Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Election night thread. It's Mayor Tony Yarber

Here we geaux. Time for the games to begin.  My prediction? Yarber will win 1 and 7. He has to win 6 and get at least 40% in 2.   He does that, he is in the house and making inaugural plans.  There were several precincts in NE Jackson where Octavian got less than 15 votes.  There will probably be few if any precincts where the reverse is true.   Octavian will win his share of precincts, but there probably won't be many where he is just getting 70-90 percent of the vote.  Prediction: Yarber by 8.  Time to have some fun.
4%
Yarber 433  54%
Lumumba 367 46%

6%
Yarber 934 61%
Octavian: 605 39%

8%
Yarber 1,083 60%
Octavian 723 40%

12%
Yarber 1,442 57%
Octavian 1,081 43%

14%
Yarber 1,575 55%
Octavian 1,286 45%

15%
Yarber 1,694 55%
Octavian 1,372 45%

16%
Yarber 1,737 54%
Octavian 1,469 46%

19%
Yarber 1,904 52%
Octavian 1,734 48%

Getting tight.

21%
Yarber 2,263 51%
Octavian 2,199 49%

25%
Yarber 2,798 53%
Octavian 2,467 47%

26%
Yarber 2,886 53%
Octavian 2,599 47%

Media is doing a HORRIBLE job of updating the websites.

29%
Yarber 3,140 53%
Octavian 2,737 47%

30%
Yarber 3,248 54%
Octavian 2,817 46%

32%
Yarber 3,697 55%
Octavian 3,000 45%

34%
Yarber 4,627 57%
Octavian 3,533 43%

35%
Yarber 4,869 57%
Octavian 3,706 43%

37%
Yarber 5,007 56%
Octavian 3,874 44%

39%
Yarber 5,434 55%
Octavian 4,369 45%

40%
Yarber 5,470 55%
Octavian 4,428 45%

42%
Yarber 5,989 54%
Octavian 5,072 46%

43%
Yarber 6,495  54%
Octavian 5,445 46%

46%
Yarber ,6,921 55%
Octavian 5,641 45%

Damn these numbers are flying. No more having a drink, or two, or three, and watching returns for 2-3 hours.

60%
Yarber 9,235 53%
Octavian 8,198 47%

61%
Yarber 9,441 53%
Octavian 8,459 47%

64%
Yarber 10,210 52%
Octavian 9,514 48%

 65%
Yarber 10,672 53%
Octavian 9,514 47%

Scot Allen you goofball, what are you doing up there?

66%
Yarber 11,058 52%
Octavian 10,233 48%

67%
Yarber 11,347 52%
Octavian 10,485 48%

71%
Yarber 11,416 52%
Octavian 10,627 48%

Just got word that what are considered to be Yarber precincts are still out.

73%
Yarber 12,408 53%
Octavian 11,149 47%

This is actually a pretty good fight on CBS.

74%
Yarber 12,505 53%
Octavian 11,287 47%

75%
Yarber 12,614 52%
Octavian 11,435 48%

76%
Yarber 12,857 52%
Octavian 11,737 48%

78%
Y 13,486 53%
O 11,880 47%

79%
Y 13,559 53%
O 11,997 47%

80%
Y 13,888 53%
O 12,432 47%

82%
Y 14,092 53%
O 12,432 47%

83%
Y 14,316 53%
O 12,670 47%

84%
Y 14,845 53%
O 12,912 47%

Building burning down during election.  Damn. Is LSU playing Auburn?

85%
Y 15,346 54%
O 13,300 46%

87%
Y 15,346 54%
O 13,300 46%

89%
Y 15,780 54%
O 13,642 46%

Over 2,100 vote difference.  Is the Fat Lady warming up?  10 precincts to go.

90%
Y 16,260 54%
O 13,828 46%

91%
Y 16,690 54%
O 14,491 46%

93%
Y 17,548 54%
O 14,846 46% 

94%
Y 17,710 54%
O 14,935 46%

5 precincts left.

96%
Y 18,288 54%
O 15,701 46%

No, Melanie, no one begins new term in the morning.  The election first has to be certified. That will take a couple of days.

97%
Y 18,753 53%
O 16,329 47%

2,406  vote difference.  La Boheime? Madame Butterfly? Or some Wagner? 

Over 35,000 votes.  So much for lighter turnout due to it being a special election.

98%
Y 18,955 53%
O 16,682 47%

2,273 vote difference. 2 precincts left.

99%
Y  19,742 54%
O  17,095 46%

60 comments:

GG said...

My Prediction: Donna Ladd and Todd Stauffer and the Jackson Free Press are a NON-FACTOR in this election.

Anonymous said...

In the spirit of logic and reasoning, at what point does one just give up on fixing a self destructing city? It's not just white flight, it's everyone that can afford to get out....
So again, I ask, at what point do we decide to just give up on jackson?

Roland Tembo said...

Why do you care 7:32? You've obviously given up already.

Anonymous said...

7:32, about 10 years ago.It has been over for a long time.

Anonymous said...

I can NOT believe the apathy in this town!!! Somebody please tell me this election is not going to be decided by 15% of the electorate!!! #%!?@&$?

Anonymous said...

I care about it because it affects every community around it as well, among other reasons. But I am not sure who the good guys are anymore. Makes it hard to vote for anyone.

Anonymous said...

7:32 and 7:45 are just mad that no one will care when their cities go under. At least people want to bring Jackson back. Who is going to revive your suburb when all the newness is gone and it's no longer the "it" place to live?

You guys obviously don't live here. What went so wrong in your life that you get online to talk trash about places you don't live. If you don't have a stake in the future of this community, then move on.

Anonymous said...

Haha 7:32 stay on the outside looking in, you can't afford Eastover anyway and you're not hip enough to live in fondren or loho. We'll call you if we need our yard cut...

Anonymous said...

I happened to be at the fire station (polling place) on Lakeland today, one redlight east of Smith Wills. Coming out of that little road, waiting for a red light to turn green. Two Chokwe sign holders and two for his opponent stood on the corner waving their signs.

One middle aged woman holding a Chokwe sign hollered at me, "Don't forget to vote for Lumumba!" I said, "I can't, I don't live in Jackson!" She smiled big and hollered...."Go in there and vote anyway!"

KaptKangaroo said...

Actually, if you can get leadership that can work with business, Jackson can succeed. Unfortunately, too many have hung on too long and don't understand sunk cost.

My hopes are Jackson realizes it needs ECONOMY and BUSINESSES to generate TAX dollars.

Anonymous said...

Kingfish, I have been noticing that there is some guy who always brings up Donna Ladd / JFP on your posts without solicitation, and I am starting to suspect it is some sort of guerrilla marketing campaign on their part.

Anonymous said...

An endorsement from the Fondren Freak Press is the kiss of death.

Anonymous said...

All together now:

Happy days are here again
The skies above are clear again
So lets sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again

Anonymous said...

Donna is referring to Yarber as "the presumptive mayor". Is she calling the race? Ahead of Kingfish?

Anonymous said...

Oh my goodness. Sanity prevails?

Kingfish said...

Who cares?

Anonymous said...

I stand wrong, I predicted Antar to go into the runoff, Antar to win the runoff. I am very pleasantly surprised, and very glad that Antar and his supporters and their "dream" will not live on tonight and into the next election.

Anonymous said...

Perhaps we should refer to Donna as the presumptive idiot?

Anonymous said...

I guess Regina's ringing endorsement and her 750 votes weren't enough to pull a win out for Cockwe jr.. Congrats to Yarber, maybe he can bring some positive leadership to the city. He seems like a good guy.. Time will tell, but he has an uphill battle with the Stokes twins still on the loose. I know jackson lost its elephants but I know of 2 guerillas we can put on display.

Anonymous said...

Oh happy day!

Anonymous said...

Awesome job.

Anonymous said...

"Actually, if you can get leadership that can work with business, Jackson can succeed."

Now there's a statement by a deluded man. Dale Danks and Kane Ditto were both proficient at 'working with business' and Jacktown slid into the sewer on their watch.

Methinks Kangaroo's statement is some sort of code for 'Don't talk Swahili and don't be demandin' minority set asides and don't be requirin' the hiring of negro's on your projects. If not, he can 'splain hisself.

Anonymous said...

I hope Lee and Mcquirter are somewhere enjoying a cold beer.

Anonymous said...

Did KF actually just post "Who Cares"? Must be the Jim Beam.

Anonymous said...

Nothing presumptive about it 9:10.

Anonymous said...

Looks like Yarber picked up 2,000 or so votes from people who voted for Chokwe, Sr.. Obviously there wasn't a dime's worth of difference between Chokwe, Sr. and Jr. Yarber was just a much better candidate than Lee.

Johnny Weir said...

Yarber got me & my wife vote. I think the negative, mean, criminal, ad running on TV and in flyers turned most sane adults stomachs and also show how rough politics can be. Thanks you Kingfish for turning over stones to get to the bottom of this issue.Justice to the PEOPLE!

Anonymous said...

Thank you Kingfish! Another fine job of reporting.

Anonymous said...

Hey Kwame, pack the hell up and get the f&ck out of OUR city! You're not going to get your chance to destroy this city like you did Detroit.

Anonymous said...

Screw Donna Ladd and her irrelevant rag. She's just mad that yet again she picked the wrong horse to endorse. Plus she couldn't find dirt on Yarber or uncover another imaginary NE Jackson conspiracy that she could harp on ad nauseum. She and her editorial board's opinions had 0 impact.

Anonymous said...

I wonder if Antar will now seek the vacant City Council seat. Gotta start somewhere! Look at Kenny Stokes, he's moving on up to the big time.
I don't think we've heard the last of Antar...

I also wonder if Antar realizes that he is lying when he says one thing but means another? He said he had nothing to do with the vile attack on Yarber, yet he didn't stop the ads or phone calls.
He said he is a Christian and believes in Jesus. His daddy said the same thing but Daddy added "...but I don't know about all that coming and going stuff." I believe he was referring to Jesus' rising from the dead and ascending into Heaven. I guess he and Antar look at Christianity differently than other Christians.

No matter, just noticing a couple of things that suggest to me that Antar doesn't speak the whole truth.

I'm also not convinced that Antar is very intelligent.

Oh well, as Farmer Jim Neal used to say- "We've got a brand new day tomorrow that ain't never been touched by noooobody!"

Anonymous said...

Ghetto trash voted for ghetto trash, this is the face the people wanted to represent Jackson !??.? And we wonder why Jackson has problems. Heck y'all could have voted for stokes

Anonymous said...

You sound exactly like the goober who earlier referred to Yarber as duck lips. You also referred to him as ghetto trash.
Yarber escaped from a life of poverty by seeking an education and working hard. He obviously had a caring family. He now has a very nice family of his own.
For you to refer to him as duck lips says a lot about you. You seem to have many problems with yourself and your life.
Take a close look in the mirror. You might see the very demons you try to attach to others.
Remember, "when you throw dirt you're losing ground."

Johnny Weir said...

On our block we have 5 houses with For Sale signs on them earlier this evening. I looked outside at 10 PM. There are only 2 For Sale sign still up. Wow. Talk about a vote of confidence for Mayor Yarber.
"Birds flying high
You know how I feel
Sun in the sky
You know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by
You know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good, I'm feeling good"

QueenBee said...

I'm so loving Jackson right now-YEESSSSSSS! The consciousness of the voters is going in a good direction. People are getting tired of the BS! Good! Kinda puts a damper on the "Jackson Rising Conference, doesn't it? To make it even better, I would love to see LaRita Stokes NOT be elected judge! Come on Jackson, get rid of the hold-backs!

Anonymous said...

JFP supported every losing candidate except for Obama and Harvey. We will get Jackson better. Step 1 has happened.

Boomerang said...

Larita say, "Kennuff, what dis means?"

Kennuff say, "Hold on mama. Gimmee time to sort dis here thang out now."

Kingfish said...

Ditto was a disaster and screwed up this city in more ways than you could possibly know.

Anonymous said...

Huh? Elaborate please.

Anonymous said...

The next task at hand it to marginalize the 17,000 retards that voted for chokeweed, jr so they won't work against the new mayor. Maybe they will all pile on those Detroit bound busses and we will be rid of them once and for all!

Anonymous said...

JFP supported every losing candidate except for Obama and Harvey.

So, therefore, the JFP has supported every Loser candidate.

Anonymous said...

My wife and I voted for Yarber - but the big question in my mind is - who was Greg Brand working for?

Anonymous said...

It doesn't get better than endorsements from the JFP and Uncle Bennie.

Unknown said...

Bennie backed two losers! ha ha ha!

Anonymous said...

Lt. Robert Graham of the Jackson Police Department will be next. And Whitwell, keep strongarming neighbors and neighborhoods and we'll take you down too.

Anonymous said...

Best part of this post from KF is that he is going to take a break after this morning's radio show!!

Seriously, congrats to Yarber. Ready for him to hit the ground running. First steps, send most of those "acting" department heads back to Detroit. Then start cleaning out the bloated bureaucracy in City Hall. Hope he brings some good people in to help - he can't do it all by himself. Don't worry about the naysayers, or the JFP. Good luck Tony - enjoy today, and get to work tomorrow.

Anonymous said...

Anturd the liar knew pops was dying a year ago. Remember willie boy and thereefer stamps ranted at battlefield park bout pops bein murderd. All them need to pack it and go.

Anonymous said...

8:55, what has Whitwell done wrong??

Anonymous said...

8:55. Have you talked to Whitwell, or do you get your kicks attempting to be a blog bully wanna be? No you haven't, have you?

Anonymous said...

YAWN .... SSSSsssnnnnnoooorrrrreeeeee

Anonymous said...

Here is Brother Kali predicting an Antar win. Then he goes on to say that multi-national corporations are behind Yarber.

Anonymous said...

um, @11:21AM..Everyone knows that brudah kali is as dumb as a sack of hammers!

Anonymous said...

I'm hoping the new Mayor's first act when he walks into City Hall is to announce loudly:

Attention Dee Troiters: Delta is ready when you are.

Anonymous said...

10:25 Are you capable of answering 8:55's very valid question, or are you only a troll here to misdirect legitimate questions so they don't get answered?

Anonymous said...

2:52, that's funny. I was not aware that 8:55 asked a question at all, much less a "very valid" one.

Anonymous said...

YAWN .... SSSSnnnnnoooooorrrrreeeeee

Anonymous said...

Who gives a rat's ass what Brand does or who he supports? The turd has been irrelevant for most of the past 30 years.

Anonymous said...

You may call him irrelevant, but his irrelevancy has destroyed lives in the process. #greyferris

Anonymous said...

How on earth did Greg Brand destroy Grey Ferris' life??

Anonymous said...

Oh yea of short memory!



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