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magine a person whose job is to herd cats and that those cats are also responsible for herding cats. That person would be a lot like Kristie Metcalfe, one of six staff attorneys assigned to the Mississippi Senate. Metcalfe drafts legislation for seven different committees run by seven very different chairmen. Even though Metcalfe’s job is nonpartisan, the legislators she works with must appease their constituents, interest groups and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, who presides over the Senate. “I like to mediate,� Metcalfe says. “That’s something I get to do a lot here because there are a lot of different groups who want input on bills. Different senators come from different perspectives, so I do what I can to make them see the things they have in common.� At age 34, Metcalfe is the youngest attorney on the Senate staff but has worked on a number of big bills, including sweeping criminal-justice reforms. That legislation passed and become law in July 2014, but Metcalfe’s work wasn’t quite done. “Once bills are passed, they never really go away. There’s always something that needs to be changed or tweaked with a big bill like that,� she says. The inevitability of change will come into sharp focus in the 2016 legislative session, the first in a new four-year term, when it’s possible that Senate committees will have different chairmen and, therefore, Metcalfe will have to help the new leaders find their rhythm. This will be Metcalfe’s fifth session since joining the

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Senate in December 2011, just before the start of the last term. Before heading to the Senate, Metcalfe clerked with the Mississippi Court of Appeals and the Mississippi Supreme Court. Metcalfe was born in Amory, Miss. and grew up in Sulligent, Ala. She majored in political science and English at Mississippi University for Women and went to law school at the University of Mississippi, where she graduated in 2010. As a native Alabaman, she remains a loyal devotee to the Crimson Tide while her husband, Carlos Harris, roots for the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Harris and Metcalfe, who have lived in Mississippi for 15 years, have a home in the capital city but she commutes regularly to Columbus, where Harris and two of their children, ages 11 and 8, live. Metcalfe’s oldest stepson is 24. In 2012, when Harris was in the hospital for an illness, Metcalfe discovered Tunisian crochet, a hobby she now uses to destress. Every session, she crochets one throw to give to friends when they have babies. Metcalfe, along with state Sen. Sally Doty and Rep. Angela Cockerham, participates in the N.E.W. Leadership program with MUW and the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service to encourage women to get involved with public service. The Capitol may be hypermasculine, but Metcalfe enjoys her work: “It’s a mad house during the session, but it’s a lot of fun. You don’t have time to be bored.� —R.L. Nave

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by R.L. Nave, News Editor

The Dilemma of America’s Dad

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was in high school when I first picked up one of the books that would shape both my writing and my thinking about the meaning of being a black man in America and being an American in the world. The book was “Soul on Ice� by Eldridge Cleaver, who went to prison in the late 1950s, converted to Islam and became an acolyte of Malcolm X. After being paroled, Cleaver became the minister of information for the Black Panther Party, and after the American government dismantled the Panthers, he became a conservative Republican. In Soledad state prison, he wrote of his comrades: “We cursed everything American—including baseball and hot dogs. All respect we may have had for politicians, preachers, lawyers, governors, presidents, congressmen was utterly destroyed as we watched them temporizing and compromising over right and wrong, over legality and illegality, over constitutionality and unconstitutionality. We knew that in the end what they were clashing over was us, what to do with the blacks, and whether or not to start treating us as human beings.� Cleaver was not the first nor the last person to write about what scholars used to the call The Negro Question. More than 20 years before Cleaver published “Soul on Ice,� the Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal wrote about America’s “Negro problem,� saying the dilemma represents a kind of moral uneasiness for white people. “To many, this takes on the proportion of a menace—biological, economic, social, cultural, and, at times, political. This anxiety may be mingled with a feeling of individual and collective guilt. To all it is a trouble,� he wrote. None of this has changed. As I write, the radio is broadcasting stories about white American men menaced, in their minds, by guests in their nation: the 150 white militiamen in the American West who took up arms in defiance of the federal government

(and, by extension, its black president) and Donald Trump droning on about illegal immigration. In local news, politicians here in America’s poorest state want to cut franchise, self-employment and income taxes. This way, Mississippians with money— mostly whites—keep more of their money instead of giving it to poor people—who are disproportionately black—who rely more heavily on government services that the doomed taxes pay for. Fewer govern-

‘What truths are we afraid to know?’ ment programs would all but guarantee a continuation of cycles of poverty, another American dilemma that can’t be unlinked from our race problem. This cycle was evident in the life of Cleaver himself, who said his father often beat his mother. When the family moved to Los Angeles, Cleaver frequently came into contact with police for offenses ranging from stealing bikes to selling reefer. But the crime that sent him to prison was rape. He said that he started by practicing on black girls in the ghetto because the chances of being caught, much less punished, were slim to none, before moving to white women, which he considered at the time “insurrectionary.� A black woman friend told me once that Cleaver never apologized for his monstrous crimes against black female bodies, so she could never consider him the literary genius many people, myself included, believe he was, let alone a civil-rights hero. Naturally, like most men whose worldview was shaped

by listening to too many men, I mansplained that Cleaver did his time in prison and gave a lot back to black people through his activism even if he never said he was sorry to victims. And even if he was imperfect—an unrepentant rapist, who leveraged white American supremacy to traumatize black girls—he shole was a damn good writer, right? My friend and I agreed to disagree back then. I was fine with where I left that conversation: Shouldn’t you be able to separate a person’s works from their private deeds? If not, where does that leave Martin Luther King or Hunter S. Thompson? And if Dr. King and Raoul Duke get passes for being masters of their crafts even if they were less than kind to the women in their lives, shouldn’t we extend the same consideration to Eminem and Chris Brown and their art? I thought back to this conversation when the news went viral that Dr. William H. Cosby Jr. is also a rapist. Although I don’t struggle with the question of Cosby’s innocence or guilt, I do understand some people’s urge to defend him as a symbol of black American success. It is not unreasonable to believe that the people who control America couldn’t break someone of Cosby’s stature with the stroke of a pen. It’s also not that big of a stretch to imagine that the men who control the state of Ohio, where a grand jury recently declined to press charges against a police officer for killing Tamir Rice, could collude with the men who run Pennsylvania to have Cosby arrested, knocking the Rice story from the top of the news and, possibly, avoiding Ferguson and Baltimore-style protests. There’s a big problem in applying these scenarios to Cosby’s case: Bill Cosby is not a victim of white people who run America; he is their creation. I still think “The Cosby Show� was brilliantly written and acculturated white America to black people in ways other attempts at social integration fell short.

Where “Good Times� and “Sanford and Sons� provided windows into black working-class life, “The Cosby Show� showed us that some black dads are doctors who tell goofy jokes. “The Cosby Show� also low-key perpetuated black respectability politics. In one episode, Cliff Huxtable used Monopoly money to teach his son, Theo, how capitalism works. And remember the handwringing of the Huxtable parents over their kids not attending the right colleges? It was not only Cosby’s fictitious persona who held and espoused these American values, it was also the man himself. Don’t forget that in 2004, delivering what became known as his “Poundcake Speech� to the NAACP on the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, Cosby criticized black children “with names like Shaniqua, Shaligua, Mohammed and all that crap, and all of them are in jail.� “Looking at the incarcerated, these are not political criminals,� Cosby said then. “These are people going around stealing Coca-Cola. People getting shot in the back of the head over a piece of pound cake! Then we all run out and are outraged: ‘The cops shouldn’t have shot him.’ What the hell was he doing with the pound cake in his hand?,� he said. Using that reasoning, I suppose, cops killing a boy named “Tamir� isn’t worth getting bent out of shape about. When it comes to Cosby, the central question for me is whether his crimes will upend what we learned from him about success and failure, heroes and villains, about what it means to live in America. After all, black folks have been aspiring to the Huxtables for almost 30 years now. It’s also the standard to which white America has been unfairly trying to hold black folks all this time. If “America’s dad� is a rapist, doesn’t that mean we’ve all been living a lie? What other lies have we been telling ourselves? What truths are we afraid to know?

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News Reporter Arielle Dreher is working on finding some new hobbies and adopting an otter from the Jackson Zoo. Email her story ideas at arielle@jacksonfreepress.com. She wrote the cover story about the new legislative session.

Staff Photographer Imani Khayyam is an art lover and a native of Jackson. He loves to be behind the camera and capture the true essence of his subjects. He took many photos for the issue.

Genevieve Legacy is an artistwriter-community development consultant. She works at Hope Enterprise Corporation and lives in Brandon with her husband and youngest son. She wrote about Brick Street Pops.

Music Editor Micah Smith is a longtime fan of music, comedy and all things “nerd.� He is married to a great lady, has two dog-children named Kirby and Zelda, and plays in the band Empty Atlas. He wrote about Jackson Indie Music Week.

Sales Assistant Mary Osborne is a Lanier Bulldog by birthright and a JSU Tiger by choice. She is the mother to Lindon “Joc� Dixon. Her hobbies include hosting and producing “The Freeda Love Show,� which airs on PEG 18.

Art Director Kristin Brenemen is an otaku with a penchant for dystopianism. She’s gearing up for next convention season with inspiration from the New Horizon Pluto flyby. She designed much of the issue.

Advertising Director Kimberly Griffin is a fitness buff and foodie who loves chocolate and her mama. She’s also Michelle Obama’s super secret BFF, which explains the Secret Service detail.

Publisher Todd Stauffer is the author of more than 40 technology books on Macs, HTML, blogging and digital video. He grew up in Dallas and is a Texas A&M graduate.

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Wednesday, December 30 Bill Cosby is arrested and charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman less than half his age at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004.

Friday, January 1 The Indian capital of New Delhi joins China in launching a sweeping plan to reduce its record-high air pollution by limiting the numbers of cars on the streets for two weeks. Saturday, January 2 Armed protesters, who authorities say come from outside the area, take over the federally owned Malheur National Wildlife Refuge after participating in a peaceful rally over the prison sentences of local ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond for burning federal land.

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Monday, January 4 A watchdog agency that investigates Chicago police officers says it will implement reforms in the wake of protests over several fatal shootings of African Americans. ‌ Gov. Phil Bryant announces that Joey Songy will replace Lucien Smith as his new chief of staff. Tuesday, January 5 French President Francois Hollande honors the 17 victims killed in Islamic extremist attacks on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a kosher market a year ago this week. Get breaking news at jfpdaily.com.

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t’s not exactly Tom Cruise’s Maverick into the city. Nor does it change its The state senator called the airport flipping off a Russian fighter pilot in name, which Harkins said he would not a huge economic-development driver “Top Gun,� but a dogfight is shaping support. Rather, the legislation, if sucthat shuts out Rankin County because up over control of the Jackson airport. cessful, would replace the current fivethe county doesn’t have a voice in operaThe issue first tional decisions. arose toward the end of “It’s similar to the a Jackson City Council wastewater issue we meeting, when Ward 3 have,� Harkins said. Councilman Kenneth “If anything wants Stokes said he heard to be developed in murmurs of a possible the city of Jackson, takeover of the airport, it’s got to go through officially known as the the City of Jackson to Jackson-Medgar Wiley get a approval. When Evers International one county or city is Airport. controlling develop“If there’s legislament or economic detion to basically take velopment in another over the Jackson mucounty, more than nicipal airport, and likely (other cities and (there are) people who counties) would want worked hard to put a seat at the table.� State Sen. Josh Harkins, R-Flowood, wants to give governing authority Medgar Evers’ name The wastewater over the Jackson municipal airport to a seven-member board because, on the airport, it’s issue Harkins raises he says, it deserves regional representation. going to be a fight,� refers to a dispute beStokes said at the Dec. tween the City of Jack29 council meeting. son and West Rankin The bill’s sponsor, State Sen. Josh Har- member board of commissioners, whom Utility Authority over sewage treatment. kins, R-Flowood, told the Jackson Free Press the mayor of Jackson nominates and Jackson treats sewage from municipalities, that Stokes’ fears are without merit. the city council approves, with a sevenincluding members of the WRUA, for a Harkins said he is still drafting the person commission. Hinds, Rankin and fee. In early 2015, WRUA moved ahead bill. The legislation does not “de-annex� Madison counties would each have two with plans to construct its own wastewater the land Jackson bought from Rankin members and one at-large member, all of facility, which would cost Jackson about County in the early 1960s and annexed whom the governor would appoint. $5 million in annual revenues and COURTESY JACKSON EVERS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; COURTESY JOSH HARKINS

Thursday, December 31 The mother of fugitive Texas teen Ethan Couch, known for using an “affluenzaâ€? defense in a fatal drunkendriving accident, is returned to the U.S. from Mexico minus her son, whose own deportation was delayed by a Mexican judge. ‌ Belgian authorities announce the arrest of a 10th person in connection with last month’s attack in Paris and say six others have been detained and questioned over a suspected plot to stage new attacks in Brussels during the holidays.

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could result in another increase on Jacksonians’ sewer bills. Through court records and public statements, WRUA argued that the current arrangement is unfair because Rankin County and its citizens have no say in how Jackson runs its wastewater facilities. “Jackson wouldn’t want to be relying on Rankin County to dictate growth in Jackson or get permission from the board of supervisors in Madison to do something in north Jackson,� Harkins said. The question of regionalization is at the heart of both the wastewater dispute and the airport proposal. Jackson’s argument has long been that the capital city, the most populous in the state and the economic engine for the region, deserves the loudest voice when it comes to control of major regional institutions. Therefore, any attempts to put smaller cities on equal footing reduces Jackson’s clout, the argument goes. “They’ve been doing Jackson wrong

show. All together, approximately 100 people have died in similar accidents in the past 10 years. Crawford told the Jackson Free Press in November that he sees no remedy to what he calls “blatant discrimi-

Advocates say the death of Timothy Ward, 49, is more reason to sue the City of Jackson for failure to comply with provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act that call for accessible sidewalks.

nation� other than to sue the City of Jackson over failure to comply with ADA, which Congress passed in 1990. In July 2000, under then-U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, the U.S. Justice Department settled with 17 cit-

for a number of years because it’s a blackmajority city. When Jackson was a whitemajority city, we didn’t have to worry about these kinds of issues,� Stokes said. Harkins: Race Not a Factor “It’s ridiculous to sit there and say this is a racist move on my part,� Harkins said. “There’s no race whatsoever in this initiative I’m trying to do, this bill I’m trying to bring forward. To assume that is just ridiculous.� He added that he is open to including language in the bill designating one or more seats on the reconfigured commission for Jackson representatives. Harkins said Charlotte, N.C., is a model for his legislation. The Republican-controlled North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill in 2013 to take oversight of the Charlotte Douglas International Airport from the majority Democratic Charlotte City Council and give it to an 11-member commission. Charlotte

ies, including Nashville, Tenn., which agreed to remove barriers “to all aspects of civic life, including courthouses, libraries, polling places, police stations and parks.� In 2014, two groups in California filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court against the City of Long Beach on behalf of plaintiffs alleging “a systematic failure to fix uneven and/or crumbling pavement, remove protruding and/or moveable obstructions, maintain a sufficiently wide path of travel, and correct excessive slopes and crossslopes,� all of which are items Crawford has included in formal complaints to Jackson over the years. In late 2015, the Jackson City Council approved an ADA transition plan, but advocates say the plan is not specific enough. The city previously adopted a plan in 2011, but never formally implemented it. Joi Owens, an attorney with Disability Rights Mississippi, which will represent Crawford in the suit, agreed that litigation is the only way to make Jackson safer for people with disabilities. “What has to happen (for the City of Jackson) to realize this is a serious issue? Because if the loss of life is not enough, that’s sad,� Owens said. Disability Rights had originally planned to file its lawsuit in January, but now says the organization will take action in the first quarter of 2016. Comment at www.jfp.ms. Email R.L. Nave at rlnave@ jacksonfreepress.com.

countered with a lawsuit in state court, which resulted in an injunction that left the airport in Charlotte’s hands. Since 2013, legal fees related to the lawsuit have topped $1 million, The Charlotte Observer reported in October 2014. Charlotte also asked the Federal Aviation Administration to intercede, but the agency—which is headed by former Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx, who recused himself from the issue— said it would not weigh in until the court battles are resolved. Stokes believes the FAA would come to Jackson’s rescue. “I don’t see how the state can take our airport. Most of the funds that come to the airport in most cases are federal funds, and it’s got to be a federal question if federal funds are coming to that airport,� he said at the council meeting. Mayor Tony Yarber said the issue is bigger than Harkins, calling it “an executive-level conversation,� implying that the legislation is on Gov. Phil Bryant’s

wish list. Bryant, a Republican, lives in Rankin County. “My immediate response was that’s not going to fly with this body,� Yarber said, referring to the Jackson City Council. Ward 4 Councilman De’Keither Stamps said the City should combine its lobbying strength with the airport as well as the Mississippi Municipal League in the coming legislative session. Hinds County officials said the county’s lobbyist will also follow the issue this session because restructuring the Jackson airport’s governance could affect funding for Hawkins Field, which is not self-sufficient without support from the Jackson airport. “When they take over the City of Jackson’s airport, that may just be what they feel is the low-hanging fruit,� Stamps said, adding he believes the issue is a slippery slope to more takeovers: “They’re coming after all of the airports that are controlled by municipalities.� Comment at www.jfp.ms. Email R.L. Nave at rlnave@jacksonfreepress.com.

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round 9 p.m. on Christmas, near the intersection of Grand Avenue and Prentiss Street, a car struck 49-year-old Timothy Ward, who was riding his wheelchair in the street. He later died from his injuries. Advocates for people with disabilities say such tragedies result from unpassable or, in many cases, nonexistent sidewalks in Jackson and happen far too frequently, underscoring the need for legal action against the city. Scott Crawford, a member of the City’s Americans with Disabilities Act advisory council, filed a formal grievance in the aftermath of what he called Ward’s “unnecessary death.� With his complaint, Crawford included photos from the west Jackson neighborhood where Ward was struck, showing the lack of curb cuts for wheelchair access and broken sidewalks. “The City has its own role in this needless tragedy. If we had met our obligations under ADA, Mr. Ward would have had a safe sidewalk (to use). Mr. Ward didn’t deserve to die like this. No one does,� Crawford wrote to the city’s ADA coordinator, Sam Gleese. Mayoral spokeswoman Shelia Byrd said Crawford’s complaint is under review. Ward, a father of four children and a stepdaughter, was a native of New Orleans who loved music and drawing, his obituary states. He makes the fourth person killed in wheelchair-related accidents in Jackson since 2009, news clips Crawford assembled

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Negotiations Over in Troupe v. Barbour By Arielle Dreher

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.B. was not home often when he was growing up. He cycled through 10 different psychiatric hospitals and long-term residential treatment facilities in his lifetime. He has never had access to home- and community-based services for mental-health care in Mississippi, despite the federal mandate for states to provide such care with their Medicaid funds. Mississippi’s short-term inpatient care and specialtreatment facilities served about 542 adolescents in fiscalyear 2015, Mississippi Department of Mental Health data show. The lawsuit filed on behalf of J.B. and the rest of the state’s adolescents in need of mental-health care al-

tions in the case: primarily the state’s motion to dismiss the case as well as the plaintiff’s motion to lift the stay of discovery and proceed with previous recommendations. A Longstanding Problem Mississippi’s outdated mental-health system continues to function just as poorly as when the lawsuit was originally filed, advocates for people with mental illnesses say. The negotiations have dragged on for so long that hope of fast reform has all but vanished. Joy Hogge, who runs Families as Allies, the state’s only organization for families of children with mentalhealth challenges, receives calls from families needing

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leges that these children are suffering under the state’s mental-health system that has invested more in institutionalization than in home- or community-based services like in-home therapy, family education and training, and therapeutic foster care—despite research that suggests the latter methods work and institutionalization does not. In 2010, J.B. was 17 years old and living at a specialized treatment facility. He was one of four plaintiffs named in the Troupe v. Barbour lawsuit. The fate of the almost six-year-old lawsuit representing J.B. and all children with behavioral or emotional disorders in the state is back in the hands of Judge Henry T. Wingate in the U.S. District Court in Jackson. The case, Troupe v. Barbour, has been on hold during negotiations between the state and the Southern Poverty Law Center, which brought the lawsuit against the state in 2010. The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division joined negotiations following their investigation and found that Mississippi “had failed to meet its obligations� under the Americans with Disabilities Act in 2011. Negotiations officially ended Dec. 17 when the Department of Justice and plaintiffs’ counsel called an impasse. Judge Wingate will have to rule on several mo-

home- or community-based care for their children but who cannot access those services. “We find that families that most need services like that are not able to access them, or when they get those services, they don’t meet the children’s need,� Hogge said. While one federal grant program (run through the division of Medicaid) called MYPAC offers these services to children who meet certain criteria, the program serves fewer children and families than institutional care in the state. The Troupe v. Barbour lawsuit illustrates Mississippi’s slow transition to changing practices in mental-health care that shifted focus in treatment to home- and community-based services rather than institutionalization to treat mental illness. Mississippi is required by law to provide home- and community-based services in its state Medicaid plan to all eligible children under age 21. Hogge said the whole system of care needs a paradigm shift to focus on patient-centered care, a nationally recognized best practice to approaching mental health care that has proved to be more effective than institutionalization. Care should start, she said, before children get to the point of crisis and institutionalization becomes

necessary. “How do you support families before they get to some point where kids have to come out of the home?� Hogge asked. Patient-centered care, another name for home- and community- based care, is the answer that national research and even Mississippi’s state law provides. State agencies have a long way to go. The Death of Negotiation On Dec. 17, 2014, all parties involved in Troupe v. Barbour held a conference call with Judge Wingate to disclose that negotiations have failed. Conference-call transcripts reveal that negotiations were still going well at the end of September, but by December, the parties reached an impasse because the Department of Justice, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law (the latter two are representing the plaintiffs) said a compromise was not possible because of the importance of court enforceability in the case. The conference-call transcript shows that litigators from all parties agree on what they’d like to see change in the system (no specifics were spelled out on the call), but they disagreed about the means by which to achieve those changes. “There’s just this disagreement over consent decree versus private settlement versus enforcement,� Deena Fox, an attorney with the Department of Justice, said on the call. A consent decree would force the state to comply with the law, enforceable in federal court and made public, while a private settlement would not be courtenforced or made public record. Fox asked Judge Wingate to address outstanding motions in the case because negotiations could not continue. “Children in the state have been waiting for far too long for services in the community and are currently in institutions unnecessarily as a result,� Fox said on the conference call. On the call, Fox said even after eight months of negotiating just the substance of what the actual agreement would say, disagreements on “key issues� unraveled any progress made in negotiations. Details in this case are hard to come by. An independent vendor conducted a report detailing what some of these “issues� might be in 2014. The report was barred from public access by protective order in early 2015. Despite negotiations ending, the Jackson Free Press’s recent public-records request for the report was denied. “We are disappointed that such lengthy negotiations did not yield an acceptable resolution, particularly because children continue to languish in facilities as a result of the state’s failure to provide appropriate and necessary services,� SPLC Managing Attorney Jody Owens said in a statement following the conference call. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said in a statement that the state is disappointed that the Department of Justice and plaintiffs temporarily ended the negotiations. The state is asking Judge Wingate to recognize the recommendation of the first magistrate’s judge who presided over the case. “The State remains open to future discussions, and we are confident that negotiations will resume in

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Local Wine Sellers Push Back on Chain Effort by Arielle Dreher

able all grocery-store chains to sell wine—a move that local liquor-store owners say would destroy the business model in the state and eventually, their businesses. Big-Box Convenience The Looking for Wine? lobby counters that Mississippi would join the 37 other states in the country that have legalized wine in grocery stores, with Ten-

als are more likely to do things—in their entire lives not just purchasing wine— that are convenient to them,� Young said. Young said retail grocery stores are less likely to carry fine wines, which would drive customers to existing package stores, and while the new law would bring more competition to the market, it would not ruin the market. Consumers might find the law more IMANI KHAYYAM

Victor Pittman, owner of Silver Leaf Wines in Ridgeland and president of the Mississippi Hospitality Beverage Association, opposes allowing wine sales in retail grocery stores in the state’s wet counties.

nessee as the most recent. Tennessee’s new law goes into effect in 2016, so it will be a few years before the state can determine how many local liquor stores suffer or close under the new law. Young said the coalition’s main issue is accessibility to wine in the state. Young cited a study that Mississippi State University conducted and the coalition commissioned that found if a law passes allowing wine in grocery stores, alcohol taxes will increase, jobs will increase and awareness of more varieties of wine will actually drive traffic to package retail stores as well. Based on feedback so far, mainly on social media, Young said people seem to be excited about the convenience factor of having wine in grocery stores. “Millenni-

the near future,� the statement said. “It is our hope that if the magistrate judge’s recommendation to dismiss most of the case is accepted, the Plaintiffs will then see wisdom of resuming discussions with the State.� Wingate must decide whether to dismiss the case—as a magistrate judge did previously—or proceed with a trial. The U.S. Department of Justice has not filed a

convenient, but shouldn’t see a lot of cost savings. Young says the lobby does not seek to change how alcohol is processed in the state, and a Walmart store, for instance, would have to pay the same price for a bottle of liquor as the locally owned liquor store. If corporate retailers are able to sell the same product for a lower price, it would likely be due to corporate kickbacks, Pittman said. “They may be able to sell for cheaper if they use kickbacks,� he said. “We know some chains are using them.� ‘Small Business is Big Business’ Pittman fears that a law allowing wine sales in grocery stores will hurt the economy because Mississippi loses much

lawsuit in the case, but as in cases similar to Troupe v. Barbour around the country, a lawsuit from the DOJ might be a possibility. Ira Burnim, the director of the legal team at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, said the Department of Justice’s process usually includes a lawsuit if settlement agreements fail. “If Mississippi had stepped up to plate and devel-

revenue due to out-of-state retailers. Multiple studies have shown that shopping with locally owned businesses returns $45 (or more) to the local economy of every $100 spent; with chains, that number is closer to $14 or less. Pittman said small owners he knows in Tennessee are “sweating trying to pay their houses off as quickly as they can� before grocery stores begin to sell wine there. Implementing this kind of law is bad for business in Mississippi because store owners have made their business decisions on the model that exists now, he adds. “In Mississippi, small business is big business,� he said. The Mississippi Hospitality Beverage Association is developing strategic plans to stop such legislation. Thirty-eight percent of states have opted to keep wine out of grocery stores, and Pittman said convenience is not a good enough reason to allow retail stores to sell wine. Selling wine in grocery stores, he says, makes a large amount of alcohol readily available to those who should not have access: minors and those who have alcohol consumption problems. He fears underage theft of alcohol could become a problem if wine is sold in grocery stores. “Never has convenience to alcohol been a good and safe idea to the underaged; it should only be sold by adults for adults,� Pittman said. “There is a public-health issue that should be more important than convenience.� Natchez-based Old South Winery owner Scott Galbreath had not heard of the Looking for Wine? lobby, but he said that all of the package retailers and stores in Mississippi have been good to his winery and business, selling and serving his wines. “I hate to really jump on and support something that’s going to hurt my friends even though it (might) benefit me—I’m not even sure (it would),� Galbreath said. “This will be something for the state legislators to decide.� Email reporter Arielle Dreher at arielle@ jacksonfreepress.com. Comment at jfp.ms.

oped the services to solve the problem, then I can understand there being no need for a settlement,� Burnim said. Because that hasn’t happened, the future of mental-health care for the state’s youth now sits in the hands of one federal judge in Jackson. Email legislative news tips to staff reporter Arielle Dreher at arielle@jacksonfreepress.com. Comment at www.jfp.ms.

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ictor Pittman is not pleased with a lobbying effort to lift the restriction on wine and liquor sales in grocery stores in Mississippi’s wet counties. If a lobby called Looking for Wine? succeeds in getting legislation passed in the 2016 session, large chains like Walmart and Kroger can run local sellers like him out of business, he says. “It will have a tremendous effect and put most small retailers out of business because they don’t have the volume or the wherewithal to buy (wine) in volume,� Pittman said. He owns Silver Leaf Wines and Spirits in Ridgeland, is president of the Mississippi Hospitality Beverage Association and sits on the national board of the American Beverage Licensees. If the law changes, chain retailers would be able to stock their stores with the same products that the 195 local retailers of wine and liquor have access to now. The Alcoholic Beverage Control, run by the state, manages alcohol sales in the state, acting as the middleman between sellers and buyers bringing product into their stores, restaurants and bars. Looking for Wine? has the support of Walmart and Kroger chain stores, so far, the lobby’s main organizer, Camille Young, said she is seeking support from Target and other retail grocers in the state to join the coalition. Currently, chain grocers in the state can sell beer but not wine or liquor. The ABC buys the wine and spirits from vendors and sells them to retailers which is profitable for the state, providing from $58 billion to $95 billion in revenue a year, according to the ABC’s website. Mississippi’s alcohol sales are heavily regulated—allowing a person to have only one package retailer’s permit—including one manager per corporation or retail chain. So currently only one store in the state per retail chain is allowed to have a package retail permit for alcohol sales. The state authorizes only 195 wholesale package retail stores to sell wine and liquor in the state. The Looking for Wine? lobby wants that permit law altered to en-

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iss Doodle Mae: “Jojo, our fearless leader, continues his ‘You Know the Routine’ approach to the holidays. The staff at Jojo’s Discount Dollar Store will execute the final phase of the routine to respectfully serve financially challenged customers by selling products at very affordable prices. Currently, the ‘Half Dollar Item Bin’ near aisle 7-and-1/5 is the most popular sales area for quick, affordable gifts.� “Miss Wanda, our newly hired senior greeter and assistant storedisplay manager, has organized an entertainment and product sales extravaganza at aisle 7-and-1/5. Expect a lot of old-school Christmas music preformed by the ‘Too Funky Feets Break It Down’ band and a repeat performance of scenes from Chief Crazy Brother’s play ‘An African American Santa Claus Celebrates Kwanzaa.’ The ‘Too Funky Feets Break It Down Band’ will sell affordable copies of their long titled Christmas CD called ‘Despite Turmoil, Violence, and Unrest in the World, Santa Claus Is Not Afraid To Go Straight To The Ghetto.’ “Jojo decided to add to his holiday routine a cultural awareness session titled ‘Can’t We All Get Along During the Holiday Season?’ The purpose of this session is to promote peace and goodwill among all people. Representatives from the Christian, Jewish, Muslim communities and other groups interested in having ‘Peace Talks’ will share their opinions, feelings and insights with Jojo’s Discount Dollar Store customers. “Also, don’t forget the After Christmas Store Closing Party and Hot Wing Happy Hour at Clubb Chicken Wing. You know the routine.�

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Why it stinks: Let’s try to unpack Sheriff Bailey’s idiocracy one sentence at a time. First, he seems to be implying that the only crooks in Rankin County are from someplace else as if we’re just imagining the abundance of meth-selling, hate-crime committing, drug-dealing high school coaches and students among Rankin County’s citizenry. Secondly, we have no idea how Bailey would know what’s wrong with Jackson when he’s supposed to be fighting crime in Rankin. Lastly, while concern about violence against law enforcement is warranted, it is not “racist� to criticize police. The sooner Sheriff Bailey realizes that, the better off Rankin County and its residents will be.

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e are not against smart “regionalization.� If done correctly, it would mean more transparency, collaboration and growth for the entire region—whether between businesses or governments in Hinds, Rankin and Madison counties—cooperating. But some sort of fake “regionalization� in the form of a suburban daddy state watching over Jackson, presumably because our city is black-run and majority Democratic, isn’t acceptable. Still, such efforts happen perennially, and each time, it adds insult to injury. And, of course, it makes it less likely that a productive regional collaboration can ever happen. The latest example is Sen. Josh Harkins’ proposal to essentially have the state stage a coup and throw Jackson out of managing the airport on our soil and that has “Jackson� right in its name. This absurd bill would establish a board of seven people appointed by our Tea Partydarling governor, Phil Bryant. None of the slots is dedicated for a representative from Jackson, even though Hinds County would get two. There is no attempt at cooperation in having the Legislature try to take local control away from Jackson. Of course, this is the same Legislature that doesn’t want to actually pay for much of anything in the capital city, including police, sewer, potholes, water lines and so on for a city

that sees so much wear and tear due to people who work here, help erode our infrastructure, but live and spend their money elsewhere. Then, of course, we get political outrage exploding all around us when Kenneth Stokes uses very poorly chosen words (which he often does) to try to bring attention to the serious threat of suburban police chases bleeding into Jackson, endangering residents, commuters and visitors alike. They can’t wait to jump all over a juicy Stokes sound bite, but they sure don’t want to address the problem of poorly trained police officers playing “COPS� on our streets. That is yet another problem that merits regional cooperation and discussion, but these men—from Gov. Bryant to Attorney General Hood—turn it into a kindergarten-level shouting match. The first thing any attempt at regionalization requires is good faith. The City of Jackson can’t roll over and play dead because people who despise our city (e.g. the anti-Jackson comments from neighboring sheriffs) also want to control it and our resources. Considering the flight Jackson suffered over the years by people of bad faith, the onus is on them to show that they have the interests and buy-in of the residents and local businesses of the capital city top of mind when any efforts at regionalization happen. Then, and only then, should Jackson leaders respond in kind. This ball is in their court.

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he firestorm surrounding what many have deemed controversial comments by Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes have a lot of people up in arms. Although many disagree with Stokes’ suggestion to “throw rocks, bricks and bottles� at neighboring law-enforcement officers who pursue suspects beyond their municipal borders, there is no doubt that such behavior by neighboring law enforcement officers poses a danger to life and property of Jacksonians. Stokes’ comments clearly came from a place of concern for the safety of the city’s residents. They were in the same spirit that is causing many people, young and old, to rise up and hold law enforcement accountable for countless incidents of police misconduct against black people. The spirit asserts and demands that black life matters, too, and should not be of second-tier importance. The seriousness of the issue is being buried beneath the rubble of controversy. The fact that neighboring police departments’ actions show a blatant disregard for the safety of residents within Jackson’s city limits should be the focus of the discourse. Discussions about endangering law enforcement and what Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey described as “racism against blue� are ancillary. Stokes’ opposition to neighboring law enforcement dangerously pursuing suspects into Jackson is well documented. He has pled with these agencies to stop this reckless practice since his time as a Hinds County supervisor. Since then, these police chases have resulted in injury and damage to property and endangered innocent bystanders. Most suspects of interest committed misdemeanor offenses of a non-violent nature. As a criminal-defense attorney, it has been my experience that many people who commit such crimes do so to support drug habits or to seek out an economic existence in an economy devastated by decades of white flight and economic strangulation where job opportunities are slim to none. These agencies’ dangerous practices send a clear message that property takes precedent over the lives and safety of human beings. Although some neighboring law enforcement officials have adamantly asserted that their actions do not demonstrate racial disregard for a predominantly black city, their responses to Councilman Stokes reveal otherwise. Neighboring law-enforcement responses were harsh and targeted Jackson as a city. Some police chiefs and sheriffs called for

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These exhibitions present nearly 150 works by beloved artist Marie Hull (1890-1980) – the most ever assembled – drawn from the Museum’s unsurpassed collection of Hull’s work as well as those found at Delta State University, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, The University of Mississippi Museum, and many private collections. F O R M O R E I N F O R M AT I O N V I S I T

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On the Road with Marie Hull is sponsored by Dea Dea and Dolph Baker. The Mississippi Museum of Art and its programs are sponsored in part by the city of Jackson and the Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau. Support is also provided in part by funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission, a state agency, and in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

380 SOUTH LAMAR STREET JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 39201 601.960.1515 1.866.VIEWART @MSMUSEUMART Marie Hull (1890-1980), Cuenca, Spain, circa 1930. watercolor and graphite on paper. Collection of Mississippi Museum of Art. 1981.294.

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Sen. David Blount, D-Jackson, said a large tax cut would take money away from essential services that are not fully funded with current revenue.

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THE TAX CUT FIGHT Last year, both the Mississippi House of Representatives and the Senate tried to pass bills to cut the franchise tax in the state, which taxes a corporation’s net worth in the state’s economy, in order to attract more businesses and stimulate the state’s economy. Sen. Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, said legislators still want to lower the franchise tax and expects the franchise tax cut to be back on the table. “I know we all feel like it hampers our ability to bring business and industries (to the state),� he told the Jackson Free Press. Surrounding states including Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee and Alabama do not have franchise taxes, Reeves told the Stennis Press Forum, but most Democratic lawmakers disagree with the cut. Democrats in both the House and Senate are concerned that more tax cuts will adversely affect parts of the state’s budget—like education, infrastructure and human services—that need even more funding, not less.

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Longtime Sen. Hob Bryan, D-Amory, expects the upcoming session to be a desperate fight to save public education due to tax-cut efforts. He said any additional cuts will be devastating. “It is impossible to overstate how critical the vote on the tax cut will be,� Bryan said. “The ideologues that are in control of the process are determined to have a tax cut of hundreds of millions of dollars.� New Rep. Jarvis Dortch, D-Jackson, said legislators must grapple with funding for current programs because tax breaks (like the inventory tax credits) already caused shortages in the state’s general funds before the session even begins. Dortch agrees with the Legislative Budget Committee’s recommendation to not use one-time “rainy day� funds to pay for recurring expenses, but he does not believe the millions of dollars spent on tax cuts in the past four years has produced any results. He said that money could have been spent on education instead. “We haven’t seen those job creators pay off,� Dortch said. Sen. David Blount, D-Jackson, said the Legislature needs to focus on financial responsibility in the upcoming session. The general funds of the state pay for several public-interest items like K-12 education, community colleges, and universities as well as roads and the foster-care program—some needs that Blount pointed out are underfunded already without a tax cut. For instance, the Mississippi Adequate Education Program has only been fully funded twice since its creation in 1997. “To pass a massive tax cut takes money away from those essential services that are not currently met with existing revenue,� Blount said. “To pass a bill like that is politically popular but financially irresponsible.� Rep. David Baria, D-Bay St. Louis, said it serves little purpose to focus on particular bills and legislation since the Republican leadership has taken even more control of both the Senate and the House. “We (Democrats) are going to be passengers on a ship of state that is run by the Republican leadership, and we’ll have to see what their priorities are,� Baria said. “Hopefully, we can discuss and debate whether those priorities are right for the state or not.� THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION Democrats contend that education funding would be the hardest hit with a tax cut, but Republican leaders say they plan to fund what they believe is working in the education budget. Rep. John Moore, R-Brandon, said legislative priorities for education will be determined by how much revenue comes in to the state—and if the state maintains another flat budget, Moore said, it is likely to be another long year for education. As

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think now it’s time for a pay raise for our taxpayers,� Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves told the Stennis Press Forum in the Capital Club in downtown Jackson on Monday, Jan. 4. As legislators return to the capital city and the 2016 session begins, tax cuts are high on the lieutenant governor’s—and Mississippi Republicans’—agendas. Reeves expressed support for cuts to several taxes including the unemployment tax for Mississippi employers, the 3 percent bracket individual income tax and the corporate franchise tax. “If you look at what I proposed last year, I believe we ought to provide tax relief for individuals, we proposed eliminating the 3 percent individual income tax bracket,� said the Rankin County native, the No. 2 elected official in the state. The lieutenant governor’s influence in the Mississippi Legislature is significant— with a Republican majority, the Senate has the ability to pass bills with no worry of actionable resistance from Democrats. Tax cuts or credits have been the recent trophies of the Republican Party in Mississippi the past four years, including tax credits for businesses to offset the inventory tax, which passed in 2012. Reeves also expressed support for the state’s tax-credit program when long-term benefits outweigh short-term costs. At the forum, Reeves said he would support expansion of the tax-credit program and “the idea of encouraging investment in Mississippi downtowns� but has simultaneously expressed some reservations about it. “These (tax-credit) decisions aren’t as black and white as some people assume,� Reeves said at the Stennis Press Forum. “We must be honest with ourselves about what these programs mean to other spending opportunities in government.�

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the previous House Education Committee chairman, he said his party’s strategy is to continue what they’ve been doing in the past years: “moving money into the classrooms� and determining which programs work and which don’t. At the Stennis Press Forum on Jan. 4, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves praised the successes of the state providing reading coaches to struggling school districts, a program that he said focuses on the children in the classroom, implying that others don’t. Reeves also said it is time to revisit the Mississippi Adequate Education Program funding formula. MAEP is the funding formula the Legislature uses to distribute basic funding to the state’s school districts. The formula primarily covers teacher salaries but should cover more than that with full funding. Reeves said he would like to change the “C-level� standard used to establish per-pupil spending under the current formula and said the state’s support of

schools should be based on how effectively districts spend their tax dollars. Echoing Reeves, Moore also said he will likely have to look at what technical problems exist in MAEP. Moore said he will look at several factors in the formula including the Average Daily Attendance, the number used to count the number of students in a school district which is a large component in determining how much money a district is allotted. A Senate bill last session proposed to change that factor to Average Daily Membership, which would be calculated in a different way than Average Daily Attendance. Moore said the mandates within MAEP (which led to a ballot initiative and political divide in this past year’s election) need to be taken out to ensure “it’s an equitable type of funding.� The state auditor’s office has expressed concerns with MAEP for the past few years, specifically about the ‘C’ stan-

dard for school districts used as the base in per-pupil spending. The Mississippi Department of Education also has a list of technical amendments it wants to see fixed in the formula. Nancy Loome, executive director of the Parents’ Campaign, said in November that any changes to MAEP would likely require more funding to schools—not less. Any changes that would cut the amount of funding to school districts through MAEP currently would not make sense, Loome said, unless legislators want to underfund schools. “I think it will be difficult for them to defend that,� Loome told the Jackson Free Press in November. “We fund our students at a lower level than just about anyone else.� Moore doesn’t see 2016 as a gamechanging year for big education bills, but he said the third-grade reading gate, pre-K collaboratives and reading coaches are in-

vestments that have paid off so far, and if extra funding becomes available, the Republicans will look to invest in those initiatives. The body might revisit charter-school legislation, originally adopted in 2013, in the upcoming session, Moore said. At the Stennis Press Forum, Lt. Gov. Reeves agreed saying he will work hard to change parts of the charter school law. “I will work very hard to ensure that kids can cross district lines to attend public charter schools,� Reeves said. “I don’t believe some arbitrary line should preclude a parent from giving their kid the best education possible.� K-12 education makes up about 45 percent of the general-fund budget, but outgoing Democratic Party Chairman Rickey Cole said that wherever a budget cut comes from—from a tax break or PRUH 35(9,(: VHH SDJH

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$50 million from the unemployment trust fund to expand workforce training at high school and community colleges. Wiggins said his organization—an arm of Hope Credit Union that offers alternatives to high-interest payday

Hope Policy Institute Director Corey Wiggins wants citizens to pay close attention to the budget process.

loans—will also watch for any such consumer-installment loan bills, although Wiggins has not heard whether any such legislation is expected this year. The Mississippi Center for Justice has similar interests and also wants to increase public-education funding, pass

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udgets are often called moral documents. That means that advocates for working families will be watching spending closely to make sure Mississippi’s heart, and money, is in the right place. “We’re following the state budget, which will lead us to questions around how we’re going to invest (in) and support working Mississippians,� said Corey Wiggins, executive director of the Hope Policy Institute, previously known as the Mississippi Economic Policy Center. The institute points to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee’s recent budget recommendation, which proposes deep cuts from the previous year’s budget, $100 million in all. Public schools, which are funded through the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, will receive the same amount of money they got last year, meaning the trend of school underfunding will continue for at least another year. Prisons, mental health, human services and many other agencies would also see cuts, which leaves Wiggins wondering about the ripple effects for the people who depend on state services. Last year, two Republican-backed income tax-cut proposals failed to pass, and the leadership has vowed to bring the issue back in the coming year. The specter of a new round of proposed tax breaks worries Wiggins, who is concerned about having enough money left over to invest in workforce development, improving health-care and food access. “While we want to take the opportunity to invest in workforce (development), we don’t want to do it in a way that takes away from other programs for working families in the safety net,� Wiggins said. In the 2015 session, Gov. Phil Bryant, a Republican who has emphasized workforce training through his tenure as governor, pushed for legislation that would have used

a housing trust-fund bill and expand Medicaid, which has been a nonstarter with Republican leaders in recent years. Housing trust funds help communities pull together resources to increase the availability of affordable housing through property acquisition, demolition, site improvement and relocation assistance for low-income families. Beth Orlansky, advocacy director for MCJ, said the group also wants to modify a state law that she says discriminates against people with HIV. Under state law, it is a misdemeanor to project bodily fluid onto a correctional officer, but HIV-positive people can charged with a felony. Wiggins, the Hope Institute director, is also encouraging citizens to get involved at the capitol this year. “We’re trying to engage people and communities to be more active watchers and participants of the budget process,� he said. The immigrants-rights community is also bracing for a new round of proposals to impose restrictions on immigrants. The Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance stated in a recent newsletter to supporters: “The 2016 Legislative Session is fast approaching and it will be a dangerous, unpredictable time for immigrant and worker rights. With Republicans holding an overwhelming majority in both sides of the Legislature, they will be almost unstoppable. On the national political stage, candidates in both parties are spreading xenophobic, discriminatory messages, which is stoking the fires here in Mississippi.� MIRA expects another attempt at following Arizona and Alabama to pass laws requiring people to show immigration papers on police officers’ demands. “We expect the anti-immigrant camp will bring a wave of Alabama-style legislation this year, and we will be ready,� MIRA organizers wrote. Comment at www.jfp.ms.

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MEDICAID: AN UPHILL BATTLE Interest in expanding Medicaid has been scarce at the Republican-dominated capitol. Dortch said organizations with the most to gain from expansion—such as hospitals and health-care provider groups—should speak up about what they’re losing if they want to see any legislative movement.

The Legislature has more options than a full expansion of Medicaid, Dortch said, adding that even surrounding states, including Tennessee with a Republican governor, have supported a Medicaid waiver plan that at least helps reach those uninsured people who currently fall in the “Medicaid gap� and cannot qualify for affordable insurance. Dortch said the waiver program works; Gallup research revealed that in Arkansas their uninsured rate has dropped the most in the nation since 2013 when they began the program. “The crazy thing is that people often say it’s going to happen eventually, but people literally die because they don’t have health insurance—they put off care because they can’t afford it,� he said. “You’re not saving any money by waiting.� Sen. Dean Kirby, R-Pearl, who chaired the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee in the last session, said there is not enough support in the House or the Senate to pass a Medicaid-expansion bill, and even if there was, the governor would likely veto it. Kirby said legislation to help support rural hospitals that are losing money and funding will likely come up this session. But committee chairmen appointments were not final by press time, so Kirby could not speak as the current chairman. “I can assure you, as chairman, I have been concerned with rural hospitals and keeping them open,� Kirby said. “If I am re-appointed, I will help them—but

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he City of Jackson scaled back its legislative agenda this year. That might be prompted in part by the sheer lack of the success Jackson has had at the Capitol in recent years; it might also have to do with the fact that Jackson will have a number of legislative fights on its hands and doesn’t want too many distractions. Only five requests make up the agenda, which the council approved Nov. 3. One is to provide grants for Jackson from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s TIGER grant program, which recently awarded Jackson $16.5 million for two projects in north Jackson. The city council also asked for help getting infrastructure grants from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to establish a separate fund for maintaining infrastructure near the Capitol complex and to give special taxing authority to community-improvement associations for neighborhood enhancements. Finally, in a perennial request, the capital city wants the state to create a special fund to help Jackson pay for police and fire protection of state-owned buildings. Jackson’s legislative agenda for the 2015 session had 17 items. Worth Thomas, of WT Consulting, will again head up Jackson’s lobbying efforts. In September, council members approved Thomas’ contract for $67,200 for the coming year. “Lobbying is for the things you want, but the other part of lobbying is making sure you’re lobbying against the things that are adverse to your efforts as well,� Mayor Tony Yarber said Dec. 29, referring to a proposal to turn control of its airport to a sevenmember commission made up of appointees of the governor. — R.L. Nave

unfortunately my committee doesn’t do funding.� Spending on rural hospitals would go through the Senate Appropriations Committee. Lt. Gov. Reeves told the Stennis

law, Blount said use of it is so rare that he’s not sure changing the law is a priority. “I think it may be discussed, but I don’t know about anything specific,� Blount told the Jackson Free Press. COURTESY JARVIS DORTCH

elsewhere—education is the first budget on the chopping block. That is partially because other large budgets like Medicaid have to meet federal limits. If the Legislature cuts state funding to public schools, the school district’s county ad valorem taxes must make up the difference in funding. Local schools receive the largest percentage of property taxes, but when the state funding goes away, cities and counties are forced to raise those taxes, Cole said. Cuts to the education budget, specifically MAEP, will hurt the poorest districts in the state the most, Cole said, because these counties don’t have the property values or taxpayer base to make up the difference to support local schools. This is the opposite of what MAEP was designed to do, especially with its at-risk component. “The whole notion behind the state minimum was to put enough money into the poorer areas of the state, so their education wouldn’t suffer,� Cole said. “The poorest areas of the state will feel it (any cuts) the most because they can’t make up the difference.�

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Press Forum that all hospitals—not just rural ones—are facing challenges in Mississippi. Reeves said hospitals are going to have to change the way they do business whether Medicaid is expanded or not. The Division of Medicaid’s budget deficit is much lower than projected, and Reeves said his budget committee has “taken the necessary steps to find some budget certainty through managed care.� The division is transitioning the way it reimburses those who provide inpatient hospital services, paying managed-care partners—Magnolia Health and United Healthcare Community Plan—a set permember/per-month fee for services, instead of paying hospitals per-service fees. FROM VOTER LAWS TO A NEW FLAG Since the recent straw-drawing tiebreaker in the District 79 House race, voting and election laws are fresh on several legislators’ minds. Sen. Blount said he plans to introduce a bill again for early voting and online voter registration to encourage voter turnout and participation. The bill failed previously, but this time around, Blount said one of the secretary of state’s taskforce groups is endorsing it, bringing bi-partisan support. As for changing the straw-drawing

Rep. Bo Eaton, D-Taylorsville, won the straw contest in November after he and Republican challenger Mark Tullos drew the exact same number of votes to represent District 79. Following his winning draw on Nov. 20, Eaton said he would work to challenge and change the law so tied future elections would not leave the future representation of a district to chance. Tullos challenged the race before the straw drawing and maintains that nine affidavit votes were not properly counted in the race. Tullos petitioned the House, asking for the seat. The Associated Press reported that Eaton’s attorney, John Corlew, wrote in a filing with the House that the nine affidavit votes in question were properly counted and initially were not included because of an error in the computer system that records registered voters. House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, has appointed a committee to resolve the dispute. It met briefly before the end of the year and will meet again Jan. 5 to consider Tullos’ petition. The committee’s actions in the District 79 House race were not available by press time. Following a year of state flag debate—and South Carolina’s removal of the Confederate battle flag from outside its capitol building—the state flag may bePRUH 35(9,(: VHH SDJH

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tee that created the budget proposal in late 2015. He said the committee tried to spread the cuts evenly but that previous legislation obligated it to make cuts in certain instances to make room for legislativemandated raises for judges and Mississippi Highway Patrol staff. Fillingane said the budget proposal is just the beginning of the discussions going into the upcoming session and that the budget is malleable and subject to likely changes in the upcoming session. The budget proposal is for fiscal-year 2017, the budget that begins in July 2016. “This is simply a starting point, and this is not the final budget that will be approved,� he said. NO INFRASTRUCTURE, NO BUSINESS A Mississippi Economic Council report released in December showed that 936 state bridges and 24,591 miles of state road need repair, and the number increases when county and local roads and bridges are factored in. The report said $375 million is needed annually to make the necessary repairs over 10 years. The report calls for the Legislature to increase funding by at least $75 million annually. Funding for the Department of Transportation primarily comes from the federal government, but MEC Chief Operating Officer Scott Waller said that in order for Mississippi to address two

taxes on gas and diesel, increased registration fees, tolls or other tax increases. Waller said the Legislature could use several of the suggested options at once and that MEC hopes to work with legislators in the upcoming session to figure out how to fund

Sen. Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, said a cut to the franchise tax will likely come back to the table for discussion in the Senate in 2016.

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the infrastructure needs. “MEC and the board has adopted this as something they support,â€? Waller said. “The support of the business community to do this is there and that’s what makes this strong from my perspective.â€? Waller said that businesses look at workforce first and accessiBUDGET WOES bility second when considering the Some state departments economics of bringing in a business should brace for budget cuts if the to a state. joint legislative budget proposal Cole, the departing Demois an indicator of what next year’s cratic Party chairman, said he expects budget brings. The Legislative Democrats in both the House and Budget Committee imposed more the Senate to push for infrastructure cuts than the current year’s budget, improvements across the state. Cole appropriating $37 million less than said the state needs long-term investit did last year. ment in infrastructure to promote The committee proposed a economic development in all parts of $5.67 billion general-fund budget the state, affluent and not. Dec. 15 despite projections that He said infrastructure is revenue will be 1.9 percent higher needed “in the places where they than last year. The proposal sughave a real need for economic degests that budget cuts reflect an velopment because if you don’t elimination of general-fund dollars Rep. John Moore, R-Brandon, said the Mississippi have quality infrastructure, you Adequate Education Program will be re-evaluated spent for one-time spending. can’t bring in businesses.â€? The rainy-day fund—the un- to see which parts of the formula need to be Sen. Willie Simmons, Dchanged in 2016. allocated funds in the budget— Cleveland, who served as the chaircurrently totals $481 million man of the Senate Highway and that the proposal suggests could Transportation Committee previaddress needs in the current or future major issues—safety and business growth ously, points to strong support from the years’ budgets but does not specify any and development—the Legislature should business community, especially following state budget items or projects the money look at MEC’s “menu of funding optionsâ€? the MEC report’s release, for the Legislacould pay for. to support infrastructure needs. ture to invest long-term in the state’s infra18 Sen. Fillingane is on the commitOptions range from excise or sales structure. Simmons said it’s a non-partisan >Â˜Ă•>Ă€ĂžĂŠĂˆĂŠÂ‡ĂŠÂŁĂ“]ĂŠĂ“ä£ĂˆĂŠĂŠUĂŠĂŠÂ?v°Â“Ăƒ

issue because the state-owned roads and bridges affect public safety, commerce and economic development. “In order for us to address the infrastructure, we have to create new revenue,� Simmons said. “And it needs to be longFILE PHOTO

come a legislative topic in the new session. Sen. Blount, who believes that Mississippi should change its state flag, said he knows of some legislation in the works to change the state flag, but could not disclose any more information. Last June, House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, called for the removal of the state flag. In a statement released in June, Gunn said: “As a Christian, I believe our state’s flag has become a point of offense that needs to be removed. We need to begin having conversations about changing Mississippi’s flag.� U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, a Republican also called for the flag to come down last summer. “After reflection and prayer, I now believe our state flag should be put in a museum and replaced by one that is more unifying to all Mississippians,� Wicker said in a news release. Gov. Phil Bryant has previously said the flag vote should go to the people, which could mean it would go on the 2016 ballot for voters. Rep. Baria said that the will of the governor will likely take precedent on the flag issue. Baria said the issue of the flag is important enough to transcend a popular vote. Three ballot initiatives are currently on file with the secretary of state’s office to keep the current state flag as it is. One ballot initiative is on file that would ban all symbols of the Confederacy from appearing on a Mississippi state flag ever again.

term because (we) can’t afford to put up $3 (billion) to 4 billion.â€? Two years ago, when the Senate looked at the problem of infrastructure, they estimated the repairs would cost $3 billion to 4 billion, Simmons said. Of course, the question of “where is that money going to come from?â€? will differ depending on the politician. Cole said a federal bond could work because interest rates are low and the Republican leadership is largely against raising taxes. The state’s fuel tax is relatively low compared to other states, so raising that tax is another option, but the “howâ€? of addressing infrastructure needs does not need to be decided now, Simmons said. “I want to keep (options) holistic and universal, and what I mean by that is keep everything on the table ‌ and look at where we are and what we need and come up with a system that will spread the cost around,â€? Simmons said. Simmons also plans to work on an initiative to boost the Mississippi Delta in education and economic development to make it a competitive region of the state. In terms of infrastructure, road repairs are crucial in the Delta especially near the Mississippi River where ports bring commerce to the state, and trucks need good roads to transfer goods on. Email legislative reporter Arielle Dreher at arielle@jacksonfreepress.com. Comment at jfp.ms/politics.

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AMERICAN/SOUTHERN CUISINE Basil’s (2906 N State St #104, Jackson, 601-982-2100) Paninis pizza, pasta, soups and salads. They’ve got it all on the menu. Broad Street Bakery (4465 Interstate 55 N. 601-362-2900) Hot breakfast, coffee drinks, fresh breads & pastries, gourmet deli sandwiches. The Feathered Cow (4760 I-55 North 769-233-8366) Simple and homemade equal quality and freshness every time. You never leave The Cow hungry! The Iron Horse Grill (320 W Pearl St, Jackson, 601-398-0151) The smell of charcoal greets you, the music carries you inside. Primos Cafe (2323 Lakeland 601-936-3398/ 515 Lake Harbour 601-898-3400) A Jackson institution for breakfast, blue-plates, catfish, burgers, prime rib, oysters, po-boys & wraps. Famous bakery! Rooster’s (2906 N State St, Jackson, 601-982-2001) You haven’t had a burger until you’ve had a Rooster’s burger. Pair it with their seasoned fries and you’re in heaven. Two Sisters Kitchen (707 N. Congress St. 601-353-1180) Lunch. Mon-Fri, Sun. PIZZA Sal & Mookie’s (565 Taylor St. 601-368-1919) Pizzas of all kinds plus pasta, eggplant Parmesan, fried ravioli & ice cream for the kids! Mellow Mushroom (275 Dogwood Blvd, Flowood, 601-992-7499) More than just great pizza and beer. Open Monday - Friday 11-10 and Saturday 11-11. ITALIAN BRAVO! (4500 Interstate 55 N., Jackson, 601-982-8111) Award-winning wine list, Jackson’s see-and-be-seen casual/upscale dining. Fratesi’s (910 Lake Harbour, Ridgeland, 601-956-2929) Fratesi’s has been a staple in Jackson for years, offering great Italian favorites with loving care. The tiramisu is a must-have! STEAK, SEAFOOD & FINE DINING Eslava’s Grille 2481 (Lakeland Dr, Flowood, 601-932-4070) Seafood, Steaks and Pastas The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen (1200 North State St. #100 601-398-4562) Transforms the essence of Mediterranean food and southern classics. The Penguin (1100 John R Lynch Street, 769-251-5222) Fine dining at its best. Rocky’s (1046 Warrington Road, Vicksburg 601-634-0100) Enjoy choice steaks, fresh seafood, great salads, hearty sandwiches. Sal and Phil’s Seafood (6600 Old Canton Rd, Ridgeland 601-957-1188) Great Seafood, Poboys, Lunch Specials, Boiled Seafood, Full Bar, Happy Hour Specials Saltine Oyster Bar (622 Duling Avenue 601-982-2899) Creative seafood classics. One of Jackson’s Best New Restaurants. MEDITERRANEAN/GREEK Aladdin Mediterranean Grill (730 Lakeland Drive 601-366-6033) Delicious authentic dishes including lamb dishes, hummus, falafel, kababs, shwarma. Zeek’s House of Gyros (132 Lakeland Heights Suite P, Flowood 601.992.9498) Jackson’s Newest Greek Restaurant, offering authentic gyros, hummus, and wide selection of craft beers. BARBEQUE Chimneyville (970 High St, Jackson 601-354-4665 www.chimneyville.com) Family style barbeque restaurant and catering service in the heart of downtown Jackson. Hickory Pit Barbecue (1491 Canton Mart Rd. 601-956-7079) The “Best Butts in Townâ€? features BBQ chicken, beef and pork along with burgers and po’boys. Pig and Pint (3139 N State St, Jackson, 601-326-6070) Serving up competition style barbecue along with one of the of best beer selections in metro. COFFEE HOUSES Cups Espresso CafĂŠ (Multiple Locations, www.cupsespressocafe.com) Jackson’s local group of coffeehouses offer a wide variety of espresso drinks. Wi-fi. BARS, PUBS & BURGERS 4th & Goal Sports Cafe (North, 5100 I-55 Frontage Rd 769-208-8283) Handcrafted food made from the best ingredients. Burgers and Blues (1060 E. County Line Rd. 601-899-0038) Best Burger of 2013, plus live music and entertainment! Fenian’s Pub (901 E. Fortification St. 601-948-0055) Classic Irish pub featuring a menu of traditional food, pub sandwiches & Irish beers on tap. Hal and Mal’s (200 S. Commerce St. 601-948-0888) Pub favorites meet Gulf Coast and Cajun specialties like red beans and rice, the Oyster Platter or daily specials. ISH Grill & Bar (5105 I 55 N Frontage Rd. 769-257-5204) Jackson’s newest hot spot offering classic foods and cocktails in a refined and elegant atmosphere. Legends Grill (5352 Lakeland Dr. 601-919-1165) Your neighborhood Sports Bar and Grill. Martin’s Restaurant and Lounge (214 South State Street 601-354-9712) Lunch specials, pub appetizers or order from the full menu of po-boys and entrees. Full bar, beer selection. Ole Tavern on George Street (416 George St. 601-960-2700) Pub food with a southern flair: beer-battered onion rings, chicken & sausage gumbo, salads, sandwiches. One Block East ( 642 Tombigbee St. 601-944-0203) Burger joint and dive bar located in downtown Jackson. Great music, tasty beverages and Bad Ass Burgers is what we do. ASIAN AND INDIAN Fusion Japanese and Thai Cuisine (1002 Treetops Blvd, Flowood 601-664-7588/1030-A Hwy 51, Madison 601-790-7999) Specializing in fresh Japanese and Thai cuisine, an extensive menu features everything from curries to fresh sushi. Surin of Thailand (3000 Old Canton Road, Suite 105, Jackson 601-981-3205) Jackson’s Newest Authentic Thai & Sushi Bar with 26 signature martini’s and extensive wine list.

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rick Street Pops, which is at the intersection of Monroe and West Leake streets in Clinton, is reminiscent of an ice cream parlor without ice cream. Its freezer is filled with an upgraded version of another frozen treat—popsicles. Brick Street’s pops aren’t the sticky, artificially flavored treats that stained your T-shirt when you were a kid; these are made with fresh fruits and organic cane sugar. The small, brightly painted storefront

flavors like pear pie; they like to give us their two cents about pineapple cilantro; they’ll ask what jack fruit is,� Mansell says. “After a 10-minute conversation, they’ll order strawberry. It’s important that we have unique, weird flavors, but we always have something familiar as well.� Brick Street pops are low-calorie. With the exception of flavors such as cookiesn-cream, chocolate milk, and dark roast espresso, many are dairy-free. IMANI KHAYYAM

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“If you stick with the fruit flavors, you’ll be good to go. Watermelon agave is very low sugar and has around 40 calories. A friend who is diabetic comes in and gets it,� Mansell says. A set of shelves on the far wall is stocked with old-school candy favorites such as BitO-Honey, Long Boys, Chuckles, Neco Wafers and Moon Pies. Next to the freezer, a refrigerator case filled with a variety of bottled sodas adds to the retro feel of Brick Street. “We look for new and unique sodas, anything that you can’t buy in a gas station. The root beer and cream sodas, the Cheerwine (a cherry-flavored, fire-engine red soft drink), most of the sodas we sell people haven’t seen before,� Mansell says. With the exception of cookies-ncream, all Brick Street’s popsicles cost $3.25 each with tax. The popular pop with a whole Oreo cookie in the middle is $3.50. Daily flavors are listed on their Facebook page along with specials like a soda and popsicle for $4.99. Winter hours are 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday. “I used to own a bunch of restaurants. I’ve also owned Snow Biz franchises,� Mansell says. “I never intended to get back into it. Delis and catfish restaurants are very intense with lots of moving parts. This is just fun.� For more information on Brick Street Pops (400 Monroe St., Clinton), visit brick streetpops.com.

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or almost a month, when Garrad Lee, a local deejay, show promoter and coowner of record labels Elegant Trainwreck and Homework Town, spoke with Brad Franklin, the City of Jackson marketing specialist would hint at big plans for a city-wide music event. When Franklin set up a meeting in November 2015, a “who’s who� of Jackson music makers, including Lee, Cody Cox, Chad Wesley, Tetrina Blaylock and Kerry Thomas, attended. There, the group laid the groundwork for what would become the first Jackson Indie Music Week. “We had the basic, bare-bones idea, which was to take a week, spread it out all over the city and do things other than just shows, like showcases, and we were throwing around ideas like panels and stuff like that,� Lee says. “After that first meeting, it took a rough shape, and we kind of farmed stuff out to everyone— people with connections to different venues can deal with these venues, and me and Cody with our Blender (concert series) could put something together.� Lee, 37, and more than a dozen other promoters began booking venues, contacting artists and coming up with event ideas. After only 10 weeks of planning, the resulting Jackson Indie Music Week, which takes place Jan. 11 through 17, features about 50 artists at about 10 venues around Jackson, from long-established spots like Duling Hall and Hal & Mal’s to more recent additions, such as Big Sleepy’s, Offbeat and The Workshop, which will host some of its first concerts during the festival. In addition to the Jackson Indie Icon 22 Awards on Jan. 14 at Duling Hall, the Jack-

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two to four events every night, so the coordination that goes into that—making sure all the promotion has the right logos on it, making sure the language is used properly across all platforms, making 30 Facebook events in a couple weeks—is daunting,� Lee says. Thankfully, as the scope of the sevenday festival grew, so did the team that put IMA NI KH AY it together. Detroit native Donyale YA M Walls, 35, is a talent manager who represents artists such as Los Angeles rapper Def Sound and Jackson rappers Skipp Coon and the Jackson Jackals. After previously studying at Jackson State University, where she Donyale Walls and Garrad earned a bachelor’s Lee helped degree in psycholorganize ogy with a minor Jackson Indie in music educaMusic Week. tion in 2003, Walls decided to move to Jackson permanently in fall 2014. She joined the planning process for Jackson Indie Music Week about three weeks after the first meeting but has quickly become one of its key figures. “I didn’t know where they were at with it,� she says. “I just saw they were having a volunteer meeting, so I wanted to go and see what it was about, get more tric panels on Tuesday, Jan. 12. The first, information. I went with the intention to “Do the Knowledge,� is at Thalia Mara serve as a stage manager, just helping with Hall. Panelists such as talent manager Chris artist coordinating and anything like that. Cajoleas, Ardenland owner Arden Barnett But the more ideas (I heard) and the more I and entertainment attorney Kamel King talked to people, I learned that there needwill discuss a variety of topics from touring ed to be someone having a bird’s-eye view to radio play. The second panel is “Critic’s of the overall picture.� Corner� at Land Vs. Ocean on Tuesday, Jan. Since then, she and Lee have worked 12, where Malcolm Morrow of The Hood closely together to secure sponsorships, deHippie, Melvin Robinson of The Roguish velop a clear social-media strategy, ensure Gent, and other podcasters will interview that music lineups are locked in for each musicians such as SilaS, James Crow and event and place volunteers where they are Paper Bisons in front of a live audience. most needed. Walls also helped Lee, Cox “For the whole week, there are at least and Robinson arrange one of the most ex-

pansive events of the week, “Blendsday,â€? a multi-genre showcase on Wednesday, Jan. 13, that takes place simultaneously at Martin’s Restaurant & Bar, One Block East, Hal & Mal’s and Jaco’s Tacos. For that event, they relied mostly on submissions, selecting performers from the 75 artists who sent in their work. Lee says organizing the lineup for each showcase became a combination of finding artists who fit the vibe of the evening— even if they didn’t match perfectly with the “themeâ€? of that event—and asking the question, “What haven’t they done?â€? For instance, since both The Steve Deaton Three and 5th Child have performed at Hal & Mal’s countless times but never played together, “throw them on a Blender,â€? Lee says. “It’s kind of a calculus that doesn’t have any rules to it, I guess, but it makes sense to us who sat down and placed the chess pieces to see how it goes.â€? While both Walls and Lee anticipate some growing pains in the festival’s first year, they said they have high expectations for what it could become, with hopes to add a visual-art element, out-of-town showcases for acts from cities such as Birmingham and New Orleans, and the inclusion of even more local venues. “With this being the inaugural Jackson Indie Music Week, the result that we’re looking for is for people to identify Jackson as a hub for independent artists,â€? Walls says. “There’s so much of what you could call untapped talent, but some of these guys have been doing it for years. There’s just not a lot of know in the city in terms of what it offers. ‌ We want people to have a good time but to learn about the talent in Jackson and for people from other places to see that Jackson’s a place to be for music, especially if you’re an up-and-coming artist.â€? Jackson Indie Music Week is Jan. 11-17 at various locations. Tickets are $25 at eventbrite.com and grant access to all events except for the “Kings of the Southâ€? concert and Jackson Hip-Hop Awards, which are sold separately. For more information and a full schedule, visit jxnindiemusic.com.

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“Jersey Boys� is at 7:30 p.m. at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). The award-winning musical is based on the life of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Additional dates: Jan. 7, 7:30 p.m., Jan. 8, 8 p.m., Jan. 9, 2 p.m., Jan. 9, 8 p.m., Jan. 10, 1 p.m., and Jan. 10, 7 p.m. $22-$87; call 800-745-3000; jacksonbroadway.com.

Carrie Roebuck presents her artwork, including her piece “Confucius,� from various artistic media at “The Many Colors of Carrie� reception, Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Mississippi Library Commission.

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Total War Puppets performs at 8:30 p.m. at Big Sleepy’s (208 W. Capitol St.). The anarchist puppet troupe presents the variety show “Fire with Fire.� Comedians Stephanie Grammar and Timothy Watkins also perform. $5; call 601863-9516; find the event on Facebook. ADRIENNE DOMNICK

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The Mississippi Blues Marathon and Half Marathon begins at 7 a.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). At the Art Garden. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi sponsors full, half and quarter marathons, a one-mile kids race and relay teams. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Mississippi Blues Commission. Registration required. Fees vary; call 601-624-7882 for volunteer signups; email info@msbluesmarathon.com; msbluesmarathon.com.

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Roxy Roca performs at 9 p.m. at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The Austin-based southern soul band performs. $8 in advance, $10 at the door, $3 surcharge for patrons under 21; call 601-292-7121; email arden@ardenland. net; ardenland.net. ‌ Father Mountain performs at 8:30 p.m. at Big Sleepy’s (208 W. Capitol St.). The indie-rock band from Owensboro, Ky., performs. For all ages. $5; call 24 601-863-9516; find the event on Facebook.

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Hip Hop Awards Jan. 17 from 7-11 p.m. at Thalia Mara Hall. Visit the website for specifics. $25 all-event pass; $25 Jackson Hip Hop Awards admission and $35-$55 Kings of the South concert sold separately; email jxnindiemusic@ gmail.com; jxnindiemusic.com.

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“The Many Colors of Carrieâ€? reception is from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Mississippi Library Commission (3881 Eastwood Drive). The exhibit features artwork from Jackson visual artist Carrie Roebuck, whose pieces include figure drawings, wax batik and other mediums. Free admission; call 601-432-4111; mlc.lib.ms.us. ‌ Millsaps Arts & Lecture Series: A Solo Acoustic Evening with Paul Thorn is at 7 p.m. at the Millsaps College Ford Academic Complex (1701 N. State St.). The roots and rock singer-songwriter from Tupelo performs songs from his latest album, “Too Blessed to be Stressed,â€? and earlier works. $10; call 601-974-1130; millsaps.edu/conted.

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Blendsday begins at 7 p.m. in downtown Jackson. This hip-hop and rock showcase event is part of Jackson Indie Music Week. 5th Child, Steve Deaton Three, Mr. Fluid and Cynical Twins perform 7-9 p.m. at Hal & Mal’s (200 Commerce St.). The Jackson Jackals, Young Valley, Dolla Black, May Queen and Mildred Noor perform 8-10 p.m. at Martin’s Restaurant & Bar (214 S. State St.). Chad Wesley Band, J da Groova, Ethel and JJ Spade perform 9 p.m.-midnight at One Block East (642 Tombigbee St.). DJ Leon Grey performs at Jaco’s Tacos (318 S. State St.). $5 per venue, $25 Indie Music Week all-event pass; find the event on Facebook.

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“Jersey Boys� Jan. 6-7, 7:30 p.m., Jan. 8, 8 p.m., Jan. 9, 2 p.m., Jan. 9, 8 p.m., Jan. 10, 1 p.m., Jan. 10, 7 p.m., at Thalia Mara Hall (255 E. Pascagoula St.). The award-winning musical is about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. $22-$87; call 800-745-3000; jacksonbroadway.com.

Millsaps Arts & Lecture Series: A Solo Acoustic Evening with Paul Thorn Jan. 12, 7 p.m., at Millsaps College, Ford Academic Complex (1701 N. State St.). The roots and rock singer-songwriter from Tupelo performs songs from his latest album, “Too Blessed to be Stressed.� $10; call 601-974-1130; millsaps.edu/conted.

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&//$ $2).+ Sippin’ Saturday Jan. 9, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., at Lucky Town Brewing Company (1710 N. Mill St.). Includes food, games, brewery tours and music from Stonewalls. Free admission, $15 drinking pass, $10 drinking pass for all Mississippi Blues Marathon runners with finishers’ medals and volunteers (must be able to prove); call 601-7900142; luckytownbrewing.com.

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Father Mountain Jan. 8, 8:30 p.m., at Big Sleepy’s (208 W. Capitol St.). The indie-rock band from Owensboro, Ky., performs. Empty Atlas and Deaf & Poor also perform. For all ages. $5; call 601863-9516; find the event on Facebook. Roxy Roca Jan. 8, 9 p.m., at Duling Hall (622 Duling Ave.). The Austin-based southern soul band performs. $8 in advance, $10 at the door, $3 surcharge for patrons under 21; call 601-2927121; email arden@ardenland.net; ardenland.net. Mississippi Supercon Jan. 10, 10 a.m., at The Hideaway (Deville Plaza, 5100 Interstate 55 N. Frontage Road). The pop-culture convention includes a variety of vendors, artists, cosplayers and fan groups, with live music from Diesel 255, Storage 24, Waylon Halen, Burning Embers and Just Cauz. For all ages 10 a.m.-5 p.m., for ages 18 and up after 5 p.m. $10; call 769-208-8283; find the event on Facebook. Jackson Indie Music Week Jan. 11-17, at multiple Jackson locations. The celebration of central Mississippi’s independent music scene includes concerts, showcases, parties and more. The week culminates with the Jackson Hip Hop Awards Jan. 17 from 7-11 p.m. at Thalia Mara Hall. Visit the website for specifics. $25 all-event pass; $25 Jackson Hip Hop Awards admission and $35-$55 Kings of the South concert sold separately; email jxnindiemusic@gmail.com; jxnindiemusic.com.

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Total War Puppets Jan. 7, 8:30 p.m., at Big Sleepy’s (208 W. Capitol St.). The anarchist puppet troupe presents the show “Fire with Fire.� Comedians Stephanie Grammar and Timothy Watkins also perform. Doors open at 8 p.m. $5; call 601-863-9516; find the event on Facebook.

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DIVERSIONS | jfp sports the best in sports over the next seven days

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Is the College Football Playoff Championship Game where the SEC “Empire Strikes Back�? Or will Clemson continue its rise to the top of the sport over Alabama?

Is Sean Payton on the Trade Block? FLICKR/VAMOSTIGRES

THURSDAY, JAN. 7 College basketball (7:30-10 p.m., SECN): The No. 7 Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs look to continue their nine-win streak in SEC play at home against Auburn. FRIDAY, JAN. 8 NBA (7-9:30 p.m., ESPN): LeBron James leads the top team in the East, the Cleveland Cavaliers, on the road against the Minnesota Timberwolves. SATURDAY, JAN. 9 NFL (3:35-7 p.m., ABC/ESPN): The Houston Texans host the Kansas City Chiefs in the opening wildcard game. ‌ NFL (7:15-11 p.m., CBS): The Cincinnati Bengals take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Saturday wildcard nightcap. SUNDAY, JAN. 10 NFL (12:05-3:30 p.m., NBC): The Seattle Seahawks begin their trip back to the Super Bowl against the Minnesota Vikings. ‌ NFL (3:40-7 p.m., Fox): Washington tries to advance at home against the Green Bay Packers. MONDAY, JAN. 11 College football (7:30-11 p.m., ESPN): Watch the final college football game that counts until next September, as the Clemson Tigers and the Alabama Crimson Tide play for the national championship.

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13 College basketball (8-10 p.m., ESPN2): The University of Mississippi looks to continue its strong start to the season on the road against the LSU Tigers. Alabama is 12-3 against Clemson all-time in football matchups. The Tigers’ last win came in 1905, and the Tide has won 12 straight meetings, including the last one in 2008. Follow Bryan Flynn at jfpsports.com, @jfpsports and at facebook.com/jfpsports.

The New Orleans Saints may trade head coach Sean Payton to another team soon.

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he 2015-2016 NFL Season is hardly in the books, and coaches are already getting the ax. One coach doesn’t have to worry about that, but he does get to pick his next landing spot. Fox Sports and NFL Network have reported that the New Orleans Saints are shopping head coach Sean Payton for a second-round draft pick. That, to me, is a very cheap price for a guy who is a proven winner. After 10 seasons in New Orleans, it might be the right time for him to move on from the Saints. At this point, players start tuning out a coach that has been banging the same drum. The team also has to deal with the baggage of “Bountygate,� a seemingly never-ending revolving door of defensive coordinators and the unsettled situation with Drew Brees being owed $30 million next season. So Payton has a lot of reasons to get out of town while the gettin’ is good. The Saints finished in the regular season 7-9 this year, which is the third time in four seasons that the team has finished with that record. Brees is under contract for next year, but his huge salary cap is a major problem. Payton has two years left on his contract but can be traded. It seems highly unlikely Payton would get the boot until he wants to go, after bringing this franchise to respectability and its only Super Bowl win ever in 2009.

Five teams—the Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers, Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns and New York Giants—already have openings. The Indianapolis Colts could be looking for a new head coach this week. Payton could join the Colts because of quarterback Andrew Luck and coach the same team he defeated in his lone Super Bowl win. The Eagles could be interesting depending on their cap space over the next few seasons. A team such as the Browns would seem like a long shot with the rebuilding job always going on in Cleveland. It seems unlikely that Payton will want to stay in New Orleans if Brees is gone. He will have a clear picture about what the Saints will do with the quarterback when he sits down with General Manager Mickey Loomis. But more than likely, Payton already knows what Brees would like to do next season. It’s laughable to think the conversation hasn’t come up. If Payton wants to go, the Saints would be wise to get something out of this whole affair. If he stays and coaches out his contract, New Orleans would get nothing should he want to leave after the next two years. After all is said and done, the Saints’ fans will probably have to face a new year without Payton or Brees on the sidelines in New Orleans. But as with every new year, change is inevitable.

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