Jackson Jambalaya

There are some excellent candidates. I also see one who has bounced checks (both payroll and vendors) all over town and has the IRS on her tail for not paying payroll taxes.

Can we lengthen the list a bit more?

Length has always been Kangaroot's issue. Now, if we can just keep this from being a T&A contest or who is the most successfully 'augmented'. OK, that was redundant. OK, I voted.

and just what is wrong with T&A? In some women businesses (although none of those listed here) that is an important asset - probably depreciable if reporting income to the IRS.

And to the person who came on here a few weeks ago trashing Whitney, good job. Had no idea who she was until that little spat started. Just for pulling that, I put her at the top of the list. Feel better now?

Kanga, if I don't make the list long, then people will gripe. Its only for a week, y'all will survive. Then we will have the finalists.

I feel better, I was the one who nominated Whitney and I think she has done very well for herself in the business world. I never knew how many people were that jealous of her, do not understand that but the world is made of all types!!!!!!

How could you possibly not include Donna Ladd on here?

Some names didn't appear because when I went to SOS website, their names were nowhere to be found.

Olga's last name is Abramovich. My twin brother is married to Olga's younger sister.

Oh Shit! Just as I noticed Barbie Bassett is not on the list, she goes and mentions that the 'hair growing donation for cancer' thing is on again and the cutting will be mid March. So now we get to listen to that for the next eight months along with the laughing. She did not mention her book though.

You also left off Todd Stauffer-Ladd.

Don't know a single one.

Why isn't Curt's bff Wendy on there?

Umm... the cardiologist Dr. Alexander is a good doctor. Would not describe her as good business woman. Does she run that group practice? Did you check the SOS site on that one KF?

Now KF...

How you gonna put and advertiser in your poll???

Plus, Dr. Alexander left that group practice to come underneath the UMC umbrella.

Wait, where is Tom Head? Fish; you just can't get nuthin' right.

first comment is dead own and that person just lost her house, too. if this is considered 'trashing', recall she was on wlbt "top ten deadbeat businesses" a couple of months ago for kiting checks, sorry.

mbj must have recently begun charging b/c my wife was on that list two years ago and never spoke to mbj about anything much less paid.

good list otherwise!

You have to buy a table at the luncheon. I know several people that had to do it.

Top ten vote-getters so for. Interesting.

Whitney Giardano 32 votes
Susan Lunardini 28 votes
Leigh Reeves 60 votes
Alyssa Farmer 28 votes
Clare Hester 33 votes
Liza Looser 21 votes
Beth Clay 29 votes
Pamela Hancock 41 votes
Lauren McGraw 25 votes
Karen Gilder 20 votes
Diane Alford 17 votes

gotcha--wasn't arguing--we didn't go to the luncheon!

It should be Wendy Putt. She stays busy and the food she caters is incredibly bland.

Whitney G is possibly one of the most driven and kind girls I've ever known. Ask anyone that works for her. Everyone of those girls would go to the moon and back for her, and that is the measure of not only a beautiful soul but also a fierce force of business saavy. Material Girls is more than a business to her. It is her way of keeping her Daddy's spirit in her everyday life.

I believe that you left off a very humble, but important person from your best business woman list.  Maureen Hardy.  She Is the director of physical therapy at St Dominics.  She started The Hand Center back In the late 1980s, then sold the business to St Dominic hospital.  A "jury of her peers" (plastic surgeons, orthopaedists, and PTs) from across the globe have consistently voted her best physical therapist,  best global speaker, and best hand specialist.  Odd that the world acknowledges her credits, yet  our small town of Jackson, MS remains oblivious (and instead acknowledhes boutique store owners, rtc). Maureen deserves recognition.  No, she might not win the popular vote, as she is too humble to shine her own CV,  but she is, in the truest sense, one of Mississippi's greatest business women.  

Well, Gee, 10:29; if you had bothered to keep up and had read the introductory comments regarding the contest, you'd know it's not about who the best hand specialist is or who speaks the most eloquently at surgeons' retreats or who contributes the most articles to medical journals. And it's certainly not a 'humility' contest.

How on earth is Jane Shelton not on this list?

Ah, 10:29; where in the opening remarks do the credentials mention humility or someone who makes a living directing a hospital department? Or a great public speaker or frequent presenter of papers to medical journals?

Ok, I'm wondering how in the world women who have been in business for just a few years are nominated and women like Tonia Fornea-Boyer owner of Fornea Road Boring Company, who has been the owner of a 41 year old business for 15 years is somehow not a nominee!! This makes absolutely no sense what so ever... I would like to know where and when this was advertised to nominate someone. I feel that the criteria should have been a little more selective in considering the credentials for the top business woman.

@shadowfox.  I believe that perhaps you are confused as to the definition of a businesswoman.  I would like to clarify the title for you as I would hate for you to remain 'in the dark'.  According to Merriam -Webster (2012) a business woman can be defined as "a woman who transacts business; especially one who is a business executive.". A bit of a wide definition, so let us explore the definition of business.  

Once again, according to Merriam-Webster, business can be defined as: "a usually commercial or mercantile activity in as a means of livelihood; a commercial or sometimes an industrial enterprise; dealings of transactions especially of an economic nature.". 

Whew!  Okay, so now we understand what defines a business woman...I know that you must feel so much better now that you have been enlightened!  In response to your previous rebuttal,  I recommended a woman who created a business, expanded that business, and cultivated both national and international acclaim for such business.  Does that not meet our previously defined term for a businesswoman?

Finally, in closing, you questioned the connection between humility and the recommendation for best businesswoman.  Humility pertains to the virtue of one's character.  Humility exudes a certain humbleness, a grounded sense of self with the heart of a servant despite the success and praise one may achieve.  Granted, humility is not a requirement for a successful business man or woman; however, it does serve as a litmus test for the type of integrity a business may or may not posess.  

Ok, I'm wondering how in the world women who have been in business for just a few years are nominated and women like Tonia Fornea-Boyer owner of Fornea Road Boring Company, who has been the owner of a 41 year old business for 15 years is somehow not a nominee!! This makes absolutely no sense what so ever... I would like to know where and when this was advertised to nominate someone. I feel that the criteria should have been a little more selective in considering the credentials for the top business woman.

I asked for suggestions several weeks ago. I asked for suggestions again last week on the JJ Facebook page. Don't blame me know one knew about this particular business owner. There was nothing stopping you from making the suggestion either. Everyone has been treated fairly here.

5:01; How does it feel to be so bloated with egocentrical gaseous pomposity? Please get one of your bong-mates to prick you with a pin so you can circle the ceiling with the screeching sound of released hydrogen. And if one of your bong-buds will flick a stick-lighter, you'll wind up at the far end of the UMC parking lot.

And I'm sure the Kingfish gratefully acknowledges your tardy self-nomination.

OK, here is an update. Top ten:

Leigh Reeves 144 votes
Clare Hester 167 votes
Beth Clay 172 votes
Whitney Giordano 101 votes
Connie MCCaa 61 votes
Pam Hancock 61 votes
Susan Lunardini 65 votes
Gail Pittman 43 votes
Lauren McGraw 51 votes
Alyssa Farmer 67 votes


Honorable mentions:
Lisa Looser 40 votes
Suzanne Moak 37 votes
Wendi Putt 33 votes
Misti and Ginger 25 votes

what a great way to drive page views! it's a shame it's stupid.

Didn't make the cut 11:34? There will be other contests.

Ha. Don't see you're name on the list either there Shadow.

I thought an intern was on the loose.

12:41; You haven't seen me bitching about not being on the list either, now have you. This reminds me of the mothers of little girls who failed to make cheerleader or pep squad. Throw a hissy fit and criticize the rules committee or judges.

I'm still at a loss, though, as to what happened to Tom Head's nomination form.

Nice comments, here's the thing I want to know. Beth Clay? Clare Hester? Girls, I don't know how you all are pulling this off BUT come on, we all know you both hate each other and we also know two girl lobbyists aren't COINCIDENTALLY thought of as the top two businesswomen in Jackson. Please!! You girls are as bad as Steve Seale posting on his own behalf.

Finally a little raw action (catfight) and since when has shadownuts been able to hold her own... We will call you Shadowfax 2.0

I voted for Lisa Looser, Moople. I heard you wrote in the name of Mary Hawkins in protest.

I vote for Claire Hester and Beth Clay in a Celebrity Death Match!
Hell yeah! KF that should be the next poll. Get some venomous bitchy women in a cage and some baby oil and let them at each other. I could vote for that.

Ohhh hell no @shadowfax? What other things have you heard about my character.

Unreal that lobbyists are leading the pack. I would hardly call them true businesswomen.

12:42, the two women lobbyists have offices, staff and payrolls, buy lots of office supplies, own briefcases, influence policy discussions, have a huge client base and probably drag home tired after a day at the office. Not sure what else you think they need in order to be called businesswomen. These two, in particular, lead the lobbying world in Miss. in income. The income is reinvested into employees, etc. What do you call that?