Jackson Jambalaya

Too funny!

"I believe that in a normal election, not a special election, you'll get a lot more people out to vote from the various wards."

That is, "when people have some reason to vote OTHER THAN VOTING FOR ME, then I will surely do better!"

If you say so, Mr. Wint.

This may be another Mary Hawkins-Butler in the making. He really thinks Ridgeland could not survive without he and/or his Father running it. I don't even live in Ridgeland, but I think I may go to door to door helping DI Smith reelected.

More voter turnout will benefit Mr. Smith.

It will "water down" all of the voters that turnout as a favor to Mayor Gene.

here is a novel idea...work for your city as an ordinary citizen you dont have to have a title... i dont like 95% of politicians repub/or dem

As soon as the people who didn't vote for DI get to know DI, they will vote for DI! It's that simple. DI is a good man who is a very strong hearted servant of the people who put him in office, and he loves every minute of it. We need to all show our support for him replacing our current mayor! Ridgeland would then have the leader it needs to at least give us a chance of not turning into another Jackson. Have you been to Northpark Mall, lately? How much Madison County money has Ridgeland been getting for the last few years? Why do we have so many RUN DOWN apartment complexes in Ridgeland? Why are those nuts still talking about putting a GARBAGE DUMP in Ridgeland? Think about it.

We were so pushed by GM to vote for his boy!!!!!!!!!!! We said we'd vote for Wint all day long and promised and promised our hearts out we would do it. But when nobody was watching when we voted we voted for Mr. DI Smith. He is a good man and we are glad he beat the son of the mayor. And you know we'll do it again. We'll do that all day long to keep Mr. DI Smith doing what he wants to do for us. And most all our friends did just like we did. :-)

3:00 PM hit the Bull's eye.

Northpark Mall is now the Metro-Center of 1989 .

Only a few decent "reservoir" apartment complexes remain.

Ridgeland is one step from the IC unit.

Nothing against McGee the younger, but the general consensus is that DI has better plan stop Ridgeland's
downward spiral .

That may be true 9:46 and we hope it is; but, D.I. has gotta find a way to stop tawkin' 'bout D.I. long enough to get something done.

Thank you 9:59. Yeah D.I. is a servant all right he serves himself... It's all about D.I.

It's do or DI time in Ridgeland. Either let's just run him for mayor or find a like-minded taxpayer to step up.

Talk about jumping the gun! My God! Watch the man for a year or so and see how he manages the town's business. It's hard to gauge him in the prior job since there was so much infighting and crap going on with Tim-elvis, Crosby, Rudy and the twins, etc. It'll take him at least six months to make the rounds reminding everybody about his storied military career. Then take a look and evaluate him.

9:59 and 10:52 Everyone who knows anything about DI Smith knows it's not about HIM. Never was. It's about making Ridgeland a better place for it's citizens.

I will tell you about DI Smith. He is a highly decorated retired active US Army Colonel. He was a pilot in Viet Nam and served prior to his retirement as an Inspector General. He is a fine man, and Ridgeland is very fortunate to have a man with his qualifications and integrity to want to serve their community.

Now you Wint people better get moving. To beat DI you have a HUGE task on your hands. It doesn't take much intelligence to know who is the best person to serve as an Alderman in Ridgeland, and it's not Wint. Also, many of the people y'all thought would vote for Wint did not and won't in the future either.

He is not a mortgage banker. I don't care what he calls himself, he is either a loan officer/originator or runs the branch for Wells Fargo.

An LO takes the loan app, runs the credit, runs the loan app through Fannie Mae software to get an approval, orders the appraisal and title work, and gets the documents. If he has a good processor, he or she will do most of that work. The LO drums up the business, as does the manager.

He's a mortgage banker if he deals with capital markets, handles a warehouse line of credit, and other aspects involving finance. I seriously doubt he underwrites either. Not knocking him one bit, just find the mortgage banker label amusing when it used to be called loan originator or loan officer. Kind of like housewives becoming domestic engineers or salesman "account executives".

I know it is a little early but "D.I. FOR MAYOR!"

That might not be a bad idea 1:43.
The same thought crossed my mind.
East of I-55, and south of Lake Harbor,
... Ridgeland is rapidly going down.
Not quite Jackson yet, but getting close.

A new administration hopefully could
reverse this trend.

Miles of new bicycle trials are not the
keys to success for any town.

10:01...correct...always has been a loan officer with multiple stops...no offense to him but if he cant survive as a mortgage guy with his pop's connections.....well he certainly can lead a city or even be a part of it. I know Wint and like him...but a leader he is not....btw he would not know what a warehouse actually is!

The posting (above) of D.I.'s resume reminds me a bit of John Kerry. Early on in any conversation, his 'service in Viet Nam', was pointed out, as if all else needed to revolve around that resume bullet. I'd feel even better if his career included management level jobs in private industry...jobs with actual P&L responsibilities.

Having been a military officer or a four year letterman as a pulling guard for an SEC team both point to building-block qualities. Young McGee's claim to fame is being able to point to his daddy, which is fine, but 'leadership quality stuff' it ain't.

But ... but ... but Gene got all those bike trails built.

Mortgage guys with multiple stops over the last 4 years? No idea what his record is but no shame in that when so many companies and lenders have closed down during that time. Or if you leave because the owner or manager decided to keep more of the commission than promised when you close a big deal. Biggest source of turnover in the mortgage industry.

As for DI for Mayor, give it a rest. I don't think he has any intentions of running for Mayor. If I was advising, I would say don't do it. You beat the Kidd, but you didn't beat the King. Gene has had that job for a long time, has a machine built up, and probably already has the warchest. DI has gotten better at campaigning but still has a long way to go with catching up with Gene. Some people need to quit imposing their animosity towards the Mayor onto DI because I can assure you, he has none towards Gene.

king...wasn't referring to past four years...prior to those years.

D.I. didn't have to put any magic campaign machine in motion. All it took for him to win was a teenaged opponent.

KF, you don't have any idea what D.I.'s intentions are. Neither does he. He just wanted a tater-job in retirement, something he can tool around at and not be constrained by reporting time, alarm clocks, dress code or reporting to an executive officer. As long as he can swing by the various McDonald's and Kroger's breakfast clubs...........it's all cool.

Everyone..Plse, Plse take a minute and just cool it on DI..

He got into political office by a backdoor deal with Andy Taggart..!! Does anyone not remember that?? it was so bogue and backhanded it, it stunk up Madison Co for years..

DI needs to give it up.

Why 'give it up'? Hell, the man just got what he went after. He already qualifies for a PERS retirement. This one year term plus four more will give a total of nine in the system.

D.I.'s is a good man and a GREAT public servant. He does not want to run for mayor...so just lay off! He is right where he NEEDS to be for the City of Ridgeland! :)

Hey folks.........DI and Andy Taggert conspired to get DI elected!! DI has no cred with about 10,000 Ridgeland folks who voted AGAINST him!!

DI is a pain in the a$$.. He will not work with anyone.....

DI could not get one motion...not one passed during his 4 yrs on the BOS!!

The man has serious leadership issues....he can't even lead a bunch of dumb BOS!!

I think DI won, in part, because people were surprised when he lost and weren't taking this one for granted. Mostly, though, I think he won because nobody likes dealing with "the boss's idiot son." I'm not saying Wint is less than capable - I don't know him at all - but we've all had to deal with the boss's kid at some point in our carriers, and the natural presumption among voters will be that Wint must not be able to cut it on his own, as long as he's tied to his daddy's apron strings.