Does it really matter that they were stupid?

Jamie and Gladys Scott

200 protesters marched in support of the release of sisters, Jamie and Gladys Scott, who have spent 16 years in prison for a robbery. Apparently it's supposed to matter that they only managed to get 11 bucks for the effort. Does being a stupid criminal mean it's somehow less of a crime?



Chokwe Lumumba

 How stupid? Well they've hired attorney, New Afrikan, and Jackson Councilman Chokwe Lumumba to represent them. So, they've definitely not gained a great deal of intelligence in the past 16 years.

Hundreds Rally For Release of Miss. Women,


Nearly 200 protesters marched to the governor's mansion and the Mississippi Capitol to call for the release of two sisters who are serving life sentences for a robbery that netted $11.

Representatives of the Mississippi ACLU and several other groups joined civil rights veterans in the effort to get a pardon for Jamie and Gladys Scott, who have served nearly 16 years in prison for the 1993 crime in Scott County.

The sisters' attorney Chokwe Lumumba met Wednesday with one of Gov. Haley Barbour's staff attorneys about their petition for a pardon or a reduced sentence. Barbour's office has said the governor is waiting to receive a recommendation from the state Parole Board.

WJTV

Opinion: Evil Islam Cannot Be Tolerated

BY: Steve Casey

On 9/11, this year, I received two email videos that reveal the reality of the depth of the propaganda and lies we are hearing about the "peaceful religion" of which we should "be more tolerant."


The first video was of Muslims burning Christians – not books – they were burning people alive. They threw them into a shallow ditch and set leafy branches on fire on and around them. If they tried to escape they were beaten and pushed or dragged back into the fire. An old lady trying to escape was brutally knocked down and pushed back in the fire. All while others stood around and watched. How evil can humans get?!

The second video was of a young Muslim woman being beaten and kicked as punishment for her crime. What crime? Refusing to marry the old man that had been picked to be her husband/master. The judge ordered that she be killed. She was dragged into the street and executed by a mob of men and boys in compliance with Islamic Sharia Law. Her life ended as a man took a cinder block and mashed her head twice. The video was filmed on a cell phone as young boys took pictures with their cell phones.

This is the Islamic Sharia Law of which we are being asked to be more compliant and honor within our courts.

Evil of this nature cannot be tolerated by a civilized people. Sure there are peaceful Muslims around, but we don’t hear any outcry from them against this evil brutality. These radicals rule Muslim countries and they will not be content until they rule everyone.

We need to face the truth about these radicals we are dealing with. The truth may not be politically correct. But then the politically correct is seldom true.

Memorial Fund set up for Blake Walley

Daniel Blake Walley

The Bank of Yazoo has set up a memorial fund for Blake Walley. Walley was killed in a one vehicle accident in Louisiana on Sunday. Blake, reffered to by many as just "Walley", was a great guy, a good friend to many and always greeted people with a smile and a handshake. He was the type of person the world needs more of.

Troopers say the 26-year-old Walley of Flora was eastbound on Interstate 12 Sunday when he ran off the road and hit a tree. A medic from the U.S. Navy travelling with his wife witnessed the wreck, and pulled over to help until emergency officials could make it to the scene. Walley was taken to the Ochsner Medical Center in Slidell where he was later pronounced dead.


Checks should be made payable and mailed to:

Blake Walley Memorial Fund


Bank of Yazoo
P.O. Box 360
Flora, MS 39071


Or call the Flora Branch of the Bank of Yazoo at 601.879.0060

Obituary

Funeral services are scheduled for today at 6 PM at First Baptist Church of Flora. Visitation will begin at 3 PM also at the church. Interment will follow in the Flora Cemetery.


Walley as he was known to his friends, which was everyone because he never met a stranger, was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on June 30th 1984. Walley was a Cowboy's Cowboy, that was actually born a 100 years after his time, loved horses, cattle and the wide open range.

Walley would have given John Wayne a run for his money. He loved his friends and family. Walley would jump from the cowboy range to the sands of a beach sipping a cool drink and listening to Jimmy Buffet wide open before you could say "Hey Walley want to go to the beach?"

Blake would help anyone from an elderly woman on the side of the road with a flat tire to perfectly healthy grown man. "No" was a word that didn't exist in Walley's heart or mind, he was a joy, a bright light that shone on everyone he was near. Kind words, funny words, always full of words that kept you on your toes and in stitches.

"Wallyisms" are what his best friends called them, the beautiful, witty words of wisdom that always flowed from his sweet mind and lips. I am sure we can all recall many "Wallyisms". He was our McClintock, our comedian, our star of stage and screen, he was our Star.

Julia and I thank God for the gift of Blake and the 26 wonderful years we were given. We know you all loved him dearly and we wish for you the same joy he had, as Blake would say "Everyday is a Holiday".

He is preceded in death by his grandfather, Lt. Col. D.R. Walley, Sr.

He is survived by his parents, Dan Walley and Julia Childress Walley; his maternal grandparents, William Lee and Mary Nell Childress; and his paternal grandmother, Jo Nell Walley.


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Here we go again! Decades old problems with West Madison Water District again rears it's ugly head.

The issue of bad pipes, pumps, and a poorly managed Water District in Kearney Park and Magnolia Heights is decades old. For years Supervisor Karl Banks has used West Madison Water District to his benefit to keep poor and underpriviledged people in his pocket when he needed their votes. Banks has promised grant money and improvements so many times over the past 25 years that most of the residents have lost count. Yet somehow he has a new solution just in time for his reelection every 4 years. If only those voters put him back into office, he'll get it done for them. When he needs a scapegoat, he blames the whole problem on residents that refuse to sign a survey for the grant.

Watch the Water Board Commissioner at 1:01 of THIS VIDEO FROM WAPT trumpet yet another call for the illusory grant that never materializes. They have been in the "process" of getting this grant for years. Also, watch around 1:33 when the report quotes Banks using the survey excuse. Also, note that Mr. Banks doens't bother to provide a statement on camera.

During the last election cycle, I and the now Flora Mayor Leslie Childress were walking the streets of Magnolia Heights talking to folks. Childress was challenging Banks for Supervisor, and I was writing an article on the water problems in Kearney Park and how residents have had to deal with it for decades. One of my interviews was with Evelyn Brown, seen in the video above. She's been fighting this fight a long time. At the time of our visit, the residents were going through yet another water problem, with pipes busting and water heaters exploding in homes. Within 45 minutes of our first visits with residents, a car drove up full of Banks supporters to argue with us in the street about what a good job Mr. Banks was doing, and how a grant was available if he was re-elected. It became obvious that residents are being watched to ensure their compliance in the ongoing charade.

Same Old Story.

It's right out of the Bennie Thompson playbook. Keeping his district poor and black means Ole Karl stays in power. Too much infrastructure improvement might lead to investment from people with money and resources; people who wouldn't put up with this crap. Of course, in his bid to remain in power, ethics or the appearance of impropriety have never really concerned the longest seated Supervisor in Madison County.

Concerned citizens have tried to attend board meetings to see how they could help, and local contractors have offered assistance. But the West Madison Water District Board wouldn't know an Open Meetings Law if someone hit them in the head with it. When confronted with the fact that they haven't been doing their job, they simply go into executive session, and have even called the cops on residents who refused to leave the meeting.



Report from WJTV:




And from the CL

Flora water system to be out for days

Madison County is supplying water to residents around Flora who normally get their supply from the West Madison water district.

The 500 or so residents in the Magnolia Heights and Kearney Park areas went under a boil water notice Friday and the water system failed on Sunday, Butch Hammack, the county's emergency operations director said.

Repairs are being made to the system, but the well could be out of working order anywhere from three to 10 days, Hammack said.

The county has taken a 6,000-gallon tanker to the area for residents to use for household purposes and cases of bottled water for drinking, he said

This problem won't be fixed until people in Kearney Park come together and decide that Mr. Banks politics is not worth the price they are paying.