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No. 33, July 3
<b><em>A Smoke-Free Jackson?</b></em>
Starkville, Tupelo, Oxford, Hattiesburg and, most recently, Ridgeland have done it. They've all passed smoke-free workplace laws that include restaurants and bars, and have thus taken a stand for the …
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[Mott] Some People Talkin'
Brian Johnson, Matt Saldaña and I passed the pages of "We Are Family"—last week's cover story about Shirley Beach's journey from racism—between us last week, proofing and correcting them. Brian …
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A New Sheriff In Town?
Photos by Brian Johnson, Roy Adkins, Nate Glenn, Darren Schwindaman, and Jaro Vacek
Sheriff Malcolm McMillin is familiar with opposition, having faced it and triumphed in repeated elections since he was first elected sheriff of Hinds County 16 years ago.
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Placebo Xtended Play
With a storied ten-year history, the darkly romantic and musically adventurous PLACEBO (Brian Molko – vocals and guitar, Stefan Olsdal – bass, and Steve Hewitt – drums) has grown into …
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‘Chief Shirlene Andersons (sic) wants citizens ...
... to have a happy and safe Fourth of July Holiday ...'
No, that's not a typo, at least not on our part. The chief's office sent that e-mail with that exact subject line today. Here's the rest of the e-mail, verbatim:
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Where have the Mississippi Democrats gone?
Mississippi leads the list - or is at the bottom - on many national statistics.
Our educational system lends many of our young people to opt out of graduation for a life on the streets or perpetual poverty.
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BREAKING: Council Splits 3-3 Over President Pick
This morning, the Jackson City Council split into predictable factions over who to appoint as Council President to take the place of Ward 1 Councilman Ben Allen, who stepped down …
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City's War on Sex Toys Is Back
Just when you thought that the Jackson Police Department isn't up to the challenge posed by escalating crime, they prove you wrong. Per The Clarion-Ledger tonight:
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A New Sheriff? JFP Interview with Malcolm McMillin
My opposition in this race, their mantra is, "It's time for a change." Not that I've done a bad job, but that it's time for a change, just a change …
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A New Sheriff? JFP Interview with Tyrone Lewis
I come from a family of six kids—two sisters, three brothers. And my mother and father still live, and still reside in this neighborhood I grew up in. I had …
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A New Sheriff? JFP Interview with Lester Williams
In 1990 I transferred over to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics. There I was primarily assigned to the DEA and the FBI on their task force, working in major investigations. …
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A New Sheriff? JFP Interview with Henry Grigsby
I do a little garden work, farming, and I haul a little timber. I live in Utica, out on Morrison Road. I've been a Hinds County resident for 24 years.
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Bush Commutes Libby's Prison Sentence
My, isn't this predictable? One wonders what goodies Libby has in his safety-deposit box, eh?
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Council Confirms Three Melton Appointments
Jackson City Council voted to confirm three mayoral picks for top city positions this morning. Council members Frank Bluntson, Charles Tillman, Kennneth Stokes, Margaret Barrett-Simon and Marshand Crisler voted to …
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This is a poem?
Welfare Poem
While using a search engine, I saw a "poem" on an e-zine where the owner of the site says that he or she is not the author. Well, I'll give …
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The Jackpedia Reader Question of the Week
Here's this week's Question o' the Week:
Starting this week, the JFP is going to ask readers to help us with a question of the week for Jackpedia, the new collaborative wiki about Jackson. Your efforts will …
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More Glory, Less Grease
Grant Nooe knows food. He knows saté from sauté and semifreddo from shabbu-shabbu. With a handful of ingredients and a grill, he can fly you to the moon (or at …
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The Merry Month Of June
Unlike many fellow Jacksonians, I actually look forward to the month of June, despite the impending heat and humidity. That's partly because it's Jubilee!JAM Month—and this year the Jackson Free …
