Jackson Jambalaya

This tells you all you need to know about Horhn. Will end up being the best Mayor in decades.

Yes he will!

Any honest person with an IQ over 50 would qualify to "be the best Mayor in decades"!!

Someone said Stokes was the "voice of reason" during the
Twilight Zone days of Jackson.

That was true ... but now we're back to normal.

He didn’t like the last one either but at least he had good reason

my family lives and pays water bill. Happy that Jxn Water fixed. Please dont give back to the city of Jackson. Tate dont

Heap big mad.

I certainly hope so, COJ desperately needs good leadership.

7:25 You work for the mayor?

Year after year Jackson has a Clown Parade with their elected officials.

Idiots.

That's not saying a whole lot

@7:25 Not a very high bar.

If 7:25 works for the mayor then at least he is working which is an improvement in itself.

And Mr Williams wants to hand the water system back over to these clowns and their cronnies!!

I wish we all could make Stokes mad. We could tag team.

All of you are 100% right that every previous mayor since Russell Davis-Dale Danks have been worthless and watched the city crumble. My point is that Horhn will stabilize this town and stop the majority of the bleeding. Maybe someone like Depriest can win after Horhn is through. (Let me dream please).

@7:25 thanks for checking in your honor.

Stokes can appeal the lack of raw boo boo.

Jackson is lost, they don’t want better. They vote the same people in every election cycle then complain nothing has changed.

Waaaay too soon to make that determination, but yes - he's attempting to act like an adult in the room. Good job Mayor.
STOKES!....quit grandstanding for your shifless, trifling voters.

Stokes is the test for the quality of the mayor/council. If you agree with Stokes, then you know the mayor and council are horrible. If you disagree with Stokes then one of them, mayor or council, has risen above the "Stokes line" and is trying to do what is right. Stokes never changes. The level of incompetence in mayor / council does and I call it the "Stokes Test".

“Let’s get rocks; let’s get bricks, and let’s get bottles, and we’ll start throwing them, and then they won’t come in here anymore.” - Councilman Kenneth Stokes

He may be an old man if/when it happens, but in Jackson, MS - Stokes might end up Mair himself with that campaign.

The city isn't coming back. It has been at the bottom of the hell way to long. Sorry.

There wasn't " white flight" in all of Jackson. Woodland Hills, Belhaven, Eastover and CCJ remained stable. South of County Line and east of the railroad tracks are seeing renovations of the long standing well- constructed homes. Indeed, if you see a home that isn't being as well maintained, the odds are great a very elderly widower lives in the house and his family left Jackson. This pattern of city resurgence is seen everywhere. Eventually, the hassle of having to get on the Interstates to get to government offices, and for those who work in the remaining hospitals , restaurants, museums, state facilities, colleges/universities, art galleries and entertainment gets very old. The fine old mansions get restored and that happened even in Detroit and New York and Houston and Dallas. But, large cities and capital cities in Southern States like Richmond, Charleston, Raleigh and Atlanta have experience the same sort of decline and renewal. Indeed, Mobile isn't looking as shabby downtown as it was for awhile.

I'm and old man but at least I'm not a SENILE old man.

Stokes looks like absolute HELL. Has anyone bathed him lately? He is pushing 500lbs. Just a serious inquiry into his health. That cheap suit is begging for mercy.

He's mad at the same mayor who wants to include a $150,000 "golden parachute" clause in the new JPD "Dr" chief's contract. New mayor, same as old mayor. Right?

Jackson - destined to remain the shit-hole capital city of the deep south.

10:06 If he works for the mayor maybe he can tell him to start bidding out to
pave streets with 1% sales tax money.
He's stalling with it.

I don''t see the diss at 7:25. I looks to me like Horhn decided to tell Martin to Not appeal. IF so, that was a good move because the 5th Cir is not where COJ wants to go.

But more importantly, anyone else recall Antar saying he lost to Hohrn because "the narrative changed?" There was a topic posted about how social media influences what each of us sees as "the truth."

The city council is still trying to "push" the "drug" that water can be free, if you can't pay the bill. Anyone who tries to refute that is telling the truth, but our media is silent. And so is the mayor, but he accomplished something by not appealing. But I don't doubt for "one cent" that my fellow Jackedsonians will vote for that ...... again if he's not convicted, because he'll give you "free" water so long as you don't ask either if its safe to drink the water or where the money went.

6:29, I agree. Good that Horhn did that BUT it does not crown him a great mayor. Maybe getting out of the way regarding Jxn Water would be a start.

Biden saved jackson with cash money for water. Feds saved jackson with jxn water. Tate and company saved jackson with capitol police and new courts. Now new asphalt downtown, one guy bought 500,000 sf of office space for very little money. Eudora library razed and park coming. Safety, improvements, super cheap rent, and state and federal assistance…things are poised for real improvement. Private sector making investments in private schools and even churchs. Public Schools are next big thing but it’s coming I think. Great food keeps coming. Great venues for music downtown and in Fondren. Chin up people it really does look good.

@10:18am love this. Thank you for being positive in a sea of negativity. I love Jackson and I know most people want what’s best for it. More hope right now than there’s been in 20 years. As long as Cap PD is around there is 0 reason the CCID shouldn’t be booming. Prime real estate. The restaurant scene is taking off in Fondren and Belhaven. Highland Village too. (Some will point to Arby’s in High St. closing and say “nuh-uh!!”) So many beautiful old homes worth restoring and enjoying. We can have a beautiful and safe town and here’s to holding out that we will.

10:18 - Fondrenite here. Very well stated post. Thanks for that.

Honest question: Have all the potholes been fixed?

@6:49am For the most part yes actually. There are several larger roads that are just plain bad like Ridgewood and Old Canton thru NE Jxn but the rest are fine. No worse than Madison County roads at all. And hell some in Madison the city too.