Town Hall on Sales Tax Set for Sunday
With less than two months left before Jacksonians head to the polls to decide the fate of a proposed 1-percent sales tax increase, Mayor Chokwe Lumumba is taking his message to the people. Lumumba will host a town hall-style meeting at 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1 at Pearl St. African ...
Lumumba to Receive Human Rights Award
The US Human Rights Network has announced it will honor Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and six others with the 2013 U.S. Advancing Human Rights Award. The Atlanta-based organization describes itself on its web site as "a team of thematic experts, organizers, education specialists, trainers, communications experts, and human rights activists." ...
New JRA Members Up for Approval
Somebody in City Hall is listening. The city clerk's office has posted the agenda for next Tuesday's City Council meeting, and it looks like Mayor Chokwe Lumumba plans to present two new Jackson Redevelopment Authority board members for council approval. The first is Kemba Ware, a Data Information Manager at ...
Will New Hinds Supes Depose Graham, Stokes?
Just as Sam Cooke predicted, a change is gonna come—to the Hinds County Board of Supervisors. Last week, the board's two newest members—Darrel McQuirter of District 2 and Tony Greer of District 4—were officially sworn in and will sit for their first meeting on Monday, Nov. 18. The additions represent ...
Surprise, surprise: Tea Party Express to endorse Chris McDaniel over Thad Cochran
Just got the press alert, verbatim. (OK, they didn't say "McDaniel" below, but you know.) MEDIA ALERT: TEA PARTY EXPRESS TO MAKE MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT ON MISSISSIPPI'S U.S. SENATE RACE TOMORROW SACRAMENTO, CA – Tea Party Express, the nation’s largest Tea Party political action committee, will hold a press conference in ...