Jackson Jambalaya

This 'robocall' is ineffective and meaningless. If this is representative of the strategy of her detractors, somebody needs to fire a consultant.

I am not a political junkie, so KF tell me the logic of that attack. I don't see how Mrs. Simon is a player in the Mayor's race.

8:46, I think the only purpose of the ad is to create the implication of shady back-room deals between Barrett-Simon and Yarber. Whoever ran this is obviously not a fan of Yarber's. The Council woman is collateral damage.

The one thing for sure is that it DID NOT come from the Lumumba camp,they would not have had anyone speaking in a "white man's" voice, which shows you how desperate and clueless and culturally tone deaf all of the other candidates are in the race besides Lumumba. This thing is over already, Antar will win fairly big, why don't the rest of those candidates maybe try moving somewhere else that is "majority/minority" and getting elected to the top job, 'cause it ain't happening in Jackistan! They don't know how to represent and harness the energy behind "The Dream"...

I thought the call was very precious.

I thought the voice sounded a lot like you, Kingfish.

Haha! I see what you did there...

Yawn. In that ward that will send a message that Yarber is the guy to vote for. Maybe it is a secret double-fake from the Yarber campaign.

Martin will do about anything for money, until it comes to his ultimate decider reigning hin-in, Bennie...

If Barrett gets is race it will be to draw voted away from Yarber with no chance of Barrett winning.So stay out and let Yarber have a shot. That is what the message says to me.

Agree with 11:13. Yarber may and hopefully will become the choice among wards 1 and 7. If MBS is in she would take votes from him. Rumor was she may be bribed to enter by candidate who feels threatened by Yarber. Yarber needs to be careful he doesnt appear to have all the white vote behind him(even though he will) because that would hurt him in runoff.

Some of the posts make sense but someone smarter than me needs to tell me what possible reward Mrs Simon gets for making a deal?

11:35.. Money

It's official, Yarber is recipient of Leland and his group's endless cash. The deal was negotiated by Ben Allen and Chip Reno. Add Socrates to the mix, with the money he made off Haley and the Katrina cleanup, and you have the ideal candidate. He becomes the "Transformer". The new Jonathan Lee/Marshand Crisler with a very dark complexion. No doubt Tony will be eating free at Bravo's in a few days.

What a novel idea, let the Black Community pick the candidate that LS and the Repubs can back rather than LS and the boys picking one to try and sell to the Black Community.

Let me see, Chokwe Junior went a beggin' to the business community. A couple of lily white law firms known for doing lots of bond business are supposedly getting behind one candidate whose family is known for bond work. They all have their hands out and they are all trying to cut deals.

Now if I'm the one giving advice to the business community, it is don't try to manufacture candidates or run people no one takes seriously in the black community. Work with black community leaders who will work with you on some issues and when y'all do disagree, do it without being disagreeable to each other.

As for the last comment, you know more than I do so I will defer to your genius.

hmmm, I do think it is interesting that Yarber has his headquarters in Ward 7 and not in his own beloved Ward 6. I have yet to see a campaign sign in his own ward, but saw several as I drove down state street to meet my wife for lunch today. I don't doubt it one bit.

This race will likely be between Yarber and Little Lumumba. Harvey and Priester will knock each other out because their base is the same crowd. Nobody likes Regina, but she's the last to know. Horhn would probably be best for the job out of the choices we have, but he probably won't get the vote.

Yarber had a mokawk a few weeks ago and dresses like a clown. I just can't take him seriously. Lumumba doesn't have a clue.

It's all pretty sad...

This is all very sad. Can we please focus on the issues and who has the most experience, and who can continue to build relationships for, Tony Yarber. I see theses comments fail to mention ALL other wards, as if they are irrelevant.

Umm, @4:22, the topic of the post IS Ward 7...since ya know, that's there the robo call targeted. I smell a Yarber operative. If we are talking about who has the most experience, then your vote would have to be for the veteran Harvey Johnson. Surely, no?

Crazy how paranoid black posters over here are. They are so obvious. So afraid of 18% of the population. Read that again.

My black brothers. You are 82% of the population. 82%. EIGHTY TWO PERCENT.

Get your act together, get your "power brokers" together (you fear the 18% have "power brokers" that can make our black brothers do things they don't want to), quit fighting among yourselves in tribal type, vicious, vile warfare and run the damn city. YOU ARE IN POWER. DEAL WITH IT.

In four words: Man Up. Grow Up.

Dayum 6:01. Best post I have read in my life.

People all over have an opinion on Jackson city politics--but don't have a vote. Send all the money you want though. Candidates just spend it on stupid stuff and robo calls. Or just picking up the tab for all your amigos. Election time is party time in this town. Serious City Hall stuff is on hold for a couple months. If you love kissing babies and talking, its heaven.

Pretty good grass 8:12? Dude. All over the map. Deep toke. Once again. Together.

6:01 you rock. Rock. So all true, sadly.

Next level 6:01. Next level. On the money. Brothers too cloudy with hate to see what is slapping them in the face.

KF. Please repost 6:01 somewhere every day.

Mississippi is a CIA playground for political ops since the Cold War. They were not going to permit a civilian uprising in Miss. It engineered most of the civil rights era gubernatorial races here to maintain the rule of law and to test pol op theory. Is it any wonder that they have an Ole Miss program for analysts? The business jets you see in the air here are testing new Jstar gear for themselves and the Pentagon.

Got a political survey call just now that was the most extensive political questioning I have ever seen. It was an automated query of various one on one match ups. Asked if experience mattered on a 1-10 scale. Asked if I would vote for a woman. Just got a personal call from the Priester campaign just now. Told him I was decided for Antar. Whew!

1:23. So much for your black helicopter crap.

9:08am you are either gullible,incredibly stupid or need medication. For your sake, I hope it's the latter. At any rate, please don't pass along your genes.