Jackson Jambalaya

why not. He has done a great job and will certainly replace a aged out Bennie Thompson one day. It must be awesome to be able to rule over such a decline and get a record percent of the minimal number of voters. I'd be proud. I wonder if there was water available in the park yesterday. I hope Stokes was present with his hat.

All I see are police and fire dept. vehicles. Where are the “civilians”?

They live in their own dream world and every now and then reality gets in the way and they must struggle to get back to their dream. It's actually an alternative to drugs.... Only for the ruling class.

Someone who thinks he is way more important than he is. Only cares about himself. Contrast this with the swearing in of other mayors around the metro. Small ceremonies that dont waste money and resources.

But I'm sure he paid for all of this out of his on pocket!

The pageantry, the pomp. Let them eat cake.

Spoiled little rich boy. I can't fathom why my fellow Jacksonians would vote for him, or think he has anything in common with them.

... and will certainly replace a aged out Bennie Thompson one day.

Unless he is defeated Thompson will die while still in office. The notion that Lumumba is the Mississippi Democrats heir apparent in the 2nd is more fantasy than reality.

It's the "people's celebration". It's not a victory for any individual, it was a victory "for the people". So the people will celebrate.

Papa Doc (president for life of Haiti)

why so many police? its not like crime is a problem anymore in Jackson. asking for a friend...

@10:34 pm "Let them eat cake"

Lumumba loves him some donuts. That's what he personally tried to pass out on a long voting line at Christ United last November, with a suited stooge at his back holding several dozen in boxes.

I saw no takers in the line which was about one third black. Are votes that cheap now?

Damn, Harvey Johnson passed out fried chicken box lunches.

I hope Kane is proud of the mess he started. Jackson is not a fit place for man or beast.

Shouldn’t those police officers be replaced by social workers in case a perception of crime occurs?

The Dunning-Kruger Effect. . .

11:59 for the win.

Today’s story in the Clarion Ledger & on USAToday/ AP newsfeed about the inauguration features a 2+ minute video titled “Watch: Jackson mayor speaks at inauguration.”
The big bold print graphic overlay during the video states:

“Mayor Chowke Antar Lumumba
Jackson, Miss., two-term mayor address inaugural crowd”

So…Mayor Chowke it shall be.

@10:34...and let them shower in and drink poo-poo water, of course, "when available"!

@1056–It ain’t fair ..He got to pass out donuts and not get into trouble and Jerry Loosetoe of Canton got arrested for giving out bottles of gin.

I believe you misspelled "Long may he make it rain" - Consultants

It's really surreal that this guy was reelected. I mean, his record as mayor is demonstrably-dreadful! Is there anything he's done for which he / his constituents can be proud? I may be missing it, but I can't think of one thing. Zoo? Streets? Infrastructure? Crime? Economic development? Etc. All of his "accomplishments" are in the negative category........but he can consistently and effectively baffle his constituency with his bullshit. Since Jackson now looks like the set of Idiocracy, I suppose his gum flapping is all that matters to his voters!

so, my take on this:

-over 35% of our on duty police force is assigned to protective services for the mayor......note current state of 911 response/answer times. a wreck on I-55 N at meadow brook w/in the past month went unanswered and blocking the left hand lane for over 55 minutes, and a violent crime occurs every day, if not multiple times per day in Jackson

-I went to the water department at Metro center yesterday, and there is not a paved road to the water department, let alone defined lanes of traffic.....AND, I had to wait while the lady finished her game of Tetris before she would acknowledge me at her window

-Lumumba was elected to a second term with 13,000 votes, no inauguration celebration is needed or justified AT ALL.....at least try to act like you have been here before and just continue on......OUR city SUCKS

FRANKLY, there is nothing to celebrate

What is Chowke planning to do for Jackson's 200 year anniversary in 2022? Will someone please tell him that it would be nice gesture to publicly acknowledge the occasion?

Under Mayor Chowke's watch most everything is up.

Water leaks
Boil water notices
Crime
Potholes
Lies
Spin
Boo boo
Blight
Abandoned buildings

I have met the mayor before he was the mayor. When he was attempting to be an attorney. He lives in a world all of his own. This country already has people just like the mayor who represent other people in Washington. He will fit right in with Shelia Jackson Lee's of the world. Jackson will be better off with him in Washington than Jackson. He will have no real power there.

I saw that caravan zooming northbound on Ridgewood. It was preceded by a JPD cruiser that I mistakenly thought was answering a 911 call. Yesterday was no day for celebration, given the current state of affairs. A day of prayer and fasting would have been appropriate. 73 homicides in six months. Lord, have mercy.

Antard is the picture of (delusions of grandeur).

"caravan zooming northbound on Ridgewood.
It was preceded by a JPD cruiser that I mistakenly thought was answering a 911 call."

I'm sure there was an extra effort to make sure the manhole covers on Ridgewood were in place before
the Royal Motorcade sped down that street.

On the taxpayer dime half the force follows Chumpway AROUND TOWN ...ALL DAY !!........meanwhile our grandmothers were being robbed and assaulted. YOU GO BOY !!

I still need a Stokes hat.

ITT: a bunch of delusional old white racists think they could do better than Mayor Lumumba but are too chickenshit to run against him.

Once again KF, you need like/dislike buttons! This is priceless commentary!

"This administration is about igniting the potential that already exists in Jackson and creating a moment where we realize the promise we possess. We must not only be determined to listen to people, we must be adamant about advocating for their lives. We will never solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them. The city belongs to all of us," Lumumba said.

Indeed.

" a bunch of delusional old white racists think they could do better than Mayor Lumumba but are too chickenshit to run against him. "

Well lil' sport, the fact is ... they would easily do better than Antard.
(Actually anyone would do better).
But why would an old or young White person even consider that job ?

You do bring up a good point.

(Most Whites ...racists or not ... wouldn't even want the job).
But I still can't figure out why White Candidates were even on the ballot for Mayor during the last election.

Anyway, I hope Jackson's Latino community starts placing their folks on the ballot in future elections for Jackson City Government.

3:42, you are what abject failure sounds like and Antar is what it looks like. Enjoy!

When you hear the mayerr speak, he would have you think he has all the answers. When you see his actions, you begin to understand he doesn't have all the questions. Not only does he not have it all together, he doesn't know where it all is.

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.

Chokwe is king clown of a circus of mayhem

@11:34... speaking of beasts, how is the zoo doing these days?

Why can't Jackson be one of those places that elects a dog or a horse mayor? It might be better off that way.

" a bunch of delusional old white racists think they could do better than Mayor Lumumba but are too chickenshit to run against him. "

I believe Kana Ditto was the last Caucasian to win a mayoral race. That was 28 years ago.

The delusional black racists will not consider a white guy.

Chowke doesn't know what he doesn't know. He covers this fact up with spin.

Not one of you can name a better candidate.

It was the exact motorcade that is taken for National Night Out. All the police that were with them was command staff and whenever they would go to a location, traffic would assist with , well traffic. Other vehicles included in that were city council people (who had been apart of the festivities as well) and AMR (who always assists during National Night Out.) This is a bunch of nothing, and stop letting Lucien gas you up, Jamie. Come to an event sometime.

The clown show of a mayor got 13,160 votes. So glad are veterans stormed the beaches of Normandy for this BS.

Why the hell does he ride around with that much of a police presence? He’s the mayor… of Jackson.

@July 3, 2021 at 12:34 AM,

I can. Kenny Stokes!

Stokes never opposed Lumumba in the mayoral race.
Again, not one of you can name a better candidate.

"Again, not one of you can name a better candidate".

I can name four that were on the ballot:

Les Tannehill

Charlotte Reeves

Shafeqah Lodree

Jason Wells

better candidate. You mean who was on the ballot or who could have run?

" You mean who was on the ballot or who could have run? "

Anyone that was on the ballot or (could have ran for the office) had the potential to be better than the current Mayor.

2:32

Are you high?