Have you ever wondered what happened to the three founders of Jorus Technology Solutions, AKA Jorus Tech? Well wonder no more! I’ve got the answer for you right here in this very article!

Jorus Tech was founded by Jackson Holmes, Amy Colson, and Rodney Bassett in the spring of 1995. They met while studying at MIT and decided to form a company together, hating the idea of letting their innovative ideas get swallowed by a soulless corporation. The name came from a character in a series of Star Wars books of which the three were big fans.

Early on in the company’s lifetime, Jackson, Amy, and Rodney developed a groundbreaking microprocessor that turned them into a giant in the tech industry. They were awarded over a hundred different patents on the various configurations and uses of the microprocessor. While they flirted with the idea of taking the company public, they ultimately decided it was better to court private investors. That turned out to be a fatal mistake.

Enter one Anthony Faulk, AKA “Tony Two-Taps.” While it has never been confirmed, rumors of a connection to the mob followed our esteemed mayor for much of his early career in business. In fact, many believed he was investing money on behalf of his less-reputable cohorts. This is, of course, mere conjecture, because I don’t want to get sued or murdered.

After the tech bubble burst, the company was in dire need of new investors. Faulk decided to put his money into Jorus Tech in 2007, earning him a spot on the Board of Directors with the founders. Faulk worked behind the scenes to secure enough votes to oust Jackson as Chairman of the Board. Now that Faulk was in control, Jorus Tech became his personal piggy bank.

When Faulk became aware of a tax incentive scheme being offered by Emerson Valley, he wanted to take advantage of it by building a new headquarters right outside of town. Jackson, Amy, and Rodney retained seats on the Board, and Faulk needed all nine board members to agree to the move. They were dead-set against the idea, which meant they needed to go.

Rodney was the first casualty of the unbelievable string of bad luck that befell the founders of Jorus Tech. He was driving along the Mass Pike in 2011 when his brakes mysteriously failed and he ended up flattened against the back of a semitruck. His seat on the Board was filled by one of Faulk’s handpicked cronies.

Jackson was the next to die. Eight months after Rodney’s death, he attended a corporate retreat in Aspen. Supposedly, he randomly decided to tackle a black diamond trail alone at night. He toppled down the side of the mountain and died from the impact of hitting the rocks below. Another seat on the Board went to a Faulk acolyte.

By this point, Amy must’ve known her days were numbered. She sequestered herself in her Rhode Island mansion and sent a proxy to every board meeting. Then, in October 2012, a gas leak caused her home to explode, killing her in the blast. And that was the final board set Faulk needed to secure the move to Emerson Valley.

The money saved by the new corporate tax breaks was folded into a bonus awarded to the CEO of Jorus Tech by the Chairman of the Board. Faulk basically rewarded himself for doing nothing with a massive bonus. Wait—scratch that. I’m sure it took a lot of work to coordinate the acquisition of the board seats needed to approve the measure.

Despite all their talk of innovation and pushing technology into the future, Jorus Tech relies heavily on the past to remain profitable. Those patents awarded to the founders still account for about 80% of their net worth. Their engineers have tweaked the original design to increase their speed and decrease their size, but the core of their microprocessors is still using the technology developed by Jackson, Amy, and Rodney.

So there you have it. Three people who stood in the way of Mayor Faulk’s ambitions went to three early graves. That’s the guy y’all chose to run our town. Is it really a mystery why Emerson Valley’s death rate has gone up since Jorus Tech arrived? Sure, correlation doesn’t necessarily equal causation. but it’s a pretty significant coincidence…no?

-Ashton Rook, Lifestyle, Emerson Valley Gazette

EDITOR’S NOTE (3/18/2026): This article was only up about six hours before it was taken down. I’ve posted it again because while Mr. Rook casts some unfounded aspersions on the character of Mayor Faulk, his article was incredibly well-researched. I was able to confirm everything besides Mayor Faulk’s association with the mob and the implications that the three founders were murdered.