May 18, 2012
Jackson has a strong-mayor, weak-council structure. Some City Council members seem to want to weaken their own power even more by not attending meetings and work sessions—or leaving early when they do attend.
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[Outlaw] Yes. We. Can.
By Eddie Outlaw
May 18, 2012
By the time I went to bed Tuesday, May 8, it was apparent that North Carolina was certain to pass Amendment One that would rewrite the state's constitution to ban same sex marriages. The amendment goes beyond that by preventing…
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May 18, 2012
By the time I went to bed Tuesday, May 8, it was apparent that North Carolina was certain to pass Amendment One that would rewrite the state's constitution to ban same sex marriages. The amendment goes beyond that by preventing…
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[Editorial] Don’t Just Complain; Engage!
May 9, 2012
The Jackson Public Schools board meeting May 1 was packed. Parents and students who had recently learned about the district's rezoning plan lined the walls and stood in the halls to protest the plan, which will close schools and shift students around in the…
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The Jackson Public Schools board meeting May 1 was packed. Parents and students who had recently learned about the district's rezoning plan lined the walls and stood in the halls to protest the plan, which will close schools and shift students around in the…
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[Editor’s Note] We the Job Creators
by Donna Ladd, Editor-in-Chief
Apr. 4, 2012
When I was asked to go to the White House in early March to talk about business in Jackson, I didn't know what to expect. I just said "yes!" and headed to Washington, D.C.
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Apr. 4, 2012
When I was asked to go to the White House in early March to talk about business in Jackson, I didn't know what to expect. I just said "yes!" and headed to Washington, D.C.
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[Halkias] Taking Jackson With Me
by Sophia Halkias
April 4, 2012
April makes nine months since I have lived away from Jackson, the city where I was born and where I lived for 24 years before moving to Austin, Texas.
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April 4, 2012
April makes nine months since I have lived away from Jackson, the city where I was born and where I lived for 24 years before moving to Austin, Texas.
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[Stiggers] Nothing But a Number
by Ken Stiggers
March 14, 2012
DJ Itch Got to Scratch: "Unemployed, underemployed, part-time DJ blog No. 31412-1/2. I just finished a DJ gig at Clubb Chicken Wing's monthly Senior Citizen Hot Wing Happy Hour. At first, I was unsure about connecting with an older audience.…
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March 14, 2012
DJ Itch Got to Scratch: "Unemployed, underemployed, part-time DJ blog No. 31412-1/2. I just finished a DJ gig at Clubb Chicken Wing's monthly Senior Citizen Hot Wing Happy Hour. At first, I was unsure about connecting with an older audience.…
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[Kamikaze] Healing Starts at Home
by Kamikaze
March 14, 2012
So, #STOPKONY is a new trending topic in social media. If you're not familiar, the "Stop Kony" movement refers to Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. Kony lived in relative anonymity before last week when a video from activist group Invisible Children went…
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March 14, 2012
So, #STOPKONY is a new trending topic in social media. If you're not familiar, the "Stop Kony" movement refers to Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. Kony lived in relative anonymity before last week when a video from activist group Invisible Children went…
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[Editor’s Note] A Romney Runs Through Us
by Donna Ladd, Editor-in-Chief
March 14, 2012
Campaigning in Mississippi last week, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney set off a mini-firestorm in our offices. Sometime between joking about grits and forking up some hay, down-south style, Romney uttered words that made us nearly sputter in response:…
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March 14, 2012
Campaigning in Mississippi last week, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney set off a mini-firestorm in our offices. Sometime between joking about grits and forking up some hay, down-south style, Romney uttered words that made us nearly sputter in response:…
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[Editorial] Stop the City Council Game-Playing
March 7, 2012
Here we go again. When the Jackson Free Press started 10 years ago, the City Council members from Ward 1 (Ben Allen) and Ward 3 (Kenneth Stokes) were constantly at each other's throats. It wasn't an intellectual disagreement with occasional laughs; they made the…
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Here we go again. When the Jackson Free Press started 10 years ago, the City Council members from Ward 1 (Ben Allen) and Ward 3 (Kenneth Stokes) were constantly at each other's throats. It wasn't an intellectual disagreement with occasional laughs; they made the…
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[Publisher’s Note] The Ledger’s Obsession with ‘Exclusive’
by Todd Stauffer, Publisher
Feb. 29, 2012
Something interesting came to the attention of our advertising sales department during the production of this edition of the Spring Arts and Events Preview. It seems that The Clarion-Ledger is now telling some arts organizations that if they would…
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Feb. 29, 2012
Something interesting came to the attention of our advertising sales department during the production of this edition of the Spring Arts and Events Preview. It seems that The Clarion-Ledger is now telling some arts organizations that if they would…
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[Your Turn] Save the Libraries
Brandon Jones, Executive Director, Mississippi Democratic Trust
February 22, 2012
In his FY 2013 Budget Recommendation, Gov. Phil Bryant stated that libraries are not an "appropriate government function" and are a "non-core area." Consistent with these beliefs, the Republican budget calls for a 15 percent cut…
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February 22, 2012
In his FY 2013 Budget Recommendation, Gov. Phil Bryant stated that libraries are not an "appropriate government function" and are a "non-core area." Consistent with these beliefs, the Republican budget calls for a 15 percent cut…
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[Kamikaze] Year of the Underdog
by Kamikaze
February 15, 2012
I'm drawn to stories of the underdog—the little guy or gal triumphant against seemingly insurmountable odds.
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February 15, 2012
I'm drawn to stories of the underdog—the little guy or gal triumphant against seemingly insurmountable odds.
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[Kamikaze] ‘I’m No Token’
by Kamikaze
February 1, 2012
I attended the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership annual luncheon last week. It's one of those affairs where the city's power players share a meal and listen to a speaker talk about how to move our city forward. Usually, it's someone from…
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February 1, 2012
I attended the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership annual luncheon last week. It's one of those affairs where the city's power players share a meal and listen to a speaker talk about how to move our city forward. Usually, it's someone from…
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[Editorial] New Year, New Start
January 4, 2012
Recently, the Jackson Redevelopment Authority decided to stop and breathe rather than be bulldozed into making a decision without having all the information they needed for the proposed convention-center hotel. This past week, the organization's board went a…
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Recently, the Jackson Redevelopment Authority decided to stop and breathe rather than be bulldozed into making a decision without having all the information they needed for the proposed convention-center hotel. This past week, the organization's board went a…
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[Barkley] Women: Time to Rebel
by Whitney Barkley
January 4, 2012
It is time for us to refuse to passively cooperate with government that ignores the realities that punctuate the lives of women in the Deep South.
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January 4, 2012
It is time for us to refuse to passively cooperate with government that ignores the realities that punctuate the lives of women in the Deep South.
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[Kamikaze] The War Outside
by Kamikaze
December 6, 2011
"There's a war going on outside no man is safe from." —Prodigy of Mobb Deep
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December 6, 2011
"There's a war going on outside no man is safe from." —Prodigy of Mobb Deep
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[Editorial] Follow Lead of Powell, Barksdale
December 6, 2011
There are people who complain, seeing insurmountable problems everywhere, and there are people who take action infused by hope and informed by facts and evidence. We were thrilled to see people in the latter category, working for the future of the city's children, and…
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There are people who complain, seeing insurmountable problems everywhere, and there are people who take action infused by hope and informed by facts and evidence. We were thrilled to see people in the latter category, working for the future of the city's children, and…
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[Kamikaze] Just the Messenger
by Kamikaze
November 23, 2011
Mississippi, and Jackson particularly, suffers from "shoot the messenger" syndrome. You know: If you don't like the message, just attack the person(s) delivering it. If the message could possibly upset your gravy train, then you discredit the source. If the message…
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November 23, 2011
Mississippi, and Jackson particularly, suffers from "shoot the messenger" syndrome. You know: If you don't like the message, just attack the person(s) delivering it. If the message could possibly upset your gravy train, then you discredit the source. If the message…
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[Editorial] Love Thy Neighbor? Buy Local
by JFP Editorial Board
Nov. 23, 2011
The programs are called all sorts of things these days--Think Local First, Small Business Saturday, Shift Your Shopping, Keep Austin Weird, Keep Fondren Funky--but they all point to one thing: the need to shop local* during the holidays. (Not…
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Nov. 23, 2011
The programs are called all sorts of things these days--Think Local First, Small Business Saturday, Shift Your Shopping, Keep Austin Weird, Keep Fondren Funky--but they all point to one thing: the need to shop local* during the holidays. (Not…
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[Kamikaze] Good Food for Good Work
by Kamikaze
October 26, 2011
There's not much going on in Jackson that I don't know about. I try to stay up to speed on all of the good things that the city has to offer, but occasionally, I'll run across something that really sparks my…
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October 26, 2011
There's not much going on in Jackson that I don't know about. I try to stay up to speed on all of the good things that the city has to offer, but occasionally, I'll run across something that really sparks my…
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May 16, 2012National Bicycle Month Events
awelch1213: Ride of Silence today (Wednesday, 16th) in Ridgeland 6:30pm at Northpark Mall
Mentioned, but not elaborated on: EPIC BIKE…
May 16, 2012
[Editor's Note] Boys Will Be Boys
Laurie Bertram Roberts: Ugh I didn't know taking photos of people in public places was now a matter of state security…
May 16, 2012
[Letter] Ashamed
Jenni Watson: I agree. It's also downright cheating because the Repubs who passed it know exactly who it's going to disenfranchise- that's why they did…
May 16, 2012
[Editorial] Don't Just Complain; Engage!
Jenni Watson: It's not like we are trying not to be engaged. Look at that, a 5:30pm meeting. You don't want us…
May 16, 2012
[Editorial] Don't Just Complain; Engage!
RobbieR: This is a great editorial. Couldn't agree with it more.
May 16, 2012
One Lake Set to 'Run Pretty Rapid'
DonnaLadd: Golden, Mr. McGowan says there will be no economic gain for him, that he put his land in a…
May 15, 2012
One Lake Set to 'Run Pretty Rapid'
golden eagle: We definitely need as much transparency as possible. Just because there could be huge economic gain for the…
May 15, 2012
One Lake Set to 'Run Pretty Rapid'
DonnaLadd: As someone who has been on this flood-control beat for a while now, I'd be a whole lot more…
May 14, 2012
Family Remembers a Fallen Hero
justjess: Could the poem be published in the Jackson Free Press. I would like to read it.
May 14, 2012
Three Could Face June Execution
rlnave: Attorney General Jim Hood's spokeswoman confirmed in an email that Hood will "file motions to reset the execution dates on all…