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Hattiesburg General Election June 7th

If you have been living under a rock for the past few months, then you may have missed the fact that we are coming up on a general election in Hattiesburg. If you have missed everything, I can only envy you as it has been quite exhausting with the primary, the runoff, and all the political mudslinging that has went on. Since you have decided to grace us with your presence, I’ll let you know your choices on June 7th. As always, we don’t endorse any candidate, since the opinion of any one person or media outlet should not influence your decision-making process.

Johnny Dupree - Democrat (He’s the mayor now)

Betsy Rowell - Republican (She’s on the city council)

Shawn O’Hara - Independent (Was he under there with you?)

Kim Bradley (R)

LaJuana Richardson (D)

C. Jerome Brown (D)

Andrew Ellard (R)

Red Bailey (I)

If your interested in catching up on what the mayoral candidates stand for, I strongly suggest two things. One, visit their website. Two, watch the WDAM Candidate forum on Thursday night at 7 pm. If you happen to miss it, stop by the forums on Friday morning, I’m sure there will be a few comments about it. After all of this, you can vote in our Final Election Poll, and get in on some of the colorful discussion going on about the election and the controversy surrounding it.

I promise you, you won’t feel like your uninformed for long, as a matter of fact, you might even suffer from “opinion overload”. If you do feel as though you suffer from this condition, please visit our newly created “Things to do in Hattiesburg” page and get some sun while visiting some of the places listed there. Follow this by talking about what you’ve done in the Off-Topic forum, and only periodic visits to the Hattiesburg News forum.

Thanks for reading, and be sure to leave a comment to help us improve.

Site News

We have a lot of different things going on at the site now. For those of you who haven’t stopped by in a while, here’s a quick rundown. Over at the forums, we have a few interesting topics going on:

First, the final election poll is up and running. I know we have plenty of Republican support on this site, I would like to see the Democrats come out and voice their opinions also.

Next, we’re discussing whether MyHattiesburg.com t-shirts would be a good idea, and what you would like on them.

Finally, we’ve added a Hattiesburg classifieds section to the forum, so you can let everyone know about your items for sale. There’s a whole lot more, so I’d encourage everyone to register at the forums, just click this link to do so.

As for election news, the WDAM Candidate Forum is coming up next Thursday, June 2nd at 7 p.m. I would think that all three candidates are going to be there, and I would also think it’s going to be very interesting to watch. The next four years is very close to beginning, and you will decide who is in control of it.

I’ve also got some questions and comments about our shopping and directory sections. It’s free to get a link to your web site in these sections, if you have problems with how, just send me a message on the forums or at my e-mail address “aaron at myhattiesburg.com” Trade at for @.

That’s all for now, the future looks very bright for MyHattiesburg.com because of our members and visitors, thanks for making it a continued success.

Better late than never

Sorry for the delay, I was away on vacation, but the winner of the Republican runoff was Betsy Rowell. The unofficial results reported by WDAM were:

Betsy Rowell 2,424

Lee Jarrell Davis 1,482

In the June 7th election, you will have three choices for the mayor of Hattiesburg

Johnny Dupree (D)

Betsy Rowell (R)

Shawn O’Hara (I)

About the comments

First of all, thanks to all those who participate in the blog. I enjoy getting up and reading everyday and that wouldn’t be possible without you. Having said that, I have to say this. Please note that if your comments contain the words white or black and refer to a person or attack someone personally, they will be deleted from now on. I realize some of this is fully within your right to free speech, but it’s not needed nor wanted here. I can’t take the time to edit out of the words like I have on some posts, so the entire post will be deleted from now on. Some think the city is racially divided, and no one can control that but you. However, this site won’t be. Please don’t refer to your color or anyone else’s. If I delete your post, you have the capability of posting it again without the offending words in it the next time.

Lamar Bond issue has passed

Just a quick note to let our members and visitors know that the Lamar County bond issue has passed. The unofficial numbers are posted below. Please note the unofficial, since we seem to be having problems with voting machines lately…

For      7924 64.5%

Against      4310 35.5%

The bond issue needed 60% to pass.

Hattiesburg Primary results

The unofficial results are in. It looks like there will be a runoff in the Republican race for mayor. The numbers are posted beside each candidate.

Republican Candidates

Betsy Rowell 2092

Lee Jarrell Davis 1351

David Senne 898

Walt Coker 64

Democratic Candidates

Johnny Dupree 3269

Catherine Starr 65

Total Republican Votes: 4405
Total Democratic Votes: 3334

Ward 1

Kim Bradley (R) 303

Darth “Scooter” Borgman (R) 112

Larry D. Carroll Sr. (R) 56

LaJuana Richardson (D) 187

Ward 2

Denard Delgado (D) 716

Eddie Holloway (D) 674

Ward 3

Carter Carrol (R) 1079

Jerry Shemper (R) 888

Ward 4

C. Jerome Brown (D) 381

Rick James (D) 177

Andrew Ellard (R) 460

Brian Lucas (R) 322

Rink Russell (R) 291

Ward 5

Henry Naylor (D) 1052

Oliver Johnson (D) 614

Andrew Mott (D) 20

Runoffs are needed for the Republican mayor’s race between Rowell and Davis. Also, a Ward 4 runoff between Ellard and Russell. On the Democratic side, there will be a Ward 4 runoff between Delgado and Holloway. Runoffs will occur on May 17th. Click on the link below to vote in our Republican runoff poll.

Republican Runoff Poll