Jackson Jambalaya

Weill is the only voice of reason on the City Council. He has served us well. I do hate that he might be leaving, but I do wish him well in the election. He certainly appears to be qualified.

Will someone competent please stand up and run for Jeff's seat on the city council? John Ditto? Henry Michel? King Fish? Others?

Kingfish!

Here's my question.

Assuming Graves is kicked upstairs to the 5th Circuit, who's Barbour going to appoint?

Unless Barbour goes all wishy-washy on us, this is going to really change the balance of the Court. A pro-business justice in Graves's seat would be a Big Fucking Deal.

We definitely do not need another pro-big pharma, big tobacco, big oil, anti-plaintiff justice. It's already out of whack as is.

It's comments like 3:05's that give this great state a negative image. Another example of the tragedy of inbreeding.

5:16, who's the most conservative member of the MSSC? Do you know? I don't.

Kitchens, Graves, Chandler are a definite left-wing bloc. Joined frequently by Pierce, it seems.

Who are the "right-wing" justices? Not Dickinson. Not Randolph. Certainly not Waller.

Barbour is not going to appoint a liberal. That's the price y'all pay for getting Graves on the 5th Circuit bench (god help 'em).

I can't believe John Ditto would subject himself to it.

Jeff Weill is totally unqualified to be circuit judge. He has been a mediator for the last two decades and I doubt has ever tried a criminal case. Look at his website where he says he was a "state court prosecutor," that indicates to me that he was a city or county prosecutor and not an ADA and probably has never seen a jury trial.

Shamsideen is much more qualified but the republican money and machine Weill has behind him will kill him in that district. Its really sad.

Given his time served working with the city of Jackson's government, I'd say he has plenty of experience dealing with a bunch of crooks and criminals.

Shamsideen is much more qualified but the republican money and machine Weill has behind him will kill him in that district. Its really sad.

September 16, 2010 7:38 AM




I'm sure you say the same thing every time Kenny Stokes gets elected.

Ali is a racist who has no business being a circuit judge.

KF - I've never heard of him before last week, but if his supporter that I met is anything to go by I do believe you're right.

Weill has the legal qualifications to be a judge and has the calm but firm temperment that the position demands. Anyone who has met him knows he is smart and fair-minded.

Yes, he has GOP money. Yes, he has the same GOP "machine" that helped elect him to the Council twice. But the district is a swing district and his election is not a done deal.

Weill would be a good judge and certainly one that would be better than either of his two opponents.

A *swinger* district? Please elaborate.

Believe it or not, sometimes they do slip by. Between 100 or more emails a day and two dozen or more comments a day on this site, it does happen.

Weill talks about trying to fix the criminal justice system but he has no experience on that issue. I would bet that he never has tried a criminal jury trial before.

KF- you should do an article on that Longwitz phony up in Madison County that is going basically get elected cause his father in law is David Cox and has Mother Mary behind him cause of that.

Weill is the only voice of reason on the City Council. He has served us well.

How? Be specific.

For starters:
Weill never hesitates to question matters concerning budget issues and has brought attention to wasteful spending by the city.

He spoke loudly and often about the misuse of fuel accounts by city employees- remember the Fuel Man credit cards?

He is not disruptive in council meetings.
He does not threaten to "whup your @ss" to another member in council meetings.
He attends council meetings.
He does not put his signature on papers he has not read and understood.
He is not a Socialst.

He seemed to always have the best interest of all city residents in mind when making decisions.
Yep, Weill will be missed.