Jackson Jambalaya

Jonathan Lee!!!!

I wonder if we learned anything last election about voter turnout?

Cecil Brown.

Nothing new was learned.

Knock off the astroturfing.

Lee should be the pick the groundwork is already laid for the plan he ran on implementing anyway. the only thing that held him out last election was my people perception of him not being a representative of them do to him bein affluent.

You didn't want to include Kenny Stokes on that poll???

oops sorry... saw them on there now.. disregard that last post

Kenny Stokes for Mayor!!!
Kenny Stokes for Mayor!!!
Kenny Stokes for Mayor!!!

Jonathan Lee needs to run again!!! I would support him!!!

Lee is the obvious choice. I hope he runs. I think he would show some resolve by running again and would possibly gain support from some who didn't vote for him last time.

New strategy, not J. Lee, got to be another girl out there we can run...

Jonathan Lee and his supporters must have learned some lessons ten months ago. I hope they profit from the education. As for the others, Mel Priester would be my second choice; John Hohrn my last. Stokes is beneath comment. Hohrn reminds me of Ray Nagin in the respect that, as recent comments reflect, he was enamored of the ceremony and averse to the work. Priester has a great family circle, other than the fact that he was spoiled rotten. I'm counting on him to grow out of his self-worship.

An analysis by a wise old politician in Hinds County and City of Jackson that was a supporter of Mayor Lumumba:

Lee will never be able to take off his Rankin County Republican carpetbagger clothes. Nor can he tap NJax coffers following the revelation that he hundreds of thousands dollars of unpaid judgements against him.

Re the Stokes, Rita has her sites set on the "bench", and Big K loves his Sunday afternoon press conferences and he had rather fight with 3 instead of 7.

Harvey has moved to Madison and nobody wants to turn back the hands of time for that.

Priester will have the Bennie Machine.

Yarber will have the Aaron Banks Machine which we know managed Quinn into a 4th place finish.

Stamps, Calhoun and Graham are not interested in running.

Hohrn is still wishing he had accepted that ride home from JPD but don't see him getting one from a JPD assigned chauffeur.

Quinn endorsed Lumumba in the runoff with Lee and has worked along side the Mayor from the transition to the present. Quinn is credited with changing the Mayor's position on the tax referendum. True, I am a Quinn supporter and yes, Lumumba's vision for Jackson should be carried on and she is the most qualified candidate to do that.

It is sad that these young turks and the media, JJ included, have not given the Lumumba family the time and respect to deal with their loss before starting this jockeying for position.

What has Priester actually done? Nice educational resume. However, learnin' ain't the same as doin' and sounding like a Black Bill Buckley isn't a qualification. He's practiced a few years as a lawyer? What has he done? Can someone who me something? A few months on the city council.

Now his mom would be a good choice. Lawyer, understands finance, has class and dignity. Junior faces the same problem faced by Crisler: outclassed by his own family.

However, Bennie does like him.... and Bennie doesn't really care about merits, does he?

The same people who got behind Lee were the first apologists for the former Terrorist/Mayor once he was elected , whose phoney African name is too elusive to give a shit to try and learn to spell especially since he is dead, and capitulated to DonnerKay and the rest of the Fondren Liberal Episcopal crowd. Lets face facts, the Blacks in Jackson will vote for whoever doesn't have any white support as reparations no matter how fucking bad they are.

Harvey Johnson? Surprised if he runs. Still has formidable backing and an experienced political machine that can mobilize quickly. Would have very good ground game. Getting in will send his whitey haters into apoplexia. Should he sit out any candidate who gets his backing will get big boost. His team has long memories, are very loyal and know first-hand how to settle political scores. Harvey's machine will be energized and active for whomever they support though I doubt that would be Jonathan Lee. You simply don't run for Jackson Mayor 5 times -- win 3 of them -- then not have an influence in a city-wide election.

At commenter 1:16 what is the difference between Lee’s company debt and Quinn’s past bankruptcies? Lee was not supported because he had the support of whites and it' sad to say. Some Blacks are afraid of change and think voting Lee as Mayor in essence voting in the “MAN”. It is 2014 the time for that mentality needs to end. I’m black and a Lee supporter.

Tony Yarber? A thoughful fellow --(Kingfish has done insightful radio interviews with Yarber!)-- but no machine outside of his ward, no money and meager name recognition. Has the power to influence the election in So. Jackson with endorsement. Some people will remember and question his Trayvon Martin circus.

Melvin Priester, Jr? Can leverage father's name recognition. Highly intelligent but can be too big for his britches. Because of proximity and father's good vibes could do well in the four key voter rich NW Jackson precincts which are a huge get in a special election. Yet too new on the scene, too green, hasn't run city-wide, would be hard pressed to get out his vote where he really needed it to neutralize others. Can he quickly raise enough money to be effective? BUT is a good candidate on stump, can be personable, well spoken. Could be fast closing darkhorse with Harvey's machine behind him.

Leland Speed

Jonathan Lee? No doubt a major force. Will gets LOTS of ready money and ready supply of motivated eager supporters. The sort of smart guy who will have learned a whole lot of Do's and Don't from last year. Won't repeat mistakes. BUT how in the hell does he shed his albatross as the lackey for the WPS in Jackson? The precinct level results tell the tale -- just as they did for Crisler -- and no amount of explaining around a WPS so monolithic in his corner makes it less so. Race will be a factor and whitey doesn't call the shots in Jackson. Not right but it is the reality. Lee must control the narrative about his white support with a different message than he used in '13. Also, some Lee supporters already claiming Lumumba's agenda was Lee's agenda. Asking voters to eat those sour grapes is a sure way to lose. Still, with the election so soon after Lumumba's passing it is hard to see how it doesn't come down to a repeat of 2013 for Lee.

Regina Quinn? If she receives the blessing of the Lumumba faction+team and if Harvey sits out IMO Regina defeats Lee to be the next Mayor of Jackson. Antar won't win and it would be foolish of Chokwe's backers to force him upon Jackson in order to retain control. Such a strong arm move would be very unlike Chokwe -- though very, very Bennie. Regina has appeal, has run city-wide, has name recognition, was a loyal hardworker for Chokwe after endorsing him, has Kim Wade's support and is non-threatening to the NE Jax whiteys. Regina represents the best chance to keep Chokwe's agenda intact as-is and moving forward.

The Stokes Buffet? Not a chance but it would be fun to watch either of them try.

De'Keither Stamps? Nope. Getting name mentioned (and included in a JJ poll!) will be the extent of his success even if he gets in the race. Belhaven voters will remember the BULLSHIT he's been pulling on Fortification.

Robert Graham? His name is only included in KF's poll for purely Jackassery purposes. Because he is a jackass.

Peggy Hobson-Calhoun? Unlikely to even run. Why would she now that she's got the power of the majority with her on the BOS? Stay there Peggy and get the Parkway done.

John Horhn? Nope, unless his signs his campaign papers skunked from a ditch with underaged girls in his car. If he throws in with all the skeletons that have been exposed since he ran in 2009 he should seek the help of a mental health professional.

Unnamed potential White Candidates? Fools, each and every one.

It is sad that these young turks and the media, JJ included, have not given the Lumumba family the time and respect to deal with their loss before starting this jockeying for position.

Old in the tooth. Pissed @ the C-L too? Politics isn't for the faint of heart.

Is Quentin Whitwell making any plans?

2013 showed us that Bennie has added Jackson to the territory of his plantation. Edwin Taliaferro was simply a replaceable cog in his machine. Think about it: If Bennie could engineer a win for a candidate like that, then he can do it for anyone. Therefore, the whole city is gone. Jackson needed the early passing of an elected official, but it wasn't the passing of Taliaferro that it needed. The wage earners of Jackson need to evacuate before it's too late!

At this time I see that Lieutenant Robert Graham of the Jackson Police Department has four votes in your poll.

That would be Graham, his wife, Stowers and Hargrove.

Carry on.

Regina Quinn, the only reason she came in 4th was because the race was too crowded. Harvey voters may swing her way, chokwe voters will swing her way and she got voters on her own so with the right endorsements,(Antar, Bennie) she will get the nod.

Surely we can find another Detroit supporter of cop killers to be mayor...I mean, how hard can it be? Power to the People!

I am shocked that no one has mentioned Robert Smith. He seems like an obvious choice.

THE MAYORS RHAPSODY: I wear a funny hat, I have a funny name, one you cant pronounce but that's my game. I wanna be mayor and help the hood, while I steal yo money....man im good. I wanna be the man and have the power, like Pappy O'Daniel on the Flour Hour. Mass communicating is how I'll roll, pressin' the flesh on the go. So tell those Stokes to step aside, we takin' over Jaxson so come on lets ride. Assalaamu Alaikum

Watched the last mayoral debate on TV and quite frankly it was an embarrassment. At least Lumumba was articulate and seemed to be in control. Don't see the love for Lee, he said he was in favor of the commuter tax...a pro-business idea (really) and then Ms Quinn who said several times we all need more love. Ms. Quinn, how about telling that to those hoodies who continue to pull guns on tax paying citizens.

Lets at least consider some diversity in the pool of candidates and who knows maybe someone will jump out. At least that is what I keep being told when I try to hire someone.

1:16 pm says
Lumumba's vision for Jackson should be carried on

You sir, are not a "wise". Perhaps you should grab a dusty old dictionary and figure out what that word is supposed to mean in the context of your usage.

The tax increase was NOT a good idea. At some point black people will figure out that they can't tax themselves up in socio-economic standing. This has become a nation of taxes where the middle class loses 50% of it's income to various government taxes and fees.

Mayor Lumumba's "vision", is still a spit on the values that created this country and a travesty that he used such a name as Martin Luther King, Jr. to espouse those values. Equality is not superiority. This is not a democracy, nor would any intelligent black person want it to be so. A democracy is majority rule, mob rule and discounts the rule of law and individual freedom.

The black populace has been sold a bill of goods that some individuals have taken the opportunity to sell as snake oil. They are just the middle men making a buck, though. LBJ put it very clearly that winning the black vote for Democrats (irony if you know history) through giving them just enough to appease them would keep the progressive Democrats in power and control.

If you are a politician, you are a part of the problem. Anyone that espouses elected public services will do whatever to get elected and that makes them whores to ideology. If you have enough poor, then those whores can sell the treasury. That's the vision of reparations that you state should be carried on.

Remove your color filter and hitch your wagons to people who don't sell you that government is the answer to all your problems. Then you can find the freedom you, collectively, state you desire.

Quentin Whitwell, Robert Schuler Smith?

Lee will never win with newspaper and radio ads with his picture between Haley Barbour's and Mitt Romney's. To a majority of black Jackson municipal voters, he is the white man's boy. Never gonna happen...

Chockwe made hate sell. The next mayor will have to show that he/she can hate white people with as much vigor as Chockwe.

Look for ads depicting Jeff Good getting hit by a bus. Trains running over Speeds. Planes landing and exploding on all things Eastover. And lastly, Chockwe being buried near the as yet to be found gas line running through a dead development known as "The District."

Whitwell? What kind of grass are you folks smoking??

Regina has already been bought and paid for by the Lumumba folks (paid off her extensive campaign debt in exchange for her support in runoff). She will probably have support of most of Lumumba staff, although they will have to get registered to vote in Jackson to be of help at the polls.

Yarber has no name ID; hard to overcome in short timeframe.

Lee has large name ID, but don't know how he gets any increase in black vote over last election.

Priester is Bennie's boy - which is going to create a little conflict with the entrenched folks around Lumumba. They are going to throw in with Quinn, so there might be a split in the 'force'.

Harvey - almost as laughable as Whitwell. Almost.

Doesn't leave much. Guess LaRita is going to have to give up desire for the bench! Or maybe she can take lesson from O'Hara and run for mayor and judge at the same time.

BTW - good post GB at 1:16. Try to slam them all while taking care of your girl.

Lets at least consider some diversity in the pool of candidates and who knows maybe someone will jump out.

Fair enough. Lead it all off and tell us some names not being mentioned that you'd like to see in the mix for Mayor.

BEN ALLEN

MEMO TO ANY POTENTIAL CANDIDATE

The Jackson Free Press endorsement won't help you at the polls.

"Partners" Donna Ladd and Todd Stauffer can't move the electoral needle in your favor in any single precinct. Not one. Not anywhere in Jackson. Not even their own in Belhaven.

The Jackson Free Press interview will give your opponents fodder to use against you in the campaign.

Don't buy Donna Ladd's claptrap about needing an interview and any summons to meet with their "Editorial Board" considering the overblown and overvalued "JFP Endorsement".

Because it is all pure crap. You'll win more net votes walking a precinct, any given precinct, than you will wasting your time with the JFP.

Sean Perkins, former Chief of Staff, now a banker.

Ben Allen. Who the heck is Perkins? Harvey's guy?

Tonight you can "Browse 10000 Single Asian Women's Profiles" via the JFP. When it comes to community "service" the JFP ROCKS.

All Jackson mayoral candidates should be given a surprise drug screen test . That would weed out some of the afore mentioned names.

precious martin for mayor.

@2:15 - not true. I voted for 'the legend' just to get his sorry ass off of the BOS. And then he can put Northstar and Airwaves in charge of the city's radio system.

1:16

That was a good analysis worth reading several times.

However.....

I showed as much respect as that group led by your friend john Walker who met behind closed doors at city hall Tuesday night to figure out who to run. They weren't exactly concerned with funeral arrangements if you get my drift.

"Jockeying for position"? Unbeknownst to 98% of us, that started the second time he coded at St. D.

Cell phone traffic almost shut down Verizon!

I had hopes for Regina Quinn. She SEEMED intelligent, well-spoken with leadership abilities.
It seems the minute she lost to CL she went on record endorsing him saying she shared his political beliefs and visions for Jackson.
I began wondering if she had been planted in the election to dilute the votes that would have, perhaps, gone to another top candidate, giving CL a better opportunity to become mayor.
This is just something that has me wondering if she was/is just a puppet in the grand scheme.
Can she be trusted?
Well, can ANY candidate be trusted, for that matter. Sad state of affairs...

This site needs to stop mentioning the Jackson Free Press. Its so 2006. They haven't been relevant since that time and seems pointless to keep attacking Donna Ladd and her gimp Todd. Its like arguing about who has the best Walkman. No one does because no one uses them anymore, just like no one reads the JFP. If you do I bet you also love your Motorola flip phone.

News Flash!!!

Jonathan Lee is NOT running.

Did you mean gimp or limp?

I am going to run on the Arnold platform: Vote for Me. I can't be any worse......

Margaret Barrett-Simon. She's qualified, liked and respected among the African American community. She would make a wonderful major for the City of Jackson. Would not be a close race, she would win by a landslide!

4:18 she misses half of the council meetings now. Really. Literally. Her slave husband goes to over half the events she is to attend, such as ribbon cuttings, ground breakings etc. She would be a TERRIBLE mayor.

And I will add ain't NO gringo winning this race. To think otherwise is pure fantasy.

What have you been smoking?

5:15 is so correct. For the good of the city, this no show needs to quit running for the council. Good God. She has been there forever. Term limit her white backed ass. We need black representation there.

She needs to get a life other than the City Council.

5:15??? Or 5:13??

Chokwe's son Antar is running. All 28 years old of him. Good Lord.

Heard "shot in the leg" Crisler is too???

Shawn O'Hara has announced that he will NOT be a candidate in the Jackson special mayorial election, citing several upcoming judicial recusal challenges...pro bono.

http://www.wapt.com/news/central-mississippi/jackson/Stokes-questioning-mayor-s-death/24758860

Stokes, at the same rally, said he backs Chockwe Lumumba's son, Antar, for mayor. He feels the son will carry CK's vision forward. He asks everyone to support Antar Lumumba.

It appears that Kenneth Stokes has finally gone off the deep-end by saying that he and others believe Chokwe Lumumba was MURDERED!

Margie B-S is a moron.

Can we add Antar Lumumba to the poll and allow those who have voted to change their votes if they wish?

I drove by City Hall and saw that the American flag was lowered to half mast in honor of our departed Mayor who, during his lifetime, including the day of his inaugural, refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance,an expression of loyalty to the federal flag and the republic of the United States of America.

Yeah and I see the confederate flag being a traitor flag that wanted to over throw the United States of America and went so far as to create their own money "confederate currency" with slaves on the dollars. Did not the Confederate States of America kill Americans? To think this state values the confederate flag over the US flag has some sort of moral authority.

Sean Perkins?!
Now that made me laugh.

here we go with 3:28's crap again.

The Confederate Flag killed American Soldiers, but not American Civilians.

The U.S. flag killed Mississippi soldiers AND Mississippi civilians.

Maybe read a book next time you get in the welfare line.

March 3, 2014 at 4:26pm... So the Confederate Flag Killing Soldiers only killed American Soldiers? Aren't American Soldiers citizens of America, can you help me understand that dilemma? Maybe I do need to read more books. After all Mississippi is the poorest welfare state in the United States of America. I must admit trailer park, confederate flag loving folk often do receive welfare but that is probably because books need to be read.