Jackson Jambalaya

Here is Chokwe Lumumba's last known interview before he passed away.  Yes Magazine interviewed him about the upcoming Jackson Rising conference and his plans to transform Jackson.  Some excerpts:

Here are some ariel photos of the floodwater around Jackson.  End of Westbrook is included.

JJ learned that attorney J.B. Goodsell was found dead today at his home by Rankin County authorities.  Sheriff Bryan Bailey said his office responded to a welfare check request by family members. An autopsy is ordered but no foul play is suspected. 

A Bolivar County grand jury indicted Morgan Shands and his sister for  embezzling over $613,834 for "his own use" from the Mississippi Delta American Legion Post  #1776.  Mr. Shands and Rachel Sands Buser were charged with two counts of embezzlement.  Mr. Shands is the former campaign manager for then-Lieutenant Governor candidate Billy Hewes.

Looks like the Clarion-Ledger website a facelift. 

Rankin-Madison District Attorney Michael  Guest issued the following press release:

The scribe from Oxford made a name for himself in Hollywood as a scriptwriter in his younger days.  Garden & Gun magazine published a very good story on this time of Mr. Faulkner's life.  A noted author, he was still broke, stuck in a marriage where the loathing was mutual, and unsure of where he was in life.  Kind of like Frank Sinatra before he landed the Maggio role in From Here to Eternity.

 In 1932, a rising writer from Mississippi found himself amid the bright lights and dry heat of Tinseltown, at the start of what would become a lengthy dalliance with the screenwriting biz. In the wilds of L.A., Faulkner met movie stars, found a bourbon haunt, chased true love, and tried to stay sane in a place that often seemed very far from home

Jackson City Councilman Tony Yarber appeared on the show this morning. He discussed last night's election results and took phone calls from the listeners.

35,522 people voted yesterday. An increase of roughly two thousand votes over the primary last year if memory serves me. Here is the precinct report for the primary.

Congrats to Chokwe Lumumba, Jr. and Tony Yarber.  Congrats to the rest of the candidates. Not easy. Raising money, door-knocking, asking for votes.  Then everyone is an expert.  They always have better ideas on how to campaign but never quite seem to be able to get around to running for office themselves.  Having written that little sentence, taking a break this morning.  Here is a story that should keep you entertained.  Pearl prostitutes busted. Damn, have our dregs of society gotten that bad?

Here we are.  Another election night. Another campaign behind us.  Time to find out who wins, who loses.  Lets get started.

City Councilman De'Keither Stamps discusses the race in this video.  Last three minutes or so were pretty good.

Speaking of civilization, the Jackson Rising crowd as a few things to say about the election.  Enjoy.

It's election day.  We face decisions that must be made.  Crime. Education.  Water problems, road problems. Problems, problems, problems.  However, there is one problem even greater than them all. Something which threatens the very foundation of our society, our culture, yea even civilization itself.

The three juniors and Yarber turned in 48 hour campaign finance reports.

Tomorrow is decision day for Jackson.  Which course will the voters take?  Mayor Chokwe Lumumba's death caught many by surprise.  Will there be more surprises tomorrow? It's the last 24 hour of the campaign.  Social media is aflame with accusations.  Neighborhoods are carpet-bombed with flyers.  Talk radio gets louder.  Deals are cut.  What is a voter to do?   Good thing you came to Jackson Jambalaya as The Kingfish will break down the race for you.

Here are some interesting quotes by Nietzsche:

Little tidbit for the day I thought I'd throw up while I'm writing up today's posts.  Look at page 28 of the Motorola complaint filed by Hinds County and look at who one of the attorneys was. Copy of complaint

Is Octavian ready to be Mayor? Such is the question posed in a video produced about the candidate and son of the late Mayor.  The video posted below came from an anonymous source. I have no idea who produced. None.  That little fact immediately makes it suspect.  The crime data used near the end of the video is questionable and deserves further scrutiny as will be readily apparent.  However, the production value of this video is very good. This was some good editing.  Now back to watching Michael telling Mo who runs Vegas.

Update: New bulleting posted at 9:07 PM.  Scroll down to see text of update. 

The National Weather Service requested activation of EAS (Emergency Alert System):

Bennie Thompson cut this ad for Melvin Priester, Jr:

Looks like we might get some flooding in Jackson. The National Weather Service issued these statements:

 Update: A representative of Blue Cross/Blue Shield Mississippi said the company will continue to sell health insurance policies outside of the exchange and outside of the open enrollment period.  There are no plans to institute a deadline or "cut-off" date for purchasing health insurance at this time. 


Didn't purchase health insurance during the open enrollment period for Obamacare? Think you can walk into Blue Cross* and purchase a policy?  Guess again.  The Associated Press reported:

Program consisted of Beethoven's 3rd Concerto and Mussorgsky's Pictures of an Exhibition.  Here they are if you missed the show, with a little twist. Leopold did not appear.

Time to take a look at the texting and driving bill.  The House passed HB #484 that would ban texting and driving by those under the age of eighteen on February 13.  Those voting against it were:

We discovered her last year but WAPT made her a star.  Lionized by Marshall Ramsey. The Hemp Lady:

Is someone a candidate with special needs?

U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett was scheduled to sentence Claiborne Frazier this morning.  However, Judge Starrett reset sentencing for April 16,  2014 at 9:00 am.  Mr. Frazier apparently obtained the services of attorney Dennis Horn and sought continuance.

Hinds County SENIOR Circuit Judge Tomie Green issued this email and order this morning:

Here are the campaign finance reports. Link.

This idea popped into my head so The Kingfish commissioned an artist to draw the cartoon.  Same thing Gary Trudeau does on a daily basis.  Power, my brothers. 

Looks like the dirty crap surface in the race for Jackson Mayor.  Check out this photo:

From the Annandale Golf Club website:

We discussed the Mayor's race on the show. Pete Perry called in for the second half of the show and continued the discussion. 

The Jackson Free Press endorsed Chokwe Lumumba, Jr. for Mayor today. Some excerpts:

The question that stirred this fracas: Are the markets rigged?

Remember this little press conference by Margaret Barrett-Simon announcing her candidacy for Mayor?

Here is a round-up of recent coverage on the Senate race:

Rankin-Madison District Attorney Michael Guest issued the following press release:

Politics does make for strange bedfellows but this?  Sorry, am having fun with Mr. Reeves. Just could not resist.

The Sun-Herald reported the gruesome details on the murder of Amanda Salas by her ex-boyfriend.  It starts out with the worst part of the whole story: