Jackson Jambalaya

 The city of Jackson issued the following statement, video, and artist renderings of the new park development, the Post at Farish Street, today. 

 Wille Nelson and family are coming back to Brandon in April. 

Top Golf took Ridgeland by storm when it opened December 20. While the rest of the media covered the grand opening in typical corporate fashion, the Kingfish covered it from a different angle.  JJ commissioned two Ole Miss students who just happen to be DJ's to cover the festivities from a different perspective.  Watch ZoZo and Mad Dog as they explore Top Golf. Enjoy. 

Madison-Rankin District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement. 

Thalia Mara Hall to open on January 18 as scheduled!

 Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba held his regular briefing this afternoon.  The presser as well as observations are posted below. 

 So I'm sitting in the middle lane of North State Street (Northbound) stopped at the UMC crosswalk Saturday.  Stopped in the right lane next to me was a minivan with a vanity plate that said "VOTEDEM."  

Rankin-Madison District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement. 

 All good things must come to an end, even down South.  

Watching this clip makes Buck and Aikman sound like nails on a chalkboard.

 It's the dawn of the New Year when hopes are birthed and goals are made.  Unfortunately, they all too often fade away as the new year ages.  What one needs is what the late Dr. Frank Pollard called "staying power."  Using the examples of Demus, Judas, and Paul, Dr. Pollard preached on the building blocks of staying power - while reciting all of Kipling's classic poem, If.  Enjoy the 1996 New Year's sermon posted below. 

The math for tax cuts gets a “bit tricky,” wrote the Magnolia Tribune in an article about cutting the sales tax on groceries. “Add in another likely attempt to fully eliminate the state income tax, and the path for more taxpayer relief is clouded at best.”

Need something good to watch this weekend? Check out these movies streamed on Youtube for, dare we say it?, Free! There are some real gems below.  

 Millsaps College suspended a professor because he allegedly emailed his personal opinions to students on his Millsaps email account. The Foundation of Individual Rights and Expression issued the following statement on its website: 

 Check out the city's new animal shelter. 

Uvalde "police" could learn a lesson from the New Orleans Police Department.  NOPD released body cam video of the response to the Bourbon Street Massacre.  

 A little firebug thought he was going to do some more of the Devil's work in Los Angeles.......

 Mold, rats, crumbling buildings.  Hotel O?  Nope.  Such describes Jackson's fire stations.  The long-suffering firefighters have had enough and are speaking up.  WAPT reported: 

The patty melt is one of several rye sandwiches, all of which taste really good and are easy to make. That's all I need to say.

 Check out the original opening scene of Lethal Weapon.  For some reason, this clip made it to the cutting room floor. 

 The Madison Police Department issued the following statement. 

 Mississippi gazillionaire Tommy Duff is entering the political fray.  

 Well, well, well.  Someone tried to prank Kenneth I. Stokes.  

 First Consul Tate Reeves issued the following statement. 

 Legends tell the tale of a long-lost casino up in Tunica, Ms.  Although it has eluded treasure-seekers and archeologists for many years, a team of determined YouTubers explored the wilderness of Tunica County in an attempt to find the ghost casino. The video of their search is posted below.  

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends," John 13:15. 

 The Justice Department issued the following statement. 

Just another night at a local establishment.  

For most of my early life, barbecue wasn’t much of a staple. Not because I didn’t like it—far from it—but because there simply weren’t a lot of barbecue options in Hattiesburg, Mississippi during the 1960s and 70s. There was a popular legacy restaurant called The Wagon Wheel, and it was beloved by locals, though many folks raved more about their yeast rolls than the actual barbecue. I’m sure I ate barbecue there at some point, but I wish I had eaten more. We just didn’t eat out much when I was a kid, and by the time I became interested in restaurants and food, The Wagon Wheel had served its last meal.

 There's still some fight left in Leroy Walker and Socrates Garrett.  Retro Metro filed a notice of appeal in U.S. District Court on December 19 after it failed to get the Court to enforce its Metrocenter lease against the city of Jackson. 

Native Mississippian Wilson Golden is a proud “yellow dog” Democrat. A Marshall County product with strong ties to Clarksdale and Greenville, Golden’s connections to the presidential campaigns of former President Jimmy Carter are significant.

Even though he's past 40 years old, the Mayor still got some moves.  Respect.   

 State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement. 

If you are an artist in twelfth grade or lower, enter a contest to win a $1,000 college scholarship. 

Apparently the 23 year-old Mayor of Bogalusa loves to part-ay.  The Louisiana State Police issued the following statement. 

 Jackson leads the country yet again in the murder rate as we just can't get enough killin' here in the Bold New City.  WLBT's C.J. Lemasters reported: 

A complaint tribunal of the Mississippi Supreme Court suspended Grenada attorney Carlos Moore for a year after it found he was incompetent as a lawyer.  Yes, the Clown hit for the cycle as he managed to get suspended by both the Bar and the Commission on Judicial Performance . 

The Mississippi Center for Public Policy offered up the following blueprint for continuing the state's economic success. 

 A 2020 report on French Quarter security specifically warned against the type of terrorism that took place on Bourbon Street last week.  

 Jackson Ward 7 Councilwoman Virgi Lindsey announced she will not run for re-election this year after serving two terms on the City Council.  

 What can one say? It's the Latoya Cantrell Administration.  The Morning Advocate reported: 

"If we get somewhere in life and don't have a target, if we don't have a goal, we're going to self-destruct.  If in life we have a goal, a major wonderful goal that is the aim of our life and we get there, we are probably going to self-destruct.  Do you doubt that you observed around you so many people who got what they thought they wanted who got there and all they found was emptiness and a reason to self-destruct," preached the late Dr. Frank Pollard on January 4, 1996.   It is the New Year and New Years mean new goals.   Listen to the rest of what Dr. Pollard had to say in the sermon posted below.  This one has some good stuff.  

Over the next three months, legislators will focus on a $7 billion General Fund budget to run state government for FY 2026. Interestingly, that’s only about 25% of the total $28 billion budget they will ultimately be called upon to approve.

Is the Associated Press even going to cover Mississippi? 

 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

End of the year columns summarize the past, project good expectations for the future, or garner a little bit of each. Former President Obama accurately prophesied the future in 2020 when he allegedly warned, “Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to [screw] things up.” President Biden vastly under performed the past four years. Turn the page.

 Rankin-Madison District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement. 

 Meet the victims of the Bourbon Street terrorism attack.  May their souls rest in peace. 

 The session is almost upon us as legislators will invade Jackson in the next few days.  Empower Mississippi's Will Ervin, yes the Will Ervin discusses the issues expected to dominate the capitol this year, including tax reform, medicaid expansion, ballot initiative, and school choice.  

 It appears we are going to have ourselves a race for Mayor in Brandon.  State Representative Fred Shanks issued the following statement yesterday: 

I understand Abe Lincoln once said, “God must have loved the common man because he made so many of them.” It would be easy to take offense at that if it weren't so true!