Jackson Jambalaya

I live in the suburbs but work in Jackson and my business was based there until today. I have always considered Jackson my home and have concentrated my volunteer efforts and work there with the Chamber, DJP, and other groups. I will resign all of those positions tomorrow morning. I will not work for a Jackson that elects Chokwe Lumumba. I guess I will find ways to give Brandon my time and treasure.

We're screwed. And to think I'm closing this week on an investment property in Jackson. smh.

So - when will the first pothole be filled?

Gary Rhoads just began construction on the Great Wall of Flowood. Quickest solicitation for bids, award and start of construction ever. I guess Madison and Rankin will reappraise tomorrow to reap the extra tax dollars on the increased property value.
Congrats Jacktown, you truly are a distant memory. You deserve everything coming to you.

Happy in Rankin

I will resign all of those positions tomorrow morning.

Send Kingfish a copy of your resignation letters. Otherwise, bullshit.

I really don't think he is going to be as bad as everyone thinks.

I'm withholding judgment until he's actually had some mayoral time under his belt. He may end up being great for the city of Jackson.

You never know!

Has Todd called the election yet? LMAO

I will say this.

I have had more fun on this website the last three days than I have in quite some time. I really have. Wouldn't trade it for anything.

MEMO TO: Quentin Twitterwell

RE: Your Influence in Ward 1

YOU HAVE NONE

9:29- stand by. I will scan in the morning.

kingfish,

just like jon stewart salivates when a dumb, republican enters the oval office, you lick your lips now that you have unlimited material for your rag.

keep it up.

2 year-reader

kingfish,

just like jon stewart salivates when a dumb, republican enters the oval office, you lick your lips now that you have unlimited material for your rag.

keep it up.

2 year-reader

@9:29 I have had several interactions with Lumumba on a business/professional level and he is that bad. I canot believe he was elected. He is radical, he is racist. However he is very smart.

HOPE and CHANGE!!!

The city I was born and raised and where I raised my child no longer exists. The final nail has been placed in Jackson's coffin. I will have my memories but Jackson is no more

Now Jackson has a mayor that isn't allowed in allowed(supposedly) in the Clinton Municipal Court room.

I hope that the next time Ben Allen blows smoke up Jonathan Lee's he'll run like hell the other way and save the $140k for his daughter's college education.

Maybe Ben will give you a TeamJackson Shoutout Jonathan as a consolation prize.

Wouldn't that be swell.

I may have been living under a rock for the past week but wasn't this just the primary run-off..

Hallelujah! I am a black woman working for the city of Jackson. I feel like I just won the lottery!

Not living under a rock, Moople. Just terribly unrealistic.

Fuck. The city of my birth. Can Petra move out, please? I refuse to spend one more cent in Jackustan.

Choks plan for Jackson. http://mxgm.org/the-jackson-plan-a-struggle-for-self-determination-participatory-democracy-and-economic-justice/#comments

...could be worse...Kenneth Stokes could be the new mayor...along with his crazy hat-bearing wife

Good grief!
I hope Mayor elect Lumumba will not become one of the people he disliked by being as prejudiced as they were.
That said, eventually,Jackson will go the way of Richmond and Charleston and Savannah and Baltimore just like other Southern cities.
In other words, the city will " re-gentrify".
They'll figure out that being in the suburbs is a yawn.

Baptist Jackson has a Certified Primary Stroke Center. You can reach them at 800-948-6262 should you need to suddenly evade responsibility for your legislative decisions.

Good grief!
I hope Mayor elect Lumumba will not become one of the people he disliked by being as prejudiced as they were.
I hope African Americans will not become the people they despised.

That said, even if they do, eventually,Jackson will go the way of Richmond and Charleston and Savannah and Baltimore just like other Southern cities.
In other words, the city will " re-gentrify".
Whites will figure out that being in the suburbs is a yawn and Blacks will figure that cutting off one's nose to spite one's face is a bad long term strategy. I'm hoping more admire Mandela than admire lesser moral leaders.

Hot Damn!!!! I love it!!!! Jackson is getting what it deserves!!! Quote me now! FBI will have indictments with the guy before he leaves office. I can't wait!!! Detroit has come to the South!!!! Watch and live the corruption Jackson!!!! You really own it now!!!! This just goes to show the ignorance of the Jackson people. You want some.... now your gonna get some!!!!! You got to love democrats, they make the dumbest of republicans look smart!!!! This is gonna be good!!!!!!

CJC will soon look just like the old Colonial Heights Baptist Church,...have you seen it sense it was sold,....look at the stair's. the parking lot,...it's all gone,.....

10:32, those cities have amenities that businessmen capitalized upon. Jackustan doesn't possess them. No one wants to trek there for the Civil Rights Museum (see Memphis) or failing schools or replacing their (stolen) rims. And, regarding being in the suburbs, there's not a stream of tail lights that I see from Jackustan at the moment.

I guarantee the alleged business owner posting earlier is too much of a coward to actually name his business. If you're bold enough to say you're moving it, be bold enough to name it. People like you are a dime a dozen.

Harvey Johnson should run as an independent in the general election.

10:32 not sure what you are talking about...

Charleston is only one that has majority white population and the only one with a white mayor. Savannah and Baltimore both have black women. I guess we could strive to be like Baltimore and Savannah and elect "yo mama's" wife, La Rita Stokes. Now that would represent progress!

For those stuck in Lumumbaland, call Century 21 at 601-981-1111 and list your house tomorrow before your neighbor lists his.

1) Born and reared in Jackson. Sad to see.

B) Silver lining: I am now a Madison resident, so my property values just saw a nice bump :)

Last) With this awesome news, I wonder if Teddy Duckworth is re-thinking that whole District at Eastover fantasy?

10:42, you're full of it. I and every Democrat friend I have, and every Republican friend, too, voted for Lee. I told the truth about Mr. Lumumba to everybody I know.

This isn't a Repub./Dem. issue. Lumumba is really neither. He's a radical, militant separatist who hates not only white people but also the entire country. The man doesn't even recognize the American flag so many have fought and died to protect and preserve. He presently supports a separate black nation carved out of the US.


I never thought I would leave my beloved neighborhood in Jackson, but I'm calling my real estate agent in the morning to hopefully sell before property values start their free fall. Madison County, here we come.

Bennie Thompson and the Jackson Mafia win!!

I predict this will mean national exposure for this website, on multiple occasions, over the next few years. We are about to see and hear some really spectacular stuff.

There is a plan for NE Jackson to secede and form its own municipality, now given the obvious lack of representation it's residents have the DOJ cannot object. Belhaven to kings hwy, then east to jackson country club. There is a group of great attorneys living in this area working on it now. No joke.

Didn't Stokes relegate all hint of Southern culture and tradition to the City Hall basement years ago? Paintings, statues, busts, flags? Can we now look for chokeME to have his bailiffs remove the US flag and introduce oil paintings of Abraham, Martin and John? Does a mayor really have the authority, individually, to fill a pothole?

Have all of us finally realized that he has prevailed and has indeed become the prince of New Afrika?

ah yes, a cop killer and his merry band of idiots....#HAILNEWAFRIKA

I will bet that Choke-me will wind up in St. Dominics under the care of a certain cardiologist and wind up "Dead" in the midst of a full blown FBI investigation.

10:58 pm
How old are you? Were you an adult in the 60s and early 70s? Did you have relatives in Charleston, Atlanta,Savannah, Richmond,and Baltimore?

Your fear of losing your property value in the short term trumps saving a great city? MONEY trumps principle for you, does it?

If Jackson goes the way of Detroit instead of the great cities of the South, it'll be because the business men and women here are cowards and turned tail and ran just like the Yankees did in Detroit If the whites who lived in west Jackson hadn't turned tail when the first black face said " boo", we wouldn't be at this turning point.
Lilly livered cowards. You don't think you can stand up and fight and win. You don't have any patience so you can't see time changes things.

You owe your ancestors better than this! They didn't leave Mississippi when it was in ruins in 1864. They suffered through until they could rebuild.

The truth is you are afraid blacks will treat you like you treated them. Well, some of us understand that there are sorry, no good folks in both races and we don't want them to prevail, we want stand together with the decent folks of all races just like the citizens of Richmond and Savannah did!

I have no use for cowards. LEAVE and good riddance!

thanks for the history lesson 6:56. so if whites had held their ground in the 60's in west jackson, the blacks would have had to go farther afield and jackson would be okay? chokwe's coming reign is tantamount to sherman's march. who knew? and correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't everyone in detroit a yankee?

but you sound like a brave little guy who knows all the words to cum-bi-ya... sing it brother!

Shame on the citizens of Jackson who elected a man who spews hatred and racism. Yes, black people can be racist just like white people can. Lumumba supporters, if Jackson fails further than it already has, you have only yourselves to blame.

Just like the election of re-distributionist B Obama, this is another victory of the takers over the makers.

I was born as raised in Jackson as well. But now it is time to head 'em up and move 'em out...... Thankfully my business interests are outside Jacktown already.

This is so sad, and so very scary. Chokeme's supporters really think that they have done a good thing.....

My prediction: In a few years, Jackson will make Detroit look like a resort town........

turn out the lights

"I really don't think he is going to be as bad as everyone thinks."

Possibly. He could rise to the challenges. Or just use the position to steer tax dollars to his pals. We will see.

It's not in his interest to terrify Jacksonians into moving their residences & businesses out of the city, but then, people don't always pursue their self-interest.

No. 2003-BA-02418-SCT

look it up on google scholar. jackson owns it

Diversity, Sensitivity and "inclusiveness".....uh huh.
We shall see if that goes both ways!! Doubtful.

my property values just went up in Ridgeland...thanks to the militant new leader of Jafrica.

Thank you WAPT for conducting those polls and breaking it down by race. You just galvanized Bennie and his folks in their efforts to tar Jonathan as the whiteman's black. You helped elect Lumumba. Of course, it should be noted that Lee's horrible debate performance didn't help either. His youth and inexperience showed as he allowed Lumumba to filibuster the debate as he quietly sat there. These two events doomed Lee's campaign.

For those who want to leave Jackson because it is now being led by a radical African-American. Don't stop at leaving Jackson, you need to leave the country....as we have another radical African-American in the White House!

The comparisons between Jackson and Detroit - or Birmingham or Memphis - are invalid for one reason - the state capital. Jackson has the rest of the state partway over a barrel if they want their government to run, and that's what will keep Jackson from crumbling no matter who the mayor is.

10:58-

Agreed that Charleston, Richmond, Savannah and Atlanta are good examples of southern cities reborn. However, I believe that there is a distinct and obvious difference between those cities and Jackson. I was born and raised in Jackson, but I am also a realist. Richmond, Charleston and Savannah have much more history than Jackson. Charleston and Savannah are coastal. And Atlanta is arguably the commercial center of the Southeast. Jackson has none of this -- and never did (even before the white flight began 20+ years ago). Jackson does not have the economic base or potential growth to support anything close to the renaissance that those other cities have seen. Pockets of gentrified neighborhoods may survive (i.e Woodland Hills/Fondren, Eastover and Belhaven??), but as a city, Jackson has little hope. It's future looks much more like the rotting rust belt cities of Akron, Cleveland, Gary and Toledo than any of the cities you reference.

So sad.

2:12 a.m., where can we sign up? No joking. In case anyone is interested, the metro association of realtors met earlier this week to figure out a game plan for what is probably going to happen: a glut of homes on the market will depress real estate prices and kill the tax base. I'm trying to figure out how to move to New Orleans (please, it's got its own problems too...) and rent my house. But I guess everyone else is trying to move to Madison and rent out their home also, really sending real estate prices further down.

A Chinese saying: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."

These black militant radical groups took their first step many decades ago. Chokwe Lumumba is but one of them. These groups have been on the march in cities throughout America. Funding a city councilman here- -a mayor there.

Their journey to their goal is progressing more rapidly now that they have some key politicians both nationally and locally supporting them.

The U.S. Atty General, Eric Holder refused to hold the Black Panthers accountable when they strong-armed voters at a few precincts a couple of years ago.

Slowly, step by step these radicals are gaining ground and they will continue their march until they are in control.

As the creed of Chokwe Lumumba's New Republic of Afrika states they will achieve their goals "by any means necessary".

They won't take certain Southern states for their land today or tomorrow, but rest assured their army will not stop their march until it happens.

Then, what will happen? As I wrote the other day, I wonder if Chokwe Lumumba includes Robert Mugabe and Idi Amin as his heroes.

Someone responded that it is paranoid to consider Lumumba a reflection of Idi Imin.
Paranoid? Who wouldn't be frightened of groups who do not hide what their intentions are? Groups who want to rule a region and do away with those of every stripe and color who do not agree with them.

As I wrote the other day, Idi Amin murdered 300,000 of his own people because they didn't follow his lead.

Someone of Idi Amin or Robert Mugabe's ilk will one day be in that position right here in what used to be the U.S.A.

If you don't live in Jackson, then just STFU about this race. Nobody gives a rats ass about white assholes lobbing grenades from the suburbs. Clean up your own shithole, it's not nearly as nice as you think it is. It has you as a resident.

If you live in Jackson and your candidate didn't win, that's called democracy. The people have spoken. Try harder next time.

To everyone who says they are putting their house up for sale and moving to Rankin County, please hurry the fuck up because you are a coward and aren't contributing to Jackson anyway. Your whiny-ass attitude is better situated among like-minded peckerwoods anyway. But nobody really believes you in the first place, you are lying because that is what people like you do.

This is the most dependable, predictable website on the internet.

A wise businessman today made a very astute observation about our once-fair city: Most of the white tax paying citizens left a long time ago. The people who elected Chewbacca have placed the tax burden on middle-class working blacks. Now they will leave too.

I would go to say that the there are only 17,103 white people left in Jackson proper. This is the beginning of the realization that the white man no longer has any influence over the city of Jackson. Sorry but that's the way it is going to be.

The only chance now is to save the little section of land from I-55 to the pearl river (East and Eest), Adkins Blvd to Lakeland (North and South). Sorry Fondrenites you are toast.

All you fashionable Fondren lefties who vote Democrat to impress your liberal friends just sh*t in your own bed.

Have fun defending your own property as JPD sits idly by, muzzled by Choke Way.

"I don't like the police!" - Your new mayor

Welcome to Kushtown, Y'all!

is it possible for Harvey to run as independent, or is he prohibited because of filing requirements ???

9:47 needs medication...and a few lessons in logic.

If the people of Bolton can survive Bennie Thomson being elected mayor over forty years ago the people of Jackson will survive Chokwe today. There was no raping of white women and the white businesses were not confiscated by the black foke. Crime in Jackson effects blacks more that the whites and Chokwe he will have to address it regardless of his opinion of police. Can he really be as bad as law and order, Frank? If so, it will be an entertaining four years. Chokwe problem is his love to agitate and being the mayor requires compromise. I can not believe all the crazys who think the sky is falling because Chokwe is the new mayor. I bet he is having a good laugh about it.

Interesting times and interesting comments.

1) I was born and raised in Jackson. I left 10 years ago. My decision to leave has been affirmed, both by this election and by the city's decline in the last decade.

2) I will be watching with morbid interest to see how the Lumumba era unfolds. I am having a hard time deciding whether he will tend toward simple incompetence or, on the other hand, blatant corruption.

3) Hard to imagine why anyone who has any choice whatsoever would choose to live in Jackson, even if one's work is in the city.

4) This blog will greatly benefit. I anticipate many hours of amusement reading about the Lumumba office's foibles on this site.

The sky is falling! Jump ship!

Give the guy a chance. If he screws up, he screws up. The election process worked like it is supposed to. It sucks to be in the minority, doesn't it?

11:13, have you been to Bolton lately?

@9:47 and you can take your crack pipe and still it up your pants sagging, Jacktown lovin arsehole. Better yet, save your money on new shocks and another set of overpriced rims to deal with 4 more years of raggedy streets, cuz Ludumba ain't gonna have the tax dollars to fix jackshit.

I'm all for the Kush secession. It would bring about something I've dreamed of for a while, moving the state capital. I think Simpson County would mature a good location.

"Trying to make some sense of it all,
But I can see that it makes no sense at all,
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor,
'Cause I don't think that I can take anymore
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you."

We live in interesting times. . . .

Hey 9:47, I work in the city and live outside. While I may not have the right to vote for mayor, what that numbskull does may well affect me, so I'll say whatever I DAMN WELL PLEASE.

I work for a company that is based out of state. If this clown comes in here demanding this and refusing that they may well leave town and that affects me, so I'll speak my mind and if you don't like it, go tell your new mayor to send his paramilitary goons out, because that's what's coming to chase out the few remaining white people and successful businesses.

By the time Jokeway is removed, all that will be left in town will be barber shops, nail salons, payday loans, and soul food kitchens. I have a problem with a bunch of ignorant fools electing a antagonistic racist to destroy the city in which I work, so I'll scream and yell and say what I want. You and your accomplices in the white-hating Ministry of Racism can't stop that.

Keep it up, 12:13. We Jackson folks all need a bit of levity to possibly ease the pain of the great malaise settling in amongst us.

11:38

No, it sucks being the only person with a brain in this conversation. How in the hell can people think this guy is good for the well being of the city, no offense Madison. That would be like making Penn Teller head of the Baptist coalition. He is an atheist. How is that going to work out?

Looking forward to selling real estate in Madison and Rankin!!

Was 37,000 votes a big number??? seems kinda low for jackson

Meople, your assumption that all of Lee's voters where white (indicated, of course, by your lame attempt to attach Lee's vote total to a particular race of voter) really shows what a racist you really are. There are plenty of African Americans that don't buy into the Black Separist Movement, and don't believe the crap that Lumumba spews about Caucasians.

In the end, what percentage of Jacksonians actually voted? If it was less than 50 percent, you could say that a lot of them don't care one way or the other! Is that worse than having the "wrong" person as mayor?

Thank you @9:47.

Since there is no money to fix our streets or sewer system, raise all the female workers pay to be equal to the men, or do much of anything, how is he going to keep his campaign promises? Big government grants from Uncle Bennie?

Shame

Jackson will not lose more residents necessarily. Most of the people have already left that wanted to go.

Once Lumumba is sworn. Says the pledge of allegiance. Fleshes out his administration and starts governing. More residents, Lee supporters, suburbanites, state officials, and business folk will warm up to him. He is currently making the personal transition from human rights activist to mayor.

I agree with 1:09. He campaigned on a chicken in every pot but how is he going to accomplish that working(for now anyway) with the same net operating income as Harvey. Should residents and business get spooked and move, he will be working with less money than Harvey. I know Chokwe is smart, that much was obvious when he changed into a chameleon and convinced everyone that he was not a radical racist and they voted for him, but I really don't see him as the savior that can lure new money into Jackson.

Ray Manzarek, keyboardist for the Doors, died the other day. Not long after, the city of Jackson died. In honor of both, I quote one of Ray's band's songs, as it seems to fit the destiny of Jackson:

This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes...again
Can you picture what will be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need...of some...stranger's hand
In a...desperate land
Lost in a Roman...wilderness of pain
And all the children are insane
All the children are insane
Waiting for the summer rain, yeah
There's danger on the edge of town
Ride the King's highway, baby

Rest in Peace, Ray.
Goodbye, Jackson.

"You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world.
Tou tell me that it’s evolution,
Well, you know
We all want to change the world.
But when you talk about destruction,
Don’t you know that you can count me out.
Don’t you know it’s going to be alright,
Alright, alright.
You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We’d all love to see the plan.
You ask me for a contribution,
Well, you know
We’re doing what we can.
But if you want money for people with minds that hate,
All I can tell you is brother you have to wait.
Don’t you know it’s going to be alright,
Alright, alright.
You say you’ll change a constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head.
You tell me it’s the institution,
Well, you know
You better free your mind instead.
But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao,
You ain’t gonna make it with anyone anyhow.
Don’t you know it’s going to be alright,
Alright, alright"

Take a breath y'all, nothing is on fire yet . . .

Three ZIP codes in JX pay 50% of the property taxes here (an unfortunate fact...). If people leave, sell homes at a loss just to get out, how will Chicken Head pay for stuff?? Oh wait, yes the working middle-class blacks will be paying for the non-working blacks. Sounds a bit ironic, don't you think????

Jackson will not lose more residents necessarily. Most of the people have already left that wanted to go.

Been hearing that myth for the last 25 years. Get a clue.

Okay Jackson - You did it to yourselves and you deserve what you are getting! You finally had a chance to elect a bright, educated, level-headed, businessman as your mayor; but, "oh no", you did not want that, you wanted a murdering, thug who baracades himself in a house with other "like-minded" thugs and has a shoot-out with police, thereby killing one policeman in cold blood!! Not only is he an "outlaw" but he does not even identify with his legal name - just like another "so-called leader" that we know! Oh, and by the way, how's that HOPE and CHANGE working out for you??? You must like it, since you elected more of it for the City of Jackson yesterday!!! And DO NOT complain to us when the sky starts falling on your head, CHICKEN LITTLE!!!!

Who are all these Jackson-haters? Jackson deserves what it got? Growing up, I never wanted to live in Jackson, but my profession led me here 39 years ago, so it is my home. "We" stayed while you terrified Madison/Rankin County people decided to desert. You are the real culprits in the decline of Jackson.

Um, no, the people that are no longer in Jackson cannot actually be the problem with Jackson, only the people that are actually there can be that problem. See how reality works?

Where is the dude who was going to scan in his letters of resignation this morning??? I want to hear from him.

Where is the dude who was going to scan in his letters of resignation this morning??? I want to hear from him.

Probably got one of those etch a sketch scanners.......those things are slow, dude.

Our office lease in Jackson is up for renewal next year. There is no way I will renew it. None. Already, when an employee's car is broken into, the police don't even seem to care. Morbidly obese security guards on golf carts don't appear to be a deterrent either. Women in the office are afraid to walk to their cars alone. Do any of you see these things getting better in the next 4 years? I don't.

I heard Jackson's next police chief will be Enoch Sanders.

4:38

maybe he doesnt want to hurt his business?

Did I say anything derrogatory about anybodies ethnicity??? Lighten up Francis. Your the type of sensitive Laddinite that screams racism just because some one refers to a persons skin color. I'm sure it really pisses you off when the cops around Jackson are always looking for a black male...

If Chokwe,in fact, does produce the infrastructure build-out...he will do what he said he would do. Haley Barbour used to love to say that. "I just did what I said I would do"... Lumumba will relish it too.

Just saw this post from a friend on FB: "Please tell me that I didn't just hear our soon-to-be mayor tell the Channel 16 that he was going to have Christopher Columbus discovering American taken out of the history books used by Jackson Public School. T. S. Eliot wrote: '..,.this is the way the world ends, this is the way the world ends, this is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper...'"

I believe Chokewe is going to do exactly what he said he was going to do, and each time he does it some people will be outraged. But he knows those people that get their feelings hurt aren't the ones that elected him, and he knows he doesn't have to give a damn what they think anyway. Get used to it.

This New- Jafrica Zulu "Elder" keep's bringing up Ole' Chris Columbus.

Damn, what's his problem with an Italian working for the Spanish ?

That was the ultimate minority contract in 1492.

@11:29...I'm not sure Jokeway has that authority, but even if he does, all he's doing is making certain JPS students fall even deeper into the pit of ignorance. Jackson has some of the worst schools in the nation and half the kids are just there to be fed and watched while mama sleeps or watches Judge Joe Brown.

But you are right about one thing...the world ends with a whimper. It's death by a thousand cuts - only some cuts are deeper than others.

Have the "Welcome to Jackson" signs been replaced with new ones that say "Dis Be Kush" yet?

Next week Mayor Mo Ron will go after Hernando de Soto who discovered the Mississippi River....obviously a racist river.

If Chokwe,in fact, does produce the infrastructure build-out...

Not possible as there is no money. He'll blame Harvey. What is going to be mighty entertaining is when Chuckles faces all those females he promised equal pay to.....they will not forget that promise and probably already have figured out how to spend the extra money. There's going to be a crowd of sign-carrying chanting females outside City Hall yelling, Where's my pay raise, Chuckles?

I heard Jackson's next police chief will be Enoch Sanders.

Oh, I hope so......picture all those gold stars on Enoch's rug hat.

Jackson hasn't nearly the decay that Richmond and Savannah experienced or some other smaller southern cities (Roanoke, VA, Greensboro, NC, Greenville, SC are but a few examples) that have revitalized. To continue to repair,restore and remodel will not be nearly as expensive or as daunting a task. Their economies suffered with the demise of textiles and tobacco but they had a " build it and they will come", " our glass is half full" attitude and love for their cities.

These smaller towns didn't have the hospitals, the colleges( except for Greensboro), the court and as Bill pointed out, the capitol. They didn't have a tourist attractions as nice as our Old Capitol or Governor's Mansion or planetarium or the good restaurants...indeed because of liquor laws, NC and SC have really battled to develop a restaurant industry.

But, it is true the people of those states don't bad mouth their own. They don't air their dirty laundry to scare others away. Instead they brag about and promote their assets. They create attractions where none exist. They read their own history and know their ancestors went through much greater hardships and tougher times and stuck with it until they could build something better.
Y'all have heard of Reconstruction, right?

By the way, how many of you Chicken Little's know what the role of the mayor and city council are in Jackson ? Do you even know what they can and can't do?

If women leaving work in Jackson are afraid to walk to their cars, it's because they've been scared by the fear mongers and you've not asked the city for help if you're making them park far away from your building and they are leaving at various times at night.

I really, really feel sorry for those of you who are living in fear.

Just imagine what the next person is going to have to say to get elected in Jackson. I imagine it will have to be pretty caustic.

Tell that to Charlotte Reeves, scumbag.

Scumbag? 8:39 didn't deserve that, especially from the blog owner. He actually made good points, much more so than the litany of real scumbags that proliferate this Mickey Mouse site (that I love reading). Lighten up KF.

What about Charlotte Reeves and her face that was beaten to a pulp? What about the two young girls in Belhaven that were the subjects of attempted assaults, kidnapping, and possible rape last week. What about the other women in this town who have been beaten. The woman who was dragged down the street at Babalu.

and he says fearmongering? Scumbag.

8:39
No, moron, it's not a perception of and fear of crime caused by "the fear mongers". Tell that to the two women in Belhaven that ran from black guys with guns, tell that to all the other victims of "perceived crime".
As far as asking the city for help, how many businesses have left Jackson after asking for help and getting no response? My own brother had to hire off duty sheriff deputies for a private army when the city refused to increase patrols around his business.
I don't live in fear, because I carry. I also don't live with blinders on trying to convince myself that what is really isn't.

8:39 I feel sorry for you. I bet you are a man with no children. Or Donna Ladd. Same thing.

I generally support 8:39's remarks.

KF: you cite 3 cases of violent crime in support of your fear mongering, and each of one of those cases is a tragedy.

Having said that-- this is a big city. Stuff like that's going to happen from time to time. That's not to say we should accept it, but if you want safe, go live (and work) in Madison or Rankin Co.

10:16 FTW

I would have to guess that 8:39 and 10:40 are one and the same. Apparently this idiot believes that stating the truth is to assume the role of fearmonger. Having said that--thanks for giving Jacksonians another reason to move to Madison or Rankin Count.

10:40 here. Believe it or not, I'm not the same person as 8:39.

Using you guys' logic, every American city with 150,000+ people should be deserted because of violent crime.

Just remember white boys. Wednesday night is "white girl" night. Me and the rest of the athletes at Ole Miss like to entertain your sorority sisters. I swear, "do any of you rednecks know how to please a woman"?

You racist pigs. First you raped our women; enslaved our brothers and polluted our gene pool.

Now the shoe is on the other foot. White girls are flocking to the brothers in droves. that is your greatest fear.

I like to read copies of the Northside Sun. I can count at least five white girls that were featured with their weddings or engagements. Everyone I had either banged or my dogs have banged.

I guess you wimpy rednecks just can't please a woman. I mean them sorority girls like it "nightly and not very politely"

Whats the matter Kingfish, you scared to post my comment. Maybe your girlfriend is a sorority girl! (more likely a fraternity boy).

Ok, lets put crime out the window, and assume that you are safe at night.

What other reasons would someone want to live in Jackson? Please tell me.
Is it the superb school system? The great sewage and water system? The trustworthy police department? The always rising property taxes? The always decreasing property values? The always available hair salon? The ghetto shopping centers? The City Parks? Your militant City leaders? Maybe it's just the friendly atmosphere one gets at a gas station on a Saturday night.
Please list a reason why any sane person would live in that City by choice.

No, 12:21, only the cities that consistently rank in the top cities for violent crime. Like Jackson.

The following comment is an OUTRIGHT lie. The Jackson Association of Realtors (not sure who this "metro" association is mentioned) NEVER met to discuss the election or the impact that will have on real estate. I am not sure who spread that lie, but it is emphatically false. This has been verified with the President of JAR and the CEO, Jo Usry, as well as with multiple members of committees. If you want to spread fear, do not defame the Realtors who hold up this city by representing 1000's of real estate transactions that benefit the economy in numerous ways. We also hold follow Fair Housing laws and would never bring race into a discussion.
Sharla Bachelder, REALTOR
RE/MAX Alliance



2:12 a.m., where can we sign up? No joking. In case anyone is interested, the metro association of realtors met earlier this week to figure out a game plan for what is probably going to happen: a glut of homes on the market will depress real estate prices and kill the tax base. I'm trying to figure out how to move to New Orleans (please, it's got its own problems too...) and rent my house. But I guess everyone else is trying to move to Madison and rent out their home also, really sending real estate prices further down.
May 22, 2013 at 9:30 AM

12:50,

The middle and upper middle classers that I know who want to live downtown (or in Belhaven or Fondren) want to do so more out of disgust with the suburbs than an I-love-Jackson attitude.

They enjoy Jackson but know it needs a lot of work. If you're middle/old aged and live in the suburbs and don't understand *why* someone wants to live "in town" then I doubt I can convey the reason to you. A lot of it has to do with aesthetics. It's also a young person thing. Tons of young people have started moving in droves to cities around the country (even in the Southeast). Jackson is just behind the curve, as usual in MS. It will happen, though; it's already happening to a degree.

2:20, your comments are patronizing and naive, at best. If I lived in New Orleans, I would live in New Orleans instead of a suburb, because there is abundant life and culture in New Orleans. Pubs, cafes, restaurants, theaters, schools, churches, coffee shops. All of it walkable, all of it connected to the other parts of town. There is vibrancy in the other places that you mention that downtown Jackson will never have. Never. If you live in Belhaven, you are still getting in your car to go to Babalu. And then what? Holding hands and dreamily wandering over to buy some groceries at McDades and then some chalk paint? Then what? You have to use your car. There is not enough culture on a consistent basis happening to make it a draw. Even the hipster gay guys I knew who lived in the King Edward moved. They all said they missed having back yards. There wasn't anything at the KE keeping them there. Manufactured coolness isn't enough. Not enough to offset the negatives of crime, infrastructure, terrible schools. I know a lot of young couples who live in Belhaven and Fondren before they have kids. 90+% of them move when their kids get school aged. Is that because they are too "middle aged" to understand why they should stay? No, it's because they are realists.

Black Mamba you are a nut job.

black momboy probably had a make out session with a hefty inebriated white girl once, so now he thinks he is a threat to white mens everywhere.. and judging from his sophisticated logic, is in the 9th grade. well, 8th.

Black momboy,

That's the first time I've heard an accusation like that.

The racist pigs raped your women, then polluted your gene pool with canines, and now the shoe is on the other foot and white girls are flocking to you or your brothers, which are dogs?

BTW, Monday night and Tuesday night and Wednesday night and Thursday night and Friday night and Saturday night and Sunday night is ladies night around here. We don't discriminate and we certainly don't just restrict the ladies to one night. Sometime it's ladies night several times in one night. That's just how us rednecks roll

I moved from deep South Jackson (Swan Lake) 22 years ago to Brandon. At the time our house was losing value at the rate of $2,500 a year. Crime in the area was on the increase, we still hadn't received the sewer lines that we were promised in 1974 when the area was annexed into the city.

22 years later things have gotten worse not better. The facts speak for themselves.

Just wanted to point out that the original guy who responded and said he would resign and post his letters of resignation here never did so. Probably because, just like everybody else saying they are going to move out of Jackson, he is full of shit. You guys need to put up or shut up, as Kingfish would say.

OK. Who said you all are someones savior?
you make the rules? right?
SO as long as it is you who make the its a good decision right?
Get over it! Noone has to ask permission for who to vote for- get that straight first. I lived with Bush- he was my President; respected him but didn't vote for him so who are you