Jackson Jambalaya

Amen to that, although I think you will see more transparency out of Clinton with Fisher at the helm.

Hmmm.... now why would a Mayor quit posting minutes right after he assumes office? Nary a peep out of certain local publications about that change in policy.

A decade plus now of lofty transparency and open records rhetoric out of the Fondren Harpy and her "partner" is all the evidence one needs to conclude that the only execution and follow through you can expect from that publication is a commitment to yap, yap, yap about it all some more. Action talks but it doesn't speak a word anywhere at the Jackson Free Press.

I mean, even if the Hinds BOS was majority white Republican and had hired a white shakedown attorney (and long time contributor to conservative causes) can you really see the JFP going to the mat -- and to court -- to pry the Motorola settlement loose and into the public light of day?

Of course not because Donna and Todd are all talk. After all these years and ample opportunity to act there can be NO denying it.

Look at their rubbish from 2009 about how they were going to hold Harvey accountable this time in a 3rd term. Hah!

Now it is 2013 and what do you know -- the JFP is still out on the porch talking aimlessly:

We endorsed Mayor Johnson four years ago and then, like many folks, we took a long breath knowing that the Melton administration was out of office.

Then this gem:

We take full responsibility for this endorsement this time around --and, in so doing, we pledge to watchdog the Johnson administration closely while offering a range of voices, ideas and encouragement for how Jackson can improve.

Hell, even Hampton and the Clarion-Ledger gave you well deserved kudos for your open records Ethics Commission victory back in 2008.

Ladd and Stauffer huff and puff, and flap their gums and shoot off their mouths about open government and accounability and transparency, yada, yada, yada but that is ALL THEY EVER DO.

It's rather obvious. Posting minutes requires HAVING comtemporaneous minutes. And HAVING them requires employing someone with the ability to either take notes quickly or type from a recording. And that requires an ability to spell, use acceptable syntax, compose paragraphs and correct the horrible grammar of those being recorded.

Next question?

"Nary a peep "

That's funny but true .

Not to worry 10:15, I'm sure Donna will mull over the "facts",then have multiple conversations with
herself within the JFP comments, and then she will issue a self proclaimed "best of" award to herself
for so called excellence in journalism.

Tongues hanging out and dripping: Mott,Head, along with the 3 other JFP readers will be trotting and sniffing right behind the alpha female of that litter.

With today's technology, this should be part of the required public notice in the state statute.

Add one more local city government to the list that is fairly current.

http://www.byram-ms.us/CityOfficials.aspx