Jackson Jambalaya

 The Ward 1 City Council race has quite the full field with no fewer than six- count them, six - candidates.  

 Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba submitted his campaign finance report to the Municipal Clerk today. 

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is holding his weekly press conference right now.  It is live-streamed below.   

Although they haven't garnered much attention, there are two hotly contested mayoral races in Brandon and Flowood tomorrow.  

Check out Ladies' Night at Last Call. 

 Chauncy Reed will finally face justice as his trial for first-degree murder begins today in Hinds County Circuit Court.  Reed and his brother ambushed JPD Sergeant Mike Tarrio in a shootout at a gas station in 2018.  Tarrio managed to kill one attacker and capture the other.  

 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

List five things you accomplished last week. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he secured $5 billion for the US Treasury in one day by selling 1,000 immigration Gold Cards. President Trump came up with the idea and charged Lutnick with developing a plan to sell gold cards.

Steeped in their rules and traditions, protected in their minds by their religion, thinking themselves better than others, The Pharisees were none too pleased when Christ told them their father was not Abraham as they so loudly proclaimed but the devil. The statement was bold but held the power of truth as they became enraged.  What happened next? Watch the late Dr. Frank Pollard's 1997 sermon posted below to find out.  Enjoy. 

No matter your political alignment, the methods of President Donald Trump’s administration should give you some angst – executive orders abrogating laws passed by Congress, court orders flouted, judges attacked, longtime allies disparaged, masked ICE agents ambushing non-violent legal immigrants, DOGE firing then unfiring thousands. reckless security breaches….

 For once, the joke was on Jon Stewart as Ezra Klein of all people explained how government doesn't work.  Exhibit A: The 14-step process the Biden Administration created for states to access Build Back Better funding. You can't make this up if you tried. 

 Marcus Wallace was evicted from a Madison County home he rented several years ago.  Mr. Wallace is the former Mayor of Edwards and is a candidate in the Jackson Mayoral Democratic primary next week.  

Alleged shooter catch & release graduate in Hinds County. 

Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

Mississippi made history as the first state in the U.S.—aside from oil-rich Alaska—to pass legislation aimed at phasing out its income tax. 

 The money is flowing in the race to see who will be the next Mayor of Jackson.  Three candidates each reported contributions over $100,000.  Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba did not submit a campaign finance report.   

Richard Cross appeared on Empower Mississippi's podcast with Grant Callen.  Following in the footsteps of Paul Gallo, Cross interviews the movers and shakers of Mississippi politics.  He discusses the Capitol, his life story, and his views on public policy.  Tune in below. 

The Capitol Police arrested Mike McLeod and charged him with murder and aggravated assault for his role in the shootings that took place on Pearl Street after the St. Paddy's Day parade.

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 A redneck apparently went somewhere to whoop some ass but well, things did not exactly go as she expected.  The Neshoba Democrat reported: 

This is post number 111 the mighty and all powerful “King of all Fishes” has allowed me to post on his website. This one is Really Good.

 Sheriff: Get your facts straight!

The New York Times and Mississippi Today reported Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey used trustees to and county assets such as gravel and trucks on his mother's farm in Puckett.  The Times reported: 

Carly Gregg changed pitchers in the appeal of her murder conviction. Carthage attorney James Murphy entered an appearance for Gregg at the Mississippi Supreme Court yesterday.  

All talk and no action.  Such can be used to describe Jackson's OneLine project.  

 Former JPD officer Jagguar Winder just can't seem to stay out of trouble.  

It seemed like a good idea at the time.....

 The Madison Police Department issued the following statement. 

 The police will soon be able to prosecute squatters after the Mississippi House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed HB #1200 this morning.  

CWA and MASE issued the press release posted below.  This post is a paid advertisement by the John Horhn for Mayor campaign. 

For more than 50 years, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) have remained committed to advocating for our members and the hardworking families of our communities. In 2017, we proudly endorsed Chokwe Antar Lumumba for Mayor of Jackson, believing his leadership could move the city forward. Today, after careful consideration and reflection on the city’s current needs, we believe it is time for a new direction.

 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

 Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and a multitude of Jackson mayoral candidates did not submit their campaign finance reports yesterday as required by law.  

No one signs up for a European tour expecting to have lunch in a stranger’s home in a village so small, it doesn’t show up on most maps. But that’s exactly where my guests found themselves—deep in the Andalusian hills, breaking bread in the homes of Spanish women who didn’t speak our language but knew exactly how to make us feel at home. This wasn’t a restaurant. There was no menu, no bill. Just food, laughter, and the kind of hospitality that sticks with you longer than any museum ever could.

 The Capitol Police provided the following timeline about its response to the violence that took place Saturday evening. 

 The Ridgeland Police issued the following statement. 

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Victim was paralyzed. 

 Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens issued the following statement. 

JJ has been around for quite a while, much to the chagrin of a few.  However, let's face it, the website design itself is rather long in the tooth.  Thus it's time for a facelift.  

 Hinds County Mayors won a round against the Hinds County Board of Supervisors after the Attorney General ruled stated law limits what the county can charge to house inmates in its detention centers.

 While the St. Paddy's Day Parade merriment continued Saturday evening, some of Jackson's finest took over High Street.   

 The murder victim in the St. Paddy's shooting was himself charged with capital murder over a year ago.  

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is holding his regular press conference.  It is live-streamed below. 

A Florence woman stands accused of embezzling from the estate of a child sex abuse victim.  

 The Capitol Police issued the following statement. 

 Posted below are the results of John Zehr's Survey Monkey poll of the Jackson Mayoral Democratic Primary candidates.  

Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones had a few things to say about the violence that took place downtown yesterday: 

What is the role of the church in the age of big government?  When government provides so much, what is left for the church? The late Dr. Frank Pollard (First Baptist- Jackson) addressed the question in the 1997 sermon posted below.  Despite its many tentacles, there are some things - important things - only the church can do.  "The kingdom God is about showing love and dispensing grace and no government on earth can do that," he preached.  

Make no mistake, there are some local preachers who need to watch this sermon.  

Perhaps you have noticed the new conflictive norms being thrust upon us. You know, norms, the standards of behavior that guide our interactions.

A homicide and more violence marred the St. Paddy's Day parade today.  

Severance star Tramell Tillman got to live out one of his fantasies in the season finale of the Apple TV show.  Watch the marching band in the video.  Anything look familiar? 

 Missing an air conditioner or two? 

 A proud American, once the most feared man on the planet, a true story of redemption, all describe the man who was George Foreman.  He passed away last night. Enjoy some memories of the boxing legend.

In politics, nothing moves unless it’s pushed. Change doesn’t happen because of empty platitudes—it happens because principled conservatives like you step up to demand principled policies.

 What happens when you put Rita Brent and Kenneth I. Stokes on the same stage?  

 Free the land? The Lieutenant Governor talks down to me.  The Governor tried to take over the water system so he could give contracts to his buddies?  The Bidens were working with the Republicans to get rid of me.  So said Hizzoner as he shucked the corn up in Detroit recently, telling tale after tale of his travails in Jackson.  

The city of Byram got some good news from Uncle Sam recently.  

No need to wait for Whatever Night RAW.

A favorite pastime of Clinton folks is to criticize our perfectly fine Mexican Restaurants. Yes, we do have our share of them, but they all have good crowds every day and the food they serve is fine. As for me, I like all of them, some more than others, but here is a way to avoid all of them by eating at home if you think they are not up to your standards.

 One of the best action movies ever made returns to the big screen.

Customers sued the Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association in federal court after the utility waited six months to notify them their names and Social Security numbers might have been stolen.  The attack affected more than 20,000 customers. 

 The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following statement. 

 A dumbass decided to haul ass straight into a building in the Fondren.  Watch, courtesy of WAPT. 

Jackson's financial picture suffered another blow last summer when Moody's Investor Service withdrew the rating for general and special obligation from the city of Jackson because - what else - the city couldn't produce an audit for the 2023 fiscal year.  Moody's reported July 2024: 

 It appears someone dropped the ball on absentee ballots in Jackson recently.  The city of Jackson sent the this letter to those who voted absentee: 

 There will be a forum for the Ward 1 City Council candidates tonight at Christ United Church. 

 Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following statement. 

 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

 If it's action you want, Monday nights in downtown Jackson are the place to be.  Exhibit A: North State Street by the Hookah Bar, courtesy of our man on the street, Karterpound.

SEVILLE— No one expects to use the word romantic when talking about a pig farm. But standing in the soft morning light, in the rolling hills of southern Spain, watching Iberian pigs roam free under a canopy of ancient cork and oak, that’s the only word that kept coming to mind.

The mastermind of the murder of Circuit Judge Vincent Sherry and his wife will remain behind bars for the rest of his life after U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett denied Kirksey Nix's motion for compassionate release in February.  

In 2019, Mississippi adopted legislation and then-Gov. Phil Bryant signed into law House Bill 1205 – authored by Reps. Jerry Turner and Mark Baker – that asserted privacy rights at the intersection of technology, privacy and political lanes.

 A pizzeria in Meridian went full Frank Melton on its crew.  Dayumn. 

 Jacksonian John Zehr created a poll for the April 1 Jackson Mayoral Democratic Primary on Survey Monkey.  Vote here.  

Utility did not notify customers of data breach for months.  

The Mississippi Public Service Commission issued the following statement. 

 Don't poke the bear is a true saying.  However, what happens if someone pokes the bull? 

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

German intelligence determined with 85% certainty in 2020 the origin of the Covid-19 virus was a leak from a Chinese bioresearch lab in Wuhan.   The German newspaper Die Zeit reported: 

 Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is holding his regular press conference.  It is live-streamed below. 

 Can the Attorney General play offense and defense in court?  Tis the question asked by a Capitol Police officer the Attorney General is prosecuting and representing.  

Insurance Commish Mike Chaney issued the following statement for those affected by the recent storms across Mississippi. 

 The city of Clinton announced on social media February 28: 

 Some people just can't let some things go....

Worry, worry, worry.  It seems its all we do some times.  The drug companies have made a fortune off worrying as Americans down Xanax and other pills by the ton every year.  Well, there is a cheaper and yes, better way to handle worry.  The late Dr. Frank Pollard preached "don't worry about it." That's right, turn those problems over, quit worrying about them, and enjoy life as it was meant to be enjoyed.    Speaking of joy, enjoy the 1997 sermon posted below.  

Scenes from nature's destruction yesterday.

The latest effort to reduce the overwhelming number of state agencies, boards, and commissions fizzled. So, we’re headed up again, not down?

 The name of Joe Valachi dominated front pages everywhere, even those of the Clarion-Ledger, in the fall of 1963.  Valachi was the first member of the Mafia to squeal and squeal he did before a Congressional committee on the inner workings of La Cosa Nostra.  To think it all started with Vito Genovese giving him the "kiss of death" while serving time together.  Forget The Godfather, this is the real story of the mob.

 An areal east of Magee suffered an earthquake that registered 3.0 on the Richter scale.  The U.S. Geological Survey reported: 

A bill that will help law enforcement prosecute squatters and phony realtors unanimously passed the Mississippi State Senate Wednesday.  

Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens issued the following statement.

Remember when cool was cool? High school and Hollywood were cool. Substance had nothing to do with cool. Popularity is the key to cool. It’s not necessarily what somebody has. Many times it’s what cool people don’t have unlike all of the rest of us. Most of us are not cool. We’re just regular folks.

Some people try to make where they live a better place.  Dallis Ketchum is one of those people.  The creator of Neighborhouse in Belhaven discusses his hopes for Jackson and what can be done to achieve them on the Empower Mississippi podcast with Grant Callen. 

Warning: Graphic video posted below.  May not be safe for work or kids.  

When will it be last call for Last Call? 

 The southwest corner of the intersection of Highway 51 and Weisenberger Road in Gluckstadt remains wilderness as no steps have been taken to build a $100 million sportsplex developers passed a year ago.  

The Mississippi legislature has a clear conservative mandate yet sometimes struggles to get things done. Why?

 I love Pasta! Did you know, if you use the Italian word for the shape and style of pasta you use in a dish, Folks will think you are some kind of hotshot cook? At that point, your meal will be halfway toward a successful effort. 

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is seeking donations for his legal defense fund.  WLBT reported: 

 A woman described a scene in South Jackson last night as "World War 3."  

 A JPD officer stands accused of pointing a gun at his girlfriend and forcing her to crash into another vehicle as he chased her down the road.  

 Worried that Broadway might not return to Jackson next year? Consider this option.  

 Something shiggity was going on between a man and his dog.  Action 5 News in Memphis reported: 

 State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement yesterday. 

 Can you spot the mistake? 

 MDAC Commissioner Andy Gipson issued the following statement. 

Our Agriculture Commish wants to embark on a new project: Singing.  MDAC Commissioner Andrew Gipson announced on Facebook: 

The bill is coming due for all the shenanigans in the DHS scandal.  The federal government told DHS to repay $101 million misspent at DHS.  

There are only a few moments in life when time slows down enough to let you take it all in. For me, this past weekend was one of those moments.

 Meanwhile, over on Canton Mart Road in broad daylight......

On March 7, the Democratic Minority of the bipartisan and congressionally created Joint Economic Committee—one of two economic advisory committees established in 1946—released a report detailing their concerns about where the Republican Majority has signaled they might go to accomplish theiroverall tax cut goals.

 It's time for a Jackson food fight.  Malcolm Johnson said he is going to wear out Othor Cain on his Facebook page at 9 tonight. Might be some fireworks. 

 Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones issued the following statement. 

 The University of Mississippi Medical Center issued the following statement. 

 Man bites dog is an old story.  But what if dog......

 A motorcade of first responders escorted the transport of the AirCare employees who died in the helicopter crash yesterday in Madison County from the Madison County morgue to the State Crime Lab. Theres Apel managed to videotape the procession.

 Dax Owens managed to get himself arrested yet again.  Must be something in the blood.  

 UMMC Vice-Chancellor Dr. Louanne Woodward is holding a press conference right now on the AirCare crash today.  It is live-streamed below courtesy of WLBT. 

 A UMMC medical helicopter crashed in a heavily wooded area south of Highway 43 and north of Pipeline Road. 

 A UMMC nurse posted this horrific message on her public Facebook page:

Let the feeding frenzy begin.  Mockingbird Cannabis accused its former CAO and CFO of looting over $8 million from the company in a lawsuit filed in Hinds County Circuit Court Friday.   

Credit: Mockingbird Facebook page

What Facebook giveth, Facebook can taketh away.  Facebook send out this little warning over the weekend: 

 You read the correctly.  The one and only Hank Williams, Jr. is coming to Brandon. 

 Apparently a  high school track athlete saw Rollerball a few too many times.  

 "It's a terrible thing when faith becomes graceless. It's a terrible thing when faith degenerates from keeping fellowship to just sort of saying we got to keep the rules," preached the late Dr. Frank Pollard in 1997.  His sermon discussed how some become modern-day Pharisees, more concerned with being "heretic hunters" or "watchdogs of orthodoxy" to the detriment of all, including their faith.  Just think Mary in Young Sheldon. Enjoy the sermon as Dr. Pollard preaches from John 5: 1-30.  The scripture is posted below.   

What impact will President Donald Trump’s tariffs and Elon Musk’s DOGE layoffs and contract cancellations have on Mississippi? It’s too soon to tell, but the risks of major impacts are high.

 Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens issued the following statement. 

Despite all the huffing and puffing after the media reported how candidates such as the Jackson Mayor abuse filing campaign finance reports with no accountability, the legislature killed all bills that would put some teeth into Mississippi's almost non-existent campaign finance laws for local candidates.  Supervisors and Mayors throughout the state can rejoice. 

You know that war over there that nobody talks about over here? Yeah, the second war Biden botched during his first year as president. Nowadays everybody’s talking about President Trump ending that war with a press conference in the oval office. In just over a month, Mr. Trump has closed our borders with Canada and Mexico, renamed a mountain in Alaska, and created a new body of water on our southern border. He has simultaneously baffled every woke person in America with whirling dervishes.

Posted below are the 2021-2024 campaign finance reports of Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba.  JJ published pictures of the reports last month as yours truly could look at the reports but had to file a public records request for a printed copy.  

A measles outbreak began in Texas recently.  Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.  urged parents to get the MMR vaccine for their children if they had not been vaccinated.  Mr. Kennedy promoted the vaccine in a column on the Fox News website: 

But you must have something you hunted to cook. I do understand some hunt the aisles of their grocer, but this one may require a visit to a quail hunting field. 

 July 13, 2026 will be a day of reckoning for Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, II, and Jackson Ward 6 Councilman Aaron Banks.  

 Despite opposition from some Democrats, a bill cracking down on squatters and phony realtors cleared a Senate committee this week.  

Update (6/16/25): He was no-billed by the Madison County grand jury.  

Canton police charged a man with rape of a child under 14 years old.   

A hearing will be held tomorrow in USA v. Jody Owens, II, Chokwe A Lumumba, and Aaron Banks.  A federal grand jury indicted them in November on public corruption charges.  The docket states: 

 Some people should really not sing.  At all. 

 An 18 wheeler caused a bit of a problem in Northeast Jackson today.  The Capitol Police issued the following statement. 

 The feud between Jay-Z and Houston superlawyer Anthony Buzbee spilled over into Mississippi when one of Jay-Z's lawyers sued Mr. Buzbee for defamation in Hinds County Circuit Court yesterday.

A black Richland High School student generated waves when she used the "N"* word in her Black History Month speech at the school. 

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

 All things, good and bad, must come to an end. 

 The Justice Department issued the following statement. 

 If you want to see some of the seamy underside of Jackson, check out Karterpound's Instagram page.  Our man posted yet another video of some um, shenanigans in the hood.  

Life tends to deliver milestones in clusters, never spreading them out at a leisurely pace, but stacking them up all at once. This week is no exception. On Saturday, my daughter is getting married—a once-in-a-lifetime event. Then, two days later, I board a plane to spend the next eight weeks working overseas. It’s not ideal timing, but that’s the nature of my life. In the coming months, I’ll host six trips across Europe—Spain, Tuscany (twice), a Tuscany trip I call Tuscany 2.0 where I host guests who have already travelled with me in Tuscany but with all new adventures, Holland/Belgium, and England/Scotland. Some of these trips I’ve done before, some are newer variations, but I love what I do, no matter how many times I do it. And while those familiar streets, piazzas, and villages bring me joy, my mind isn’t on travel at the moment. It’s on something far bigger.

Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

Empty coolers on grocery store egg product shelves, dramatically higher prices when you can find eggs, and angst and dread among those who make their livings in Mississippi’s robust poultry and egg industry – that’s the new reality.

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

 The tyranny of the trans movement reared its ugly head in Maine when a state representative lost her right to speak and vote after she dared speak out about a trans male/female who demolished the female competition in the state championship track meet.  

A Madison County woman faces over $10,000 in fines for contempt of court after she failed to turn over  required documents in her divorce case.  However, she blames her former lawyer, Bridget Todd, for failing to keep her informed in what is becoming a familiar story.  Ms. Todd gained prominence for her representation of Carly Gregg last year.  

A Rankin County college student was allowed to plead guilty to cyberstalking after the prosecution withdrew his indictment for sexual battery of a minor and statutory rape last year.  

 Well, well, well. It appears the Mexican drug cartels are not too happy right now.  The New York Times reported Sunday: 

 Madison police arrested Thaddeus Clayton Cochran today and charged him with trespassing and contempt of court. 

 The horror stories about the Jackson office of the United States Postal Service are true.  

 Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens issued the following statement. 

Local media personality Barbie Bassett took her shot at her former employer, WLBT.  WLBT said thank you, very much, now we will take our own shot.   The two sides will continue to war as a recent settlement conference failed. 

Credit: Vicksburg Daily New

 Jacksonian John Zehr created a poll for the Jackson mayoral election online.  Feel free to go vote.

Pete Perry authored this post.  Given the recent flareup over early voting among our elected officials, JJ thought it might spur debate if someone presented the case against early voting.  

 Meanwhile over in Texas.....

Is it ok to be rich? Is it all right to have ambition? What about things? Is it ok to want things? What do these questions have to do with the Sermon on the Mount? Watch the late Dr. Frank Pollard's 1997 sermon posted below to get the answers to these questions and more. He will also explain what the Sermon on the Mount has to do with being a clown.  Enjoy. 

Are they auditioning in Washington for a Saturday Night Live skit?

 You wanted it, you got it.  Posted below is the Clarksdale Press Register editorial that generated so much controversy.  Enjoy.  

Some JPS teachers squalled about school closures at the Mayoral candidate forum held at Duling Hall last weekend.  As they complained, the candidates bobbed and weaved as everyone tried to avoid dealing with reality.  Perhaps it's time to educate these "educators" as well as our would-be leaders with some simple math.