Jackson Jambalaya

Update: Approved.  Stokes played the race card.   Vote was 3-2 with Hartley, Clay, Stokes voting aye while Foote and Parkinson voted nay. 

Check out what is on the agenda for today's meeting of the Jackson City Council Zoning Committee: 

JXN Water Manager Ted Henifin made it clear Jackson's water/sewer system should return to its control.  Mr. Henifin released a transition report that recommends converting JXN Water to a non-profit company that will continue to operate the system. It is a safe bet such a proposal will not be taken too kindly by the wise men of Jackson.   

 Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following statement. 

Check out this little exchange from the Jackson City Council's Public Safety and Parks Committee meeting last week.  

or welcome to The Pitt, Season 2.5. 

 The Kevin Gates concert was a complete ____show in Brandon last night. 

"There is a place in every soul should that understands one day we will give an account that's built into every one of us that judgment is coming and the Holy Spirit convicts us so that he can lead us to this Savior and gives us eternal life.  That's the Holy Spirit.  That's God the Father's work.  That's Jesus the Son's work.  Well, what is your work?" asked the late Dr. Frank Pollard as he preached from the pulpit of First Baptist Church in 1998 on the wonders of the Holy Spirit.  If you didn't make it to church this morning, enjoy the remedial sermon posted below. 

 It appears Jimmy John's in Jackson is officially down and out. 

 This continues a fascinating yet troubling discussion with ChatGPT. Previously the AI model postulated that “the most intellectually honest form of analysis is: here are both sides; here are the criteria by which I'm judging them; here is how each performs against those criteria; and here is how the conclusion changes if we change the criteria.”

A "customer" finds out it might not be a good idea to threaten a Pearl girl with TikTok.  You geaux, girl. 

Flock cameras will soon be no more in Jackson.  JPD Chief Rashell Brackney announced she is not renewing the contract with Flock Safety at a meeting of the City Council's Public Safety and Parks Committee Wednesday.  The cameras have drawn controversy nationwide due to misuse by some police officers. 

 The world is crumbling away as planned. Seriously. What else might we expect? Decades ago, I asked my pastor about politics and politicians. Why are both so messed up? He replied, “We get better than we deserve.” That was one of those answers I had to chew on for a while. 

The latest school ratings were kind to public school districts in the Jackson Metro Area.  As usual, Clinton led the way while Jackson brought up the rear.  However, JPS is performing better than when it faced a state takeover several years ago.  Meanwhile, the charter schools had one theme: failure.  

 A car caught fire over by Jackson Oncology.  

Lord Protector Tate Reeves issued the following statement. 

 The Justice Department issued the following statement. 

 UMC Vice-Chancellor Dr. Louann Woodward issued the following announcement in her weekly column yesterday. 

 It's going to get down into the 40's this weekend and you know what that means: Soup weather!  The ZeroBear PolyBear may be away but he left us with his recipe for some creamy butternut squash soup in a downloadable format.   Fire up the stove and get to work.  

As riots grow across France, the media is quick to blame the French government for not spending enough money on edumucation.  However, the Wall Street Journal nailed France's real problem in an editorial last week: the country is past being flat broke.  Check out what it had to say: 

Chef Hunter Evans, the man behind Elvie's and the newly revived Mayflower Cafe, joined Grant Callen on The Empower Podcast to talk about food, business, and why anyone in his right mind would leave New York City to open a restaurant in Jackson, Mississippi.

 Ridgeland police arrested Hinds County Assistant District Attorney Briana Keeler and charged her with  domestic violence - simple assault Sunday.  

 The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following statement. 

 Former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is permanently barred from the practice of law. 

 MDOC Commissioner Burl Cain blew off the Legislature even though Republicans and Democrats alike had questions about how he runs his agency.  Mississippi Today reported: 

JJ reported on the conviction of a Sovereign Citizen for traffic offenses in Madison a few weeks ago. Although there were some nuggets of humor in the court file, it is a bit much to expect readers to wade through over 70 pages. Fortunately, the Kingfish is going to save you such trouble and provide the humorous nuggets in small bites. Enjoy this declaration of "12 Presumptions of Law",Thomas Barham filed with the Court.  

The company that blew up the liquor industry in Mississippi earlier this year might be facing the music in federal court.  U.S. District Judge James Maxwell dismissed Ruan Transport Inc.'s motion to dismiss after a Mexican restaurant sued to recover lost revenue and profits. 

Some people are always just mad at everyone and everything.  Exhibit A: Last week's meeting of the Jackson City Council. 

 Sometimes, being in the top fifty is not a good thing.  Exhibit A. 

 Jackson Area Federal Credit Union is officially no more.   Five Star Federal Credit Union notified customers yesterday: 

 Flunking out of college may have been the best career move I ever made. I would have had a hard time selling that theory to my mother at the time, and I certainly didn’t offer it as an option to my children. But it got me into the restaurant business.

The Christa Pike botched execution debacle in Tennessee raises a question that has persisted since the U.S. corrections system began seeking a more “humane” and sanitized method for the state to exact the ultimate punishment on criminals.

 AgComm issued the following press release.

Senior American Day at the Mississippi State Fair will be held on Wednesday, October 14, inside the Coliseum. The doors will open at 8:00 a.m. This annual event is open to all ages, with activities especially geared toward senior citizens. 

 State Bean-Counter Shad White issued the following statement. 

A witness claims there was nothing Nathan Rhinewalt could have done to avoid a deadly boating crash that took place on the Rez last month.   

 Well, well, well, look at who's coming to Brandon next year.  What will the crotches who complain about Bro Country, Lil Wayne, and 80 year old bands say now? 

 Meanwhile over on Monument Street last week..... 

 So what will Justis Gibbs' big announcement be? 

 Ag Commish Andrew Gipson issued the following schedule for today and tomorrow at the Mississippi State Fair. 

 Attorney General Lynn Fitch took a break from prosecuting cops to issue the following statement. 

Bring the kids.  We got entertainment for the whole family.  

 Ridgeland Police Chief Bryan Myers issued the following statement. 

 Posted below are the schedules for Monday and Tuesday's events at the Mississippi State Fair. 

Our bumbling Public Works Director is at it again as he delays more road projects. Actually, he is not at it again and that's the problem. The Northside Sun reported: 

"What price the crown of a King on his throne When you're chained in the dark all alone?" Cask of Amontillado by the Alan Parsons Project. 

Cornell alumnus Bill Maher made his feelings about Greek life pretty clear Friday night. 

 JPD issued the following statement. 

Ag Commish Andy Gipson issued the following press release. 

Commissioner Gipson invites Mississippians and visitors from across the region to attend the 167th Mississippi State Fair and enjoy entertainment and special events Sunday, October 11, through Monday, October 12, at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson.

He was a leader of a synagogue who probably trucked with the Pharisees and Saducees.  Knew his law backwards and forwards.  Yet when his daughter fell deathly ill, he found all the fancy rules and incantations meant nothing.  Betrayed by what he knew, he fell back on one simple thing: faith.  Reaching out to Christ, preached the late Dr. Frank Pollard, Jairus begged him heal his daughter as she passed away.  Passed away she did but his faith brought her back to life.  Enjoy the 1998 sermon posted below as Dr. Pollard discusses the beauty of faith.