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Congrats DI.

Worked with DI while he was on his last tour as a Colonel in the regular Army a few years back. He was well-liked and respected by all. Ridgeland is in good hands with this man as one of their leaders. I'm so glad he had been elected. He's a super good guy and will always be honest and fair.

Thank God!

D.I. is a great guy!

But now there will be "dissension" like there was on the board of supervisors, says Gerald Steen.

Dissension being what the rascals call it when anyone tries to tell them to put the public business first and their own greed last.

Very Pleased to have a strong tea party conservative like you in public office DI ! Free markets, fiscal responsibility and limited government.

Thank God for D.I.

Actually suprised that the gap wasn't larger. Can't figure out what people saw in Wint.

So happy for D.I. and the city of Ridgeland!!!! Way to go!!!

The spread IS interesting. Woulda thought 4 to 1 for Smith. Hope the mayor won't give him the cold shoulder.

McGee had a passel of endorsements and a wife who is popular with Ann Smith folks. Also, his dad is popular - few folks follow politics.

I am curious how the votes were distributed. I suspect heavy support west of I-55 carried D.I. over a weaker showing eastwards. Just a guess.

The race was decided by something that flew under the radar. While Gene McGee remains popular and will likely be mayor until he chooses to leave, a number of local politicos are positioning themselves to be viable candidates for mayor for when Gene decides to step down. Wint would certainly be Gene's chosen successor if he (the son) were a sitting alderman and would enter that race with Gene's organization. Yesterday's race was the one chance to nip it in the bud without making a permanent enemy out of Gene.

Gene twisted a lot of arms the last few days of the campaign...that is the reason there wasn't more of a gap. He's been mayor for nearly 24 years and has a lot of connections. Got lots of endorsements for his son the last few days...like State Auditor Stacy Pickering (give me a break), Gerald Steen (supervisor, past alderman at large), Cassandra Walter (who was in the race, but finished fourth), Lee Snoozer (highly popular Ridgeland High School Principal), and some big home owner assoc. presidents...that is the reason the gap tightened at the end of the race. Not because people actually liked Wint, the people don't even know him.

I was wondering if I was the only one who had never even heard of McGee the younger.

You haven't heard of Mr. Wint?

what did Mr. Wint bring to the table besides his last name?

hahahaha! :)

Congrats to D.I. He's a good guy and will do a good job.

Arrogant little brat, this Wint:

"I have it in my blood to serve others," said McGee, 35. "I'll come back in less than two years and have this experience under my belt. God has big plans for me and my family."

Do tell. Did this come to him in a vision, or is it based on his exegesis of the book of Revelation?

Wint used FB friends to actively promote his business by bombarding posts with offers of unbeatable deals, pre-election campaign. Some defriended him because they grew irritated by those pesky business ads in their news feed. Hence, potential votes could have been lost by his business ethics.

"Do tell. Did this come to him in a vision, or is it based on his exegesis of the book of Revelation? "

When his father came down from the mountain and handed him the tablets this is what was carved into them ;-)

People are not stupid. They could see that Wint is not genuine. One Republican group member said "I've never laid eyes on him until he started running for something." In the CL this morning he says he is going to run against DI Smith next year. I guess he hopes that when one McGee is on the ballot it will drag the other one along. Again, I don't think people are that stupid.

Love it when the political establishment fails to get its way. Way to go DI!!!!!

Someone mentioned 'the younger's' business. What IS his business?

Meanwhile, dad shows up in his cycling tights and consoles the son with "shit happens".

Two items - DI is a good man and can be trusted to do the right thing. Secondly, I am SO happy that enough people connected the dots to see what the powers to be were trying to accomplish between the supervisor's election and the special election.

Well, Mr. Wint, if at first you don't succeed....

FINAL OFFICIAL RESULTS

WINT 958 44.79%

D.I. 1,177 55.03%

Write in 4 .19%

The city of ridgeland would have been hosed either way.


Wow first time with the new code words... FANCY.

On the positive side, D.I. is a fine man and extremely honest. He is hard-working and will put his efforts into the position.

On the negative, I do not share D.I.'s ideals of big-government, passing an ordinance legislating everyone and everything we do. He says he is small-government, but his actions say big-government.

Part of being an effective leader is knowing where your job starts, but also where your job ends. My one fault with D.I. is him getting into things outside of his job description that violate personal freedoms because he is trying to help someone. It's an honest mistake on his part, not an intentional one.

I don't know anything about Wint. Never met him.

On the negative, I do not share D.I.'s ideals of big-government, passing an ordinance legislating everyone and everything we do. He says he is small-government, but his actions say big-government.

For example? What deprivations of liberty has D.I. voted for?

... Myself, I am sure that I would loathe D.I.'s national politics, but (from reading this blog) I have formed the impression that he may be useful trying to keep the rascals in local gov't from acting with impunity.

Wrong he is a rascal.

McGee is a Private Mortgage Banker with Wells Fargo