EMBARRASSMENT INDEX
FOR THE LOUISIANA AUCTIONEER'S
LICENSING BOARD (LALB)
BY BOARD MEMBER
JAMES SIMS
(Vice
Chairman)
LAPA began audiotaping and videotaping LALB meetings on August 2, 2010. Accordingly, LAPA has no recorded evidence of embarrassments before that date.
Board Member JAMES SIMS (Vice Chairman) has served on the LALB from: April 29, 2011 to present.
November 5, 2014
Upon finding out that Brant Thompson,
son of Louisiana State Senator Francis
Thompson (D-Delhi), succeeded
in obtaining a bond payment for his alleged losses entailing
deceased
auctioneer Bruce Miller, Judy Fasola expresses her frustrations with the LALB.
Those frustrations entail
Ms. Fasola asserting that she was victimized by
notoriously-problematic auctioneer Ken Buhler and his father, Mac.
Specifically, Ms. Fasola was frustrated that LALB attorney Anna Dow, after having her jump through all of the
hoops to file
a bond claim, reversed course and refused to file a
claim for her. During her presentation, Ms. Fasola managed
to catch the
LALB members in one contradiction after another as evidenced by the
historical
LALB video excerpts merged into the above video clip.
After LALB attorney Larry S. Bankston
exhibits his usual obnoxious, abrasive
demeanor toward LAPA (this time to Vice President Robert Burns)
beginning at
the 1:05 mark,
Mr. Sims repeatedly makes a fool of himself in insisting license
restrictions on
Ken Buhler had been removed BEFORE Ms. Fasola's auction when,
in reality, they were removed
eight (8) months after. Sims also
exhibits hostility toward Ms. Fasola for even reviewing the
document with the
restrictions, and FALSELY stated that LAPA Vice President Burns signed off
on
the reinstated license with the restrictions when, in reality, Gov. Jindal
terminated Burns' services on
9/10/10, seven (7) days before Mr.
Buhler's license was reinstated over Burns' vehement objection. Further,
LAPA President
Rev. Freddie Lee Phillips, while still on the LALB at the time
of the Buhler reinstatement, voted AGAINST
reinstating Buhler's license.
January 15, 2014
LAPA
President
Rev. Freddie Lee Phillips has to
REPEATEDLY request that AUCTIONEERS
James Sims (LALB
Vice Chairman)
and
Jeff Henderson (owner of J. A. H. Enterprises,
a firm which was
sued by the LA Department of Revenue for alleged
nonpayment of sales
taxes),
speak
up so audience members can hear what they're
saying. As a result,
Rev. Phillips
is
escorted out
into the hallway by
LALB Security Officer (EBRP
Sheriff Deputy Ronald Landry)
and read the riot
act
for having the audacity to express
his right to hear LALB deliberations!!
March 5, 2013
Fresh
off being exonerated by
the Louisiana Inspector General Office, Sims resumes his ANGRY & HOSTILE
tone toward
LAPA President Rev. Freddie Lee
Phillips, LA's first and only African American auctioneer. He is joined in
his efforts
by LALB Chairman Tessa Steinkamp, who has never shied away
from her own unprovoked personal attacks against Rev. Phillips.
November 5, 2012
LALB Vice Chairman James Sims & Greg Bordelon,
in LAPA President Rev. Freddie Phillips ONLY Absence in 4 Years
Respond to Roll Call
CLICK HERE for 12/22/12 Advocate
Article; CLICK
HERE for IG Report of 2/20/13
CLICK HERE for 3/9/13 Advocate Follow-up
Article
Sims Lambasts Gov.
Jindal
LALB Vice Chairman James Sims' openly
questions whether Chairman Tessa
Steinkamp may be engaging in "witch hunts"
in pursuing auctioneer complaints
and statute violations. The exchange
resulted from a
botched dump
truck auction conducted by legendary auctioneer Keith Babb.
July 18, 2011
Beginning @
5:57 mark, Sims is
hostile toward LAPA President Rev. Freddie Phillips, accusing
Rev. Phillips
of "after the fact witch hunts."
June 20, 2011
Only 52 days into his appointment, beginning
at the 2:57
mark, Sims
openly flaunts his disdain for
Gov.
Jindal
May 18, 2010
James Sims,
LALB Vice Chairman and Past LAA President,
Testifies
Against HB
1439, a bill to strengthen Louisiana's laws
on shill bidding.
CLICK HERE to watch many other auctioneers
make
PUBLIC statements regarding shill bidding.
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