If this is true, JLucas, I think that it will be a great choice; however, one wonders why such an important position would come from someone other than the Mayor-Elect????????

Mayor Johnson has so many accomplishments during his administration. Why is it that a man who woked so hard would be singled out for negative comments? This is so unfair and again I say that we as a people can not afford to trash good men or women.

Whites continue to cherish even Mickey Mouse - as do many blacks. We as black folks have a very bad habit of finding the worse possible things to say. Our folks did Dr. Martin King that way. It was only after Prsident Kennedy and some other whites gave the stamp of approval and the status of a "peace-maker" did he become something other than a trouble maker and someone who would get blacks killed.

Also, just remeber it has taken 50 years for a true acknowledgement of Medgar Evers. So, please, leave Mayor Johnson out of your negative commentary. In only a matter of hours, Mr. Lumumba will be sworn in as Jackson's new Mayor. He has admitted to the BIG challenge ahead of him in trying to continue the many tasks from the Johnson Administration.

You can lift the new Mayor up wihout tearing Mayor Johnson down. He and his wife, Kathy, love Jackson and deserve to be remembered for so many positive things that can be proved and evidenced.

Mayor Johnson will go into the history books as the First African-American Mayor of the Capital City and a mayor who was able to have a balanced budget with a surplus at the end of each of his three terms. He was able to keep Jackson on a sccessful financial track during our country's worse recession in many years. Many cities around the country went bankrupt during that period. Can anyone say Detroit?

.....Oh, and by the way, Mayor Johnson, wife nor children have ever lived or owned a home in madison. They continue to live in the City of Jackson!!!!

Great article!

This is still another example of the work done by Mayor Johnson. Just know that he made the job of mayor LOOK easy.

This City will miss Mayor Johnon!

Thanks, Donna. We can always depend on you to do the right thing.

Is this suppose to be some kind of a JFP joke? I don't undetand why a distorted picture of President Obama is used in such a serious article.

I am requesting the immediate removal of this awful picture! not funy!

Congratulation to dem DAWGS! It was an exciting game and even in the 9th inning, there was a chance that it could have been tied. It didn't happen: MS State wins the game 4 -1/.
Hang in there DAWGS!

It's always good to hear from someone who can see our forest, our trees and the wonderful flowers that have been planted and are now growing throghout the City of Jackson.

For far too many, Jackson was being marketed as the home of crime and pot holes. Thanks for a reality check and please continue to spread your findings!

This is such a positive message and the only comments that will enhance Jackson's chances of becomming all that it can be.

A job well done, Chief Colman. Best of luck and blessings to you for your future endeavors of taking it "easy", "traveling" and doing "volunteer work".

You will be missed!

This is a "no-brainer". Johnson made his appointment and within the guidelines set by rules governig the council. If the Council should deside that they will NOT confirm him, so be it! Worse things have happened.

There was little, if any, Witching (with a B) when the Council decided to put a hold on the funds to pave streets until after the election. One meber of the Council said that it would be giving Johnson the "edge" in the election.

What makes sense is Mayor Johnson and his attempt to ALWAYS do the right thing - even at the "Eleventh Hour".

Great points, knowledge065.

I've heard these arguments before and one problem is the fact that School Bord and the City of Jackson start there physical year at different times. Maybey it would be a good idea to fact-check this with Mayor Johnson before he leaves office.

Hurry, time is running out!