MageeNews.com 2015 Political Debate

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Thursday night, October 29th , proved to be quite interesting at the MageeNews Forum and Debate. “it” got loud…”it” got tough…but the ones in attendance learned a lot.

 

Thank you to the candidates who attended, the businesses that sponsored door prizes, the businesses that provided refreshments…and a special thank you to the friends and family of MageeNews.com who worked so hard to “pull this off.” At the beginning of the program, Charlie came to me with this look on her face that I knew wasn’t good. “The internet is not working right,” stated Charlie. Now, ya’ll, we had (Joe Garner included) spent hours trying to get everything to “pull” just right. I love the Community House, but unless we can get a “hard line” connection to the “house”…I’ll need to relocate next year…makes me sad….But as I told Charlie, “Fox news feed was lost several times during the World Series….and they have million dollar equipment…we have thousand dollar equipment and we all have problems.

 

A copy of the debate is available on the home page of MageeNews.com under Featured Video (near the bottom of the home page)

My son, Dickey Honea, was the master of ceremonies. Boy Scout Trop 81 from Mendenhall presented the colors and led in the pledge. Mayor Jimmy Clyde played the national anthem on his trumpet.

Angela Gray represented her brother Robert Gray (candidate for Governor). Andy Gipson spoke on behalf of Phil Bryant (re-election as governor). Celeste Hurst represented her husband Mike Hurst who is a candidate for Attorney General.

The night progressed with speakers seeking almost every local office. The most heated debate was between Patsy Brumfield and Andy Gipson who spoke on Imitative 42. (You’ve just got to see that to believe it…check out the video). Oh, wow…the “discussion” became very heated.

 

Danny Craft, candidate for Supervisor District 2…just told it like it was! He expressed his disappointment in other candidates who did not care enough to attend these type programs where the voters can meet their candidates. (That’s another part of the video you need to see). Danny did a great job and had the crowd eating out of his hand!

Cedrick Albritton, who is running for Sheriff against Donald O’Cain, did not attend…so Don O had the floor the entire allotted time. (Cedrick did call and said he had to work and could not attend)

Calvin Edwards was unable to attend due to the death of his mother.

I guess the biggest “disappointment” of the night was neither Matt Sullivan nor Daniel Jones attending…but they both were sick with a virus…and I can promise you this, they would have been there if at all possible.

 

Tuesday is the big day….please go and vote…everyone has expressed a fear of low voter turn out. Make a commitment to tell everyone you see “Go Vote”

 

 

MageeNews.com will live stream the election returns (if the Internet is willing! Ha)…we’ll start live around 7 PM Tuesday night. Remember you can text questions or returns from other parts of the state to 601-310-6881. We will have someone working MageeNews.com Face book page and posting on Twitter.

Oh what a night!
Special thanks to: McAlister’s Deli, Sonic Drive Inn, Piggly Wiggly, and Shooting Star (water) for providing refreshments.

Thanks to Hand’s Nursery, Polk’s Gifts, PrioirtyOne Bank, Peoples Bank, Trustmark Bank, J Grant’s Menswear, and The Gift Garden of Magee General Hospital for donating door prizes.

A huge thank you to Joe Garner of Music City Instruments….the boy is a whiz…he did all the mikes…PA system…anything and everything!

I’m sure I’ve left someone out!

Again, a huge thank you to the candidates who participated…ya’ll were awesome and proved how much you want to win!

Stay tuned!