Jackson Jambalaya

The Bugle can tout being evidence-based but JJ actually walks the walk! Thanks Kingfish.

What a maroon!

Looks like all of the thugs in Jackson will be moving their operations into Hinds County if Stokes gets his way with the Sheriff's budget!

All I could understand is that Stokes says there is no crime in the rural areas of Hinds, .... and that they
need more swimming pools ??? .

Other than that, I would like to know where I could buy
one of those bright red plastic Santa / Satan suites that Stokes' undercover Chief of Security was wearing.

When I inquired, Neither Kinkades or The Rouge had any in stock.

The City has been pimping the county for years. The county covers most of Jackson expenses with little return. I agree let Jackson house their own criminals.

Surely Sheriff Tyrone knew the budget and manpower of the Sheriff's Department prior to choosing to run for that position. Who is the other part of "umm" "we" that Tyrone keeps referring to? If he can cut the JPD budget by 3% and perform acurately, then let him cut the HCSO budget by 3% and perform acurately. That would really be impressive. If he wants to take over law enforcement in Jackson then let him do it with the staff he has. JPD already outnumbers his staff 2 to 1 and can't get the job done and he could not get it under control while serving the city and lets face it money can't fix Jackson. We already tried having the Sheriff be the JPD Chief and it did not work. Stokes makes sense the county can't spend what the county doesnt have. Hinds Counties financial woes have been no secret for some time, the employees just came off of being furlowed not to long ago. Tyrone ran for that office promising things let him figure it out with the resources he has.

8:59

Brutha - you can get a red, royal blue or gold suit like the sunglass wearing thug at the Gettro Center just down from where Sears is currently located.

Wash rags like the one Tenny Tokes was using to wipe his face with can be purchased at Sears.

Soooo thankful I live in Madison!

Hinds County S.O. has more than 100 more employees today than it had in 1996. What has changed since then? Has their workload gone up? Of course not - as a matter of fact, with the incorporation of Byram, they have less to patrol. Their budget has almost doubled from 1996 til now. Why? Where's the ROI?

10:55 the price of a gallon of gas in 1996 was approx $1.26. Do the math if you are capable. ROI? What planet are you from? I suppose YOUR wages have not increased since 1996 have they? The addition of 100 employees in a 15 year span is approx 7 people per year. And those people were probably extra jailers to lock up the crackheads from Jackson. No prob - 'Yo Sheriff' will fix it. As soon as he learns to play nice with Stokes. I don't think that will happen so watch for the circus act on the evening news.

8:59; you can fine these thread aslo on Peace in Canton just west of the sqware. Several sto feature nice men suit in several shade of pastel with matching shoe and kerchief. Most be sellin' quick due to upcoming football game at da Dome in New Orleant. The yellow/purple suit on back order for now.

Once again Stokes proves that many Black Democrats suffer from apathy; Tell me Mr.Stokes what did you do all these years for your ward really now ? I thank God I live in Rankin County and will vote Republican as always as a young educated black man it's sad to see these indenture servants with self proclaim leaders titles. Why would you cut Law Enforcement budget in a county that's has the highest crime rate in the state ? Maybe casue Stokes did get what he wanted from Tyrone so now let me shift my weight , whoever voted to put Stokes in office should be ashamed the taxpayers of Hinds county deserve some clarity about there county after years of foolishness with the city council now you bring your stage show to the county. The sad truth is that the apathy of the voters of Hinds County is at a all time high and Stokes makes mockery out of the uneducated people as a agent for hope but is truly fleecing his people Stokes your the true 2012 Uncle Tom.

Stokes is smarter than the Sheriff and knows the answer re: the jailhouse costs...Sheriff really should know the dollar expense of the largest budgetary item in his department. As to law enforcement he must get some good intelligence on the dog fighting rings and sex workers out in the rural areas. If a mail box has a telephone number on it that is as good as a red lite...

ok 11:54 since you cant reason on your own, let me spell it out for you. why do you need to add 7 people per year to do the SAME (or less) work? The jails were already built and staffed by 1996 so no need to increase there. and there is no more on patrol now than there was then.

8:31; I can't account for all of them, but four were needed to apply all the McMillan decals to vehicles and one was needed to go to Penn's in Raymond every day at noon for a pickup load of styrofoam takeouts. That's only five but the best I can do.

Stokes is right about one thing and I've said it for years. The city budget is 2-300 million dollars. Hinds County's is $54 million. Yet Harvey and Hampton expect Hinds County to support Jackson.

Stokes can rant about the HCSO budget all he wants but the truth is most of that budget is for the jail, which covers the whole county. Good luck with reducing personnel in the jail as the jail was once under a court order and will be again if mismanaged.

Sex workers in the rural areas..

Mailboxes with phone numbers on them....

How did I miss all this?

Do we in Jackson not pay taxes to the county? of course we do. Than why do you expect us to pay more?

Do the mailboxes have pineapples underneath the phone numbers?

Well before everyone gives Mr. Stokes a hard time, you should get the facts. It is always a good idea to follow the money and compare apples to apples. How many other counties in the State Of Mississippi support all of one municipality’s criminals? Most other cities have a city jail and house their own inmates until needed to be transferred to the county jail.
There is a great tool that can be used to track the spending of Mississippi counties. You should visit the website www.seethespending.org and look up all the expenditures of the sheriff departments in Mississippi.
To spotlight a few: The Fiscal Year of 2010 Spending
Desoto County
Administration - $1,653,212.82
Prisoner Medical Expense - $1,205,663.12
Patrol Law Enforcement - $9,106,098.13 TOTAL $11.9 Million
Jackson County
Administration - $7,660,367.05 (includes the jail)
Madison County
Administration - $5,032,055.35
Detention Center - $4, 104,908.97 TOTAL $9.1 Million
Rankin County
Administration - $2,696,335.15
Jail - $2,594,659.35
How does the spending in Hinds County stack up against these numbers?
Hinds County
County Jail – Jackson $2,387,384
County Jail – Raymond $8,494,402
County Farm – Raymond $2,834,840
Administration - $8,764,894 TOTAL $22 Million
The total for the other counties also include the inmate medical expenses but not the Hinds County figures because the BOS took over inmate medical to help get the cost down and last fiscal year inmate medical still reached $3,430,828. I am all for public safety but I say we are not getting our monies worth.

Where did all of this austerity come from? And why wasn't it available when he was renaming every damn street airport and building in Jackson?

i like what i see and hear. i supported Mac there i said it... BUT he is enjoying a life now outside of public office. Sheriff Lewis has laid out a well needed change in the HCSO. For a LONG time there has been too many "white shirts" and there's your money!! Let Sheriff Lewis get his structure up and running!! He promised change, he's giving us change... and I'm liking the change. Then the tax payers of Hinds Co should start seeing some change in the fiscal budget. But once the money is back... watch out for sticky fingers... LT G might need another ride!!

Do all of you naysayers and armchair sheriffs not know that the position of sheriff was subject to an election and that you could have each applied to run for the office? If you want to run the department from the conversation pit in your den while sipping designer beer, you should have submitted your filing papers by the deadline.

** YAWN **

Never happen. Too busy running doers down.

My first thought as well 4:17.

I doubt the Hinds Board of Sups have any State flags
or paintings of Andrew Jackson that Kenneth could "confiscate" as a reminder of the ole "slave days" ...
so get ready for Stokes to introduce a name change to the Gov. John Bell Williams air strip in Raymond before June .

The Americans With Disabilities Act offers protection to the morbidly obese as well as those otherwise physically disabled. Kennuf's weight prollem do not override John Bell's appendage challenge. TherefO, Kennuf's effort to rename will be shit-canned.