Jackson Jambalaya

So when is the election?

The announcement says: "Former Hinds County Supervisor announces candidacy for Jackson City Council Looks forward to once again representing the Republican Party in Jackson, Miss." Does he not realize it is a non-partisan position he is seeking? Neither party will own the seat.

3:27, This will very much be a partisan race. You have a well known Democrat in Dorsey Carson running against several GOP'ers in Barbour, Wilson, and apparently Foote. The voters will know which candidates belong to which party.

that seat should be reserved to punish white criminals in Jackson. Oh yeah, that 8th amendment thing about cruel and unusual punishment...

Not so fast, 3:27.

1) This is not a non-partisan position, nor is it a non-partisan election. It is a special election where candidates may not be required to qualify for party nomination. That does not make the position a non-partisan position.
2) Special elections can include primaries - check out the two supervisor elections in 2013 in Hinds County, and the CC race this summer in Madison.
3) Even if the candidates run 'without party' does not mean that they are 'non-partisan'. A candidate can (and should) declare his political principles and affiliations.
3) No party ever 'owns' a seat - no matter what kind of election is held. It is held by the citizens - and Ward 1 is primarily a Republican Ward.
4) Hold your bets on whether this will be decided without a primary. I am sure that any Democrat that wants this job hope that it will be, but the chips are still on the table at present.

Um, what's so urgent that he couldn't wait for the 31st?

The whole story has yet to be told, so I'll have my ear to the ground

This is sad. Charles doesn't know it yet, but the power base is behind Ashby Foote and even if they weren't Charles's vote will be a referendum on the Barbour name and it's not going to be pretty. Why can't they see that? And Dorsey, if that's you posting please know everyone in North Jackson is about to find out you are Obama's biggest contributor in Mississippi.

One party deciding to hold a primary does not obligate any other parties to also hold a primary.

As for Ward 1 being primarily a Republican ward. Less so today than yesterday and less so tomorrow than today. The transition is happening much more rapidly than the Republicans will care to admit.

[Jackson Ward 1 Councilman Quinten Whitwell submitted his letter of resignation today and puppies are still being openly sold on County Line Road.]

Bon Voyage Whitwell. You accomplished nothing.

The power base is behind Amile Wilson. Wilson is the next Republican God-in-Waiting.

Will Rosemary be joining Charles Barbour on the campaign trail? Is Henry Barbour helping with his brother's campaign for Ward 1? Things are about to get very interesting for NEJXN!

Party means nothing at the local level except color.

Party may not mean much if the winner is going to dedicate his political career to serving Jackson's Ward 1. However, if the voters are going to give a bright young man his political start I'd prefer that they choose a Republican. I don't have any more standing to comment on this race than anyone else outside the ward, but when the winner of this race moves on to another political challenge a few years from now I probably will. If that happens I want to be voting for Amile Wilson.

Let's be honest. How many of the hosts of the Amile Wilson campaign kick off event actually live in and/or are legally qualified to vote in the Ward 1 special election? Bill, with all due respect, you don't as well as many of the others listed as hosts on the invite. That is VERY telling. I assume the Amile and Barbour voters will cancel out each other. Sincerely doubt Charles has any chance, especially with Barbour being his last name and his reputation in Jackson overall (not to mention previous election losses) - regardless of/if he employ's brother Henry's legendary "tactics". And FYI, I did not vote or support McDaniel so save us all some time in your responses. Cheers and best of luck Ward 1.

9:53 Bill:
As a McD TBilly guy, your endorsement in this town is the kiss of death.

The fact that he is leaving speaks volumes. Jackson will now have more opportunity to sink lower yet into the sewer. Costco will never open in an "up and coming" business district that is home to drugs, guns, robbery, carjacking and hip-hop gangsta types. Why should he lower himself to be part of a city system that is incapable of completing a project, handling money or properly educating children (in their own public schools). City leaders can hold rally's, town-hall meetings and put a positive spin on any negative talk, and the fools will storm the poles to re-elect them. Nothing will change for the better till the leadership is Republican. Anywhere Democrat's are in power, is always trash or trashed soon after. You gave it your all and did well. Now get the he[[ out of dodge. Come live with those of us who actually can live peacefully and prosper.

Um, 11:28. This is about Ward 1, not 3. Come visit us sometime. You will be amazed at the happiness here, and the development transpiring. Also the home construction in Eastover. No it is not cookie cutter.

Look for Chokwe Antar Lumumba to jump in.

@ 7:08 AM - Oh yes all the development. Stop at the new Whole Foods and get your car broken into. Go across the interstate at Northside and get gang raped.

It may be a hot time to buy in NE Jackson due to the sinking property values. The question is - has it hit rock bottom?

Enjoy the great public services such as numerous boil water alerts. Put a twig out with your garbage? Good luck it's not our job to pick up twigs. You must bring those to a designated location each month for collection.

We can't get people to buy houses in Jackson, so we grossly inflate vehicle property taxes. Think twice before you buy that $50K BMW because City of Jackson will get around $2K of it when you need it tagged.

Do you like prowlers? Find it Fondren along with weirdos.

Eastover can't hold up NE Jackson forever. The district won't bring NE Jackson back to what it once was.

I live in 39211 and I agree with Oct.7 @ 5:15 p.m. Can't think of one thing that Whitwell actually accomplished as Councilman. The surface of my street has pretty much turned into gravel.

Ashby Foote is very sharp, West Point grad, etc. with no obvious political aspirations. Why in the world would he want this job?

To know Charles Barbour is to vote for Ashby Foote.

@ 5:06 PM, I always use my real name when posting. Thanks for the mention.

One notable achievement was that Whitwell was able to build a concensus of the Council to pass the public gating ordinance for Jackson. Great accomplishment, and not to be forgotten.

I've been to Whole Foods a lot--haven't had my car vandalized or anything stolen from it. Not to say it will not happen, but this kind of thing happens everywhere every day. It happened at my wife's work--on Highland Colony in Ridgeland to one of her co-workers...

14 registered sex offenders live in madison...

I also go to Whole Foods almost every day. No problem. Police cars circling with lights on, very evident they are there and also across at McDade's parking lot. Ridgeland and Madison people you made your choice to live elsewhere; your exaggerated posts to justify you choice are not needed on this thread concerning Jackson.

The fact is that whoever is elected will have to form a coalition of 4 votes to get anything done. Partisan party types will never get it done for Ward 1 on this Council, and TBillies have no chance of influencing the Council, and every chance of alienating it for all time.

Oh, yes, a monumental accomplishment. A public gating ordinance. LOL

10:51, I can't imagine that the ten or eleven people in Ward 1 who even know I exist are going to swing the election, but thanks for the unintended compliment. However, if you're right and my "endorsement" means something, how does my support of McDaniel in 2014 compare with my votes for Harper in 2014 or Romney and Harper and Wicker in 2012 or Tate Reeves and Stacey Pickering and Mike Chaney in the primaries of 2011 and all the Republican nominees for statewide office in the same year? Never mind the thousands of dollars I have contributed to the state party and other national groups. Other than my McDaniel vote my past has been solidly establishment. Before you say your comment is based on how my most recent vote was cast, sort of the what have you done for me lately approach, understand that I have publicly pledged to vote for the Republican nominee in the US Senate general election in November, and that vote will be cast prior to anyone voting in the City Council election. Someone who would judge someone else based on one vote is probably someone whose opinion shouldn't be taken very seriously.

Amile is a friend of mine and I support his candidacy even though I can't vote for him. I hope he wins and does a great job for the residents of Ward 1, and I hope he eventually moves on to an office where his party will make a difference. Bill Billingsley

Whitwell quit because it shortens the time for the special election to 30 days after he quits, thereby capitalizing on the head start Dorsey got over everyone else and cutting the time others will have to catch up. Dorsey all but announced that on his Facebook page.

But Bill you not only voted for McDaniel, you provided one of the two affidavits used in McDaniel's lawsuit (still ongoing) to claim that ALL Hinds County votes in the run-off should be thrown out.

What is the story behind Quentin resigning?

Did he move to Oxford, MS?

He leave his firm?

What is the real story?

I really do not understand our State sometimes.

How does someone like Charles Barbour have so little shame? It truly disgusts me and legitimately angers me that he thinks it is proper to throw his name into consideration.

I don't want that crook anywhere near a position of power.

I know someone whose vehicle was broken into in the Whole Foods parking lot last Monday between 5 PM and 7 PM. A book bag with an iPad and iPhone as well as a gun were stolen. They were parked on the Old Canton side. A slim jim or some other type of device was used because the car window was not broken.

I'm sure JPD will release a nifty .pdf with a legend where you can verify it.

Just because a cop who was reduced to parking lot duties is there doesn't mean the crime isn't going to happen at Whole Foods. The criminals aren't afraid of JPD or the prosecutors in Hinds county. I'm sure they can't wait until the parking across the street is ready so they can target new victims.

Unless I am mistaken, Charles Barbour is not the brother of Henry Barbour. They are cousins. Isn't Charles the son of Judge William Barbour?

12:45
No, he is not.

12:45 & 1:00. Yes and no. ChaChing. Both of you are correct. There are two Charles Barbours, and I believe both live in NE Jackson.

11:20, you and Dorsey need to go back to law school and study a little more.

Please quote your authority for how QW quitting 'shortens the time for the special election to 30 days'. Maybe you are using the Chris McDaniel/Mitch Tyner concept of election law is what I want it to be, not what it is.

11:34, you should read a little more closely. My affidavit says no such thing. It lists the crossover votes that I found, along with some absentee ballots that were tossed by the precinct managers. You won't find my name on anything that says Hinds County results should be thrown out.

12:45, you are indeed mistaken. Charles, Henry, Austin and Jep (lost to Philip Gunn in a controversial 2003 race) are all sons of Jeppie Barbour, who was a Chris McDaniel supporter. BB

11:12, talk to the residents of the neighborhoods who installed a public access gate, and I think you will find they think its a big deal.

Didn't approve a post because it named the wrong person and would be slander.

2:30 Oh. I should blame the legal request on Tyner I guess; you just innocently supplied the affidavit! So, Bill, what Affidavit are you and Amile planning this time if, God and Heaven forbid, Amile loses here in good ole Jackson/Hinds County?

If any of y'all had looked at the 2012 election results in Ward 1, you would see that Obama won the ward. Still think its crazy that a democrat can win? Dorsey has a heck of a shot and is certainly the best candidate.

I guess Amile Wilson could do a documentary on the white flight out of NE Jackson. I don't know what about him qualifies him to be on the council.

Knock it off. Bill didn't do a damn thing wrong. He comported himself in a professional manner. No one who was involved in the vote counting or ballot examination from either side had a problem with him. If supporters on both sides had acted as he did, there would have been much fewer problems in this election. Too bad you are easily threatened by his mere existence.

How does someone like Charles Barbour have so little shame?

He's only following Uncle Haley's cue.

The perps have it figured out that the people who shop at Whole Foods can afford to buy a $10 head of lettuce. They have followed the money and want some of it. The decoy cop car is a total joke.

The Charles Barbour I know in Jackson is not this guy, for the record. The other Charles played baseball for Ole Miss, had an amazing arm, played on the Olympic team, and is a heralded attorney in Jackson. He's also strikingly good looking, another differentiator. His son is going to win the Heisman for OM one day (HT) and is a state champion swimmer. I know Charles Barbour, and this is no Charles Barbour (at least not THAT Charles Barbour).

Is it true that Charles's wife, Rosemary, founded the company she used to steal millions in FEMA money for Katrina survivors in her maiden name? Does Alcatec still exist?

5;41: Let's not get carried away and exaggerate, please. The civil fines were not more than a couple of hundred thousand as I understand it from reading the stories from 2011, not millions.

5:41 And inadequate bookkeeping I understand was a big part of it.

To 8:04 a.m.:
I for one and glad that a whack job like you does not live in Jackson. You might want to double up on your meds. And please, don't come to Jackson.

5:41, and others - Lots of good 'urban legand' here. Not facts. Evidently you like street stories. Alcatec is not Rosemary's maiden name. Fines were for bookkeeping omissions and wage rates - not defrauding the fed government or "stealing money" as you anonymously claim. Did I like her dealing? Frankly, no, but the accusations being made here are far from truthful.

Same with Bill B - his affidavit didn't make any claim about throwing out Hinds County votes. While some of the findings in his affidavit need further investigation (which, i think, he said) his efforts in the aftermath of this fiasco were all done with professionalism and accuracy - not the b/s that came out of the following legal papers.

10:16/11:03
It has happened. My vehicle was broken in to in the Whole Foods parking lot last week...in daylight.

There are two things I like about 10:13's post defending Rosemary Barbour.

I like how 10:13 ignores the glaring question, "How can a graduate of Westover and Goucher who worked in the Bush 41 administration and married into a powerful political family at age 24 be legitimately certified as 'disadvantaged?'" Also, why does Rosemary Barbour always use her married name, except that when she purports herself as "disadvantaged" Rosemary uses her maiden name.

I like how 10:13 points out how detractors of Barbour post anonymously, while 10:13 is posting anonymously.

And yes, I post anonymously. I have always found the Barbour family to be both powerful and vindictive.