It appears our MDOC Commish is listed on a fund-raising invitation. People can be sooooo..... careless.
Monday, March 9, 2015
Uh-oh.
Brent Bailey jumps in to PSC race
Brent Bailey issued the following press release:
Jackson releases proposed master plan
The city of Jackson issued the following press release and the proposed master plan for infrastructure.
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Waaahhh: Store owner claims police harassment.
WLBT reported this weekend that an owner of the Jubilee Convenience Store on Northside Drive is complaining of police harassment of his business. WLBT reported in this video:
Savages: Volume _.
IS brags about destroying Assyrian artifacts in this video it posted online:
Hospital Association loves to spend money on the legislature
The real wonder of SB #2407's (removes exemptions for Open Meetings Act for public hospitals) saga is not that it was castrated in the House Public Health Committee last week but that the bill even passed the Senate in the first place. The Sun-Herald turned its bulldogs loose on the Mississippi Hospital Association and reported MHA dropped over a quarter of a million dollars on legislators:
OUCH!!!
This screenshot of a message posted by Senator Michael Watson's wife was posted on Y'all Politics last week. Snip. Snip. Snip.
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Begley challenges Evans' residency
Attorney Sam Begley threw down the gauntlet to Representative Jim Evans and the Mississippi Democratic Party as he filed a complaint with the party's executive committee yesterday. The complaint is posted below. Mr. Begley is an attorney in Jackson and qualified to run for Mr. Evans' House seat. Both candidates are Democrats. Mr. Begley charged in his complaint that Mr. Evans does not live in the district he represents and has not done so for quite some time.
Friday, March 6, 2015
Presser
Jackson City Council President De'Keither Stamps calls press conference for 2:00 PM today. Check twitter feed at kingfish1935 for live tweets.
Sent from my BlackBerry Q10.
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Traffic stop from hell
Gannett's The Town Talk (Alexandria) published a story on a poor woman's ordeal with a speed trap that doubles as a municipality in Louisiana. Cop admitted to having no probable cause but wound up throwing her in jail for 25 days even though there were no violations. The newspaper reported:
Brodrick's trial postponed.
Hinds County Circuit Judge Winston Kidd postponed Brodrick Robinson's trial for house burglary until July 20. Robinson was supposed to go on trial in December but a civil trial ran over and postponed the trial until this week. Judge Kidd issued the order posted below. Mr. Robinson currently resides in the county jail on several charges filed against Robinson. He faces two other indictments for house burglaries.
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Thursday, March 5, 2015
Siemens' contract review
Update: City council voted to retain the necessary staff to investigate the findings presented by the report posted below. The resolution is also posted below.
Here is the initial report on the Siemen's contract. I haven't read through it so I can't tell you what it says but here it is.
Sad but true.
Mo' money means for mo' questions for D.A.
JJ asked yesterday if the D.A.'s office is bankrupt. Here is the video of Hinds County District Attorney Robert Schuler Smith asking for more money from the Board of Supervisors. The performance reminded one of Santa Cruz's performance two years ago at the legislative budget hearings.
Press blasts the Mississippi Hospital Association
The Executive Director of the Mississippi Press Association blasted the Mississippi Hospital Association for its stance on a bill that would make public hospitals subject to public records laws and the Open Meetings Act. Layne Bruce wrote:
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Does this woman know how to sing?
No voice box, voice compression, or other tricks. What kind of singing is this?
Is the D.A.'s office bankrupt?
Its looks like our little District Attorney went whining to the media- again. Can't manage a budget so he asks the Supervisors to bail his office out of financial trouble. The Clarion-Ledger reported yesterday:
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Priester wants another bailiff
Hinds County Court Judge Melvin Priester, Sr. ordered the Sheriff in January to provide him with another bailiff. However, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that the Sheriff has authority over the bailiffs. Judge Priester has yet to receive his extra bailiff.
Bennie boycotts Bibi.
Yup. The Wall Street Journal reported our own Bennie Thompson boycotted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech today. Here is the speech in case you did not get a chance to see it.
Clarion-Ledger FOOD FIGHT!!!
We got us a lawyer going at it with the Clarion-Ledger on the pages of Facebook. The Clarion-Ledger published this story by reporter Kate Royals last week:
Prohibition rocks!!!
This message was sent to every member of the legislature:
Sun-Herald: Hospital open records bill in danger of dying in the House. UPDATE: PASSED w/changes.
Update at 1:30 PM: Bill just passed with some changes. The bill will only apply to Jackson County. Changes will be on House website soon.
Will the Mississippi Hospital Association protect Singing River? SB #2407 will end the exemptions that public hospitals currently enjoy from the Open Meetings Act and other public records laws. It passed the Senate on a unanimous vote. However, the bill may die in committee in the House as it has yet to be brought up for a vote. The Sun-Herald reported today:
Monday, March 2, 2015
Oldie but goodie
Fleetwood Mac performed this version of Black Magic Woman in 1970. Give it a listen as it sounds more like something you would have heard at the old Subway around three in the morning in the second half of the song.
Malone was nuts about Walnut
A review of bills proposed by Former Representative Bennett Malone reveals a rather interesting pattern: A consistent effort to increase the number of beds and maximum ages allowed at the Walnut Grove facility. His attempts to help the private prison on this score occurred from 1998 to 2007. Walnut Grove was the subject of many illegal dealings between Chris Epps and Cecil McCrory.
Supes re-zone Gluckstadt property
The Madison County Board of Supervisors today
unanimously approved commercial rezoning of more than 40 acres located on the
southwest corner of Gluckstadt and Bozeman roads. The 40.68 acres owned by the
Minnie J. Bozeman Family Limited Partnership was rezoned to C-2.
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Malone suddenly retires.
Representative Tom Miles (D-Boondocks) issued this statement on behalf of Representative J. Bennett Malone (D-MDOC) two weeks ago:
Sunday, March 1, 2015
And the horses are at the gate
Here are the latest lists from the parties. Some observations.
Mississippi kids make good on Raiders
Two eleven year-old Mississippi kids loved Raiders of the Lost Ark so much that they made their own fan film version of the movie in 1982. Fast forward over thirty years and its shown at the SXSW Film Festival for the first time. Spielberg even sent them a letter praising the effort. Here is the trailer.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Today's homework assignment.
Re-read this old posts from last year about Irb Benjamin.
Post #1.
Post #2.
Rights violated? We report, you decide.
Open carry zealot in Houston walks around wearing a kilt and an AR-15 slung on his hip. He refuses to give his name or ID when asked by a cop and of course is carrying a video camera. Just watch the video.
Friday, February 27, 2015
Tim Ford passed.
Just got word that former Speaker of the House Tim Ford passed away today. Governor Phil Bryant issued this statement:
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Mason qualifies for Sheriff
Victor Mason issued the following press release:
R.I.P. Mr. Spock
Leonard Nimoy just died. Here are some clips. He will be missed.
It's going to be Hurst-Hood
Can Hurst put the Hurt on Hood? We will find out in November. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst is running against Attorney General Jim Hood. Mr. Hurst issued the following press release:
Harrison payments to Health Assurance match dates cited in Martin indictment. Coincidence?
A company that was a prime beneficiary of MDOC's no-bid contract policy under Chris Epps also landed a lucrative contract with Harrison County for providing medical services to its inmates. MDOC paid Health Assurance, LLC more than $49 million for medical services to MDOC prisons from 2003 to 2014 while Harrison paid more than $14 million. Incredibly, the dates of the payments coincide with dates cited by prosecutors for when now-deceased Harrison County Supervisor William Martin accepted bribes in his indictment.
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Harrison Supervisor indicted, commits suicide.
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| Credit: Sun-Herald. Martin home. |
Original post: Harrison County Supervisor William Martin was supposed to be arraigned at 11:00 this morning in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. Law enforcement sources told JJ his indictment is related to the Chris Epps scandal. However, he failed to appear in court and is now the subject of a search.
Update: The Sun-Herald just reported:
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House votes to eliminate income tax
Speaker of the House Philip Gunn issued the following press release:
Billy Hewes endorses Tate
The Tate Reeves for Lieutenant Governor campaign issued the following press release:
Rankin SO seizes 80 lbs of weed.
Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Baily made an appearance for Bust Week on JJ as he issued the following press release:
Stay tuned.
Another shoe will drop in the Chris Epps scandal today. Don't print it. Its strictly off the record.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Stan the Man qualifies for D.A.
Stanley Alexander issued the following press release:
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