The Mississippi Department of Education has caught no small amount of grief from this website, the PEER Committee, and the State Auditor over how contracts are passed out to the favored few. Chief Operations Officer Dr. Felicia Gavin announced changes to how MDE does business in the following statement:
Monday, October 23, 2017
MDE changes its ways
If it's not nailed down......
This is one of the more um, interesting burglaries that has taken place in Jackson in a while. JPD issued the following statement and video:
Sunday, October 22, 2017
Food Fight!!!
Apparently you clowns want to have a discussion on last week's blow-up between White House Chief of Staff and former Marine Corps General John Kelly and Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) over a phone call to a Gold Star family. The video of General Kelly's comments are posted below. There were multiple attempts to hijack threads over the weekend so this post is just for you. Have at it in the comments.
College-town bars busted for selling booze to minors
Attorney General Jim Hood issued the following statement.
Learning to have confidence
If you can't make it to church this morning, enjoy this sermon presented by the late Dr. Frank Pollard.
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Huge freeze for Allen Smith's verdicts continues.
Ridgeland attorney Allen Smith, Jr. is suffering worse luck than a Mississippi State kicker in an Egg Bowl. A Los Angeles judge reversed yet another huge talcom powder jury award for Mr. Smith and his clients. Bloomberg reported today:
Bill Crawford: Who is a real conservative?
Lots of political yammer about who’s a real conservative and who’s not.
So, how do you tell?
Friday, October 20, 2017
Flashback Friday
Enjoy this 1970 clip of the LSU-Ole Miss game. It's pretty interesting to watch.
You can't be serious.
Check out the latest rumor about Senator Thad Cochran. Erick Erickson posted this on his website:
Volunteers needed for Boo at the Zoo
Whether you can help set up or take down, greet guests, tell fortunes, assist trick or treaters through the park, help at a candy booth, scare ages 8 and up in the AAZK Haunted House, park cars, run supplies, or just have a special skill when it comes to events, the Jackson Zoo could use someone like you! Contact info for volunteers:
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Phil, this is no time to go wobbly.
"Remember George, this is no time to go wobbly"
What Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said to President George Bush
Governor Phil Bryant is channeling his inner Tito and trying to find a "third way" in handling the takeover of Jackson Public Schools. The AP reported yesterday:
Allen Smith's luck goes cold. Court reverses $72 million verdict.
A Missouri appeals court showed Ridgeland attorney Allen Smith, Jr. another reversal of a huge jury award in his talc powder jihad. Mr. Smith racked up an impressive series of wins in lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson in St. Louis over products liability claims involving talc powder. However, the U.S. Supreme Court threw a huge freeze over his success in one day. Reuters reported in June:
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Haley hustled? Stion closing.
Yet another one of Haley Barbour's green energy projects failed. Stion announced it will close its Hattiesburg plant. Greentech Media reported:
Pearl & Canton rise, Rankin slips, JPS crashes.
Read 'em and weep. Today is the day for tears of joy and gnashing of teeth in Mississippi public schools. The Mississippi Department of Education released its school ratings for the 2016-2017 school year. Pearl and Canton rose, Rankin County slipped, and the rest of the Jackson metro area schools stayed the same as last year.
The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: 2017 Mississippi public school ratings
The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following press release.
The Cool Kids are back
The Cool Kids are back this week. Y'all Politics published its list of the "Top 50 Influential People in Mississippi" and even had a fancy shindig for the winners earlier this week. See the list. Not to be outdone, the Clarion-Ledger, actually Jimmie Gates published his list of the top politicos under the age of 35. Since it is hidden behind a paywall, here is the list.
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
GOP Chairman resigns
Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Joe Nosef resigned his position today. He submitted the following letter to Governor Phil Bryant.
Denied!
The Mississippi Supreme Court rejected Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith's interlocutory appeal of the denial of a motion to dismiss by a Rankin County Circuit Judge. His trial will begin as scheduled. The order is posted below.
Child traffickers arrested in Mississippi
The FBI issued the following statement.
If at first you don't succeed, fail, fail again.
Alleged Belhaven Heights drug dealer Jennifer Leigh Williams is back in the slammer.
Bigger Pie: PSC learns toward consumers
On October 5, 2017, the Public Service Commission approved the following language by a vote of 3-0 in Docket No. 2017-AD-112:
A tale of two Ridgelands.
A study of the Ridgeland lodging market said that northern Ridgeland hotels enjoy a high occupancy rate. The Ridgeland Tourism Commission commissioned Young Strategies of North Carolina to review the market. Berkeley Young presented the study to the Ridgeland Board of Aldermen at a work session Monday night. He said the study showed the market was "a tale of two Ridgelands."
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Senator Cochran returns to Washington
Senator Thad Cochran issued the following statement.
Medicare open enrollment begins.
Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney issued the following statement.
Surprise! Ridgeland Aldermen extend hotel moratorium.
The Ridgeland Hotel Wars continue. The Madison County Journal reported last week:
The Fall of the Tribe of Hotty Toddy
And there arose to the north of Eden a tribe called the Hotty-Toddys, who were also called metros. And the Hotty-Toddys were very displeasing; they didst place centerpieces on their banquet tables, and didst exalt themselves much. And they didst glorify the southern kingdom of the past.
Monday, October 16, 2017
Ole Miss: We're sorry
Ole Miss and former Head Football Coach Houston Nutt issued the following statement today:
You can't make this up.
The Rankin County trial for Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith has been moved to...... Halloween. You really can't make this up.
Click Here to Read More..War Eagle = Jail Bird
An Auburn fan didn't have a fun trip to Baton Rouge last weekend:
Double shooting on Fortification Street
JPD issued the following statement and photo.
Supes appoint Connie Cochran to library board.
The Hinds County Board of Supervisors appointed Connie Cochran to the Board of Trustees for the Jackson-Hinds Library System. She will represent District 4. She was approved on a unanimous vote. She is the former Election Commissioner for District 4. District 4 Supervisor Mike Morgan moved to appoint her. District 1 Supervisor Robert Graham seconded the motion.
Click Here to Read More..Senator Cochran has relapse.
Senator Thad Cochran issued the following statement.
D.A. tries to stop trial & bar domestic violence testimony.
Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to stop his criminal while the Court considers his appeal of a motion to dismiss that was denied by Rankin County Circuit Judge John Emfinger. The trial is scheduled to begin on October 23. The Attorney General is prosecuting the District Attorney on two separate indictments for simple domestic violence, aggravated stalking, and robbery. The two sides are also warring over whether testimony about alleged repeated incidents of domestic violence and drug use can be admitted as well. Attorney John Reeves represents Smith.
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Hate it when this happens.
This is what happens when you become one with your Iphone.
Bonds: Where the real action takes place.
Where can a good ole boy make an easy $20,000 without anyone knowing about it in Mississippi? Bond sales. Eyes glaze over when bonds are mentioned. Reporters who can barely add ignore the topic. Politicians who can not add just trust their good ole boy friends to do right by them. Adams County is a prime example of such a conundrum. The Mississippi Business Journal reported last week:
Surprised in the Search
If you can't make it to church this morning, enjoy this sermon given by the late Dr. Frank Pollard. He preached from 1 Samuel 9:1-13.
Saturday, October 14, 2017
Bill Crawford: Here comes Amazon
Rural communities just thought Wal-Mart was the great job killer. Now comes Amazon.
Friday, October 13, 2017
Band director resigns over text messages
Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement.
Commission ok's Mumford's run for County Attorney
The Gerald Mumford campaign issued the following statement:
Parent suing over teacher's alleged racist remark is in prison for fraud & owes $186,83 restitution.
Parents of a Northwest Rankin High School student sued the Rankin County School District and a substitute teacher in U.S. District Court for alleged racial comments made in a classroom. They are represented by none other than attorney Carlos Moore. The Lindseys alleged:
Thompson staffer in trouble again
Congressman Bennie Thompson's Chief of Staff can't seem to stay out of trouble. Roll Call reported yesterday:
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Library to partially reopen.
Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney approved a limited reopening of the Eudora Welty library today after his staff inspected the building.
And now a word from a sponsor
Well, make that a hoped-for sponsor. This post may not be safe for work, kids or Land Shark fans.
Nutt wants a rematch with Ole Miss.
Former Ole Miss Head Football Coach Houston Nutt, Jr. sued Ole Miss, IHL, and the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation in Lafayette County Circuit Court yesterday for breach of contract. He filed a similar lawsuit in federal court but it was dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction. The lawsuit accuses Athletic Director Ross Bjork and Coach Hugh Freeze of defaming Nutt to the media. This court fight has claimed its share of casualties, including the job of one Hugh Freeze.
He's baaaaaaack.
A blast from the past has returned to Jackson. Kwame Kenyatta is the Deputy Director in Public Works.
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