Word on the street about the Legislative Auditor's Audit of Louis Perret: "much ado about nothing", as the saying goes. Even people in the Accounting Dep't say the audit from the Legislative Auditor is much ado about nothing and the auditor's "have nothing." Better hope so folks given Louis Perret's history of swift retribution with people that he even thinks have crossed him. Is that WhistleBlower Poster posted in the office as required by state law? Probably not! If I worked for Perret, I would have a big fat journal at home with daily entries of the goings on. Probably a few audio tapes of meetings, too. Those digital voice recorders are pretty small and the voice activated microphones are pretty good. You know, some of the things Perret is reeking on employees are simply not covered by the employer immunity that he thinks. Many of his Perret's tirades are / will be covered under Federal EEOC and Civil Rights claims. Perret will soon find out that his insurance does not cover these willful indiscretions and the monetary award of his actionable offenses will be paid out of Perrret's own pocket, not that of the taxpayers.
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Post by ronnief on Apr 8, 2008 17:47:58 GMT -6
I am not surprised that there are issues at that office. His human resource officer displays a book "Human Resources for Dummies". That pretty much sums up the current management philosophy. I do think Perret is a good political operator. He is just a bad manager/administrator. He just fired a girl with over 25 years of service and could not even give her a reason; and had the nerve to tell her that she should have been fired years ago. Right. After 25 years. He is lucky she is not my wife because I would have mopped the floor with his greasy head.
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Post by bunny on Apr 9, 2008 21:42:45 GMT -6
Ronnie, I heard pretty much the same thing, plus some....people are talking for sure & not favorably about the clerk & not only in Lafayette !!!! From what has been observed, a proud & haughty spirit runs that office & looks like it's gotten only worse since the election.
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Post by percy on Apr 10, 2008 16:06:04 GMT -6
Proud is an interesting choice of words. I do not doubt that they are or think themselves to be, it is an interesting choice of words none the less.
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Post by bunny on Apr 10, 2008 19:00:44 GMT -6
Yes, Percy, those are interesting words which describe the character of the present clerk & his administration. The American Heritage Dictionary defines the word haughty as proud & vain to the point of arrogance & no doubt Webster's definition is similar. I bet the ex employees, which have been MANY, could elaborate on these words...esp, those who were canned for trivial reasons. The turnover is unreal & seems to be mostly within the Civil Dept, which ranks second in generating the most money.
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Post by percy on Apr 12, 2008 5:38:20 GMT -6
Bunny, thanks for the explanation.
You obviously have insight into that place that is shared by very few..
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Post by bunny on Apr 12, 2008 10:07:40 GMT -6
On the contrary, Percy, this insight is shared by MANY & it's unfortunate ... all it takes is a little dispute w/the clerk and/or his administration, on the matter of a filing there or having to do w/policy, money, or whatever, to inspire chats at the banks, donut shops, barber shops, grocery stores & even funeral parlors! Word gets around..Lafayette is real ' small town ' for that. A VERY small scale example is when my agent happened to be on the 2nd floor, about a year ago & witnessed the clerk, himself, order a soliciting pie lady (who had been welcomed, even by the clerk, for selling her pies there & other public places) to leave the premises immediately...& even though the clerk appears to be relaxed about this now, it has not been forgotten & because of incidents such as this, people are wondering about him being quirky...that particular pie lady had been coming for a decade & suddenly & abruptly, was rudely ordered to leave...& in the presence & earshot of others hanging around...do not think for one second that this didn't spread around like a wild fire !!! Those who have never witnessed such an incident w/the clerk no doubt just brushed it off as him perhaps having a bad day, while with others, caused a review of past incidents as such in regard to his personality & character.
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Post by toadm on Apr 28, 2008 9:14:16 GMT -6
Hey Ronnief, I believe I know that employee you talked about with the 25 yrs he so say fired. Well, that person had 26 1/2 yrs and was a hell of a worker. I've heard Louis Perret even called her a WORK HORSE. Well you can beat a horse just do much. People in that office are so afraid to speak up----------for fear of what the Clerk and his Chief Deputy, (who has a degree as a school teacher) will do. She should be teaching school because she tries to treat everyone like children. And yes, the pie lady was told not to return to the office even the personnel were embarrased for her. Word about that office does not spread far or fast enough. PEOPLE NEED TO WAKE UP!!!!!!!!THAT OFFICE IS GOING TO THE DOGS
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Post by bunny on Apr 30, 2008 18:46:57 GMT -6
Oh, Toadm, you are SO right in that the Clerk's office is not what it used to be...sad, but true...the damage has already been done over the years since he took up shop there...everyone has had to pay a price for his actions...the general public w/the outrageous increase in costs for filing fees... & I understand the state legislative auditors were there NOT for the annual audit, but for a criminal investigation...hello? And they were there for 4 weeks !!! It should not be shocking when the auditors report is published...it is the hope of MANY that justice will prevail because at this stage of the game, people are MORE than questioning the actions taken on by the Clerk & his administration...but, bottom line, it all falls on him because he has the final say-so on everything...Then, there is the issue of the tremendous employee turnover, year after year since he's been in office & was NEVER the case in any prior administration...hello? The public & those who especially frequent the court house regularly, tend to form a kind of bond, if you will, w/the employees & some get spoiled, including myself & want certain employees to wait on them...we question when an employee is "missing in action" & of course, the reply given is "they are no longer here". Now that alone raises an eyebrow. True, life is full of changes but, for SO MANY to be gone all at once, makes people question what in the world is going on over there ...but those whose work heavilly involves the Clerk's office & the courts ALL know the reasons for the increase in filing fees, they know why the turnover is the way it is & always has been since he took office. His recent efforts for restoration are futile for he has never had the respect he could have had & it's too late now, for arrogance never gains respect.
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Post by toadm on May 2, 2008 9:12:35 GMT -6
Hey, Bunny Yes that office is not something to brag about. It was a wonderful place under the watchful and loving eyes of Mr. Dan Guilliot and Mrs. Ann Ardoin. This was a very compasionate man who love his office. People always felt welcomed there, young or old. The older people really loved it because he kept the memories alive of our culture. He was very respected gentleman, which is more that I can say for the Clerk of today. I've been told that the employees (excluding supervisors) (or wal-mart greeters as they are commonly known as) cannot even help any of the public until 8:30 a.m. Don't turn on your computer and don't work. That sucks, he should be happy to have employees who are willing to work, no matter what time it is. You talked about turnover, well it is terrible there. Everyone time you got into that office you see a new face. In the previous administration when we went in there were the same faces people had come to know and trust. TRUST in that office has long since left. Boy, you talk about arrogant, he walks around like a proud peacock, what does he have to be proud of?
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Post by quest on May 2, 2008 16:34:05 GMT -6
You know it is kind of funny. Everyone thought that Mr. Dan was an old coot. Some people did not have nice things to say about Miss Ann either. Let me tell you something, both of those people knew about PUBLIC SERVICE and what it takes and what it meant to SERVE THE PUBLIC. Many of the old employees do too, but the Clerk and his hatchet lady Chief Deputy have all of them scared to death of their own shadow. Those kind of employees, always in fear of losing their jobs, especially for reasons unrelated to job performance, can not do their jobs efficiently or effectively. Maybe some of those old employees would have spoken up and told the Clerk that some of the things he was doing were wrong, possibly even illegal, but must surely they would have been fired for doing so and their customers would have been told "They no longer work here."
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Post by bunny on May 3, 2008 21:53:24 GMT -6
quest, you are RIGHT ON stating that Mr Dan & Miss Ann knew about public service & what it takes & what it means to SERVE THE PUBLIC. Miss Ann wasn't even publicly recognized by the present clerk at his initial swearing in...I was there that day & didn't quite know what was going on at first..the media was there & his senator buddy. Perret never once gave Miss Ann any credit for her years of service there...everyone noticed how she was slighted, & EVEN AFTER THAT, she was very instrumental in "teaching him the ropes", so to speak..now she is one public servant who is highly respected & one to be proud of, esp, to overlook this & still be willing to help him. THIS LADY IS A PUBLIC SERVANT ... but willing to help him now...hmmmm...doubt this would be the case since he has recently told her, in a public place, that she was no longer allowed to come to the clerk's office & even insulted her children to her face, simply because she executed her right to make a personal choice. What is with this man to think he can control anybody, esp, in their PERSONAL lives ... So many employees have been unexpectedly fired for reasons not having to do with their job performances & escorted out of the court house by a sheriff's deputy !!! An employee over there is not allowed to have dinner, in their personal lives, w/family & friends & talk about their jobs & their grievances because if it gets back to the clerk, he will call in that employee & say, "I heard...." & he will go w/what he heard & not give any thought to the employee's defense. Ask any ex employee who was fired and/or, intimidated & harassed so much that they just got tired of the BS & quit. And if the clerk were to be questioned on any such matter, he would alter employee records to reflect something in his favor...he HAS DONE THIS. Yet, he demands respect...the man has some nerve in lieu of what he has done & the ill will he has caused.
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Post by zoe10850 on May 5, 2008 1:09:28 GMT -6
I really do not know what you guys expect from this Clerk.
The man holds the position of chief election officer, is charged with conducting fair and impartial elections, yet, was on Johnston Street @ Guilbeau on election day waving his personal election sign while driving there in a PUBLICLY OWNED VEHICLE. Wasn't he supposed to be at work, and was he not on taxpayer time ? The D.A. could charge him with malfeasance on that alone. Does he not know the election laws, one of his main responsibilities ?
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Post by bunny on May 5, 2008 17:39:21 GMT -6
You're right, Zoe...nothing else can be expected other than what already exists..repetition of ill will conduct, in treating people & other inappropriate actions, such as the use of public funds...Yeah, we saw KATC reporting on election night that the clerk was campaigning for himself on the corner of Guilbeau & Johnston, via a public vehicle...HUGE NO-NO!!The legislative auditors will detect this & much more & ultimately, will deter misappropriation of public assets & more !!
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Post by ronnief on May 9, 2008 14:28:17 GMT -6
Well ToadM, it just keeps getting better.
A girl was dismissed just recently because she was too busty, and apparently her cleavage disturbed his psyche. First no open toed high heels (toes must excite him), no cleavage (it is a uniform he approved), no cells phones for employees, only he and Toto are allowed to carry them (his has a camera also). I thought Saddam Hussein was oppressive !!
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