Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Hinds Redistricting hearing TONIGHT at 6:00 PM

JJ confirmed there will be a redistricting hearing TONIGHT at 6:00 PM at the Hinds County Board of Supervisors chambers in Jackson. No notice was posted on the county website nor on the county bulletin board in the courthouse but notice was posted in the.......drum roll...... newspaper. The law states notice shall be posted at the courthouse or in the newspaper. This correspondent spoke at length to the County Administrator's office about how most people now go to the website for County information. Her office called me a few minutes ago and said the IT department was going to post the notice on the website.

Mr. Derrick Johnson may submit his proposed redistricting of Hinds County precincts to the Board tonight. The hearing is for public comment. County officials assured this correspondent no vote will be taken.

Posted by Kingfish at 11:27 AM

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm glad they didn't nail their theses to the Courthouse door. Or anything that rhymes with theses.

February 22, 2011 at 4:08 PM
Anonymous said...

Did you mean "thenises"?

February 22, 2011 at 4:21 PM
Anonymous said...

I meant theses....however, thenises is intriguing.

February 22, 2011 at 4:49 PM
Anonymous said...

Which newspaper did they advertise the notice in? Just curious. I would bet it wasn't the CL. It is suspect that Hinds Co advertises in "a newspaper" that has a specific, targeted audience of a specific demographic.

Smith is on the Board of Hinds Co Supervisors AND the Board of CMPDD. As a member of the Board of Hinds Co, Supervisors, he also votes for CMPDD Board members. Johnson is on the Board of CMPDD--Smith voted in favor of Johnson to serve on CMPDD. Smith also voted in favor of hiring Johnson personally to do the work for twice the amount in lieu of hiring the organization--CMPDD-- in which they serve as Board members.

If only the professional incest would make a great topic for the a slightly more educated version of the Maury Show, entitled "Pimping the Taxpayers in Hinds Co."

February 22, 2011 at 7:29 PM
Julia said...

It was posted, according to the BoS, in the Jackson Advocate. Which isn't a daily newspaper, I believe...

And then Mr. Johnson, only wanted to talk about criteria to draw the lines! Seriously, you are 8 days away from the March 1st deadline, and you are just now on criteria?! He had no maps, no graphs, no clue...and it's only going to cost the taxpayers $40K.

A videotape was made of the whole proceedings and you should be able to see the link on JJ's website, soon. Make sure to get a fresh bowl of popcorn ready to view the comedy of errors that was that meeting.

February 22, 2011 at 8:47 PM
Anonymous said...

WTF is the Jackson Advocate? I have a subscription to the CL--for the sole purpose of Sudoku puzzles. I have NEVER been called nor sought out by the Jackson Advocate to subscribe to their paper.

I'm curious to know if ANYONE reading this has EVER been approached by a marketer of the Jackson Advocate...

Perhaps a KF poll is in order: WTF is the Jackson Advocate, and how does one obtain a copy on a regular basis?

February 22, 2011 at 11:35 PM
Anonymous said...

8:47: Thanks for the info. It sounds like tequila would be better than popcorn in order to stomach the calamity of blatant disregard and audacity of Hinds Co Supervisors, their self-appointed appointed CMPDD Board members,and the NAACP president in Jackson which is on the CMPDD Board (appointed by Smith), to do this to the taxpayers.
I have worked with many African Americans in since I moved here many, many years ago. One of which, told me that when all else fails, play the race card. The other, of which told me that this kind of BS is not helping "The Cause"--in that respectable black people are being stereotyped because of the thugs that share their same race...

My plea is that blacks are not judged by the race they share with the thugs, just as I have no desire to be grouped with Scruggs, Ebbers, Barnett, or the like. The double standard seems to be biased--and I think there are many black folk that would abhor what is going on. Would you not hate it if everyone you walked past during the day immediately thought you were a Scruggs advocate by the simple sight of your skin color?
The thugs of society come in all colors. We white people are given the benefit of the doubt, and we don't really appreciate it because we have been conditioned to just know that it is our God-given right. WE are so pompous in the thoughts of how we were raised that we are blind to each black person as an individual--separate from anyone outside of their race that F's up. I personally would hate my life if upon sight of my skin color--I were thought of as the BTK Killer or J. Dommer--just because I am white like they are.

February 23, 2011 at 12:12 AM
Anonymous said...

The law public notification law has been abused by elected officials in this way as far back as 1978.
I know because I objected back then. And, similar nonsense was occurring as well.
Hope you have more luck stirring up public outrage, KF because it is outrageous.

February 23, 2011 at 8:01 AM
Anonymous said...

This is sounding more and more like Bell, CA (google it - the ringleader is on trial there, finally).

I think Harvey tried to steer all legally-mandated notices to the Jackson Advocate in his previous term, and got slapped down because 1) it is a weekly, therefore not timely for some things; 2) it has essentially no circulation; 3) it has absolutely zero readership among whites (which is why Harvey liked it, I suspect). I see it on a local newstand occasionally - their front page lead story last week (I am not kidding about this)was about how racist Kroger is because they stopped advertising in the Jackson Advocate. I'm old enough to remember lip service about how the editorial side of a paper (editor) should never be influenced by the business side (publisher; advertising), and have never seen a public rant & whine masquerading as a "news story".

But it's good enough for Jackson, I suppose. That tapping sound you hear is more "For Sale" signs going into the ground all around Jackson.....

February 23, 2011 at 9:41 AM

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