Jackson Free Press

Listed below is a roster of the names and issues that will be on your ballot if you live in Hinds County. Some names may not be present, depending upon which exact portion of the county you live in. Some races, of course, have no competition so you only get one choice.

U.S. Senate.
Democrat: Erik Fleming
Republican: Trent Lott
Libertarian: Harold Taylor

U.S. House of Representatives
2nd Congressional District
Republican: Yvonne R. Brown
Democrat: Bennie Thompson

U.S. House of Representatives
3rd Congressional District
Independent: Jim Giles
Reform Party: Lamonica McGee
Republican: Chip Pickering

Fourth Court of Appeals
Larry Buffington
Virginia Carlton
Richard Grindstaff
Edward Patten, Jr.
Scott Phillips

Chancery Court Judge 5-1
William Bell
Minor Buchanan
Dewayne Thomas
Rusty Willard

Chancery Court Judge 5-2
T.K. Byrne
Patricia Wise

Chancery Court Judge 5-3
Denise Owens

Chancery Court Judge 5-4
William Singletary

Circuit Court Judge 7-1
James Ashley Ogden
Swan Yerger

Circuit Court Judge 7-2
Tomie Green

Circuit Court Judge 7-3
Winston Kidd

Circuit Court Judge 7-4
Bobby DeLaughter
William Jordan

Hinds County School Board
District 1
Linda Killingsworth Laws
Dan Mathews

Hinds County School Board
District 4
Mark Ginn

Hinds County Court Judge
Subdistrict 1
William R. Barnett

Hinds County Court Judge
Subdistrict 2
Houston Patton

Hinds County Court Judge
Subdistrict 3
Henry Clay
Darren LaMarca
William Skinner

Notice of Bond Election
Jackson Public School District
Jackson, Mississippi

Notice of Bond Election
Jackson Public School District
Jackson, Mississippi

Shall the Jackson Public School District issue its bonds in the maximum principal amount of $150,000,000 to raise money for the purpose of paying the costs, including costs of borrowing, of the following generally described project: purchasing, erecting, repairing, equipping, remodeling and enlarging school buildings and related facilities, purchasing land thereafter, establishing and equipping school athletic fields and necessary facilities connected therewith, providing necessary facilities connected therewith, providing necessary water, light, heating, air conditioning, sewerage facilities and site work for such school buildings and related facilities, eliminating overcrowding and potentially dangerous conditions, and improving repairing, and upgrading school safety, including but not limited to generally the following: (1) adding and renovating classrooms at up to 6 elementary schools, (2) building up to 4 new middle schools and 1 new elementary school, and (3) upgrading and providing enhanced academic facilities at Forest Hill High School?

Previous Comments

ID

89621

Comment

Tomorrow can be the GREAT GETTING UP MORNING. A day when we can push poor George and sick Cheney back to the margins they belong. A day when we can tell the world not everyone condones Representative Foley having the privilege to run willy nilly around the capital stalking boy pages. A day when we can once again tell the world we liked RELIGION better when it belonged to God and not Republicans trying to usurp it for the purpose of practicing wolf deeds in sheeps clothing. A day when we can start to bring our soldiers home until we really need them. And, most of all, a day when we can show ourselves that doing the right thing is more important than just winning.

Author

Ray Carter

Date

2006-11-06T15:32:32-06:00

ID

89622

Comment

Well, WE can't push them back—unless we can all help Fleming pull off a major upset. ;-) Have I mentioned that it is SHAMEFUL that the Dems are not running someone against Pickering. Shameful.

Author

DonnaLadd

Date

2006-11-06T15:39:10-06:00

ID

89623

Comment

Yesterday I got a call from ex-president Clinton urging me to vote. Did anyone else get that? I thought it was a mere recording until he said "Ray, I've been reading your post at the JFP. Boy, we like ourselves some women, don't we? If we were single, we'd be hotter than a free-burning volcano with the ladies." The wife was standing near so I couldn's say anything. I really did get a call from him minus the editorializing and quotes.

Author

Ray Carter

Date

2006-11-06T17:31:32-06:00

ID

89624

Comment

The Republicans have controlled Congress for a long time, and since Bush's entrance into the White House as selected by a largely conservative Supreme Court, they’ve had a solid lock on our federal government. But after 6 years of Republican rule the country is largely unhappy with them. Democrats HATE them more than before, and fiscally conservative Republicans are fed up with the out of control spending and corruption. This war in Iraq is going on and on and while there are no easy answers or quick solutions coming from either side (and we don't expect there to be), the Republicans in office have yet to show any progressive action on the ground that's necessary to bring any form of stability to the region and keep our troops alive. Now, this Republican controlled government has been running with the ball for a while now, pushing the country in one direction. Now I don't care what your political beliefs are, you have to see that such strong partisan control from either party isn't a good thing. Here's why: We end up with a do-nothing Congress who's only actions on strong issues is talking about it before elections and any real work they do is at the whim of the political leaders who frankly, from both parties, do not represent the average people like you and I. The fact is politics are way too polarized today. I can see why if you belong to one party you'd so strongly dislike the opposing party, as they strive to be the opposite of yours. The parties are becoming absolute black/white opposites from each other, which I believe is also bad for the country. We get shifts one way or the other when what we need is compromise and balance, but with such division in the country, each election turns into a bomb throwing festival, Jerry Springer style. I can understand why you Republicans don't like the idea of a Democrat controlled congress. However all of the talk of tax increases and “San Francisco Liberal Values” is a scare tactic designed to keep you from wandering off the reservation. What could the Democrats do in Congress? Not much, because most polls that put the Democrats in control of one or both houses indicate that they wouldn’t have enough of a majority to have a WORKING MAJORITY in which to ram legislation down the Republicans throat. The fact is that the government will have two options: Compromise and moderate, or Gridlock. With the President's veto power, and no amount of votes that would give Democrats enough power to overturn it, we'd be forced to face compromises. This means: Change in Iraq, without cutting and running Adjustments to fiscal policy w/o drastic tax hikes on the middle class Social issues staying pretty much the same Better foreign policy, without being appeasers. In short: A vote for Democrats is a vote for BALANCE. Personally, I'd hate to see a fully Democrat-controlled government as much as I hate seeing our current Republican one. Frankly I wasn’t concerned when the conservatives took control of Congress in 1994, as it provided balance to the more liberal Democrat president, Bill Clinton. And like my momma always told, politics is cyclical, meaning one side will control for a while, get stale and corrupt, and then the other side gain power for a while until they get stale and corrupt, and process repeats itself over and over again. So finally, what's the most important reason to vote Democrat today? To the Republicans, its time to make your party deliver. Show your party that you're not just a blind voting block that hits R - straight ticket and moves on. All that shows them is that they are doing a good enough job for you. Tell them this isn't true. If they see that they are losing the support of their loyal party members, guess what happens? They start bringing out REAL leaders, with REAL policies about what you REALLY care about. Politics is like economics; your vote is your dollar paying for their job to provide a service FOR YOU. If you are unhappy with their service, take it elsewhere for once and see how quickly they'll adjust their service to fit your needs. We need competition to ensure that BOTH parties start producing something better than we have. As of now, both parties suck and one of them has total control. Letting them keep it will give them no incentive to do anything other than what they've been doing.

Author

Jeff Lucas

Date

2006-11-07T10:04:06-06:00

ID

89625

Comment

Fantastic comment ejeff. It rendered me almost speechless. Sho' you right! I could possibly vote either way if I saw some decent Republicans. Anyway, I did my part this morning to create the balance and compromise you spoke of, and to make the Capital once again a place where a boy page could drop a piece of paper or a pen and pick it up without fear of a Republican (Foley) trying to pen him to the floor for dates or sexual favors. I do have some mixed feelings though. One of my friends almost convinced me that the House and Senate need to stay Republican controlled for 2 more years so Republicans won't be able to blame anyone else for the fallout that's still coming as a result of all the racism, zenophobia, hegemony, corruption, sexual immorality, perversion of Christianity or religion, surreal lying, and phoniness or fraud that define this administration. Consequently, if we lose all races, all is still probably good, if not better, for completely cleaning the house and senate in 2 more years.

Author

Ray Carter

Date

2006-11-07T10:45:13-06:00

ID

89626

Comment

Thanks, Ray. I wish I could take full responsibility for the all of that post, but some of it was from an e-mail written by my cousin that he sent to me over the weekend, to which I added my own thoughts and decided to post it here. It nails my political view of this election, in that I want divided government if only to send a message to Bush and the Republicans in DC that their policies stink and we are tired of the corruption. I voted this morning in spite of my personal belief that the Miss delegation will remain unchanged regardless, because as you've said too many folks bled and died for our right to participate in the process.

Author

Jeff Lucas

Date

2006-11-07T11:09:58-06:00

ID

89627

Comment

I imagine the Republicans are sharing bottles of antacid this morning. I may even listen to a little right-wing radio today to see how the wingnuts are going to spin this election. Even though my boy Ford didn't win TN, it is good that a little balance is being restored to DC. This election was also important for the shape of the Supreme Court, as I believe J P Stevens won't make it past 2008, but I could be wrong.

Author

Jeff Lucas

Date

2006-11-08T09:07:15-06:00

ID

89628

Comment

I had to check in with Faux News to see if they were on suicide watch this morning. Such grim faces on everybody! Lighten up!

Author

Jeff Lucas

Date

2006-11-08T09:27:42-06:00

ID

89629

Comment

And so it was A GREAT GETTING UP MORNING. I was at Krystals this morning for breakfast (don't worry I'll quit before Krystals kills me) and the ole republicans didn't even mentions politic. I sho' wanted them to say something so I could show my @ss a little. I guess no one wanted to see that! God Bless America and every place else.

Author

Ray Carter

Date

2006-11-08T09:47:41-06:00