8 Candidates Running in Jackson Ward 6 Council Race
The City announced the following people as candidates in the upcoming Ward 6 election for City Council: Daniel Myers Robert Amos Dennis Sweet, IV Tim Rush Wayne Lewis Robert E. Green, Sr. Rashaad Crisler Tyrone C. Hendrix The deadline to file for candidacy ended at 5 p.m. on Wednesday. The ...
Mark Mayfield, Charged in Blogger Photo Scandal, Long a Cochran Foe
The Clarion-Ledger is reporting that Mississippi Tea Party vice chairman Mark Mayfield appeared in a Madison County court for his alleged participation with a story to that continues to roil the Mississippi Republican primary for U.S. Senate. Mayfield, an attorney in Jackson, was arrested today along with an unnamed suspect, ...
Waveland Approves Anti-Discrimination Measure Supporting LGBT Community
VERBATIM STATEMENT: Seventh Mississippi city to pass diversity resolution recognizing the role LGBT people play in thriving communities WASHINGTON – Tonight, Waveland, Mississippi unanimously passed an anti-discrimination resolution recognizing the dignity and worth of all city residents - including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT). Waveland becomes ...
McDaniel Questions Cochran's Honor in Open Letter
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Chris McDaniel issued an open letter to incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran. The GOP primary race has taken a sharp turn in recent days since allegations surfaced that a conservative blogger and McDaniel supporter photographed Cochran's bedridden wife in a nursing home. Here is McDaniel's letter in ...
AFA Edits Their Alert; Now Blames Gays for Fooling Businesses
This past week I wrote a Publisher's Note called "AFA Bearing False Witness Against Businesses?" about the American Family Association's "action alert" wherein they called the "We Don't Discriminate" campaign discriminatory, despite the very basic tautological problems with their argument. (It seemed to me they were going to have to ...
Another GOP Governor Plans Medicaid Expansion
Republican Mike Pence, governor of Indiana, has a long history of railing against "Obamacare." But according to the Washington Post, he may become the next governor to expand Medicaid in his state. Republican Gov. Mike Pence, after months of discussions with the Obama administration, is offering a new plan Thursday ...
After Speculation, Crisler (No, Not That One) Announces for Ward 6
Verbatim release: Jackson, MS – Earlier today, Rashaad Crisler, the son of former city councilman Marshand Crisler, filed qualifying papers with the City Clerk’s office as a candidate for City Council, Ward 6; the seat recently vacated by Mayor Tony Yarber the day he was sworn in as mayor of ...
Hendrix 1st to Officially Announce Ward 6 Bid
Tyrone Hendrix's campaign issued the following verbatim news release this morning: JACKSON, MS — South Jackson native Tyrone Hendrix has formally announced his candidacy for the vacated Ward Six City Council seat. A grassroots organizer for nonprofits and political campaigns, Hendrix has been dedicated to organizing around social and economic ...