Jackson Jambalaya

Looks like William "Bilbo" Dilday found himself smack-dab in the middle of another controversy. It's pretty funny watching Bilbo Dilday, Precious Martin, and Greg Brand point fingers at each other. Here is one of his Clarion-Ledger columns from the past. Warning: It contains language some might construe as racist.

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In the year of the Mayoralship  of Tony Yarber (I)

Mayor-Elect Tony Yarber will appear on the show at 8:05 this morning. 1180 AM. Call-in number is 601-366-1180.  You can listen on the Tunein Radio App. Meanwhile, here is this video to tide you over this morning as the Kingfish is taking a break after the show.

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Here we geaux. Time for the games to begin.  My prediction? Yarber will win 1 and 7. He has to win 6 and get at least 40% in 2.   He does that, he is in the house and making inaugural plans.  There were several precincts in NE Jackson where Octavian got less than 15 votes.  There will probably be few if any precincts where the reverse is true.   Octavian will win his share of precincts, but there probably won't be many where he is just getting 70-90 percent of the vote.  Prediction: Yarber by 8.  Time to have some fun.

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Hinds County Supervisor Kenneth Stokes tried to understand flood control.  Was even worried about the dam breaking.

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In the year of the Mayoralship of Charles Tillman (I)

Didn't see this one coming. Dilday, Precious, and Brand busted and all of them pointing their fingers at each other.  I would be lying if I said I didn't find this quite amusing.  Everyone knows about the attack ads levied at Yarber.  Chokwe Octavian Augustus Lumumba (I went ahead and Caesarized him) denounced the ads.  The Clarion-Ledger suffered from an outbreak of serious reporting:

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We got a Mayoratorial race in Jackson today.  Consider this an open thread.

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Paul Gallo said the Tea Party was acting like Democrats.  Hmmm..... and who takes government money? Supertalk or the Tea Party?

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The Jackson Police Department issued the following press release:

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Hinds County Supervisor Tony Greer brought up the issue of charging Jackson more money for the cost of housing prisoners. He used this information to justify his stance:

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Here are the latest crime stats for Jackson, Rankin County, Byram, Clinton, and Madison. Yes, I am still having to file public records requests to get crime reports since Mayor Lumumba took them down off of the city website when he assumed office.

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I forgot to post this video of the termination of the Airwave contract by the Hinds County Board of Supervisors a month ago. The board voted 3-2 to terminate the contract. The board awarded a $4.2 million contract to maintain the county radio system in 2008. The county was paying nearly $70,000 per month. Emergency Operations Center Director Ricky Moore said his department could assume many of the functions. Mr. Moore also discussed his rather interesting dealings with Airwave:

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Came across this scene on Turner Classic Movies while channel-surfing yesterday. Awesome clip. 

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Best political theater on tv and it's real.

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Matthew Kaminski wrote a very penetrating column that appeared in the Wall Street Journal a few days ago. Guess Ukraine has learned the hard way not to depend on the U.S. for help:

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Ben Allen discussed the One Lake plan with John McGowan and Dallas Quinn on his radio show Tuesday. Since this is not a sponsored post, comments are allowed.

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Compare the vocations of members of the Jackson Public School District Board of Trustees to those of other local school board members.  The vocations and district ratings are posted below.  There is a trend. I was not able to obtain the vocations for Hinds and Canton school board members.  Of course, the trend has nothing to do with school performance. Nothing at all.

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The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued this press release:

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Note: Posted this two years ago.  I thought I would post this again since today is the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.  

This week is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.  I thought it would be interesting to pull up the local newspapers to see how they reported the disaster so I went to the Department of Archives yesterday and copied some of the coverage from the Jackson Daily News and Jackson Clarion-Ledger.  The stories are posted below. I apologize for their configuration.  I was copying from microfiche and the newspapers back then were printed using very small columns. Part of the print itself was blurry regardless of the adjustments made on the machine. The stories are posted below. The easiest way to read them is to download them so you can rotate and maximize the view as need be.

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Here is an interesting little complaint filed in bankruptcy court in 2011 against Ridgeland-based Samarion, Inc, Samarion officers, and several directors.  The bankruptcy trustee alleged Mark Rodgers and Samer N'Ser raised over $16 million from investors to finance  the creation of a super duper new-fangled hi-tech patient monitoring system for healthcare facilities.  However, the company ended up filing bankruptcy. Here are some nice little excerpts from the complaint.

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We were leaving the Frazier hearing yesterday and just happened to see a chalkboard touting some "bad ass burgers" on the corner of State and Tombigbee.  Being rather famished, we decided to try out the sponsor of this poor man's billboard, One Block East.  There was definitely some truth in advertising.  The hamburger was delicious. The meat was not too spicy but definitely had some flavor.  Nice, butter flavored bun. Blended well with the beef.  The fries were seasoned and slightly on the crispy side.  The menu touts mainly burgers.  The waitress said they were going to expand the menu.  My question is why?  Do one thing and do it well. One Block East does provide take out service.  The phone number is 601-944-0203. 

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Pete Perry appeared on the show to discuss the Senate and Mayoratorial elections. 

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The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District issued the following press release:

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Meet the real face of Mississippi government: Frontier Strategies. Frontier is rapidly becoming the gatekeeper for all things political in Mississippi, as it lands state contracts and lobbies for clients while serving as Governor Phil Bryant's campaign manager.  The chart below shows the breadth of the Frontier wingspan. The company was formed by politicos Josh Gregory and Quenton Dickerson in 2003.

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It's no secret Jackson's bid to obtain C-Spire's new high-speed internet services was rejected by the company. The decision means Jacksonians must obtain internet service from either AT&T or Comcast. The speed of AT&T leaves something to be desired and well, let's face it, not everyone is enthralled with Comcast. A situation faced by more than a few cities. Lafayette, Louisiana took care of the problem itself. Lafayette built its own fiber-optic network. Will it be a waste of money or a good return on investment? Time will tell. USA Today reported two years ago:

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Mississippi GOP Chairman Joe Nosef issued this statement after the Central Mississippi Tea Party called for his resignation:

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