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I would like to see that on rez news

7:55
Why

Shame on mr. Powell for not abiding by the property owners by laws. He may not be such an outstanding member of the community after all. I am sure he will have an excuse, but as a resident of the district I am extremely disappointed in this behavior. Not the kind of person I want representing me.

The reservoir residents have a right to know the truth about mr. Powell. You seem to be the only one willing to tell the truth. We sure are not gonna read it the rankin record or rankin news.

This is unbelievable !!!! shame on Brent Powell!!!!

Are you kidding me!!!! This is too good to be true... It needs to be posted on the Rez News for sure

Damn. Between Lum and Powell the only thing this special lacks is an appearance by Danny Elfman. The GOP bench isn't looking that deep these days.

Wonder if this would have been posted if Powell had bought an ad on JJ.

Nah, I don't 'really' wonder.

Wow. The horror.

Hold up: MSnewsnow is reporting Powell raised questions about Lum's residency. More Soap Opera?

Yup. It was in the CL today. I'm writing a post about it tomorrow. I'll have some more info than the newspaper did.

*** Best Investigative Journalist in Mississippi ... In Any Media Format ... Is Kingfish ... Bar NONE! ***

Has it been confirmed that Lum voted in the 2011 Hinds County Democratic Primary Run-off last August? Did not realize Raymond was in Rankin County.

On the Lum story. Let's see who was the Hinds County Republican Chairman ....oh yes the all knowing Pete Perry. Now we all know Pete would have never given bad advice especially when it was self serving to him. I smell a rat here and I hope he gets caught in his own trap.

The reason why the Republican Party is so shallow in Rankin County is because follis are so sick of the old guard out here. They want to run everything, but they just lost the election commissioners race and I hope they lose this one too. They always use dirty tactics to win. The good news is that we have more and more new families moving in the area who don't even know who they are. We are smarter than they give us credit. Go vote for any one but Powell.

comparing a lawsuit for HOA fees and Lum slumimng im Hinds County sighns affadavit claiming he was a resident so he could be paid the $150 as a poll worker.
You got a guy who has lied multiple times and now says if he knew he was going to run for a office he would'nt have signed..

Allow me to play Devil's Advocate here. What about owning rental properties around the rez area, which are causing more and more problems, and not taking care of them or paying the dues?

There IS a reason they got that overlay district legislation passed, you know?

I'm sure there are good answers, just thought I would axt the question.

Has he paid the taxes on the property or any of the properties he owns?
Please let us know if he did not pay the taxes on said property.
No offense I would not pay HOA dues in that neighborhood. Have you driven thru there. I do not know what they are charging dues for.

This is peanuts in my book. He may have a beef with the HOA and is protesting. I don't know. After all it is a HOA not the state or IRS.

Lum's deal is peanuts as well. I think all these gentlemen are good people. Who among you are perfect. I would invite you all to put your name on the ballot and let's examine your past.
Why would anyone run for office?

10:08,
Then how about you get your old wrinkled ass up and do something about it.
Gutless bitches like you make me laugh! How is the view from the recliner?

I have photos of several of these candidates walking their pets and not stopping to use the pooper-scooper. I plan to release them at the appropriate time. Right now I'm in negotiations with Ricky Cole and can't say any more.

PS: How does Kingfish 'BOLD' those posts about himself?

Anon @ 10. Yes, it was me, but I wouldnt call it 'advice'. I told Bradley, along with the other poll workers that they had to be a registered voter in Hinds County to be a poll worker. My understanding was that Bradley was a registered voter in Hinds County, therefore he met the requirements to be a poll worker - which was the issue at the time. Please tell me what "trap" I set that you hope I get caught in.


I may well have told Bradley that he could serve as a poll worker at the time - because he was a registered voter in Hinds County. If I had been "all knowing" enough to have been able to see a year into the future and known there would be a special election called, I would probably have probed deeper into the question at the time - as I am sure Bradley would have as well. But I wasn't that "all knowning" - I was concerned at the time with making sure he met the requirements to serve as a poll manager.

I guess I'm just not quite as devious as you must think I am.

Followup question for Pete, if I may. All of that said, what is your opinion as to whether or not he is currently qualified to run in Rankin? And please don't say "That's for someone else to decide".

That is for Rankin County to decide.

HOA are stupid and this should be thrown out

I axed for an opinion genius, not a decision.

Hmm, looks like Powell might be the most human, down to earth, regular Mississippian running in this special election. He should simply come-out and state " I am a regular, working, broke-azz Mississippian, much like 80% of the rest of this state's population, I know what it is like to suffer under this rotten, declining economy. I have never been a friend of the good ole boys club that runs everything in Jackson, never received any no-bid contracts, gotten appointed to any high salary political patronage jobs, made any money off of any state agencies using YOUR tax dollars to pay me. If you want someone who lives like most of y'all, the regular taxpaying, paycheck to paycheck living folks, I am your man!"

I predict a Powell victory.

Real estate talking head on Fox this morning was talking about banks being foreclosed on by HOA for property that the bank owns, but haven't paid the HOA dues.
HOA are just another example of what's wrong with this country. Little fiefdoms controlled by dictators, scolds, and hall monitors. Who in their right mind would join one of those?

What Powell should do is hold a press conference to clear the air.

The perfect backdrop would be the Whole Foods construction site since Whole Foods is transcendent for all Mississippians and, upon completion, will rescue not only Jackson but the entire state from the economic doldrums.

Sfax, good question. Wish I had a good answer. And to 7:56, if a contest is filed, you are wrong - it will be for the State Election Commission (and/or Hinds County Circuit Court) to decide.

Shadow, you took out my first response, so let me opine as requested.

Residency and domicile is MS Election statutes are really screwy - mostly in my opinion because of numerous court rulings on the matter. That said - it is hard to figure what the next court might come up with. I believe (as Lum has said I told him) that what Lum did in August 2011 was proper within MS statutes. He, being a registered voter in Hinds County at the time, could be a poll manager if he considered himself to have residency in Hinds County or "an intent to return".

As I said to WLBT last night, if the question asked in 2011 was "but I want to run for a special election that will be called 16 months from now, and have Rankin as my residency" I would have given him a different answer. Fact was, the question then was "am I eligible to be a poll manager in Hinds". As a registered voter, he met the requirements and therefore the answer was "yes".

Problem is, the one clear thing in residency is that for electoral purposes you can only have one. What the State Election Commission did in deciding as they did, based on the information they had, was probably correct. What they will do with this additional information may well depend on the arguments made in Keith's contest and the responses by Lum - trying to clarify the laws relating to residency.

So, to answer your question, I think he has a problem in that he couldn't be both a resident of Hinds and Rankin in August 2011. Having voted and worked appears to me that he "considered himself" (and yes, that is a criteria for determination) a resident of Hinds at that time. But what the three commissioners will decide will probably be based largely on how their lawyer advisors decide to cut the baby. Glad its not mine to decide or defend.

"Shame on mr. Powell for not abiding by the property owners by laws. He may not be such an outstanding member of the community after all. I am sure he will have an excuse, but as a resident of the district I am extremely disappointed in this behavior. Not the kind of person I want representing me."

You people are stupid. "Shame" for not paying tribute to the Homo Ass'n? Gimme a break.

As a resident and home owner of the Res, Benny Hubbard has my vote. He is an upstanding citizen who owns his own business in FLOWOOD, has a wonderful family, and is active duty in the Guard. He has done several tours in dangerous areas. His wife is an EXCELLENT teacher. Benny puts his time and money in Rankin county. He is invested is us doing well. Yes, I am a Republican. Benny is running as an Independent. I have no problem with a quality man wanting a thankless job. BENNY HUBBARD is the man for his HOUSE SEAT!!!!

So is anyone going to comment about Scot Allen?

Benny Hubbard is looking better every day. HOA's are important and some them have been very effective in the reservoir area, so it is important that dues are paid. As a member of an association, it is important that all members participate or they can be a leech and just receive benefits at others cost. Mr. Powell needs to clear this up and fast, it is spreading like a wild fire out here. I have received several calls this morning already- because of this story. I am glad this truth was exposed. If you run for office, you need to be prepared to have everything uncovered- that's just the way the game is played. right or wrong- it is the facts.

Looks Like Scot Allen may be our best choice he has my vote now!

"Real estate talking head on Fox this morning was talking about banks being foreclosed on by HOA for property that the bank owns, but haven't paid the HOA dues. "

The story ended with a blurb on how speculators are buying these foreclosed houses for $6000 - $7000 to pay off the unpaid HOA fees.

I looked back at Scot's annoucement
dont know him realy looks like some
one we should look at.

Really Scot-Scott

" it is spreading like a wild fire out here."

Which says something about the Peyton Place silliness of Rez voters.

his name is Scot found his web site
www.scotallenformshouse59.com

Ya know, it is rather startling how some that comment around here immediately jump to conclusions relating to a candidate and a person's character simply because of some local HOA claiming that someone owes some dues or something. Powell is a businessman, private sector guy, in real estate and management, has been in the district for 40 years, I bet he even pays his taxes on time, unlike say, Dems like Banks, Eaves Jr., yea, check out his property taxes on the Hinds County collectors site, folks that always cry about "da man" holding down the little guy and regular folks, when they all claim to be millionaire successful trial lawyers, who most of which don't even pay their local taxes on time. Anybody can claim and sue anybody over anything, dues, dog bites, business deals run amok, heck, in Mississippi, even if your wife has an affair with some guy you can sue the guy for it, such as in Jamie Franks' case several years ago. Maybe Powell will address this HOA dues situation and satisfy some around here that are ready to tar and feather at the slightest hint of controversy.

Tar and Feather! Woooo-hoooo, we haven't had a good tar and feather in ages!

Hubbard is NO Independent. The Rankin Democrats are fully behind his candidacy. Should Hubbard win he will join the Democrats in the House.

Hubbard finsished 3rd in a 3way race for Alderman in Flowood.

It's looking like a 4th place here

Phil sure knows how to pick the good ones

It is pretty clear that the HOA does not have any records of having received dues for some time and that Rankin County has not received taxes in a timely manner if the property was sold for taxes! HOA's are a necessary entity in today's world and definitely serve an important purpose. If this one is run lousy, then run for a position on the Board and help change for the better. Maintaining and increasing property values is one of the main functions of a HOA. No fair blaming the group or government that was not paid, no matter the reason.

"No fair blaming the group or government that was not paid, no matter the reason."
Bullshit, 2:09
The gov't will do what it wants.
There have been more than enough instances where HOA's start out with low fees, then increase the fee at will. Then, the little dictator(s) want to put liens on "members" houses when someone can't/won't pay? Why would any sane person subject themselves and their property to such?

The Rankin democrats are behind Hubbard? Both of them???? Shortest voting wait in all of MS -- vote in the democratic primary in Rankin County. Never a wait. Never. Ever.

Homeowners Associations=Little groups of busybodies that make bored housewives and other shut-ins feel important and useful.

No mention of this post on Magnolia or Pep. Well, when you are on the take from the same people, that is no surprise.

On the take? From whom? KF, if you want to make that accusation, please tell us who handed you the filing that you posted? Wouldn't, by chance, be from the candidate that paid for an ad on your site would it?

Agree, strange that Y'all didn't mention anything about the Lum questions - which by the way, you still haven't posted what you said you had and were going to post. PEP did question that - just didn't say anything about the Powell issues there. Y'all had nothing. Neither did Magnolia. But "pot" before you call the kettle black, haven't seen you do anything other than what your advertiser fed to you either.

"on the take"?? Let's put everybody into that same kettle of fish.

Kudos to Kingfish for publishing posts that either take him to the woodshed or call him out for perceived/alleged/unproven chicanery. Now if he would just stop censoring my posts by telling me 'your post was fine until you said what you said'.

Every political insider at the capital knows what I am talking about. Sorry you are not in the cool kids club. Now to address your comment.

Sorry as I hate to disappoint you, but no one fed the Powell liens and tax problems to me. No one. Want to know who you can blame for it? Rodney "powelltool" Keith (My apologies to Tool Academy).

I will be publishing a post on the Lum voter registration controversy later today. I have all the papers that were posted on other websites. But unlike other websites, I verify things first. SO that means I went to the circuit clerk's office in Rankin. Got the voter registrations of all the candidates and yes, they will be posted. I also confirmed the voting registration in Hinds of Mr Lum with the Election Commission. You with me so far? I'd hate for you to get lost. SOOOOO... while I am at the courthouse, I decided to look for lawsuits. Standard procedure, not that you would know anything about that, and presto, there was one against Mr. Powell in County Court. I got a copy of it, noticed the lien, and then went over to land records and a nice lady helped me figure out how to use the computer to look it up. And if you don't believe me and still believe I was fed this stuff, ask the District Attorney as he happened to come in the Circuit Clerk's office and saw me doing the research. Gave me a nice update on the Brown case too (Has a hearing Monday).

I realize that may be a little bit hard for you to realize, Rodney, if that is indeed you, Rodney as when you went to the election commission warehouse in Hinds, you were so lost on trying to find Lum's voting records you had to go to leave and go to someone else for help. What I did was standard opp research and since you haven't read my website before, I am standard opp research in this area. I define it. Just because something is outside of your realm of understanding doesn't meant I had help from a campaign. I didn't.
I've posted negative news about politicians or candidates who advertise on this website before. Tate and Billy weren't always happy about my site and guess what, I criticized Dave Dennis on here as well, right next to his pretty ad.

If you want to blame someone, blame Mr. Powell. I called him for a comment. Guess what, I'm sure there is another side to this story as in these things, there usually is. However, you won't know what it is because Mr. Powell won't talk about it. That is worse than the actual lien in my opinion. 90% of the time when a politician or candidate talks to me about a story I am going to post, they come out looking better than if he had never talked to me in the first place. There is usually an explanation that makes sense and keeps things from being seen in the wrong light. Powelltool and his friends can't have it both ways: whine about critical things written about their candidate while they take dirt on other candidates to the media and try to get them to run it. As Mac said, grow a pair and put on your big boy britches. You're nothing but a crybaby.

As for the candidates, I've spoken to them all but Mr. Hubbard. They are all nice guys, seem pretty sharp and guess what? I think all three would probably do a good job in the legislature. Mr. Lum is pretty smart, about to earn his law degree, spent some time teaching and coaching, and has some sense. Mr. Powell is someone I found to be pretty nice, intelligent, and has some business experience about him. Same thing for Mr. Allen. He's a pretty sharp guy, not a great campaigner but that has nothing to do with the job of Representative, as we all know. I've never spoken to Mr. Hubbard so I will not comment on him. All three guys will probably vote the same way. If I were a constituent, I would probably be satisfied with any one of the three R's winning the seat.

And Shadow, one day I'm going to publish a post that is a collection of a bunch of your posts I didn't approve. That way people can see a pattern: How juvenile, insulting, and filled with foul language they are. I'm sorry but a comment filled with calling someone an a'hole and turd usually doesn't get approved. I've told you this for two years now but as usual, you don't pay attention. Deal with it.

I'm a Rankin County Rez Resident and have heard Scott speak and met personally. I dunno' who the other two are. But I am interested to know about the liens. Don't know about you, but I pay my debts; even if I don't like them.

I'm thinking this was a *mistake*, but am unsure at this point. All I've really seen on this is finger pointing and opponent bashing - not a leading strategy these days. This could be his own undoing unless they get a hold of it. Additionally, I have not read the article, but will today, I'm sure this will just solidify the notion that "going negative" is a sure fire sign of ruining a campaign at the local level.

As for Lum, I'm operating on the comments from Pete. It would appear to me that he was a student at the time, which, is kinda' a grey area - so no harm no foul in my mind.

In referring to "article" I meant the other articles out there PEP, Mag, Yall.

Wow!

This is a pretty heavy claim from PEP: "This would make him ineligible for the District 59 office he now seeks, or would make him guilty of voter fraud."

Isn't that out of the Debbie Wasserman-Schultz playbook?

I'm afraid, once again, that you are mistaken Kingfish. Unoffered apology accepted. Often you will allow no retort when someone refers to me or others in that manner. You'll censor the retort and leave the original insulting language in place. I've pointed this out to you several times. As you know, this blogsite is often infested with the F word as well as many others unfit for conversational consumption. You're plagued with the "selective censorship trigger finger". Deal with it. We do.

Kapt, since you are "operating on my thoughts" (what a scary idea) and since according to what I read in the CL today I am part of a cabal that is pushing the Lum qualification issue, let me offer a couple of thoughts.

I personally wouldn't put contesting a candidate's meeting the qualifications for office as "dirty politics". It is a legitimate part of the election process, as is poll watching, challenging a voter, or contesting an election for discrepencies.


Also, if KF discovered and ran the story on the HOA liens rather than one of the opponents, and KF did this as a "journalism" matter rather than on behalf of a candidate he is supporting (which I take KF at his word above, until shown differently) then I wouldn't call that dirty politics either.

As to my "role" in the Lum residency matter, I did tell him that - in my opinion - he could work as a poll manager in 2011. He was already a registered voter in Hinds County; he says he told me he was living at the time in Rankin County (don't remember the exact conversation but I have no doubt that he did tell me); the eligibility to work as a poll manager is to be a registered voter which requires residence in the county. But the kicker at that time was the "intent to return" concept.

As I told WLBT and CL, the question I was answering at the time was "if he was eligible to be a poll manager". Answer in my mind was yes. IF the question had been - "but late next year I am going to want to run for a special election that is going to be called, will this affect my residency issue then?" - I would have answered differently.

As a registered voter and a student in Hinds County, I felt that he was eligible to be a poll manager. But his problem - in my humble opinion only - is that you cannot have residency (for election purposes) at two places at the same time.

No surprise there. Probably paid and settled.

The Clarion-Ledger reports:

"Perry said he's not involved in the current race, backing a candidate or trying to burn Lum's campaign."

Meanwhile, Brent Powell (who apparently hates his neighbors and stabs them in the back) proudly lists Pete Perry as one of his supporters in a half-page ad in the Rankin County news.

I hadn't taken much interest in this race until now. Brent Powell must not win.

Geesh, 2:04 PM who wouldn't list Pete as a supporter? I do.

2:04, I certainly don't deny the inclusion of my name on the M&G for Powell - something I agreed to do when he called and asked for my support. But I don't consider that to be "involved in the current race". My involvement in races is generally much, much more active than being listed as a host for a M&G. In fact, I have at times been a sponsor for fundraisers for competing candidates. That's not the case here, but I gladly agreed to have my name listed.

My comment that you quote was in response to Mr. Lum's comments as to me being involved in Powell's race and behind these questions regarding his qualification for office.

And KK - Thanks for the vote of confidence!

2:04 here.

I get it.
You don't "consider" the support to be involvement because your involvement ususally means something else.
You are certainly good at what you do.
And a genuine Republican.

Can we simply agree that Lum should have said "I stay there" instead of "I live there"? It seems to work well for Democrats.

KF

I have not posted anything on this story so I don't know what your problem is with me or which post you're referring to which made you think it was me.

You don't know me, yet your anger appears to be personal.

BTW My wife did get a kick out of the Tool.

Sincerely yours, Rodney

Has anything been filed yet? I believe the alleged residency claims re: Lum said something was to be filed by the end of the week. Which week? Before or after election?

Lum should have claimed legal residency in Bogue Chitto, then he could live in Madison and run in Rankin :-)