Mayor Johnson continues to make his way though the pile of MESS that lingers from the previous administration.
JPS IMHO is in need of an overhaul…especially at the board of trustees level.
I was happy to read today that Mayor Johnson has put together a team to help evaluate people and the process.
Thanks Mayor Johnson for […]
WTH is going on?
KKK symbols spray painted on a black couple’s house in Madison….
School district in Tylertown being investigated for having all black schools and all white schools
Henry Louis Gates being arrested at his home in Cambridge
The need for shows like Black in America or Prom Night in Mississippi
The more things change, the more […]
Mayor Harvey Johnson announced this week that after having had an opportunity to comb his way through the books…the city is in bad shape.
The mayor repeatedly said early on that one of his top priorities was getting the budget in place he said “We have to know what we have in order to know what […]
Welcome to the new administration of Mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr.
The third time is a charm…so they say!
Here’s what’s new:
Frank Bluntson is president of the council (surprise move)
Charles Tillman is vp of the council
Chokwe Lumumba and Tony Yarber are new council members
Of the seven council members, Johnson has not worked with 5 of them (Weil, Lumumba, […]
Turns out that Sampson and Associates were paid $54,000 by JPD (city of Jackson) to administer a JPD Sgt’s exam…only to discover that they only added 5 new questions and move 95 of them around. The test was almost an exact replica of an old test that was shared with many that took it.
What is […]
News about Steve’s death sent shock waves around the country.
I was sitting and eating at AppleBee’s on Lakeland Drive when I got my first text asking “if I had heard?” AT that point I had not.
Then 3 calls/text messages later I was able to verify that McNair had been gunned down in a condo in […]
I’ve been waiting to talk to a few more people before I made an official post about the Sgt’s exam. I have not been able to speak with anyone on the Civil Service Commission. I spoke with the owner of the company that gave the exam Chuck Sampson but he said he would grant me […]
What was that?….
Here is something a friend wrote…I’ve been reading so many pieces on FaceBook and other places…the show was a diaster. If you couldn’t do it right…why do it at all!
Another reason why I don’t watch BET!!!!
From a friend:
June 29, 2009
Dear Debra Lee,
Sunday night’s BET Awards show was a disgrace. It’s sad and unfortunate […]
Harvey Joohnson, Jr was sworn in today as acting mayor….he is filling the unexpired term of Frank Melton who died in May after losing his bid in democratic primary.
3 titles– 1 man–same office—Harvey Johnson Jr.
Yesterday: Mayor-elect
Today: Acting Mayor
Monday: Mayor
same job!
What do you want to see him do first. Share your thoughts here.
Remember there are a […]