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The Onyx on First apartments
You may recall that the last time Jackson applied for a referendum measure with the D.C. BOEE, in April (an application which was denied), the pastor of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Md. claimed to live at the Whitman condo building, at 910 M Street NW, near the Washington Convention Center. The Washington Blade soon called into question whether Jackson, who owns two homes in Silver Spring, Md., really lived where he said he did. That condo was owned by a man named Joseph Honaker, according to the Blade. But with this latest application, Jackson now appears to be claiming that he moved at some point over the summer.
Seven other men filed residency affidavits and petitions to the BOEE alongside Jackson: Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy, Apostle James Silver, Rev. Dale E. Wafer, Melvin Dupree, Rev. Anthony Evans, Robert King, and Elder Howard Butler. You can download the entire document for yourself, in .PDF form, from the BOEE website.
Calls this afternoon to the number listed on Jackson's application went straight to voicemail, with a woman's voice on it, which may or may not be an automatically generated outgoing message.
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Most Apartment buildings don't have 13th floors. Odd.
according to the building's web site, it's a 2 bedroom with a den! sweet life, Bishop.
Come and knock on our door!
We've been waiting for you!
Where the kisses are his and his and his,
Three's company too!
Two houses in Silver Spring and a luxury condo in DC. It's good to be the bishop.. serving the lord and what not.
For sure, it stinks of vile to me... robbing from the offering plate, most likely filled by the poor so that he can take away the rights of people he claims to "love as the lord commanded". This guy's got to be bankrolled by some right-wing Utah conservative groups... anyone wanna bet that he's got his hands in some nice white republican pockets?
Yeh. I was susprised to see that (the 13th floor) when I moved in here (I live in the Onyx). I havent yet gone and camped out there overnight to look for ghostly happenings...though since this guy apparently lives here, I can be assured that Ill eventually run into something creepy.
So, that Thirteenth Floor? Does it have Gretchen Mol and Vincent D'Onofrio in it, or just a portal that goes into the back of John Malkovich's brain?
It's not the portal to Malkovich's head, that can be found at National Geographic here in DC.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33217965@N03/3717472872/in/set-72157619194338372/
Oh, my apt building has a 13th floor! Most buildings would number the floors from 11, 12 and 14. Yeah, not mine. Spooky? Naaahhh... I wish I was on the 13th floor, but the units there are only penthouses. Nice view though from our rooftop deck.
Now he's within walking distance to Ziegfeld's/Secrets.
I'm Bishop Jackson
I live in DC for real
Never meant to move to Silver Spring
Just don't want gays wearing wedding rings
+1 for the Outkast reference
Y'know, doesn't this mean he's working just down the block from Monkey? Monkey, I dare you to ring-and-run him. And by "ring", I mean, "engage in simony with."
Ding! Dong!
Candygram for Bishop!
Mmmmm...bishop like candy!
Eff that "simony" bull$h!t! We'll be performing a "laying on of hands" in a kiddie wading pool full of chrism! Yup, he's gonna get his "head" annointed with oil and his cup will runneth over! Talk about "extreme unction!" He'll be barking on all fours screaming, "Is there no balm in Gilead?" by the time I'm through.
Now....let us pray!
seriously—what makes you a "bishop" in the baptist church. i know that the catholic church has a rigid hierarchical structure, but the way i understand it, the baptists are quite a bit more fractured. can you just be a bishop if you say you are? can i declare myself one?
in the long run, who cares, this latest effort will just fail again, mr. harry "bigot" jackson.
Heh. You said "rigid."
I am a Baptist (no, not THAT kind of Baptist.) and I don't get it either.
We don't have that kind of hierarchy. None of the conventions do. So I'd be willing to be that he or his church just decided it was cool.
More nickname than official title: neighborhood kids started calling him 'Bishop' back in the day after he got caught polishing it.
Damn. Preacher gets around! First he's shacked up with some roommate who's totally not gay in a one-bedroom in the Whitman. Now he's in gone all upscale at the Onyx? Is this another one-bedroom, or does he have a too-legit-to-quit, definitely not on the down-low "roommate" in this joint as well? And are the two roommates aware that they're "sharing" the Bishop? Because if "Shallow Grave" is any indication, roommates are NOT to be trusted.
Get out of there, Bishop! IT'S A TRAP!
I looked up the lease; he's sharing the place with Bishop Polisher, who is always around to lend a hand. Roommates with benefits, if you catch my meaning.
Does this mean he can be featured on a "I am DC" bus advertisement?
Where is the missus living these days? Is she still officially a resident in SS or has she moved to SE as well? If she hasn't moved, are they officially separated?
Can any of the lawyers in our scrum give us a rundown of what the penalties for voter fraud are in DC? Am I right to assume that registering and re-registering in places you don't actually live could constitute voter fraud (or something similar)?
No clue, but it's gotta be in the D.C. Code. He's got a potential double whammy here - first with the voter registration and second with the initiative (in which he affirmed under penalty of perjury that he was a "registered qualified elector" in D.C.). If his voter app. hasn't been approved, then he isn't registered, which means the affidavit statement was false.
I love the fact that some woman answered the number at that apartment. I really hope that it was his wife!!
I am not a lawyer, but I play one in the bedroom when this really weird dom/sub couple I know are looking for a threesome. Anyway, 1 D.C. Code 1001.14:
"(a) Any person who shall register, or attempt to register, or vote or attempt to vote under the provisions of this subchapter and make any false representations as to his or her qualifications for registering or voting [...] shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $10,000 or be imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
"(b)(1) Any person who [...] signs a petition for an initiative, referendum or recall measure, knowing that he or she is not a registered qualified elector in the District of Columbia, or who makes a false statement as to his or her residency on any such petition, shall upon conviction be fined not more than $10,000 or be imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both."
On a related note, since voter registration records are public documents, can someone find out if the Bishop registered with any political party, and if so which one?
So, how long until a kiss-in in front of The Onyx?
Make it an in-and-out-in and we can invite Hillman. I'll bring the Wesson Oil and the poppers.
Wesson Oil? Rube. It's the stylishly packages tears and other sundry slickery juices of endangered species or nothing for this manly man.
I can walk over there RIGHT NOW. Who wants a piece?
That's only effective if he is ever at the Onyx.
Yeah, but it might be fun in any event.
That man is such a filthy lying sack of sleeze it's not even funny. I wonder who is "roommate" is this time... personally, I think the BOEE should have a uniform sitting on the place to see if he ever once steps foot there... I'd also like to see where his taxes are going, if he really wants to be a DC voter then he should be paying DC taxes and have a DC driver's license. If he's living in that posh place, for reals, I'd love to know who's bankrolling it or how a minister has that kind of money too! God, he's so evil and decitful it makes my stomach turn! Ugh... *angry face*
If he's a bishop, I seriously doubt he's paying taxes to anyone.
You realize that people who work for tax-exempt organizations and not themselves tax-exempt, right? I haven't audited the guy, or anything, so I can't testify to the accuracy of his declarations, but he still has to pay income tax on any salary he receives from the church, property taxes on any homes he personally owns, etc.
I obviously don't have any idea how his church is organized, but don't most churches only pay a stipend? Isn't housing provided for their clergy by the church itself?
Many churches do provide housing for clergy, but that housing is taxable income unless it meets certain conditions. If the clergy member is required to live in a house adjacent to the actual church as part of his/her duties, that housing is not taxable. But a luxury condo in a different jurisdiction? That would be taxable. (In any case, we know that the bishop owns two houses in his own name in Maryland.)
You know what the main difference between a stipend and a salary is? The size. Even stipends received by students as a part of their scholarship package count as taxable income.
It's neither here nor there considering that apparently at least the houses in Silver Spring are in his name, but I'm guessing a clergy stipend would fall below the threshold requiring the payment of taxes.
Well... we need to check his driver's license anyway... The DMV says:
A licensed driver who moves to the District from another jurisdiction is required to convert their valid out-of-state driver's license to a DC driver's license if residing in DC for more than 30 days.
Let's see some ID, bishop!
Twenty bucks says Harry (Jackson) has Peter (Nickles) over for High Tea on Sundays.
Jackson could definitely give Nickles a few hints on how to spiff up that cramped fire extinguisher alcove of his. There's only so much mirrors can do. A couple velvet bullfighter and Pink Floyd posters, a couple miniature Eames chairs, a pair of spats, and a pimp hat, and the b**ches will be throwing pu**y at our man Pete "Dolemite" Nickles.