Sid Salter took a break from taxing the internet and firing ammo for Thad to instead laud Bennie Thompson as the new Kingmaker a la Eastland a few weeks ago:
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Kingmaker? Oh really?
Corporate welfare for Mississippi Home Corp?
Oh hell no. Mississippi Home Corporation asked for some tax exemptions from the Hinds County Board of Supervisors last week. Was it for some housing project? Economic development? Nope. Not even close.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Talking up the town... and the election.
Local attorney and talk show host Precious T. Martin opined on the election results on his show Friday night. The sound was real low. Fast forward to 5:25. Rather interesting show.
Friday, April 25, 2014
Governor & Speaker make their appointments.
The Commission to oversee the implementation of the sales tax increase took further shape recently as the Governor and Speaker of the House made their appointments. Ready to see who they are?
The Inauguration
Amile Wilson shot these photos of the Inauguration yesterday.
Grading the restaurants
Here are the latest "C's" given to restaurants in the Jackson metro area by the Mississippi Department of Health. Inspectors return in ten days to determine whether the management made corrections. The "*" denotes restaurants who received another "C" ten days after the first one. The lack of a "*" means the restaurant passed the follow-up inspection.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Madison PD gets auto theft suspect
The Madison Police Department issued the following press release:
Deputy kills wife, self
Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following press release:
WJNT yesterday
Mayor Tony Yarber appeared on the show yesterday morning. He took calls, discussed the race, future plans, and spoke to the citizens of Jackson.
Then there was this little comment over at the JFP:
Voter ID commercials win award
Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann issued the following press release:
Jackson Municipal Retirement Account funding level falls to 48.3%
PERS issued an annual report stating Jackson's municipal retirement system is less than 50% funded. The unfunded liability is $62.7 million dollars. The unfunded liability decreased $.7 million from the 2012 report. The retirement account covers police and firefighters hired by the city prior to April 1, 1976. The funding level fell to 48.3% from 48.8% in 2013.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Precinct numbers are up.
Here ya go. These are unofficial numbers. The results are not certified. Mr. Yarber will take the oath of office once certification is complete.
Blast from the past
Looks like William "Bilbo" Dilday found himself smack-dab in the middle of another controversy. It's pretty funny watching Bilbo Dilday, Precious Martin, and Greg Brand point fingers at each other. Here is one of his Clarion-Ledger columns from the past. Warning: It contains language some might construe as racist.
WJNT this morning
In the year of the Mayoralship of Tony Yarber (I)
Mayor-Elect Tony Yarber will appear on the show at 8:05 this morning. 1180 AM. Call-in number is 601-366-1180. You can listen on the Tunein Radio App. Meanwhile, here is this video to tide you over this morning as the Kingfish is taking a break after the show.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Election night thread. It's Mayor Tony Yarber
Here we geaux. Time for the games to begin. My prediction? Yarber will win 1 and 7. He has to win 6 and get at least 40% in 2. He does that, he is in the house and making inaugural plans. There were several precincts in NE Jackson where Octavian got less than 15 votes. There will probably be few if any precincts where the reverse is true. Octavian will win his share of precincts, but there probably won't be many where he is just getting 70-90 percent of the vote. Prediction: Yarber by 8. Time to have some fun.
Stokes tries to understand flood control
Hinds County Supervisor Kenneth Stokes tried to understand flood control. Was even worried about the dam breaking.
Nothing like some Precious Branding
In the year of the Mayoralship of Charles Tillman (I)
Didn't see this one coming. Dilday, Precious, and Brand busted and all of them pointing their fingers at each other. I would be lying if I said I didn't find this quite amusing. Everyone knows about the attack ads levied at Yarber. Chokwe Octavian Augustus Lumumba (I went ahead and Caesarized him) denounced the ads. The Clarion-Ledger suffered from an outbreak of serious reporting:
Vote today.
We got a Mayoratorial race in Jackson today. Consider this an open thread.
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Monday, April 21, 2014
Irony.
Paul Gallo said the Tea Party was acting like Democrats. Hmmm..... and who takes government money? Supertalk or the Tea Party?
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JPD arrests teens accused of carjacking, sexual assualt
The Jackson Police Department issued the following press release:
Tomorrow on Ben & Allen
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Interesting.
Hinds County Supervisor Tony Greer brought up the issue of charging Jackson more money for the cost of housing prisoners. He used this information to justify his stance:
Latest crime stats
Here are the latest crime stats for Jackson, Rankin County, Byram, Clinton, and Madison. Yes, I am still having to file public records requests to get crime reports since Mayor Lumumba took them down off of the city website when he assumed office.
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Airwave termination
I forgot to post this video of the termination of the Airwave contract by the Hinds County Board of Supervisors a month ago. The board voted 3-2 to terminate the contract. The board awarded a $4.2 million contract to maintain the county radio system in 2008. The county was paying nearly $70,000 per month. Emergency Operations Center Director Ricky Moore said his department could assume many of the functions. Mr. Moore also discussed his rather interesting dealings with Airwave:
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Dem Bones
Came across this scene on Turner Classic Movies while channel-surfing yesterday. Awesome clip.
Questions for the Prime Minister
Best political theater on tv and it's real.
Barack Chamberlain?
Matthew Kaminski wrote a very penetrating column that appeared in the Wall Street Journal a few days ago. Guess Ukraine has learned the hard way not to depend on the U.S. for help:
Friday, April 18, 2014
This week on Ben Allen Show
Ben Allen discussed the One Lake plan with John McGowan and Dallas Quinn on his radio show Tuesday. Since this is not a sponsored post, comments are allowed.
Just a coincidence.
Compare the vocations of members of the Jackson Public School District Board of Trustees to those of other local school board members. The vocations and district ratings are posted below. There is a trend. I was not able to obtain the vocations for Hinds and Canton school board members. Of course, the trend has nothing to do with school performance. Nothing at all.
Samarion execs indicted in two states
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued this press release:
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Remembering the Titanic
Note: Posted this two years ago. I thought I would post this again since today is the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
This week is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. I thought it would be interesting to pull up the local newspapers to see how they reported the disaster so I went to the Department of Archives yesterday and copied some of the coverage from the Jackson Daily News and Jackson Clarion-Ledger. The stories are posted below. I apologize for their configuration. I was copying from microfiche and the newspapers back then were printed using very small columns. Part of the print itself was blurry regardless of the adjustments made on the machine. The stories are posted below. The easiest way to read them is to download them so you can rotate and maximize the view as need be.
Company was not a good Samarion
Here is an interesting little complaint filed in bankruptcy court in 2011 against Ridgeland-based Samarion, Inc, Samarion officers, and several directors. The bankruptcy trustee alleged Mark Rodgers and Samer N'Ser raised over $16 million from investors to finance the creation of a super duper new-fangled hi-tech patient monitoring system for healthcare facilities. However, the company ended up filing bankruptcy. Here are some nice little excerpts from the complaint.
Need a good burger? Head East.
WJNT yesterday
Pete Perry appeared on the show to discuss the Senate and Mayoratorial elections.
Paying to play at the Rez
The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District issued the following press release:
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
60 months!
Judge Keith Starrett sentenced Claiborne Frazier to sixty months in prison, $10,000 fine, and supervised release for three years.
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The Nosef-Tea Party food fight goes national
The public spat between Mississippi GOP Chairman Joe Nosef and the Central Mississippi Tea Party became more public as Breitbart.com picked up the story. Breitbart reported:
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014
The Real Face of Mississippi Government
Meet the real face of Mississippi government: Frontier Strategies. Frontier is rapidly becoming the gatekeeper for all things political in Mississippi, as it lands state contracts and lobbies for clients while serving as Governor Phil Bryant's campaign manager. The chart below shows the breadth of the Frontier wingspan. The company was formed by politicos Josh Gregory and Quenton Dickerson in 2003.
How one town broadened its broadband.
It's no secret Jackson's bid to obtain C-Spire's new high-speed internet services was rejected by the company. The decision means Jacksonians must obtain internet service from either AT&T or Comcast. The speed of AT&T leaves something to be desired and well, let's face it, not everyone is enthralled with Comcast. A situation faced by more than a few cities. Lafayette, Louisiana took care of the problem itself. Lafayette built its own fiber-optic network. Will it be a waste of money or a good return on investment? Time will tell. USA Today reported two years ago:
Nosef fires back
Mississippi GOP Chairman Joe Nosef issued this statement after the Central Mississippi Tea Party called for his resignation:
Monday, April 14, 2014
Fatality on Hoy Road
The Madison Police Department issued the following press release:
Ben Allen show tomorrow: all things Pearl River
John McGowan and Dallas Quinn will appear on Ben Allen's radio show tomorrow on WJNT, 1180 AM to discuss the flooding and the One Lake project. Very timely appearance. Call-in number is 601-366-1180. The show is also available on the Tunein Radio app. Show runs from 8:05 to 9:00 AM.
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Senate race FOOD FIGHT!!!
There will be a Senate race update in a couple of days but the race turned a little more ugly today. The knives have been replaced by lead pipes and crowbars.
Jackson mayoral race edition of We Report, You Decide.
The Jackson Advocate published this letter endorsing Chokwe Lumumba, Jr. for Mayor. Since the newspaper has a limited circulation and does not have a diverse readership, JJ is posting the letter in an effort to help the Jackson Advocate reach more readers.
Blast from the past
Who can forget this um, line of Bull. Hard to believe its been 22 years.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Baker slams MDOT
Representative Mark Baker (R-Attorney General) wears out MDOT in this short clip of debate that took place in the last week of the legislative session:
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Argument for argument's sake
Don't feel like blogging today so here is some Flying Circus.
Friday, April 11, 2014
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