No, of course not. You haven't exactly hidden your identity and you don't lie, libel and cyberstalk women. You are not among this very low class of stalkers I refer to.

Same here, Dorothy. I've seen much more rudeness in people responding to "panhandlers" than from them in Jackson and beyond. Most of the time, treat them with respect and they return it: Golden Rule stuff.

And I've personally been harassed far more by cowards sitting behind computer screens using fake names to spew hate and lies. And I find that folks on cell phones and texting while driving near big-box retail to be far more dangerous than poor folks asking for change downtown.

I think we read that verse differently.

Darryl, y'all whine at the mere suggestion that racism and bigotry might have nuanced meanings and that they might be useful to intelligent race dialogue. Critical thinkers you're not, at least on this website. Your arguments are barely warmed over versions of the ones we've heard for years in this state. Fortunately, today more people recognize them for what they are.

But they're still useful, just not in the way you hope. You're preaching the same sermon to a shrinking choir. Have fun with that.

Whenever someone suggests a ban on the poor asking for money, I can never resist thinking: "What would Jesus think?"

Nope, fellas , the impressions are based on your voluminous words here and the fact that y'all back each other up constantly. If you don't like the impressions you give off, consider your words and arguments more carefully. Take personal responsibility. As for my impressions, why should you care so much? You come on here to try to tear down my and the jfp's stances constantly. You take sadly predictable positions and belittle actual critical thinking and research on causes effects of racism in America--information that can actually help us get past it. You reject any discussion of differences between racism, prejudice and bigotry because it does not fit your clearly stated agenda that race problems are behind us, unless black against white. Nothing today that plagues black America can possibly result from centuries of legally enforced oppression, a horribly inequitable criminal justice system and laws designed to keep families of color from acquiring wealth. Do y'all seriously not see what this makes you look like with no help from me or anyone else? You act like because you weren't taught it, it can't possibly br true. Y'all might as well be the jerk kids in schools making fun of the kids who actually want to get educated and rise above their upbringing. And they refuse to see what they're doing either. It's sad.

You never succeed with your old-school approach here and end up making yourselves look like exactly what you claim you're not -- but regardless I'm surprised y'all are so offended that I say you have succeeded in defining yourselves as a different cloth from those who take an active, progressive approach to addressing racial disparities and divides. Its weird and schizophrenic to work so hard to define yourselves in such an obvious way and then yelp and whimper someone points it out.

Let's leave this personal tangent here: y'all prove the work yet to be done. I thank you for that. Onward to a better and less divided future for us all.

No, that's reading your posts and noting the similarities. It's logical reasoning. Thank you for providing such a large pool for analysis.

It is no more the mayor's job to fight crime than focus on urban planning. He presides over department heads in charge of myriad areas.

Besides, by the time crime happens, it's too late to stop it. Then it's about catching the criminals, which JPD has long been good at--better than national average. Sadly, not enough citizens have the will to do what it takes to prevent crime.

Lots of discussion/ideas/realities here:

http://www.jfp.ms/crime

Development works in city despite poor people who ask others for money. The key will be what is in those storefronts that people want to stop for, other than warehoused empty spaces.

And the roundabouts sound ugly. Too bad about that.

We didn't say above that two-waking of Capitol also project of previous mayor, not just DJP.

I'm sure he does. Y'all seem cut from a similar cloth. But it isn't the only one. Even in Mississippi.