Jackson Jambalaya

what's up with the empty fed ex package?

After Armstrong got in so much trouble demanding a bottle on top of his bribe money I'd be kind of scared to send a jackson city councilman a bottle of anything.

Good letter - Good Job Jeff !!!

Hopefully, he will go to the FBI with this. I think the public needs to know what the other council memebers got.

I wonder what Crisler received? He led the charge to approve the deal on the Council.

Maybe the message was "here's your empty Fed-Ex box. It could have been filled with money. But by your own choice, it's empty. Best of luck next time."

That got zapped. Keep the mayor's race stuff on the Mayor's race thread.

Statesmanship. Not often seen these days.

The "Letter" can't be opened - it's a .wpd document and not Word.

Download to hard drive first. Then MS Word will open it. Select 'All Files'.

Well that's pretty odd. Are any news stations reporting this locally? Empty fedex box? wtf?

I'm proud as hell of him. Damn glad to call him my councilman

And you people were worried when Ben stepped down. Truth is, we got an upgrade.

And you people were worried when Ben stepped down. Truth is, we got an upgrade.

Amen Brother. Ben Allen sucked.

BS. Ben was pretty good. Weill has just turned out to be a little better.

Okay, tell me what the hell he did for nearly 10 years? He did as little for his ward as Crisler did for Ward 6 but if you've got some other information please share it.

Boy you are one cluless dude, or dudette. Do you live "round here"?

Hey dumbass. One thing Ben did was give up 10 years of his life to serve his city, so that zeroes like you could anonomously critcize him. Get a life.

Ben Allen voluntarily served on the part-time City Council for 10 years so people could post on blogs? WOW. Does he know our Father of the Internet Al Gore?

I like Ben Allen fine on the City Council. He returned phone calls, if you had a problem he could help you with, he'd help, he stood against both Mayor's when he thought they were wrong. He was a good councilman.

That's it? He returned phone calls? But what in the hell did he get accomplished for his ward in 10 years? You are evading exactly as Crisler has evaded his own record.

What's up with all the anonymous comments lately? If you can't be proud of what you've got to say, do you really want to say it?

And Ben voted the way I wanted him to.

Look, our councilmen can't do all that much. I don't support Crisler but I never held Ward 6 against him as there is only so much a Councilman can do. They have no executive power. They can only vote and Ben too often was on the losing side of votes. Not his fault. A councilman can try to land businesses for his ward all day long but if the city itself is taxing them at high rates or not giving out permits, there is not much he can do about it if the council votes for such policies. He can raise some hell, vote, and that is about it.

Am I reading the C-L right? Weill ducks out of the meeting so he can avoid voting up or down on the Melton funeral expenses. Give him credit for learning that Kenneth Stokes shuffle so quickly.

The council unanimously signed off on the expenses. However, Councilman Jeff Weill was out of the room when the vote was made.

Must have been McMillin on the phone.

I have no problem with the expenses. Mayor is being buried,a couple of people from the city SHOULD be there.