Jackson Jambalaya

What is a 0.0.1 tarantula?

In the last 20 seconds of that news clip it appears moving the Zoo is a done deal?

Kenneth Stokes opens his mouth and stupidity abounds. He would be a nice addition to the Jackson Zoo exhibit.

City should give Stokes free room and board at the zoo behind a moat... zoo revenues would soar!

Only one black mamba missing! Excellent. Call in Ace Ventura.

Facts don't matter when you are trying to enrage racial animus.

This is a dumb, dumb man. He is not intelligent in the least. He's been in city government for 30 years and he is no better equipped to run the city than Lil' Lonnie is (make that was). He will be on the city council until Jackson burns to the ground or until the residents kill each other (given 6 murders in the past two weeks, that won't be long). Once he's gone, they'll rename some street after him.

In short, he is a COMPLETE DUMB F*CK, and we're stuck with his fat, ignorant ass for good.

1:42. He's a great example of the quality of education received at Lanier, JSU, and Texas Southern. These schools must be proud to have graduated such an esteemed scholar and gentleman.

The Zoo may not have the animals, but Stokes has all the birds.

2:20 He's only a great example of what can fall through the cracks at JSU. There are cracks at all institutions. No shame...no brag.

About time the media followed up a stokes comment by showing the facts.

Majority of the animals listed can be seen at PetSmart for free.

WHO KILT DA MAYOR?

12:38, you should notice that in that closing comment, she said "according to the zoo". At the beginning she did say that you could still come to West Jackson for the next couple of years.

Actually, an example of pisspoor reporting by a local reporter. While it is true that the zoo wants to move, there is one little detail in their way - 100 million of them (dollars, that is). While the zoo and Ms. Beth may call it a done deal, last time I checked they don't have a Billy Cannon on their board to help print that money. Without that, neither WLBT or Ms Beth can make the statement that it will be moved, cause the city nor the state is ponying up those Benjamens.

@2:20
He's an example of what falls through at low academic institutions you mean. I went to Georgetown in D.C. people like him didn't male it in the school much less make it through. Let's get some clarification! I have lived in Mississippi for 12 years now and I have lived in NE Jackson for 7. I can tell you Mississippi really needs to improve public universities here. It's obvious I'm sure. I love practicing here and helping the people of Mississippi but we must do better.

Can someone explain the "0.0.1" or "14.1.21" format?

The media is scared to death of this moron. How can you sit there and report this crap without calling him out at some point.

I moved to the Jackson area in the early 90's, and had never seen anything quite like Stokes before. On the local news a reporter was asking Stokes about why his cell phone bill (paid by the taxpayers) was several hundred dollars and included numerous calls to a pizza delivery service and local bank. Stokes explained the calls to the pizza place were because he was "checking up to see if they were willing to makes deliverys to a "black neighborhood" and the calls to the bank were to check the correct time. He claimed he couldn't go around wearing a fancy watch in the hood, lest he look like a drug dealer.

I was renting in Jackson then, and soon bought a house in the burbs. A city that had to put up with someone that disingenuous and dumb was not for me.

1:42 9:17 Salutation and congratulations on your obviously superior academic achievements! If you would run for office, and win, you could be a great example of the quality of education our elected officials in Mississippi received at their great alma maters. But sadly, until you bless us with your service we'll have to settle for Kennuf as the poster child for our obviously inferior institutions. We aren't as fortunate as D.C. to have such intellectual giants as Marion Barry to point to. Bear with us.

9:17 So you are demeaning "Mississippi's public universities" as if they are all the same? Well, of the 5300+ colleges and universities in the US, a ranking of the Top 10 Worst didn't include a single Mississippi school. However, the 4th worst in the entire country was the University of DC. So, by your logic, D.C.'s public universities are worse than Mississippi's, right?

Also, Georgetown is a private--not public-- university, which I would have thought a graduate would have known. That, along with your comment of "male it in" (which sounds vaguely obscene...), makes me question if you went there.

Oh-- and Stokes got his JD at a Texas university.

stokes tagged bernie embers as a crook long before the worldcomm fraud. he also predicted that a innocent person would be killed as a result an outside police department chasing a suspect into jackson, and he was right again.

and yet, stokey was wrong