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Alright, What's Going on Here?
Suddenly, today, FEMA is sending me press releases (see below). They have not sent me press releases before. I also am getting a flurry of statements from the governor's office …
Replacing Ben: Four Men Compete in a Changing Ward
Photos by Darren Schwindaman
Retiring Councilman Ben Allen got a super send-off Monday from friends and family at Bravo! Restaurant in Highland Village. A crowd containing personalities such as secretary of state candidate Delbert …
Who Gets To Crown The King?
Melton told the Jackson Free Press that he plans to move ahead with an alternate group of investors for the King Edward Hotel renovation if work does not begin by …
Candidate
Chairman Bryant
Will Mississippi Elect a Radical-Right Governor?
Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant 56, took his place on the far right of his Republican opponents on stage and thanked his wife, mother-in-law and voters for making his campaign possible. …
U.S. Supreme Court to Review Texas Redistricting Scheme
AP is reporting today:
The Mayor's Race That Wasn't
The JFP started out the election season in January determined to learn as much as possible about both the character and the specific plans of the candidates for mayor of …
Who I "was", Who I "am", and Who I want to "become"
It's funny how things have a way of happening at just the right time. How things are said at just the right moment. How your point is explained so clearly …
Phil Bryant is the Governor
Here's the full text of Gov. Phil Bryant's inauguration speech from Bryant's website. The ceremonies, planned for the south step of the Capitol had to be moved into the House …
The Rev. Wright Controversy: More Than Meets the Eye?
"Dear Jodi: Thank you for engaging in one of the biggest misrepresentations of the truth I have ever seen in sixty-five years." This is how Rev. Jeremiah Wright begins a …
Jackson Less ‘Dangerous' In 2004
Ironically, a murder binge in the city—nine fatal shootings in 10 days—comes just as a national crime-rating outfit released good news for the city of Jackson, at least about its …
Family Values
Our history as a state and a nation is filled with atrocious efforts to destroy the self-esteem of black men. During the entire arc of slavery and then Jim Crow …
[Ladd] Gentlemen, Tone It Down
Every day of the past week I've heard someone, usually a white progressive, ridicule City Councilman Kenneth I. Stokes. "He's crazy." "He's a lunatic." "He's a racist." The outspoken Ward …
Politics
Nader 'Spoiling' McCain?
Independent Party presidential hopeful Ralph Nader asked Jackson supporters this weekend to sign a petition to include him on the Mississippi ballot in November. Nader's Independent Party requires at least …
Civil Rights Museum Part of Tougaloo ‘Master Plan'
Tougaloo College President Beverly Hogan told The Clarion-Ledger today that a civil rights museum has been part of the college's "master plan" for years:
Community Events and Public Meetings
11:30 a.m., Stress Presentation, at Jackson Medical Mall (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.), in the Community Meeting Room is presented by the Jackson State University chapter of the Master of …
[Head] Legislation Promotes Dangerous Abortions
Last Wednesday, the Mississippi State Senate passed SB 2795. Promoted as a simple ban on abortion, the legislation actually takes a far more novel and dangerous approach. The right of …
What Jackson (and Mississippi) Really Needs
Recently, a group of social scientists has produced the American Human Development Index illustrating graphically how states in the US stack up against each other in relation to a variety …
To Die or Not To Die (for Love)
I have a problem with Bruno Mars. More specifically, I have a problem with the music producers and executives who heard his lyrics and instantly thought, "hit record," and with …
[Dortch] Legislature: Raise Cigarette Tax by $1
"Of all the concerns, there is one—taxation—that alarms us the most. While marketing and public and passive smoking restrictions do depress volume, in our experience taxation depresses it much more …
