Jackson Jambalaya

First shot fired at Warnock?

Madison county needs a Chancery Clerk not a POLICE OFFICER. The job of Chancery Clerk is not an easy one as is. To be adding policing all government employees on top of that is crazy.

Wish the clerk would do this in Jackson. There would a ton of special elections. On a long enough timeline the survival rate for everyone drop to zero.

2:11. Rudy, is that you?

@1:37---Seems the logical place to start. 1.2 mil.on a study to relocate the airport? This study was done a few years ago, so why spend 1.5% of the entire county budget on another study that will yield the same results? Can you say "Good ole boy" about this one?

@2:11 "Section 19-17-1 of the Mississippi Code states that the clerk of the board (Chancery Clerk) is the county auditor and shall perform the duties of auditor."

If you don't want a "police officer" then you must be okay with current corruption. Maybe you are benefiting from it?

Sec. 19-17-1 of the Code states that the duties of the Chancery Clerk are to "perform the duties of auditor".

In Madison County it's way past time for that.

I don't think anything a Chancery Clerk can do could overrule or undo what the BOS, MCEDA Board, etc. votes on. As such, how would the "auditor" have any real authority to do anything but report findings? Even if he found something illegal, all he could do is call the DA or Sheriff.

uhhh, that's the point 3:32. get the illegal activity discovered and referred for prosecution...

Look out Pickering, Overby is after your job now. Biz Nez man and protector of gun rights and I vote agin' taxes, Ron Lott, didn't even mention what he knows about the duties of the job. Doesn't anyone want to do the full time job of Chancery Clerk?

Overby is running around town saying the Queen of Madison is supporting him, all while he and Steen are bad mouthing her. Gene Magee is laughing his ass off on this one. Mary getting outplayed. Must be slipping a notch.

looks like 5:03 is a Ronnie fan - or even worse - an Irby/Tim Johnson/Rudy fan - just trying to make up BS to make Mary mad. she is much smarter than that and smarter than you. And Overby isn't saying any such thing. We all know that.

@5:03...Who is Gene Magee?

@8:06. Obviously your not from here or you would know the dislike Magee, Steen and Overby have for our Queen. 5:03 is dead-on. Steen and Overby do what Magee tells them to do. That's why Overby eventually lost his job. This is a Madison v Ridgeland thing. Nothing else. Could give a hoot about the clerks race.

do you think mr. Overby will audit unreported campain contributions or will that be to close to home.inquiring minds want to know.

HA HA Overby investigating Steen is just to funny. He will investigate Lott though. Lott and Steen and Magee were best buds till a couple of weeks ago till Magee and Steen got Overby to run. This is one big cluster F%#£. Now Mayor Mary new friend is Lott? This is just weird. Think about this. If Lott wins then there will be 4-1 against Steen cause the BOS will appoint the new board member. Everyone is working against Overby now. Maggie and Steen just out smarted themselves. AGAIN!

8:11-Jean Magoo is the lady who is mayor of Ridgeland

Sounds as if some of you involved in county government are afraid of a newly elected Chancery Clerk looking into your activities. If you have nothing to hide, you should not have a problem with anyone that is elected.

John Bell Williams is going incognito these days. Got that scruff-beard goin' on, one day you see him all sharped up with his big ole belly poppin' the buttons on his white shirt; the next day he's in his lumberjack attire yuckin' it up.

One day he's slumming, the next day he's glad-handing the plebes. Hell; at least when he was in charge of lettuce and canned goods we could keep an eye on him.

Gene McGee, people. At least spell it right.

OH....you mean Eugenia Magee.

Please people, The Mayor of Ridgeland is trying very hard to stick it to the Mayor of Madison again, this time with Overby as his pawn. Show some respect when a man is playing sneaky politics.

Do you really think Mary will support Lott who voted for Sulphur Springs boondoggle, brought a card carrying Democrat to be Board attorney, and refused to second a motion to stop the latest Rudygate $1.2 million airport location study? By the way, one of Lotts first actions was to order a brand new Tahoo with a police package to ride around in. Yeah, some conservative Republican.

So is Mr. Overby and 3:15 saying my friend Arthur Johnston wasnt doing his job?

9:33- the Lott support was a joke. Gotta have a sense of humor if you want to play on JJ.

Hey Overby! Didn't you get your ass fired from Madison County because you were playing dirty politics with McGee, Steen and Lott. Now you want to run for office? What a joke. You are what we call a Slow Learner.

Did anyone go to the Madison Republican Womens deal yesterday. Overby spoke about 15 minutes over his time limit and the poor lady in charge had to ask him to stop speaking. They said he was boring them to tears

I hear Mike Crook is planning to run.

I don't think Overby or anyone else is saying Arthur Johnston didn't do a good job. He's just saying that he'll audit the county if he's elected. And I also think he was collateral damage that came with the Steen massacre. I don't think Karl would have run him off had he simply been hired as County Administrator through an objective process. The fact that Gerald recommended him for the job was what cooked that particular goose.

You mean the Steen/McGee/Lott/Overby massacre. They were all together in their little schemes. They all did McGee's bidding and got whipped like a bunch of little girls. That's what happens when you try to play above your level. We call that a Teachable Moment. Trying to say Overby was just "collateral damage" is nieve. Overby was in lock-step with whatever McGee and Steen wanted. Its why he got his job and its why he lost his job.

@4:14 Bill, you know very well that isn't the real reason Overby got fired. He was doing everything Gerald Steen told him to do by way of Mayor Gene McGee. Lott wanted to make McGee happy so he voted with Steen. You know this and it amazes me you are only telling part of the story. Why? You trying to white wash this for Overby maybe. Wont work on this site.

There are soooo many people against Gerald Steen now it will kill any chance Overby has. he wont even make the run off.

9:19; What a rube you are. Do you really think the mayor of Madison gives a rat's turd what Genie Magoo thinks about anything, much less whether or not he 'likes' her? Drive through his town and pretend you're not in Pearl.

That's Ms Genie Magoo. I do believe your the first person in history to use RUBE and Rat Turd in the same post. Only a female would be so entertaining.

or the Shadowfax

Well, I was planning to vote for Overby after reading this blog, I might just write in my dog's name on election day.