Jackson Jambalaya

The Ronny Lott for Chancery Clerk campaign issued the following press release:

Desperate or smart? That 'tis the question as an ad in the Mississippi Link asked "democrats to cross over and vote in the republican primary to ensure our community's interest is heard."  Republicans asking Democrats to vote in a Republican primary? Interesting. 

Madison County Chancery Clerk candidate David Overby issued the following press release:

The Ronny Lott for Chancery Clerk campaign issued the following press release.

 Warning: Mature adult content. Not safe for work, kids, wives, or Thad Cochran voters. ;-)

The McComb Enterprise-Journal is the first newspaper to publish a story about Sergeant Redfruit.  The newspaper reported on the escapades between a Mississippi Highway Patrolman and his um, "buddy" at a closed down rest area on I-55 last month.  JJ published the first page of the story with the permission of the Enterprise-Journal. The rest of the story is behind a paywall.

It's tight.  Harper Polling said the latest polls shows Cochran at 45%, McDaniel at 40%, and the undecided vote is 15%. Harper stated:

We are going to the last week of the campaign or as someone else said:



Might as well get this out of the way so here are the latest missiles from the Senate race.

Here are the latest crime reports for Jackson, Madison, Rankin County, The Rez, Byram, Clinton, and Ridgeland.

Update: Bond for Rick Sager is lowered from $250,000 per count to $25,000 per count. Bond for Kelly reduced to $75,000. He was released after making bond.

Here are the police reports for the arrests of Mark Mayfield and Rick Sager.  The report for John Hurt is also included although he was not taken into custody.  Sager and Clayton Kelly still reside in the Madison County jail.  There is no new information in the reports.  Madison will not release any more information until some of these cases are adjudicated.

Pete Perry and former State Senator Lee Yancey appeared on the show today to discuss what else but the Senate race.

JJ has learned that Trudy Fisher is leaving her position as Executive Director of Environmental Quality. 

It seems nothing can strike fear into a Senate candidate than a CNN reporter:

Hinds County District Attorney Robert Schuler Smith issued the following press release:

Political strategist and operative Richard Buckman submitted this column about the Senate race to JJ:

Admiral William McRaven gave a powerful speech last week at commencement exercises at the University of Texas in this video.

Nick's is now closed.  Wow.  JJ called Nick's to confirm.  The person answering the phone hung up when the question was posed as to whether Nick's was closed.  Staff was sent home today when they showed up to work. Sorry to see this happen. Here is a note from Nick Apostle:

Update: Ready for this? He was arrested in 2012 for armed robbery, carjacking, and using a gun in the commission of a felony.  He was scheduled to go to trial in April but Judge Kidd granted  a continuance.  His trial is scheduled for August 11. Judge Kidd has approved several continuances in the case for plea negotiations.  The court file is posted below.

Should we get a posse together?  The Madison Police Department issued two press releases today:

The Secretary of Ukraine's Defense Council begged for American help on the pages of the Wall Street Journal:

The Central Mississippi Tea Party issued this press release:

Someone has gone dark since Clayton Kelly was arrested. Red Alert Mississippi (@redalertms)is a pro-McDaniel Twitter account. The account holder has posted over 1,200 tweets since mid-March. Red Alert posted three tweets the morning after the arrest of Clayton Kelly and then went silent. JJ has learned the account-holder lives in Laurel.

This is the best scene so far in Game of Thrones. Just finished season 3.

The police report for the arrest of Clayton Kelly opens up a window into the alleged conspiracy to photograph the infirm wife of Senator Thad Cochran.  The report claims Clayton Kelly, "Mark"*, John Mary, and others began conspiring in February to photograph Mrs. Cochran  in her nursing home bed.  They intended to use the pictures in an  internet video attacking Senator Cochran.  Kelly and two other suspects were arrested and charged.  JJ obtained the reports through a public records request.

Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following press release:

Time to take a quick break from you know what and give you some good news. The Dolly Parton Foundation and Nissan are providing free books to children under the age of five years old in Hinds, Madison, and Rankin counties. The registration form is posted below.Parents can get up to 60 free books for their children. Hinds County Library System Executive Director Patty Furr said Nissan provided $400,000 to fund this program.

Rankin-Madison District Attorney Michael Guest made this statement yesterday:

The Chris McDaniel campaign issued the following press release:

Brother just can't catch a break.  Madison police charged "Constitutional" Clayton Kelly with the crime of photographing or filming another without permission where there is expectation of privacy.  Madison police arrested Mr. Kelly last Friday and charged him with exploitation of a vulnerable adult after he allegedly entered the Alzheimer's unit at St. Catherine's Village, took pictures of an infirm Rose Cochran, and posted them in a Youtube video that was online for a few hours. Mrs. Cochran is the wife of Senator Thad Cochran and has suffered from dementia for over fifteen years.

Update: Go to 17:15 of clip 3.  A caller gets into it with Pete Perry. 

The Kingfish sat in for KIM Waaaaaaaaaade last Monday. Here is some of the show. Eyes Wide Shut performs a rendition of his hit "Kim Wade is a Black Man" at 9:00 in the second clip.

Who is Mr. Big, oops, I meant the "Big Man"? That is the question. Therese Apel of the Clarion-Ledger snagged two really good interviews with the wife and lawyer of "Constitutional Clayton", otherwise known as Clayton Kelly. Mrs. Kelly claims he was egged on by others into making the ill-fated Youtube video about the Cochrans:

Mississippi is finally first in something: Dirty tricks. Time magazine justpublished list of 2014 dirty campaign tricks:

The Mayor dares to tell the truth about his "D" rated school district.  Naturally some people screamed bloody murder over.... the truth:

Breitbart published additional information on THE story yesterday.  Mark Boyle reported:

The city of Clinton issued the following press release:

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

Thought you might enjoy this video.

Madison Municipal Court Judge Dale Danks set bond for Juanitez McDonald at $1 million dollars yesterday at his initial appearance. He is accused of participating in an armed robbery that took place in the Cypress Lake subdivision. The video of his initial appearance is posted below.

Citizens United Political Victory Fund just issued this press release:

Here is the audio recording of the voice mail Senator Melanie Sojourner left with the Thad Cochran campaign yesterday morning.

Watch the WAPT video below.