By all means, Lissa, tell us of all the nefarious activity that you have proof of. Oh yeah, & instead of allegations, why don't you go ahead & provide said proof. You see, b/c I've "heard" about the meth lab you have in your basement.

If the games in Howard's are felonious then so are the ones at: Varners, Zucca, Legion, Lions Club, Twisted Taco, Tilted Kilt, Bellas, McCrays, Vintage Tavern, Jocks n Jills, my neighbor's garage, my other neighbor's kitchen, pool room, living room and countless other places in and around Smyrna....oh and wait my own front porch. Finding a poker game in Smyrna is about as hard as finding the pavement in front of your house.
Some people actually just enjoy the camaraderie of playing poker with friends and neighbors. Almost all of these games are either free bar games for points or limited to tournament style games with small buy in's and pots (winnings) shared with organizer, host, and charity. These games typically have no chance of loosing more than the cost of a couple movie tickets. Its a perfect way to get 3-4 hours of entertainment with friends for a limited cost.

A poker game isn't exactly nefarious activity and I don't think saying you know about one is really making allegations towards anyone.

The difference is the poker at Twisted Taco and Tilted KIlt (not sure about the other places) is you don't have to put money in to play and you don't get cash if you win, therefore it's not gambling - it's just a way to draw in customers.

Tim, what Lissa & several others routinely do is try insinuate wrongdoing & give the appearance of impropriety on the part of city employees every chance they get. This happens all the time...many times its done w/o any proof whatsoever, & sometimes their drivel is demonstrably false. In this case, Lissa is trying to lump the mayor in w/a story about illegal gambling, as if to tie him to the activity. Sadly, they don't seem to realize, or care, that when they actually have legit criticisms they fall on deaf ears b/c of this nonsense.

Personally, I don't think gambling should be illegal to begin with, but it is, so I don't have a problem w/the police doing their jobs. Though for what it's worth, topical article from yesterday..."Poker Is More a Game of Skill Than of Chance, a Judge Rules". (http://goo.gl/AtkR9)

That is really how Bill Campbell got taken down. I told the FBI about the Friday night poker games, that the late Ricky Rowe held the key to the door whether or not you came in or not. After Rowe died they didn't know if they were going to be able to get the conviction. People knew about the gambling trips to Vegas, but not the poker trips. The FBI, asked me how I knew. I said a contractor came to my office one day all dejected that he went to a prebid meeting at the Atlanta Water Plant off Howel Mill and Ricky Rowe, came up to him and said hey what are you doing here, you know you have to be invited to the Friday night Poker games at the mayors house to bid on the projects here. AKA, The mayor won all of the games of poker at his house on Friday night, that is how the Bribes were passed by the contractors always loosing to the mayor in the friendly Friday night Poker games. I gave the FBI the contractor's name who told me this. Within a couple of weeks Bill Campbell had pleaded guilty, and was sentenanced to jail.

I have never figured out how Max Bacon was able to avoid the Hatch Act and run and be the Mayor of Smyrna while serving as the Post Master. The majority of the Jobs in Smyrna are not Federal Jobs, therefore their was no reason for an exemption which may be given in the greater DC area.

Agreed on all accounts. This is what happens when people try to legislate morality. It forces the police to tie-up resources that could be better served elsewhere. Of course, if you told people that the proceeds would go to help fund education, the fundies who are against gambling now would fall all over themselves to vote for it b/c it "helps the children".

Its because the Republicans aka former Blue Dog Dems, are Faux Bible Thumpers that want to legislate morality to win the fringes and the Sunday church crowd. I thought that Howard's was where the Smyrna Church Crowd hung out after church. Now they are going to fight over it was the Baptists or the Methodist that ruined it or was it all of those Section 8 Blacks from the torn down Housing projects in Atlanta or the illegals that have invaded Smyrna.

I wouldn't let that guy hold my place in line much less the money.

Sounds to me like they are doing a good job of keeping the streets safe. Our streets are full of idiots running red lights, speeding through our neighborhoods, passing school buses and passing on the wrong side of the roadway. Don't like the laws that are on the books then work to change them ?. The Smyrna Police are playing by the book. Make yourself familiar with the rules and play by them. It's a simple process really. I bet you can't drive through Smyrna from one end to the other during rush hour without finding atleast five people breaking the law.

This has nothing to do w/the police. They are doing their sworn duty to uphold the law. The problem is the law(s).

This summer they have arrested all of the white kids around town. MIP aka Minor in Possession is their favorite ticket. They target the white kids because their parents will pay to get them out on bail, pay for diversion ( to keep them eligible for hope and other scholarships, and pay the fines). The minorities will let the kids sit in jail, they don't make any money on the fines, the lawyer friends/donors don't make the $1,500-2,500 fees, the labs and treatment docs don't make the money. Smyrna doesn't have the big diversion fee generation, the bail money free usage for several months ( a free interest free loan). So the black kid, will sit in jail, not be eligible for any college financial aid, be sentanced to time served, Smyrna will end up paying $ 50 a day to house them. So just get the white kids, that has been the game this summer, it has been a good revenue generator. Of course, the ones from Whitfield lie about it occuring, the ones from Campbell Facebook and Twitter about it.

WOW?!?! I wonder if you would have the same disregard and vicious tone if you or someone you cared about needed the protection or use of a police officer after becoming a victim to crime? As for their pay, I feel certain the "undergrad, 28k a year genius/pig" would greatly appreciate our taxes going up and SIGNIFICANTLY. With that increase, then they could be paid a salary fitting for a job that requires them to risk their life everyday. Of course, who would want their taxes raised.....it may cut into their poker money. :)

so.....?

Overreact much?

agree with DJ...

and hows this relevant to Smyrna or this thread?

So bribery wasn't illegal until the 90's? Where was this story in the "national news"? Show your work instead of making accusations. Also, the Mayor has absolutely zero involvement or say so in the operations of the Marietta Cobb Smyrna Narcotics unit. p.s. it wasn't the narcotics unit that served this search warrant it was the intelligence unit.

Watch it pepperoni face.

Yes, that's exactly what they did " took a bribe " and then flaunted it and Max Bacon dared the Feds to try and interfere. I guess the Mayor really is in charge of the entire World. What a twisted World we live in some of your minds. How do they do it ?. Did it not cross some of Ya'lls minds that if Max Bacon controlled everything, that Howards would not have been raided. If the Mayor was there gambling every night in the back room as posted by some that he would have been arrested that night ? Oh, that's right, he holds all the power.

Entrapment or catching the drug dealers in the school ? Those poor thug children. You better be careful where you buy yours Neal, they may be watching you. They may try and " Entrap " you.