Jackson Jambalaya

 Don't you just love national reporters? They parachute into Jackson with narrative in hand, talk to a couple of people, then tell us how things are. Report for America's Michael Goldberg is one such reporter.  He recently whirled into town and set up camp at the AP's Jackson office, anxious to fight for social justice in Mississippi. What could be more noble?

 Today is the day we celebrate Christophe Colomb.  Lost in all the controversy is the superhuman feat he accomplished.  He wasn't just taking on an ocean but centuries of thinking the world was flat.*  Neil Degrasse Tyson - a really smart dude - discusses his achievement and how finding America was one of the most important events to ever happen to the human race.

 Jackson somehow made the radar of the Jimmy Dore Show.  Needless to say, Mr. Dore had a bit of fun at Jackson's expense.  What can one say but most humor is based in truth.  Check out the segment below.

 Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said state government kept his administration from recruiting a "top five company" to Jackson.  The mayor made the remarks at a September 27 community forum at New Jerusalem Church in south Jackson.

 Some people just can't enjoy a good thing, right?

 A California couple moves to Texas.  What could possibly go wrong? 

 A former Provine football star who made it to the NFL continued his downward spiral.  JPD arrested Quinton Culberson for business burglary, auto burglary, and grand larceny.  The charges are just one more episode in a string of arrests and substance abuse problems over the last decade.  

Somebody has to pay. Such was the message in the 1994 sermon as the late Dr. Frank Pollard preached everything comes with a price, including redemption.  Enjoy the sermon if you missed church this morning.    

 It’s happy time again for 617,431 or so Mississippians. Medicare enrollment opens on October 15^th.

Doe's in Ridgeland closed recently.  These photos were shot last night.

 A homicide took place at the Jubilee gas station on Highway 80 yesterday in Jackson.  WLBT reported: 

The 2022 midterm elections are generating a lot of claims and counterclaims about what the ‘other side’ will do with majorities in both chambers of Congress. Republicans trotted out a to-do list of their intentions called Commitment to America that would undo major crises Democrat majorities have inflicted on the American people.

 The city of Jackson issued the following statement. 

 The Jackson City Council agree to pay Richard's Disposal $4.8 million for garbage collection since April 1.  Garbage collection will continue until the Mississippi Supreme Court rules on the veto fight.

 Once a beacon of learning in America, NYU is now a cesspool of the spoiled as students got one of the top professors in Organic Chemistry fired because he was too hard.  Guess what, buttercups? Organic Chemistry is what separates the med-school bound from the wannabes.  Think of it as a boot camp of sorts for pre-meds. The New York Times reported: 

 The Poor People's Campaign issued the following statement.

The Jackson City Council voted 4-3 yesterday to sign a confidentiality agreement with the Justice Department.  The agenda stated: 

 This post is reprinted with permission of The Taxpayers Channel in Greenwood. 

Yesterday, Craig Geno, the attorney for bankrupt Express Grain, finally filed EG's April and May 2022 Monthly Operating Reports.

A comparison of the April and May reports discloses that in May, 2022, EG paid out $57,553,754.25 in grain settlement money to UMB Bank, StoneX, Macquarie, and a few farmers.

 The city of Jackson issued the following statement. 

 Will Jackson's garbage be picked up after this weekend? Inquiring minds want to know.  WLBT reported today: 

 A consent decree will handcuff Jackson's roadblock program, better known as "Ticket, Arrest, & Tow." JPD began the program last year after the number of murders soared to record levels.  The roadblocks predictably generated no small amount of controversy.  Five Jackson residents sued the city of Jackson and JPD Chief James Davis in U.S. District Court on February 23, 2022.  The Mississippi Center for Justice represented the plaintiffs. 

 Check out the new street mural on High Street at Lamar Street.

 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

 State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement. 

Something is on the way to rescue you from the clutches of MCU....

 The Madison Police Department issued the following statement.

 Check out the latest episode of Scared Straight: Georgia Edition

A tiny infant clings to life after her mother brutally beat and bit her because she would not stop crying.   JPD arrested Danielle Richards on September 30 and charged her with felony child abuse and battery. 

Yesterday I entered my 62nd year on the planet. The thing about turning 61-years old is that I thought I would feel differently at this point in my life. I imagine— 40 years ago— when I looked at the prospect of hanging around for six decades, I probably thought I would feel like an adult by now. That's not the case. On the inside, and emotionally, I still feel like a 22-year-old. Sure, am I move just a little slower, and have slightly less energy than I did four decades ago, but to be honest with you there was a time back then when I didn't even think I would reach 30.

The NAACP filed a Title VI complaint with the EPA's  Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights against the state of Mississippi on September 27.  The complaint charges the state intentionally deprived Jackson of the money it needed to ensure its citizens had safe drinking water.

When former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour announced his 2003 campaign for that office, he did so in his Yazoo City hometown. When he formally announced his re-election bid in 2007, he did so in Gulfport on the Mississippi Gulf Coast – a region still devastated in every way by 2005’s catastrophic Hurricane Katrina.

The Jackson State University issued the following press release. 

Jackson State University music students Madison Perry, Bryan Jefferson and recent graduate Maya Davis, were selected to participate in the prestigious LA Opera’s HBCU Opera Career Comprehensive over the summer.

Watch our man Steve bring these shoes back to life.  The Allen Edmonds Maxfields should have been trashed. However, they were a gift to an attorney from his father when he started law school so he wanted to keep them for obvious reasons. He sent them to the world champ cobbler at Bedo's Leatherworks in Falls Church, Virginny for a miracle and it was a miracle he received.  Check out the work.

 Jackson Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth I. Stokes blamed the Siemens project for much of Jackson's water woes on the Mary Wieden Show Friday.   Yes, Mr. Stokes actually appeared on Supertalk FM.   Kudos to the Supertalk crew for getting him to appear on their network. Check out what he had to say.

 Corey "Cornbread" Lepard is going back to prison after graduating from the Hinds County Catch & Release program a couple of years ago.  JPD arrested Corey Lepard August 20 for allegedly stabbing a 73 year-old Herbert McCombs to death for his motorcycle on May 26.  

The Mississippi Department of Human Services issued the following statement. 

 Please help find Chopper.  He is lost in the Ridgeland area.  

The One Lake Plan is one step closer to fruition.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budgeted $221 million for the project in a budget addendum issued today.   The Corps announced: 

 Ag Commish Andy Gipson issued the following statement. 

 Did you know heaven has a miracle department? Yup.  It even has it's own phone line for SEC football teams. 

 It appears an episode of fisticuffs  between some coat and tie thugs occurred in the stands of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium during the gridiron match between Ole Miss and Kentucky Saturday.

It was a tale of two town halls as  Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes discussed a recent Capitol Police shooting at their own forums last week.  Although the subject was the same, the approach could not have been more different as one leader engaged while the other attacked.

 Coach Prime had a few things to say about NIL and none of them were good.  Check out this short clip. 

 Who would have thought the late Dr. Frank Pollard was the inspiration for A Christmas Story?  Only Dr. Pollard could work in his hunger for a Red Ryder BB gun into.a sermon on when prayers are answered but work it in he did.  Enjoy the 1994 sermon presented by one of Jackson's best-ever preachers.  

 In 2020 the State Board of Education added the ACT WorkKeys assessment to its accountability system as part of its goal to prepare students for college and careers. WorkKeys measures foundational skills needed in the workplace.

Once upon a time, Jackson had a Mayor who was rather far-sighted.  Mayor Dale Danks began the O.B. Curtis plant construction project.  However, Mayor Danks did something else that is forgotten today. 

 The Clarion-Ledger published this front page yesterday: 

Former  Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson hides the truth yet again.  The Online Journal of Rural & Urban Research published a an article by Mr. Johnson in the spring edition that focused on Jackson's 2021 water crisis, a worthy topic for an academic publication.  

The former mayor used a great deal of facts and figures as he blamed everything under the sun for the water crisis except for one little item: the Siemens project. Yup.  It's as if he never heard of the project that blew up Jackson's water/sewer billing system, starving it of tens of millions of dollars.  The abstract shows the coverup to come: 

 Governor Tate Reeves briefed the media on Jackson's water crisis on Labor Day.  Compare the Mississippi Today report to the Governor's remarks.  Notice anything?