William Stephen (Dare?) Griffin

[JaxJersey-licious]

So what are the odds he goes through on an appeal?

[Adam White]

Common sense prevails.

Hope it wasn't too costly for you guys.

Let me again reiterate what a better, more constructive site this is without the toxicity, bullying, closed-mindedness, and ad hominem attacks that were a staple of his discourse.

Night and day.

Dumb.

I've never even met the guy in person.

And he called my office, at 2:00 in the morning, trying to get me fired.

Because I said Ennis was an upstanding guy.

On the internet.

On a message board.

Who does that?

But you keep telling yourself he's just misunderstood.

Sorry - my joke landed flat.

"Dumb" was a stock Stephen response.

[KenFSU]

Defensiveness formally withdrawn, Adam

Haha.

[CityLife]

Hope you can recoup legal fees...

What's Stephen up to these days?

Someone texted me that Stephen is editor of this site

http://thecelebritycafe.com/about-us/

100k Facebook likes, 15k twitter followers, yet virtually no likes and sharing of content.

[TimmyB]

Common sense prevails.

Hope it wasn't too costly for you guys.

Let me again reiterate what a better, more constructive site this is without the toxicity, bullying, closed-mindedness, and ad hominem attacks that were a staple of his discourse.

Night and day.

Dumb.

I've never even met the guy in person.

And he called my office, at 2:00 in the morning, trying to get me fired.

Because I said Ennis was an upstanding guy.

On the internet.

On a message board.

Who does that?

But you keep telling yourself he's just misunderstood.

Sorry - my joke landed flat.

"Dumb" was a stock Stephen response.

I'm glad you said this, Adam.  In all my dealings with you, this one caught me WAY off guard and was so out of character for you!  Now, we can all press the rewind button for a few hours today and laugh at the joke we missed.     

[Midway ®]

Update on this situation:

What is really interesting is to compare the loquacious blarney in the original complaint with the direct language contained within the dismissal.

There was not one properly formulated thought in the 10 plus pages of the original complaint. Stephen was so intoxicated by his own B. S. that he had the hubris to actually have that thing filed with the court. I am embarrassed for his legal counsel.  SAD!

[DTJAXEYE]

Billy was / is a fool for ever going near this.  Had MetroJacksonville taken swift action, Billy would have been charged with multiple felonies.  Nothing is stopping him from filing again...the definition of insanity.

[jaxrox]

This was obviously way before my time here, but I'm a curious individual. Can some peoples with history here please explain all this to me like what the front door happened and how and why it got to lawsuit territory in regular joe English? Thanks

[JPalmer]

Hope you can recoup legal fees...

What's Stephen up to these days?

Someone texted me that Stephen is editor of this site

http://thecelebritycafe.com/about-us/

100k Facebook likes, 15k twitter followers, yet virtually no likes and sharing of content.

We all need a paycheck, but frankly shallow gossip seems more like a passion for him.

Quite the career development for him, if you ask me.

[KenFSU]

This was obviously way before my time here, but I'm a curious individual. Can some peoples with history here please explain all this to me like what the front door happened and how and why it got to lawsuit territory in regular joe English? Thanks

Once upon a time, MetroJacksonville (and its precursor) was a wonderful website, perhaps the best in the country in its niche, dedicated to forwarding the advancement of Jacksonville's urban core. In addition to posting awesome, original content, the site also hosted an amazing forum for like-minded individuals to engage in civil discourse about their city. Somewhere along the line, a stakeholder in the site, Stephen Dare, got confused and decided that MetroJacksonville's true purpose was to serve as a platform for himself and his friends. The epic, original content that made the site so great became overshadowed by lifestyle and political pieces, listicles, with the occasional illegible and contextless Xerox of random 1990s fan zines thrown in for good measure. Stephen became a massive dick on the forums, abusing his moderator powers to remove posts critical of him, embarrass people with different opinions, attack local businesses over things like coffee refills, and clutter the home page with dozens of wild political rants. This created a toxic environment that drove many long-time users away from the site. The type of original content that made MetroJacksonville so great in the first place moved to a new site, ModernCities, which broadened its scope to include development in other cities around the country as well. Eventually, Stephen's behavior, both on the site and behind the scenes, came home to roost. He's been ousted, his (grossly inflated) 600,000 posts have been expunged from existence, his goofy lawsuit was dismissed, and MetroJacksonville is back to being a fun, constructive, informative, non-stressful website to visit. All the while, still no Fuddruckers at the Landing.

[civil42806]

Ahhh yes I had forgotten about the high drama over free coffee refills and mooching off free Wi-Fi all day.

[jaxrox]

Aiight! good history lesson. Thank you for the rundown. I personally like both sites (mj&mc)and that also explains their close proximity. So how bout that fuddruckers then? Or maybe a five guys? They're pretty good too. Let's continue to MMJGA! (Make MetroJacksonville Great Again) sorry couldn't resist making a cheese laden joke. And a good day to all of ya!

[Midway ®]

Billy was / is a fool for ever going near this.  Had MetroJacksonville taken swift action, Billy would have been charged with multiple felonies.  Nothing is stopping him from filing again...the definition of insanity.

Actually, his counsel of record is otherwise occupied defending the criminal traffic case that he is presently embroiled in, so there is no excess capacity to persue this matter.

Personally, I really hate it when I am rear ended by an unlicensed and uninsured motorist. It really sucks because there is no way to recover your damages and it raises everyone's insurance rates. It also speaks to a general disregard for the law and is very irresponsible and contributes to the general sense of lawlesness in Jax.

[KenFSU]

Billy was / is a fool for ever going near this.  Had MetroJacksonville taken swift action, Billy would have been charged with multiple felonies.  Nothing is stopping him from filing again...the definition of insanity.

Actually, his counsel of record is otherwise occupied defending the criminal traffic case that he is presently embroiled in, so there is no excess capacity to persue this matter.

Personally, I really hate it when I am rear ended by an unlicensed and uninsured motorist. It really sucks because there is no way to recover your damages and it raises everyone's insurance rates. It also speaks to a general disregard for the law and is very irresponsible and contributes to the general sense of lawlesness in Jax.

Dumb.

(Did I do it right, Adam???)

[jlmann]

Personally, I really hate it when I am rear ended by an unlicensed and uninsured motorist. It really sucks because there is no way to recover your damages and it raises everyone's insurance rates. It also speaks to a general disregard for the law and is very irresponsible and contributes to the general sense of lawlesness in Jax

And which one of you guys lent him the Honda he slapped his tag on?  Guess the tracker gave out and he had to use it until all that celebritycafe coin starts flowing in.