Publication: Jackson Free Press

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Taste of Spring

Donna Ladd OR, it's more basic, and Quinn is pissed off at the Lee campaign for all the negative stories they pushed ...May 18, 7:29 p.m. on Lumumba's New Endorsements; Stokes to JFP: "Kiss My Ass"shbkyn I guess he dosen't have any money to show like ... [Published Jackson Free Press - 5 hours ago]
First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

Politics Blog: FACTCHECK: Did Chokwe Lumumba "kill an FBI agent and get away with it"?

As we approach the mayoral runoff, which will most surely decide Jackson's next mayor, the rumors are flying fast and furious. One we heard yesterday is that Chokwe Lumumba "killed an FBI agent and got away with it." This is a false assertion. But it ... [Published Jackson Free Press - 11 hours ago]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports
Mississippi College
Mississippi College

Lumumba Rocks the House at Mayoral Debate

With a strong lead headed into the final weekend of the 2013 Democratic race to be Jackson's next mayor, Jonathan Lee had a lot to lose and not much to gain Friday night at The Clarion-Ledger/WAPT debate at the Mississippi College School of Law's aud ... [Published Jackson Free Press - May 18 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Was Jonathan Lee's MPI Collateral Damage in UMMC Deal?

The thing about middlemen is that they often get caught in the middle.In the case of the legal problems plaguing the family business of Jackson Democratic mayoral candidate Jonathan Lee, Mississippi Products Inc., owned by his mother, has found itself ... [Published Jackson Free Press - May 18 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports
Republican Party (US)
Republican Party (US)

Politics Blog: Bennie Thompson Backs Lumumba, Links Lee to GOP

Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson is wading into the Jackson mayor's race, and endorsing Councilman Chokwe Lumumba over political upstart and businessman Jonathan Lee.In the R-and-B-laced radio ad, Thompson refrains from naming Lee but says: "When ... [Published Jackson Free Press - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Politics Blog: Lumumba's New Endorsements; Stokes to JFP: "Kiss My Ass"

The campaign to elect City Councilman Chokwe Lumumba as mayor announced several endorsements from key city leaders Friday morning in front of City Hall. Among ... ... [Published Jackson Free Press - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports
Mississippi
Mississippi

Lee Attempts to Paint Lumumba as 'Other'

With just two days remaining before Jackson voters return to the polls to pick the city's next mayor, businessman Jonathan Lee's campaign is attempting to define rival Councilman Chokwe Lumumba (right) as a non-Christian, anti-American police-hater. Former ... [Published Jackson Free Press - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Kenny Stokes

At a press conference Friday morning outside the Jackson City Hall, Hinds County District 5 Supervisor Kenny Stokes gave an endorsement on behalf of him and his wife, Ward 3 City Councilwoman LaRita Cooper-Stokes, to mayoral candidate Chokwe Lumumba ahead ... [Published Jackson Free Press - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Jackblog: Can you vote in the May 21 runoff if you didn't vote in the primary?

A local television report apparently has people confused about whether they can vote in the Democratic runoff for Jackson mayor and city council if they didn't bother to vote in the runoff. The answer is yes. Here is a statement from Jackson City Clerk ... [Published Jackson Free Press - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Joy Kills Sorrow

May 16, 2:03 p.m. on Find Your Voice: Vote in the Runoffdarryl fine. sarahmina, I apologize for calling you an idiot. I should have said that your statement was idiotic instead. inappropriate ...May 16, 1 p.m. on Chokwe Lumumba: 'I AM A CHRISTIAN MAN, ... [Published Jackson Free Press - May 17 2013]
Entities: Donna Ladd
First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 3 reports

Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Boggling'

"Although the connectivity and expediency by which this review was accomplished is mind-boggling, I should not be surprised, given that the families of victims of the clandestine 'Fast and Furious' gun running operation can't get the Department of Justice ... [Published Jackson Free Press - May 16 2013]
First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 4 reports

Politics Blog: Lessons from Last Night's Mayoral Whatever That Was

Last night's mayoral forum/debate/"job interview" seemed to have been born of a desire to shake things up, to breathe new life into the stodgy, old question-and-answer-from-a-fixed-podium-style debates of yore. For that effort in thinking out of the box, ... [Published Jackson Free Press - May 15 2013]

Quotes

..." "With the people he's aligning himself with," Lumumba said, "it's going to be hard to turn his back on those people when they come asking for things" he said, referring to Lee's heavy-Republican-leaning donors...
Lumumba Rocks the House at Mayoral Debate [Published Jackson Free Press - May 18 2013]
...He said the hospital provided "weeks, if not more, heads upup to MPI that the contract was ending."
Was Jonathan Lee's MPI Collateral Damage in UMMC Deal? [Published Jackson Free Press - May 18 2013]
...Thompson hits every buzzword, saying "these Republicans want to pass charter schools, create voter-ID laws, cut Pell Grants, end Medicare and reduce Social Security benefits."
Politics Blog: Bennie Thompson Backs Lumumba, Links Lee to GOP [Published Jackson Free Press - May 17 2013]
...He also told Byram Fire Chief Marshall Robinson that "to address the (board) president with all that bass in your voice is just wrong."
Kenny Stokes [Published Jackson Free Press - May 17 2013]

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Taste of Spring [Published Jackson Free Press - 5 hours ago]
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Lumumba Rocks the House at Mayoral Debate [Published Jackson Free Press - May 18 2013]
Was Jonathan Lee's MPI Collateral Damage in UMM... [Published Jackson Free Press - May 18 2013]
Politics Blog: Bennie Thompson Backs Lumumba, L... [Published Jackson Free Press - May 17 2013]
Politics Blog: Lumumba's New Endorsements; Stok... [Published Jackson Free Press - May 17 2013]
Kenny Stokes [Published Jackson Free Press - May 17 2013]
Lee Attempts to Paint Lumumba as 'Other' [Published Jackson Free Press - May 17 2013]
Jackblog: Can you vote in the May 21 runoff if ... [Published Jackson Free Press - May 17 2013]
Joy Kills Sorrow [Published Jackson Free Press - May 17 2013]
'A Righteous Day' to Remember Evers [Published Jackson Free Press - May 16 2013]
Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Boggling' [Published Jackson Free Press - May 16 2013]
Loving Jackson [Published Jackson Free Press - May 16 2013]
Let's Clean House [Published Jackson Free Press - May 16 2013]
Dog Day Afternoons [Published Jackson Free Press - May 16 2013]
Find Your Voice: Vote in the Runoff [Published Jackson Free Press - May 16 2013]
Politics Blog: More About Lumumba's Top Donors [Published Jackson Free Press - May 16 2013]
Profile: Chokwe Lumumba [Published Jackson Free Press - May 16 2013]
Profile: Jonathan Lee [Published Jackson Free Press - May 16 2013]
Lumumba's Donors [Published Jackson Free Press - May 16 2013]
What Is Lumumba’s ‘Jackson Plan’? [Published Jackson Free Press - May 16 2013]
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Go Craft [Published Jackson Free Press - May 16 2013]
House Honors [Published Jackson Free Press - May 16 2013]
The Cruel Mystery [Published Jackson Free Press - May 15 2013]
Creating Grownup Time [Published Jackson Free Press - May 15 2013]
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Let the Sunshine In [Published Jackson Free Press - May 15 2013]
Outlets, Tourism and the Walthall Hotel [Published Jackson Free Press - May 15 2013]
Two Runoffs Highlight City Council Races [Published Jackson Free Press - May 15 2013]
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