Jackson Jambalaya

Methinks that Horhn and Harvey should run together and claim to be co-Mayors. We need for someone to somehow get them on the ballot as Harvey Horhn. It's the best of both worlds.

The election is really sad. We have a city that does not work and all the people who are runniong and have a chance to win are part of the problem on why it does not work. Think about it: The only purposes of the city are to provide public safety and security of its citizens and the opportunity of public education. The streets are broken, dangerous, and pose a hazard. The schools are flunking. None of the candidates has a solution except to say that they will fix these problems. What a bunch of crap that is.

Antar: The Proxy Candidate

"What we saw during our editorial board meeting and what has been evident in debates and forums is that Lumumba lacks the command of the issues and problems facing the city. He lacks the understanding of how municipal government works. He also lacks the confidence and presence that was so prevalent in his father because the younger Lumumba hasn’t yet had the same life experiences the late Mayor Lumumba had."

Clarion Ledger
April 6, 2014

10:53 nailed it.

That fried catfish sho' looks good. . . . but I don't think that's going to be enough to get Harvey back on the throne.

um, the "mo money" band? there is WAY to much material out there.

Hell, they'll be coming from the burbs: Clarksdale, Bolton, Edwards, Utica, Canton, Vicksburg, and Parts Unknown. Get ready for a huge catfish celebration.

Would you rather we get more coming down from Detroit?

KF, any predictions?

simply can not believe the # of positive comments I've heard recently from supposedly rational people re Lumumba and his dad. I sumtimes wonder what planet they inhabit. Why wud ANYONE believe an untested kid w NO successful commercial experience be capable of "picking up his father's banner"( we STILL don't know how THAT would've played out)and LEAD anything other than a parade of fools?

Detroit is part of the Parts Unknown. I left an all-inclusive phrase at the end of the 12:56 comment.

1:53 the voters will cast based on emotions. They have no rational basis of their decisions.

2:29, that is how the whole country votes. Remember, Barry Obama was elected twice.

The Mo Money Band is a great R&B group, most of them work for the big Ford & Chevy dealer in Jackson & Brandon.

I have no dog in this hunt, as I live in Clinton. But don't count Harvey out. He barely missed a runoff last time and Lumumba won because of the anti-Lee sentiment that got stirred up in the run-off. Lumumba played it perfectly and Lee really mishandled it....but had Harvey gotten into the runoff over Lee, I think he would have crushed Lumumba. I see Lumumba in a runoff, but losing to whoever else makes the runoff, including Harvey. The runoff opponent won't have the same problem Lee had.

'Fried Catfish'? Fried Catfish has kept getting Beenie elected for twenty years, why not Harve? I thought it was chicken wings and was about to say it was racist.

I think Barrett should come out with some watermelon posters and take this whole thing up a notch. Or 'down' a notch, as it were.

It's going to take a Jay-Z or Billy Dee Williams endorsement to trump Ludacris.

With this many running, don't count anyone out. Heck, the hemp lady may be the next Jackson Mayor. Considering what we've been through, we may be trading up.

If Danks don't get away from that tannin' bed, he gonna qualify as just another black candidate.

Positively PAVLOVIAN!!!

Just to be absolutely SURE the voters associate the Candidate with the Primary Reinforcement(food), Johnson's tie matches the Fried Catfish. I stand in awe.

Sex is also a Primary Reinforcement. Notice the prominent and repeated use of 'Tailgate', along with the totemic word/name 'Johnson'. In fact, the suggestive word actually scrawls onto 'Johnson', so that the subconscious can't miss making the association.

Something for everybody! Despite virile, hard-bodied young competition, Big Daddy Johnson still knows how to take charge.

im going-who can pass up free catfish?

9:58; You're still reading Psychology Today?

Question: Does anyone know when the run-off will be? what date?

Boom! Free supper tonight for my fam. We'll be driving from the Reservoir to partake. After all, security will be provided.

I'm not sure if Harvey Johnson is aware of this but his HUD comments on the Jackson Free Press are beyond laughable. How can this clown begin to assume that he can control the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development? Does he think a fish fry or chicken fry will garner enough votes to win an election. The fact of the matter is Harvey has caused Jackson to lose more than $2.9MM. His failed policies are costing the tax payers an additional $7.4MM from HUD for the failed hotel project of a bankrupt Texas real estate tycoon. He cost the City an additional $3.7MM with the JRA. His audacity to think that all he needs to do is have a fish fry goes beyond common sense.

To think that Mayor of Jackson could dictate to HUD is criminal.

I am glad I left that rat hole years ago. Harvey is a loser and every knows it. He needs to run in shame for making Jackson suffer under his failed leadership.

Finally, he was against the 1% sales tax option and he made it known as he has told HUD officials about paying for his mistakes.

You should run for Mayor of Parchman.

Doesn't harvey and cronies know that they are going to prison for public corruption soon?!

He has caused this city irreparable damage. He must pay for his crimes against the state.

The wheelsof justice oftentimes turn slowly, but I am certain justice will prevail.

Just as a matter of truth here, the Convention Center Hotel deal going to Texas was Melton. The failure to account to HUD for grants was Melton. The money being paid to HUD is coming back to the city in another grant. Just an accounting transfer. You need to get your facts straight as to who cost the City what. Melton was an expensive experiment. And the Election is April 22.