Othor Cain’s Blog

In the hot seat this week — incumbent Frank Melton!!!!!!

Rumor has it that he will run again. So what we do here is try to evaluate the candidate and also give one piece of information from the Street Committee, hereinafter referred to as SC.

Melton is the sitting mayor of Jackson. This is his first time to hold an elective office. A former TV-executive, Melton was a master in rallying support. He engaged from the likes to Leland Speed to Stephanie Parker Weaver and everyone in between. Melton has a passion for young people.

That same passion has led to lots of trouble for Melton. He has been rumored to have engaged in ” unusual” affairs with young boys. This same passion has caused Melton tons of money as he is the only sitting mayor that has been in and out of the court room fighting criminal charges.

The SC has said Melton’s election was more of an indictment against Harvey Johnson. I spoke with several of Melton supporters over the weekend as I knew that I would make this post today. One source said …”Hell we knew he was crazy, but not this _______ crazy.” Another said who was white…”We needed a change badly in the mayor’s office because Harvey was not working with the business community and we knew Frank would deliver.”

Deliver he has…as you should know what money is really running this city! Be ye not dismayed or fool…Melton still has support in the community. Whether its enough to get him reelected remains to be seen.

Your thoughts on a second term of Melton!!!!!!

Picking on Hispanics….

Who is Johnathan Haynes????

According to some sources a piece of trash. A bad/dirty cop! For background info, he and his brother enlisted in the academy at the same time and just a day or so before they were scheduled to go to the academy, Johnathan’s brother got arrested for house burglary. Haynes has had a multitude of problems since becoming apart of a family of distinguished officers. He was moved from the midnight shift to the day shift in pct 2 because of problems.

And his latests actions….ripping off Hispanics at a south Jackson Mexican bar.

I’ve been reporting for months now about the crime in south Jackson, on my broadcast today I had former State Rep. John Reeves who has been a victim of house burglaries three times in as many months. He’s packing up and leaving south Jackson. Hell its no wonder when you have dirty cops hanging around like this Haynes guy.

Haynes also has a history of writing bad checks on CLOSED accounts!

This past Saturday he picked the wrong night to shake these Hispanics down. They were feed up and tired of his BULL!!!!

But what could they do? Most of them are here illegally. Afraid to tell….but they had an angel in the form of Carlos Moralese. Who called a friend of his for help and Haynes was busted. Here’s what he (Haynes) would do…..drive his personal vehicle to the club…show up wearing a JPD T-shirt and his gun…and say he was on an undercover assignment. There to do a narcotics bust….check their wallets and steal their money. They wouldn’t know until they went inside to the bar to pay for their beverage of choice.

What a sorry piece of $hit!!!!!

Well, low and behold…Johnny to the rescue….several officers showed up after receiving this tip from Carlos..including Pct 1 Cmdr Jerimah Jones and George Williams!
They take his gun and badge..and he’s out on administrative leave……ok, yes this is bad….and yes charges should be filed and pressed and he should be punished…..

But let me remind you about “good ole boy Woodfield.” Go back and read previous blogs here on this site about him…this is the big time officer..high ranking who was videotaped stealing from the Sports Medicine Facility on Fortification…and accused of stealing five thousand dollars from the safe and he was simply asked to resign…Remember he is Mac’s BOY!

Haynes is…you guessed it BLACK and Woodfield is WHITE…wrong is wrong and both of them were wrong and they both should be punished equally!!!!!

We will continue to follow this story!!!!!

Mac thinks very little of JPD!!!!

Well I should say he thinks enough of the city to use its resources of money and training and then take the new hire to the HCSO.

I don’t think we should really mix resources like this. That’s why I employ the next mayor of this city to do away with this dual position.

Additionally, I’m told that Mac is planning to reduce the number of beats within each precinct to seven. Down from 13 which ultimately means that there will be fewer officers patrolling anarea…but they would have a larger terriority to cover! In my mind this is wrong on so many levels.

Rumor has it that Tyrone Lewis advised him against this plan…but what does that mean? Lewis advised him against the 12-hour shifts but he did it anyway…and this week resorted back to 8-hour shifts…

The criminals in this city are having a field day.

Thanks for the great leadership Mac….You are a real trooper…

Let us not forget….

Under McMillin’s leadership, crime continues!

Taco Bell on Northside Drive was robbed late Wednesday night. Anyone with information please call Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS.

Also a woman received minor injuries on Thursday as her car was being stolen. The incident happened at the Gas Express on Hwy 80!

Are these incidents Mac’s fault? No…but he has a responibility to make sure something is happening to address this! So get to it…

The time is now…who will it be?

So, I thought over the next several weeks that I would make different posts on this subject…each new post would bring a new contender (possibly)…and we would explore the good the bad the ugly…or the pros and cons of the possible candidate. We will also include one thought from the “Street Committee (SC).” The “SC” is a source from the neighborhood…usually something that you can’t verify but most people believe to be true.

In the hot seat first is: EDDIE FAIR

Fair currently serves as Tax Collector for Hinds County. A relatively new politician, Fair did an awesome job of winning this seat. Using most of his own money to finance his campaign, Fair became known as “the sign man.” He hosts a weekly show on WMPR 90.1 and gives advice about the happenings in the county. Fair is heavily praised for easing the long lines at the tax collector’s office when you go there to purchase your car tags.

However, one could argue the reason the lines are shortened is because they are always running out of car tags and making Hinds County residents angry as hell. Fair has somewhat of a management problem in that more than $60,000 was stolen under his watch at his Raymond office. Some believe this was an inside job! This happened almost a year ago and supervisors are just now finding out the amount. From the street committee: Fair has a “woman problem.” Meaning that he has been seen with lots of women some of whom work for him at the Tax Collector’s office.

Fair is said to be running for mayor at the request of U.S. Congressman Bennie Thompson. This would mean that Fair would get the support of the “Bennie Machine” (John Walker, Precious Martin, Charlie Horhn and others…).

Your thoughts of Eddie Fair being mayor of Jackson?

I have been wanting to make this post all day and have literally been swamped….

None-the-less…As I finished up my run last night, I ran into a couple of officers…they asked if I had heard that JPD was going back to 8-hour shifts. Of course I said, yes I had heard and that I had already blogged about early in the day.

One officer asked “do you know why?” To which I replied, it was a dumb move on Mac’s part to do it in the first place. He said, “that’s partly true, but some officers have filed a lawsuit suit against the police department.”

The problem as they see it…While these officers are working 12-hour shifts, they inadverently are only being paid for 8-hours, depending on how the week falls. Some officers are having to use holidays and vacation time to get their overtime pay. Officers are being asked to give somwething that they are not getting.

While I must admit, I don’t completely understand this what I do know is that there are a lot of officres unhappy with the way things are.

Can someone enlighten me on what’s going on? Does anyone knkow about working 12-hours and being paid for eight? Someone please shed some light on this….

HELL NO MAC MUST GO!!!!!!

Raising officers pay or finding money for those STUPID hats?

Ok..help me understand…At a time when it is being reported everyday that the JPD is suffering from mis-management of grants…the JPD is h aving to pay grant money b ack for mis-use or not using at all…When it is being reported everyday the Captain Mac says “no money is in the bank” so we can’t pay over-time. When the entire city is struggling to find cash. Captain Mac has spent $15,640 on uniform HATS!

According to the C-L…JPD pulled the money from its general fund! The department purchased 470 hats and also spent $11,2000 on 400 bright-colored safety vests. JPD pulled $24,871 from the forfeiture fund to purchase 340 raincoats.

Help me, maybe I’m slow….How will the hats ensure police are doing their jobs? What type of professional look will these hats support?

Its a waste of money and time if you ask me!

Ok…it seems as if we can’t get any action or movement towards the completion of Farish Street. Looks like an open war now. What is the deal? Should Performa continue with the contract? Performa received this contract in 2002 to transform Farish Street into an entertainent mecca like Beale Street in Memphis. The project was scheduled to be up and running in 2006. Here we are now, June 2008 and NOTHING!!!!!

Mean while other develpoments are happening in downtown Jackson…I wonder why?

The Jackson Redevelopment Authority oversees development for the city….they are in charge…should they fire Performa? We have had so many discussions about this…I’m almost blue in the face. Everybody has an excuse.

What can be done? How do we get some type of resolve? What would you like to see happen?

A part of history has been made…now the real work begins!!!!

U.S. Senator Barack Obama has become the Democratic nominee for president of the United States of America…Hillary Clinton finally bowed out on Sasturday. She did so to a “booing” audience. Many white women in the audience could be heard and seen “booing” every time Clinton mentioned supporting Obama.

This begs repeating…RACE still matters in this country. We have our work cut out for us! We all must make this race to the White House personal. Each one take one…each one register one…this has never been more paromount as it is now.

We must ensure that our churches are holding voter registration drives…grab some forms and keep them in the car with you. Do neighborhood canvassing right now….Mend relationships with other races and have real conversations.

It would be ashamed if white Democracts stay at home or vote for John McCain…simply because Obama is black!!!!

Let’s make it personal…get Obama elected!!!!!!

So, I’ve been away for a few days and have missed posting…..

But, I’m back and I know all of you are aware of the robbery that took place at the McDonald’s on Hwy 18 this past Friday.

Here’s what I was told…during the time of the robbery only four..get it 4 cops were on duty in this entire precinct. What is that about? I’m not saying if there were ten cops on duty this wouldn’t have happened. But I am saying we need more police protection. The criminals are aware of what’s going on within JPD. 4 cops for all of south Jackson at one given time? This is beyond insane and we wonder why crime is on the rise in South Jackson.

I submit that Councilman Crisler should be standing up yelling at Mac. No, Crisler can’t be blamed for this, but he sure in the hell can be blamed for not taking a stand! For not being vocal and trying to come up with some tangible solutions.

Four cops on duty? This is mind blowing….

Additionally, I hear that JPD is going back to 8-hour shifts. Mac was advised not to move to 12-hour shifts, but in his arrogrance and wanting to be right about the over-time budget, he has made another fatal mistake.

Seems as if the balance of the over-time budget has been depleted….

All of this information came to me on Friday, after I interviewd Lee Vance. He was on my news broadcast at 5pm on Friday and then my phone wouldn’t stop ringing.

While he sounded good….the calls I received said that he was FULL of it! I’ll let you decide.