Jackson Jambalaya

Its all about protecting the status quo, not about excellence. Does this surprise anybody?

Remind me who nomenated him? I mean, if you want to get your nomination through the Senate, maybe you shouldn't bash the Senate every single day of the session in every single speach on the floor. Just a thought. I know that the policy should trump the politics. But, actions have consequences.

Who on committee was against him??

Maybe he can be on the State Board of Home School Education.

Can the Governor make a recess appointment since the legislature has adjourned sine die or does the Board of Education just operate with one fewer member until the Senate is back in session?

"Under questioning from Sen. David Blount, D-Jackson, Bomgar said he hadn't formed opinions on vouchers for students to attend private schools, publicly funded prekindergarten, or allowing private companies to run public schools."

Does anyone here believe that? Never mind your politics, whether Bomgar's a good guy, whatever. Just this: do you believe he was telling the truth in that answer?

We all know that Tate controls the Senate. If he wanted the nomination out of committee, it would have made it out. This is just another example that Tate is a country club Republican who has no regard for social conservatives.

I don't know the answer to that. But, the statute is clear that the speaker gets two nominations. A nomination from the governor would seem to fly in the face of the fact that this was Speaker Gunn's nomination.

Tate Reeves strongly supported Bomgar. The problem is that even he could not overcome the anger of Senators who are fed up with Philip Gunn.

Joel Bomgar would have been a terrific appointment. We need someone on that board who is not part of the education establishment that continues to resist any and all efforts at reform and accountability.

The idea that Tate Reeves killed the nomination is foolish. Tate and Joel worked closely together to advocate for passage of a strong charter schools law (not the sad excuse for reform that the House passed).

3:19 - you are absolutely correct. Both your points. I was going to say basically the same thing while reading thru these comments, got to yours and couldn't add anything better. Bomgar would be a great appointee, bring a reasonable and viable opinion to the table for discussion with the State BOE. And the mere idea that Tate Reeves would have killed this appointment 'just because' is ridiculous. One, there is not that kind of animosity between him and Gunn and two, Bomgar was as strong a supporter for Reeve's charter school bill and other education proposals as there exists.

Problem was a couple of GOP senators who were personally mad at Bomgar and the MCPP, and the Dems on the committee that don't like anyone challenging the status quo at DOE.

Bomgar said with a straight face that he has "no opinion " on publicly funded pre-K? He's the vice-chair of the board of MCPP, which is unabashedly anti-pre-K. That's pants-on-fire territory to claim he doesn't have an opinion.

How clueless are you to say that Tate is against social conservatives bc Joel Bombar didn't get confirmed. Joel Bomgar is a businessman not an advocate for pro life issues. He's been a defendant for charter schools, and guess who else pushed the most conservative charter school package ever introduced in MS....yep, Tate Reeves.

Have a clue before commenting.

Isn't the committee vote public? Who were the Republicans who voted against Bomgar's confirmation getting out of committee?

Blount
Wilemon
Carmichael
Massey
Jordan
Jolly
Hale
Hopson

Tate is one of Joel's biggest backers, it wasn't him. It was the democrats on the committee plus a few republicans that got their feathers ruffled by the MCPP on other issues. Chalk it up to naivety for hanging out with the wrong crowd before a confirmation hearing. Joel's connection with MCPP sunk him.

PS...that committee is usually full of people with public ed on their resume. I don't know that this state is ready for somebody as radical as Bomgar. i.e., they aren't ready to do something that might get off #51.

What a shame there are no retired PhDs in education who taught at private universities or retired MEd's who taught in out of state school systems to nominate and who aren't entrenched in politics!
Oh wait! I can come up with 30 extraordinary womens ' names right off the bat!
Let me get a bound notebook of CVs to send out!

Yeah, PhD's in education are qualified to fix all of our school problems, given that their degrees are printed inside of popcorn bags. Meanwhile, people successful in real life are excluded from the process because they don't "get" how education works.

I'm told Tate made it clear that he did not care what happened to Joel Bomgar. Tate has no regard for Bomgar and was happy to embarrass Gunn. I'm told MCPP had nothing to do with this decision. In fact the only Senator who brought up MCPP voted for Bomgar. He is simply a charter school extremist who wants charters in every school district and that's more than these senators could take.

Given the "douche-bag" tweet by a MCPP staffer toward the Cat Island purchase, there were several coasters that were ready to bury anybody associated with MCPP. Joel happened to be the innocent by-stander because of his affiliation with MCPP. Too bad for Joel, and too bad for our school children.

So Republicans Videt Carmichael, Briggs Hopson and Chris Massey defeated a conservative nominee supported by Republican Governor Phil Bryant, Republican Speaker Phillip Gunn and Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves. Paging Tea Party Primary candidates...

3:16 had it right. They were mad. And they showed it. Tate supported Bomgar. But, by the end of the session, the Senators had enough of a speaker that permitted daily Senate bashing on the House floor.

Makes no sense to have a person who home schools and belongs to an organization who has such a vocal agenda - on the board of education. Would make better sense to appoint Haley to be on the Parole Board.

What doesn't make sense is for Bill Jones to be continuing to serve on the Board of Education. Jones is an attorney who has sued school districts even while serving on the Board of Education.

"This is just another example that Tate is a country club Republican who has no regard for social conservatives."

And how is this a negative thing?

You could accurately restate that by saying Tate is a true conservative who doesn't waste the people's time and resources on Stupid Issues, and doesn't trouble himself to step-and-fetch for the Extra Chromosome wing of the Party.

Funny how much bigotry comes from the supposedly enlightened Curt Crowley.

2:27 are you one of those poor persecuted evangelicals that just can't catch a break?

You have prostituted the word bigotry. It isn't bigotry to be intolerant of the evangelicals who bully politicians into writing civil laws that amount to Christian Sharia. It is their actions that are the problem, not their beliefs.

BTW, the term "extrachromosome wing" was coined by none other than Lee Atwater, and used frequently by his boss George HW Bush. Atwater and Bush both knew they were nuts. 20 years later we know Atwater and Bush were right.

Great lawyering there Curt..."it's not hate if i'm the one hating"

Well, I'm not sure I can make it any more clear. What evangelicals believe is their business and I won't criticize them for those beliefs. However, when some of them take those beliefs and attempt to enact them into civil law, then their actions become my problem.