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Do you know who was not part of this conspiracy at the beginning?
Jerry Creel.
He was a Building Official doing his job until someone told him to help. He helped. Now he's facing federal civil rights liability, potential criminal referral for perjury, and his silence when called "a criminal" and "mafioso" in open proceedings is a party admission under Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(2)(B).
That's what "helping" got him.
Council Members: Are you part of the solution, or part of the problem?
Decide.
Peter Abide is telling you that if you engage, you will be sued. That is not true. You are elected officials. You are expected to engage, to address grievances, to represent the citizens who put you in office, and to fix problems when they arise. That is your job.
What will get you sued is what you are doing now: nothing. Silence. Looking the other way while your City Attorney orchestrates constitutional violations using your authority. Aiding and abetting is liability. Ratification is liability. Knowledge plus inaction is liability. Monell makes that clear.
Whatever Abide is telling you, it is for his benefit—not the City's.
He is a defendant. He is exposed. His advice protects him.
Ask yourself: when this is over, will Peter Abide be the one paying the judgment? Or will it be the City of Biloxi—and by extension, every taxpayer you represent?
A promise, in its purest form: I will not settle.
No amount of money will make this go away. This is not a negotiation. We are in this to the end.
Is the end ten years of litigation? Then that's the end. Is the end getting someone arrested? Then that's the end.
But here's the part you control: you cannot control the outcome, but you get to control when and how this ends.
You can make some tough decisions and finish this now. Or you can hope—hope that Abide will somehow fix this, hope that at some point I will take some money and go away.
You could not be further from the truth.
Do not commit the same error as Creel.
The undersigned contacted Jerry Creel before filing this lawsuit. I warned him to reconsider. I told him that one day he would ask himself how it got so far—and how he would no longer be able to fix it.
That day came. He cannot fix it now.
Today, you can still act. Tomorrow, you may not have that choice.
You have two paths:
PATH ONE: Resolution
- Creel resigns or is terminated
- Abide resigns or is terminated
- The schemes are dismantled
- The City reimburses documented expenses—no damages, no punitive awards, nothing beyond what was actually spent
- Biloxi grows
- We all move forward with a better city
PATH TWO: Trial
- Every man for himself
- Discovery into every email, every text, every decision
- Depositions under oath
- Federal court
- Fifth Circuit appeal if necessary
- Supreme Court if it comes to that
- And when the jury verdict comes—and it will come—qualified immunity will not save the individuals, and Owen v. City of Independence confirms it will not save the City
Council Members
If you want to be part of the solution, you know how to reach me. The door is open—for now.