JimmyJohnLikesSafaris!!

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jun 10, 2011 3:40PM

Jimmy John's founder Jimmy John Liautaud has given us a veritable fount of post material in recent months, from some of his franchises serving tarnished alfalfa sprouts that led to a salmonella outbreak, to whining to the press that the increase in Illinois' corporate tax rate may result in him recommending his company relocate its corporate headquarters, to having Rahm Emanuel return campaign contributions from Jimmy John's execs because they may have violated state campaign finance limits.

Robert Hirschfeld of Champaign-Urbana online magazine Smile Politely recently came across some photographs of a 2010 safari in which Liautaud took part. The photos show Liautaud posing with trophy tusker elephants and a leopard he bagged while on the safari. And that cocksure grin of Liautaud's is firmly in place in each one. It's the tone deaf smile of someone who wouldn't get that he's being insulted.

We wonder if the increase in the corporate tax rate is making Liautaud cut back on his future safari excursions?