Thursday, October 19, 2017

The Cool Kids are back

The Cool Kids are back this week.  Y'all Politics published its list of the "Top 50 Influential People in Mississippi" and even had a fancy shindig for the winners earlier this week.  See the list. Not to be outdone, the Clarion-Ledger, actually Jimmie Gates published his list of the top politicos under the age of 35.  Since it is hidden behind a paywall, here is the list.


Representative Jeremy Anderson
Rachel Canter, Executive Director of Mississippi First
Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba
Evan Alvarez, student.  Um, student?
Representative Lataisha Jackson
Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker
Moss Point Mayor Mario King
Ocean Springs Mayor Shea Dobson
Representative Robert Foster
Representative Roun McNeal
Grant Callen, Executive Director of Empower Mississippi
Rebekah Staples, Contract policy analyst
Kathryn Rehner, Project Director for Mississippi Health Access Collaborative
Elliot George Flaggs, Lobbyist

Link to article. 

Note: Dear Jimmie Gates: No John Morgan Hughes? You put a student on this last but not someone who is a lobbyist and has managed some successful campaigns? 

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jeramy Anderson. Hahahahahahahahahaha

His greatest accomplishment is getting the lighting just right on his 23rd selfie of the day.

Anonymous said...

where is Carlos the Clown???

Anonymous said...

Uh-oh...the Tot and his Sweet Tater are BOTH on the list (POW!-er coo-PEL!), as is (snicker) Hayes Dent, but Strom Cochran, Pheel and the Joshster didn't make the list. Well, just bless all their hearts...

Anonymous said...

It’s a shame he included Staples in that list. She is much better than this group of no names Gates came up with. 9 dems and 5 Republicans. Nice try.

Kingfish said...

Without Josh or Porter on the list, it's not credible.

Anonymous said...

I can't tell which list is worse...Nice morning laughs.

Anonymous said...

Hope our foreign enemies don't see this list in the CL. If they do, they might be more emboldened by the perceived weakness/softness of that generation.

I don't see any on this list who would storm the beaches of Normandy.

Anonymous said...

JJ, is Josh under 35? He may be just over the limit.

Anonymous said...

I can't believe Hugh Freeze didn't make the cut.

Anonymous said...

Hoe is josh a politico— I dont see where he as registered any clients with the SOS’ office.

Anonymous said...

@8:35 Best comment

Kingfish said...

Porter is even better. He only has a few registered clients and you know what? He represents them for free!

Anonymous said...

NORMANDY?!?! I don't see any that COULD storm the beaches of Pass Christian.

Kingfish said...

No but they might beach themselves on the beach.

Anonymous said...

Seriously - who are these people? They are the "power behind the throne" in Mississippi? Movers and shakers? The Captains and the Kings?

What a pathetic joke.

Anonymous said...

Porter? Really Kingfish? Porter has amassed a well deserved reputation of taking money from his clients and then delivering nothing, zilch, zero. They then dump him when their contract expires after being fleeced like a show-sheep.

Anonymous said...

Amazing how many of the "Kool Kids" are learning early how to "feed at the public trough". Isn't our conservative state suppose to be anti-government?

Anonymous said...

Read the column folks. UNDER 35. Pheel, Cochran, Josh, and Porter - don't qualify. Doesn't matter about their client list, filing, or whatever you want to bitch about. It's a stupid list compiled by the CL, but no more stupid than the commentators that want to include Porter.

Anonymous said...

Eliot George Flaggs is a lobbyist? Where's Bennett Malone's grandson?

Anonymous said...

Other than little Chucky Lumumba Jr I have never heard of any of these folks.

Anonymous said...

Porters mustache is under 35. Did it not qualify?

Anonymous said...

5:51 gets it right



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