Monday, January 11, 2021

Ken Wilson Announces Run for Mayor

 A gentleman threw his hat in the ring to face off against Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba.  WJTV reported:


 

Mr. Wilson is the leader of the Ridgewood Park neighborhood association. Read his plethora of posts on Nextdoor.  This guy gets it.  He's tough on crime and wants to shore up neighborhoods.  He is the guy who worried about how the neighborhood looks.  He organizes cleanup efforts in his neighborhood and others.  A real community activist.  Here is a sampling. 


Having said that, it appears the Mayor is currently facing no opposition from so-called name candidates.  Banks was rumored to be running for the job but he changed his mind. Earl Banks yapped about it but as usual, it was just yapping.  Leroy did his usual election dance that lasts for a couple of months.  Truth is, the Mayor will probably stroll into re-election because frankly, no one wants the job. 


40 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm voting for Ken Wilson because he is a common sense person, who believes in simple right vs wrong, and doesn't seem to pander to one group vs the other. In fact, he'll call out his own race for acting like fools at times. This alone will surely be his undoing.

Anonymous said...

Will you let us know KF when he has a campaign website? Would like to donate.

Anonymous said...

Didn't we have a president that was labeled as a community activist? On a more serious note, no one that I know of can cure what ails Jackson. Jackson, as any other city, is what it is, good or bad, because of the people that live there. If the majority of the people that live there are part of morally deficient culture, no one will want to live with them. And that is what has happened to Jackson, and Memphis, and Chicago, and New Orleans. So who is elected mayor really doesn't make any difference.

Anonymous said...

Anyone, ANYONE has to be better than Baby Chok! If he's re-elected, that clearly shows an uneducated, disconnected electorate in Jackson, as Baby Chok has, literally, done ZEE ROW while in office! Just name ONE positive thing he's done. Nonsensical platitudes? Plenty. Allowing crime rates to soar, while running off much of the remaining tax base? An emphatic yes! Actual action on anything substantive? Zip!

I've done almost as much as he has, and I don't even live in Jackson (any longer).

Anonymous said...

I’m voting for Ken Wilson. He could have a GED and a lengthy arrest record and would STILL do a better job than that jive-ass b*tch that the city has now.

Anonymous said...

Antard had done for Jackson what Bennie has for Mississippi. NOTHING

Anonymous said...

Sadly, 10:25, there are at least two hundred people who will read your post, attempt to synthesize and digest it and come away with believing heard only the first half of your second sentence...and repeat it...over and over.

Remember that game we used to play in group sessions...line twenty people up; the first one whispers a secret to the next and so on down the line and the last one repeats what he thinks he heard.

Anonymous said...

NO, 10:20 - We had a president who was a neighborhood-agitator, not a community-activist. The line is often blurry.

5R5P said...

I know this guy, he is a good dude and will try to do the right thing. People who don’t even live in Jackson should donate to his campaign. He would not only be good for Jackson but for the surrounding cities of the metro.

Anonymous said...

I’m voting for the mayor.

He knew better than state leaders (tate) that masks actually save lives. He used his best judgment and science to urge Jacksonians to wear masks.

He managed to get 70,000,000 back from thieves who looted Jackson and left it with a non working water system.

He’s not perfect for sure. But he’s good.

Anyone who lives in Madison or Rankin really don’t need to comment. Most of y’all ran from the city while it was being neglected. So stfu.

Anonymous said...

I don't know who Ken Wilson is, but I look forward to voting for him over Chokwe. I don't think you could get any worse than Chokwe, so why not give Ken a chance?

Anonymous said...

10:20, thanks for helping me out with correct terminology "nonsensical platitudes"-- I like that! Hit the nail on the head!

Anonymous said...

The question becomes, If you were looking to replace Captain E.J. Smith on
April 14,1912, what qualifications would you require of a candidate? Would it make any difference? Does this guy possess them?

P.S. After the iceberg.

Anonymous said...

As long as there is a large number of 'intellectual' supporters like 11:03 who would tell others to stfu, I suppose the city will continue its greatness. Harder to find these in the burbs.

Anonymous said...

Did the Chokwe airport bring back any industries from gay Paris' yet...?

Anonymous said...

11:03 AM
He sued the previous city employees and lawyer the city used to get the deal done with Siemens? What's that he didn't and used the same lawyer to sue Siemens? Oh.

Anonymous said...

11:03 AM
> Most of y’all ran from the city while it was being neglected. So stfu.
Here's a hint: It's currently being neglected.

Anonymous said...

Go easy on the current Mayor - after all he is holding a press conference at 1 pm to update residents on the weather. I'm assuming residents don't have access to radio, computer, or tv.

Anonymous said...

Ken Wilson all the way!

Anonymous said...

Yeah, sure, I will vote for the guy that announces his candidacy on a Saturday afternoon. I've seen his posts on Nextdoor and most are the same as the rest. "We got to do something about crime!" with no solutions outside of "lock them up!" when people don't realize the state of the Raymond center. While I believe a jail would help curb crime in Jackson, I still don't see the state doing their part to help "clean up" their Capital city. Best of luck to him.

Anonymous said...

10:09 Who does he pander to? One minute you all will say he's Pandering to black people, the next minute you will say he panders to Fondren/Belhaven. I think it's time you guys got better talking points.

Anonymous said...

Watch the campaign contributions. If he doesnt get any from the Kellog foundation, any from any George Soros funded groups, or jive turkey southern poverty woe is me, or woke is me group, then he is your guy. We dont need to advance that progressive agenda in Jackson, MS. We have our own shit to deal with first.

Anonymous said...

Ken Wilson seems almost too good to be true. I really, really hope he's genuine.

Anonymous said...

1:26 He panders to all common sense thinkers, not a specific group of people...and this will likely only resonate to very few. Make sense?

Anonymous said...

1:25: I'm not 10:09, but if you're asking about Mayor Lumumba, I'll take a stab at answering your question. Lumumba panders to the people of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and the New Afrika Republic, i.e., his father's legacy.

Anonymous said...

We just need someone that will represent all the citizens of Jackson and not polarize them. It’s to easy do what’s right, it ain’t black or white!

Anonymous said...

Isn't Evers' daughter also running?

Anonymous said...

" Go easy on the current Mayor - after all he is holding a press conference at 1 pm to update residents on the weather. I'm assuming residents don't have access to radio, computer, or tv."

LOL.

I missed that presser.
Did the lil' Mayor get as hyper and excited as the other local weather reporters ?

Perhaps his next venture will be traffic updates.
Kind of like that local Jackson station that spends five minutes talking about the obvious every morning.

( there's a slow down at the stack & at the water work's curve. )

Anonymous said...

I hope he wins and the current housing market shortages will allow me to sell my house in Jackson for enough that can buy a modest eight bedroom Acadian in Flowood.

Wilson?! WILSON!! said...

Oh what I'd give to produce his campaign commercials. The vision of a volleyball with a blood drawn face on it and sprigs of grass for hair.....stuck in a pothole, or in the middle of I-55 at night, or down in a manhole, IN A WATER METER! with just the voice of someone off camera shouting "WILSON!!" It would be epic!

Anonymous said...

2:23

Have you ever actually been around black people? Do you think the Malcolm X group is this large organization? I think some of you guys have to get out of your comfort zone and actually talk to black people that live in Jackson.

Anonymous said...

No, 5:50, I don't think the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement is a huge organization, but it is the organization co-founded by the current mayor's father, which helped him get elected mayor, and of which the current mayor is a proud member. So yes, that is who the current mayor panders to, which was my point.

I'm not saying that's what the majority of black people of Jackson stand for. I am saying that is what the current Mayor, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, stands for.

-2:33

Anonymous said...

Thank GOD, a decent challenger to the pathetic child currently holding the office.

Ken Wilson has a website for those who'd like to know more about him:

https://votekenwilson.com

YES, I live in Jackson.

Anonymous said...

3:53 For someone who is apparently hurting, that's a funny snark you offer up.

Anonymous said...

I know Ken, my mother used to live near him and was active in the neighborhood association. He’s a stand up, common sense guy, which is sorely lacking in Jackson city government. I’ll donate to his campaign (and I don’t even live in Jackson) but sadly I don’t think he can win.

Anonymous said...

KF. You should run for mayor. I mean, you have ALL the answers to every question known to mankind.

Anonymous said...

Just a random thought. I don't know if this is the appropriate thread or not, but here goes:

When the current Mayor is courting some business to locate in Jackson or courting a convention of sort for the convention center, what part of town does he point to as a success story?

What can he use as an enticement to get them to come to Jackson?
Farish Street?
The fine public schools?
The superb police protection?
The well run water billing system?
The pot holes?
The donut marks on I55?
The trash strewn streets?
The rudeness of 92% of the populace?
The homeless folks under the interstate over passes?
The low murder rate?
I could go on and on, but the point is made.

Help me out here Mr. Lumumba.
Oh, wait, I get it. The current Mayor will just explain how all these problems are attributable to someone else.

Anonymous said...

KF. You should run for mayor. I mean, you have ALL the answers to every question known to mankind.

One thing that is certain, KF has far more answers (and an infinitely larger audience) than you possess.

Anonymous said...


VOTE for KEN WILSON!!!

https://votekenwilson.com

Anonymous said...

Too much visible white support will doom his candidacy.


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