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Updated: Alexandria City Official Resigns after Racist POS post
Posted on 5/6/19 at 8:38 am
Posted on 5/6/19 at 8:38 am
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Von Jennings, the Alexandria Community Services Director, smeared a local resident as a racist, though there is no evidence whatsoever that supports the claim.
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Late last night, Von Jennings, the City of Alexandria’s newly-minted Director of Community Services, lashed out against a white woman who posted a negative review on Facebook of the Alexandria Red River Festival, smearing her as a “racist piece of shite.” The festival, which was held for the first time this weekend, had already generated significant regional controversy, and Jennings’ comment is likely only to intensify criticism.
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Within two hours, a screen capture of Jennings’ comment had been shared more than two dozen times, with several calling for Jennings’ termination and others declaring their intention to pull support from future events.
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The woman, Morgan Aucoin, is an Alexandria resident who currently works for Embers, a locally-owned restaurant located in the heart of the city’s downtown. Her criticism contained no mention of race whatsoever, though it included a meme that mocked Jennings, an African American woman, for falsely claiming that previous festivals only included “one genre” of music.
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“Someone hasn’t been to the Indie Village,” read the caption underneath a photograph of Jennings being interviewed by KALB’s Mark Hamblin. The Indie Village was a component of the award-winning Alex River Fête, the annual festival that Jennings and newly-elected Alexandria Mayor Jeff Hall decided to rebrand and relaunch as the clumsily-named “Alexandria Red River Festival.”
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In 2010, Jennings ran unsuccessfully for Alexandria mayor. Her campaign was supported by Greg Aymond, a local attorney and former member of the Ku Klux Klan who published one of the region’s most well-known political blogs. Aymond, who died in 2012, espoused unrepentant racist beliefs on his blog and, among other things, represented the leader of a white nationalist organization in the aftermath of the Jena Six protests.
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In the interest of full disclosure, I should note that from January 2007 to August 2011, I served as the Special Assistant to former Alexandria Mayor Jacques Roy. Prior to that, I served on Roy’s transition team, and in that capacity, I personally lobbied for the new mayor to hire Von Jennings, who had been highly recommended by my late grandmother for her work with the Rapides Parish Police Jury. She served as Alexandria’s Director of Workforce Development until January 2009, when she was terminated, at the recommendation of the Personnel and Interview Committee, for “insubordination,” “failure to perform duties of her job description in a thorough and professional manner,” and “excessive absences,” according to public records.
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She resigned
This post was edited on 5/7/19 at 6:10 pm
Posted on 5/6/19 at 8:41 am to DemonKA3268
Geez that escalated quickly.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 8:42 am to TulaneFan
Pretty much like the rest of the state especially New Orleans
Posted on 5/6/19 at 8:44 am to DemonKA3268
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[Jennings] campaign was supported by Greg Aymond, a ... former member of the Ku Klux Klan who published one of the region’s most well-known political blogs. Aymond...espoused unrepentant racist beliefs on his blog.
WTF? Bizarre.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 8:46 am to DemonKA3268
Is there any part of Louisiana that isn't a complete joke at this point?
Posted on 5/6/19 at 8:50 am to lsu13lsu
quote:Nope, just have some areas that are worse than others.
Is there any part of Louisiana that isn't a complete joke at this point?
Posted on 5/6/19 at 8:51 am to lsu13lsu
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Is there any part of Louisiana that isn't a complete joke at this point?
St. George
Posted on 5/6/19 at 8:53 am to TulaneFan
quote:Just wait a little longer...
St. George
Posted on 5/6/19 at 8:58 am to Relham10
quote:I know her and I am actually surprised she lashed out like that on FB. Guess it hit her in the feels.
Geez that escalated quickly.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:20 am to DemonKA3268
Shared over two dozen times in a couple of hours?
Half of Alexandria knew pretty quickly it sounds like.
Half of Alexandria knew pretty quickly it sounds like.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:24 am to DemonKA3268
quote:Any backstory on this.
The festival, which was held for the first time this weekend, had already generated significant regional controversy
quote:Wait, so the KKK guy supported the black woman's campaign? Am I getting my characters wrong?
In 2010, Jennings ran unsuccessfully for Alexandria mayor. Her campaign was supported by Greg Aymond, a local attorney and former member of the Ku Klux Klan who published one of the region’s most well-known political blogs. Aymond, who died in 2012, espoused unrepentant racist beliefs on his blog and, among other things, represented the leader of a white nationalist organization in the aftermath of the Jena Six protests.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:24 am to Porkchop Express
quote:Yeah, news travels pretty fast in Alex.
Shared over two dozen times in a couple of hours? Half of Alexandria knew pretty quickly it sounds like.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:30 am to blueboy
quote:I honestly don't know. I don't go to it.
Any backstory on this.
quote:No, you read that right. Crazy huh?
Wait, so the KKK guy supported the black woman's campaign? Am I getting my characters wrong?
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:31 am to DemonKA3268
The festival sucked. For racist reasons. It was obvious what the problem was.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:33 am to latech15
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The festival sucked. For racist reasons. It was obvious what the problem was.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:33 am to blueboy
I don’t know about the “significant regional controversy” part....I haven’t really heard anything (I live in Alexandria).
But I can presume it has to do with the new administration’s “rebranding” of what has been a largely successful festival. I didn’t go this year, but it seems like the new administration made some changes to the layout, schedule, hell-they even changed the name, seemingly all for ththe purpose of just having their fingerprint on the festival and distancing themselves from the previous administration.
But I can presume it has to do with the new administration’s “rebranding” of what has been a largely successful festival. I didn’t go this year, but it seems like the new administration made some changes to the layout, schedule, hell-they even changed the name, seemingly all for ththe purpose of just having their fingerprint on the festival and distancing themselves from the previous administration.
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