Tyrone Hendrix issued the following press release:
Mr. Williams was arrested for a wee bit of criminal mischief in Madison yesterday.
Democrat consultant Richard K. Buckman submitted this column to JJ. It is much closer to political reality than Sid Salter's recent "Kingmaker" column on Congressman Bennie Thompson. Enjoy.
The Madifon Police Department iffued the following preff releafe:
Rankin-Madifon Diftrict Attorney Michael Gueft iffued the following preff releafe:
And the big fool said to push on. Pete Seeger's 1967 song was a metaphor for Lyndon Johnson and the Viet Nam War. It is now shorthand for a blind escalating commitment to a lost cause.
A good example of a blind escalating commitment to a lost cause: the Kemper County Lignite Plant under construction by Mississippi Power. On April 2 its Southern Company parent announced another construction (and startup) write off of $177 million in its 8K SEC filing. This brings the total cost for the experimental plant to $5.5 billion and counting.
Remember Brother Kali Akuno, former director of special projects and external funding under Mayor Chokwe Lumumb? Here he is on video gnashing his teeth over Octavian's loss (:28):
The Hinds County Board of Supervisors wants to charge Jackson more money for housing its prisoners. The county currently operates under an agreement with Jackson made more than twenty years ago under the Ditto administration. The board voted 4-1 two weeks ago to open discussions with Jackson about the contract.
Looks like former Marshall Wolfe business partner and ex-wife Tracy Montgomery Thompson got in a little bit of trouble in Ridgeland nearly a year ago.
Punk and his friend try to rob a Waffle House in South Carolina with guns back in 2012. CCP-holder uses his weapon to shoot (and kill) one of them. Video captured it all. Doesn't matter. Family still wants to prosecute the law-abiding citizen who stood up to their gun-toting thug wannabe. Here is the video that was just released.
The real Farmer's Market is still open. Not run by the government. (Really, only a gummint bureaucrat would think setting farmer's market hours when people are on their way to work instead of leaving work in the afternoon is a good idea). 7 days a week. Open all day. They are still out there on West Street by the Stadium:
Here is the 2013-2014 budget for Jackson as adopted by the city council last year. Mayor Yarber said on the radio show that the budget has been amended during the fiscal year. JJ will get a copy of the amended version. However, this is a good starting place. There is a great deal of material to digest so any help from the readers is welcome.
Kali Sheik Akuno blamed Mayor Tony Yarber's election on record-breaking white and low black turnout at the polls lasts week. Yup. You read that correctly. Here are a few excerpts of Brother Akuno's comments.
Looks like the Jackson Rising conference did not exactly go as planned. The new mayoratorial administration apparently pulled support for the event. The Jackson Free Press reported:
Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann issued the following press release:
It looks like a Thailand province developed a rather ingenious way to deal with criminals:
The Hinds County Detention Center in Raymond has been no small source of controversy since it opened more than twenty years ago. The jail is poorly designed. There have been several disturbances or riots over the last few years. Sheriff Tyrone Lewis argues prisoners are staying in the jail for too long without going to trial. JJ filed a public records request for a roster of inmates and determine how many inmates are in the jail and when they were arrested.
JJ just checked with the clerk's office in Jackson and guess what?
Update: Held without bond.
Dr. William Mayfield, Jr. was charged with murder after he allegedly killed his wife at their home on 44 St. Andrews last night. JPD told JJ that Susan Mayfield was shot in the stomach. JPD classified it as an act of domestic violence. Dr. Mayfield is in custody and will make his initial appearance this morning in Jackson municipal court. He is a retired opthamologist. Sources informed JJ Dr. Mayfield suffers from Parkinson's Disease and is undergoing treatment.
No guests. Just discussed the destruction, Jackson Mayor's race, took a couple of calls.
Almost gave this post the title "Bennie Unplugged" but that is the problem, he is plugged in. Check out Bennie Thompson in this radio interview saying what he really thinks. Video is courtsey of Buzzfeed.
Claiborne Frazier will appeal his sentence. So Claiborne Frazier pleads guilty. The judge gives him 60 months in jail, a $10,000 fine, and supervised release for three years.* Restitution per federal sentencing guidelines is to be determined at a later date. Now Mr. Frazier files a notice of appeal this week in U.S. District Court. The order is posted below.
Here is the quarterly financial statement for the Jackson Zoo. Admission revenue is low but Executive Director Beth Poff said the first few months of the year are very slow. She said school groups start attending in April and admission jumps in May as the school year winds down.
Update: JJ learned of more hires who are listed at the bottom of the post.
The Yarber team is starting to take shape. The Clarion-Ledger reported:
UPDATE: TORNADO ON GROUND NEAR PEARL High School 6:37 PM. WLBT off the air. Staff at WLBT, WJTV, and WAPT is in safe rooms. One is near Richhland moving towards Brandon.
Update: Tornado warning in Hinds County until 6:30. Tornados on ground near Pocahontas and Utica. Send tornado damage pics to kingfish1935@gmail.com.
Sirens went off in downtown Jackson but stopped. One is on the ground in the Edwards area. Here is great video of the Tupelo tornado. Check out my twitter feed for updates @kingfish1935
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals shredded the EEOC in a victory for Kaplan. The EEOC sued Kaplan over its use of credit and criminal background checks in hiring job applicants. Yup, the EEOC doesn't think a company that handles financial information for students seeking financial aid should find out if job applicants might be more likely to engage in identity theft. Judge Raymond Kethledge skewered the EEOC with its own logic in the very first sentence:
Here is a nice little budget hole facing the Yarber administration in a few months.
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:
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.
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.
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?
Amile Wilson shot these photos of the Inauguration yesterday.
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.
The Madison Police Department issued the following press release:
Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following press release:
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:
Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann issued the following press release:
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.
Here ya go. These are unofficial numbers. The results are not certified. Mr. Yarber will take the oath of office once certification is complete.
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.
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.
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.
