My Hattiesburg

What are you reading?

In the upcoming months, we’re going to have many additions to the site and really try to make MyHattiesburg.com the site you come to for anything about Hattiesburg. While we work on these additions though, I decided to give our visitors other choices in the reading department. If you enjoy reading in your off time, these three books are the most popular in Hattiesburg according to Amazon.com.

The Total Money Makeover by radio talk show host Dave Ramsey is a financial and motivational book that helps you out of debt as soon as possible.

The Last Juror, this book by John Grisham is described as one of his best ever and tells a story of a reporter in Clanton, Miss. in the 70’s.

The Five People You Meet in Heaven picks up where “It’s a Wonderful Life” left off and got an average of 4 out of 5 stars from 1,347 reviews.

Four More Years

Johnny Dupree is returning as mayor of Hattiesburg. Unofficial results showed the mayor with 7,160 votes and Rowell with 4,678 votes. Over 52% percent of the voters in Hattiesburg turned out to vote in yesterday’s election. For a breakdown of the election results by precinct, click here.

The election is over and I think now it’s time to move on. Hopefully, the mayor got some good ideas from all the candidates that entered the race and will take them to the office today. I applaud his gracious victory speech last night, am now encouraging everyone to look forward to the next four years.

Incomplete Hattiesburg Election Results

We’ll be posting the election results as they come in on the forums. Just click the link below. As soon as there is some type of official or even unofficial result, I’ll post it here.

http://www.myhattiesburg.com/forums/index.php?topic=1837.0

Get out and vote

On Tuesday, June 7th, we may just have the best turnout in Hattiesburg election history. Of course, we may just have the worst, since it’s up to you. The most important thing is not who you vote for, it’s that you make a informed decision about who should lead this city, and cast your ballot for that person. That’s what all the fuss is about. That’s why these candidates create web sites, spend money on commercials, and spend lots of time talking about their plan. For you and your vote.

If you’ve read this site for the past couple of months, you know that some people say that Hattiesburg is in the gutter. They are happy to give first-hand accounts of outrageous situations containing abuse of power and corrupt leaders. Other people will tell a different story, about the city’s many accomplishments during this administration, and it’s been a turn for the better over the past four years. Me? I don’t know first-hand about any of these things. I think you should look at yourself personally. Look around at your home, your roads, your taxes, and at the city as a whole. Do you like what you see? Then vote for Dupree. Do you think things could be improved? Then vote for Rowell or O’Hara. I just want to be able to say on June 7th that Hattiesburg, as a whole, elected our mayor, whoever that may be. I’d like to say that Hattiesburg stands behind this person, because we had 100% of the registered voters turn out and someone…anyone won the majority. These candidates want the same thing I’m sure. They don’t want to be elected by a select few, they want to stand in front of Hattiesburg knowing that they were elected by the people, for the people.

“Well, what if I can’t make it on Tuesday?” According to the Hattiesburg American, hundreds of absentee ballots have already been cast, and that is an option to you to if you can’t make it on Tuesday. You don’t even have to have a good excuse, just the fact that you don’t like the traffic on election day can get you an absentee ballot and at the front of the line before election day even gets here. Then on Tuesday, you ride home and and lounge in your favorite chair until the results come in.

Lastly, If your wondering where to vote, just call the city clerk’s office at 601-545-4552 and they will let you know what Ward you are in and where you should vote at. It’s that easy. Come back Tuesday night, turn on WDAM, or get on MyHattiesburg.com and watch as the numbers roll in knowing that you participated in Hattiesburg’s 2005 election. It’ll be a decision no one can make again until the year 2009.