Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Rankin Democrat raises redistricting concerns

The sole Rankin County Democrat issued a press release about the redistricting of district lines in Rankin County:


23 comments:

Atlee Breland said...

All jokes about membership aside, we'd like to encourage both Republicans and Democrats to express concerns about the Board of Supervisors' actions. Government accountability is a bipartisan issue.

Anonymous said...

I would suggest that if you dont like it then dont be a democrat in rankin county

Anonymous said...

Just curious Breland ... do y'all in Rankin County have any county supervisors who impersonate sworn police officers?

Kingfish said...

Funny, I didn't see any Democrats protesting the way the Hinds BOS did redistricting. Didn't post notices on the website or at the courthouse of the hearing, buried it in the Jackson Advocate where no one would read it. Didn't even show the adopted plan until the actual vote took place. And so on.

Anonymous said...

Get the Waterboy and the Eichelmouth out there to gin up a made-for-TV protest.

Anonymous said...

Has Pete Perry objected to Hinds County redistricting?

Atlee Breland said...

Not being a Hinds resident, I can't speak to what happened there. I can only comment on Rankin issues, and the law is clear that a notice must be published somewhere. That did not happen, and that's why the Board voted this morning to rescind approval and schedule a public hearing for Feb 15.

Accountability isn't just a Democratic issue. Plenty of Republicans were upset over the way that tax increases were handled out of the public view. We're raising the issue, but we think all voters ought to expect transparency from government. "Your side does it too" and "Ha ha, too bad you're the minority" aren't exactly valid arguments, no matter which side they're coming from.

Kingfish said...

Dumbass, he took them to court.

Anonymous said...

Hmm I would have thought the Browns, Wood & Ryan could have settled this in house.

Anonymous said...

Rankin who? I thought you said democrat for a second. HA HA HA HA HA HA. What the hell is a Rankin Democrat. I am sure it is a LONELY club of three. Two had to be brought in across the river.

Anonymous said...

Well said, Mr. Breland!

Some people get so caught up in the game of politics, they lose raison d'etre.

Anonymous said...

Well, I will say this: There pretty well isn't any way that the county can be carved up so that your party will have any voice at all. At all. So, if it makes you happy to have them jump through the hoops Democrats so love in government, then I'm fine with that. But, the outcome for you is going to be the same. Enjoy.

Anonymous said...

Kingfish, suprised you didn't pick up on. Lawyer for rankin county admitted they screwed up. Thank goodness for the lone democrat. Probably saved Rankin county tens of thousands of dollars. The Justice department would have caught and made them begin again. Doesn't matter which party you belong to the fact is that all need to follow the law. Just because another county doesn't follow doesn't justify Rankin not following the law. Amazing how so many want to justify the mistake by finding fault with another.

Anonymous said...

Stankin Rankin County, the 2nd reason Capitol area folks want to live in Madison County, the 1st reason being Hinds County!!!

Anonymous said...

@3:38...Have you been north of Madison City Limits, say about 15 miles? You will not find a Conundrum like Canton in Rankin "gods country"!

Anonymous said...

@4;20, I have, and I saw a big 'ol Nissan plant beside the road with a parking lot full of plenty of Rankin County tags on vehicles.

Anonymous said...

@4;20, I have, and I saw a big 'ol Nissan plant beside the road with a parking lot full of plenty of Rankin County tags on vehicles.

Right. Nissan has to get qualified workers from somewhere and they found an abundance of quality people with an outstanding work ethic in the people of Rankin County!

Anonymous said...

5:32, maybe so, saw a lot of Madison tags there also.

Anonymous said...

This is why we are on the bottom.

Instead of pulling together for the good of Mississippi, we fight over which county/city is better and Ole Miss folks can't pull for MSU against outside foes and vice versus.

Hasn't anyone noticed " tribal" is primitive and guarantees one doesn't progress?

Stop being smug about your perceived " oasis" in a sea of failures. You taunt your neighbor about the debris in his yard when you should clean up the debris in your own. It may be different trash, but it's still trash. Rather than arguing over who has the most trash and whose trash stinks the most, clean up your own!

Anonymous said...

hear, hear

Anonymous said...

January 15, 2013 at 7:51 PM ... blah, blah, blah, blah.

KaptKangaroo said...

In re:January 15, 2013 at 3:38 PM

You are silly. The only reason I overlooked Madison for Ranking was overpriced real estate and taxes.

That long thoroughfare running north full of trees - didn't we have a big discussion about someone taking multiple loans out or something up there?

Rankin is a multi-use community in terms of land. It survives because we are taking it slow. I've seen rapid, rabid growth before. It never ends well.

Anonymous said...

I noticed for upscale housing, Rankin was more expensive per sf than Madison when we were house hunting. I was surprised. We like being located on the northshore of the reservoir.



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