jakeburdett OP t1_je4wy91 wrote
Reply to comment by isadesking456 in Former Columbia Association President Lakey Boyd EXPOSED for Questionable, Seemingly Corrupt Decisions in Office by jakeburdett
As an unemployed law student, that’d be nice if this conspiracy theory was true haha. But no, I did this all for free, and I’ve got years of unpaid activism and other writing to show for, as well
The documents I used were requested by a CA resident under the MD HOA Act and sent to me, but this was not assisted by the CA Board members involved in the dispute with Lakey Boyd.
My interest in this as a HoCo resident is that what happens in Columbia is not contained to just Columbia. Howard Hughes Corporation has sway county-wide, so them funding a slate of candidates for CA absolutely does impact the whole county
isadesking456 t1_je50406 wrote
Unemployed law student with years of unpaid activism? Who's paying your tuition? How do you afford food and housing? Something's not adding up.
Which CA resident requested those documents? Have they been working with the board? Did you ask about their motivations for passing these documents on to you? I'm not surprised someone would use you to fight their fight, since you have a reputation here and elsewhere as being a caustic bully who is willing to say anything about those you don't like. Easier for this "CA resident" to hide behind you than to make this case publicly.
It's actually a pity you're not getting paid, since you're clearly doing someone else's bidding.
jakeburdett OP t1_je51cz9 wrote
My parents and student loans pay for my tuition and housing, plus money I saved between 4 year university and law school. Many young people who are students nowadays do this.
It’s not my place to reveal who the CA resident that requested and sent me the documents are—many community members trying to speak out against the dominant narrative have been aggressively ridiculed by Allies of Lakey Boyd, and so are understandably hesitant to publicly stick their neck out on the line like that. I know this resident’s motivation was to hold Lakey accountable for one of MANY of her highly questionable actions in office
You have an interesting definition of a bully. To me, a bully is someone who picks on the powerless and those weaker than them (I.e. what Howard Hughes Corporation, Lakey, and their defenders do). But calling out people in positions of authority for gross corruption and abuses of power (what I do) is accountability, not “bullying”. I guess we may have to agree to disagree on this one?
isadesking456 t1_je53gex wrote
If the case against Lakey were as strong as you purport, those community members wouldn't fear sticking their necks out.
If you weren't working (for free, apparently) for a private, for-profit corporation dedicated to "transparency," your unwillingness to discuss the source of this information and their motivations would make more sense. Transparency for thee but not for me, right? (That's the CA board's credo after holding 15 closed meetings--without proper notification--over the last 10 months.)
Also, your bullying is well known in Howard County and on the eastern shore. But I understand that you need to tell yourself stories of righteousness to justify your behavior. Why did you get kicked out of the Hickory Ridge Village Board meeting the other night?
jakeburdett OP t1_je58onp wrote
Again, it’s not my place to disclose people’s identities without permission, and there are very legitimate reasons why people would be scared to blow the whistle, because they know how whistleblowers tend to get treated (as is happening to me now, for example). All of these documents and the facts reported in the blog are legitimate, it sounds like you’re just reaching for an excuse to ignore it. I’m not working for anyone, I wrote a guest blog post…
I was removed from the Hickory Ridge Candidate Forum last night for… daring to post this blog in the chat! Is Hickory Ridge Village defending Lakey’s reputation?
Columbia4Life t1_je5ddqj wrote
>But calling out people in positions of authority for gross corruption and abuses of power (what I do) is accountability, not “bullying”.
Is that why you, a cisgender, heterosexual white man, have such a long, documented history of contempt and disrespect toward women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people when they don't fully toe your political line?
As one example of many, this is you, telling Sherman Howell, an 80-year-old Black Columbia resident and NAACP member with a decades-long resume of civil rights activism including marching with John Lewis on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965 - that he doesn't care about black lives. The level of pathological self-importance required to say such an absurd thing to a man with Mr. Howell's background is off the charts.
https://twitter.com/jake_burdett/status/1583704126428688384?s=20
Maybe you're right. You're not a bully. You're an asshole.
jakeburdett OP t1_je5dp6k wrote
Sherman May mean well, and he’s certainly been around for a long time, but he has consistently supported politicians that have been very detrimental to the black community, and does not seem to care when this is pointed out to him.
The rest of your statement is baseless
Columbia4Life t1_je5fpdv wrote
Representation means Sherman does not need your counsel or permission to make his own political decisions.
The fact that you believe you know better than he does what is good for the Black community proves that the rest of my statement is not baseless.
jakeburdett OP t1_je5khs4 wrote
Lol. You think corporate-funded and police union-endorsed candidates will look out for the black community? Go study some history
Columbia4Life t1_je5n7yg wrote
The point is that the Black community does not want or need you, a white man, telling them what's good for them and what isn't. Especially in the contemptuous manner in which you do so.
Columbia4Life t1_je5nqup wrote
But hey, since you're here speaking for Columbia residents when you don't live here, I guess that tracks!
jakeburdett OP t1_je75cwz wrote
Lol that you made this fake account for this. This is not about me telling the black community what to do, this is a criticism of Sherman Howell’s long record of supporting systematically racist policies and the politicians who perpetuate it
Columbia4Life t1_je787ve wrote
Keep proving to everyone on this thread what a self-important asshole you are.
DoorKnob410 t1_je5x7v1 wrote
Mean well? Sherman Howell helped organize the March on Washington. What have you done other than yell on the internet?
jakeburdett OP t1_je5xgxo wrote
Good for Sherman. Does that erase decades of harmful, counterproductive work in the community afterwards? I think people are complex, and you can give credit where it’s due, but also scrutiny when it’s due
Columbia4Life t1_je5zkv0 wrote
This is what he has done in the years since. Harmful and counterproductive enough that the NAACP gave him an award for it.
jakeburdett OP t1_je75mgq wrote
HoCo/MD NAACP is run by a well-known predator. They’ve sadly become co-opted for corporate interests, as well, and are actually quite conservative. I do have respect for NAACP nationally, though, and was a big supporter of Ben Jealous’s 2018 campaign
Columbia4Life t1_je78bgb wrote
Oh really? Who is the predator? And of course, what proof do you have of that fact?
jakeburdett OP t1_je78frs wrote
You can look it up. Good to know you do not believe women
Columbia4Life t1_je7919y wrote
Cool, and while I’m at it, I’ll be sure to look up the skeletons in YOUR closet. I seem to remember you saying something about scrutiny being due.
jakeburdett OP t1_je7992p wrote
Sounds like you’ve been doing that for awhile, and good to know you’re more concerned about a local blog writer and grassroots activist than you are about people in serious positions of authority in the state and county.
Columbia4Life t1_je7aj7s wrote
You don’t know shit about what I’m concerned about, beyond the fact that nobody should give credence to anything you write or say - and thanks for showing us all why.
jakeburdett OP t1_je7apfn wrote
No, your priorities are very clear. You made a Reddit account Just for this! It’s clear your allegiances are with the corrupt corporate forces being exposed
Columbia4Life t1_je7b0km wrote
The only thing that got exposed today is your ass.
jakeburdett OP t1_je5dsi2 wrote
You also just created this account 2 hours ago. Clear sock puppet dummy account from someone in the HoCo establishment
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