Greater Jackson Business

By Jack Criss GJB Publisher With all of the serious problems in Mississippi you would think that our elected officials might spend their time addressing budget shortfalls, pitiful school districts, finding ways to assist small businesses and entrepreneurs and so forth. You’d be wrong. At least concerning some of our legislators. Hinds County Senator Hillman [...]

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By Jack Criss GJB Publisher The criteria to judge any restaurant is by how good its food is and how well that food is served, of course. By those standards, Lumpkins BBQ, owned by Melvin and Monique Davis, passes with flying colors. Anyone who has ever eaten at the South Jackson establishment can attest to [...]

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By Jack Criss GJB Publisher “Keep Sears at Metrocenter Mall in Jackson, Mississippi Open!” the email trumpeted in my inbox recently. The correspondence, from the City of Jackson/Office of the Mayor, continued thusly: “Sears at Metrocenter Mall is a vitally important to the Metrocenter Mall, the City of Jackson and the entire Metro Jackson Area. [...]

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By Jack Criss GJB Publisher Some of you may recall the old commercial jingle advising people to “Look for the Union Label.” As we enter 2012, that iconic song’s lyrics might well be changed to “Look for the Made In The U.S.A. Label.” In over 20 years of experience in business publishing, I don’t think [...]

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By Jack Criss GJB Publisher Government should not have the ability to confiscate property from private individuals and then give it to another individual or entity in the name of the nebulous “public good.” It is for this reason that on November 8, Mississippians should vote “yes” on Amendment 31 which would limit the ominous [...]

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By Jack Criss, GJB Publisher Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is fortunate to have 33 year-old Michael Bentley working in its firm. And the city of Jackson is fortunate to have such a rising and conscientious leader as a member of its professional community. Bentley himself shies away from such accolades (including the recent prestigious [...]

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By Jack Criss GJB Publisher “If you want to make it big, you must put your whole heart and soul and all or most of your spare time into the business, especially at the beginning. Either do not get married at this state, find a wife who does not mind seeing you very much, or [...]

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Special Follow-Up With Wendy Mullins (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP): Grading The Mississippi Entrepreneurs. (Interview conducted by GJB Publisher, Jack Criss, seen in photo with Wendy Mullins). GJB: Wendy, when we conducted our video interview with you recently (see last week’s GJB Weekly), you were just about to begin judging the competition. What stood out [...]

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Jack Criss says, “It’s Been A Long—And Sometimes Strange—Trip” GJB: So talk about your start in Jackson print media. Criss: During my last few years as a talk show host at WJNT, I contributed several op-eds and wrote a few business stories for Wyatt Emmerich and The Northside Sun and for Kevin Jones, who was [...]

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(I originally wrote this column in early 2009 but wanted to share it again with our GJB readers. This piece contains my last remnants of quasi-Libertarian thought and I wanted to get your opinions on how you think it reads today, over two years later.) By: Jack Criss You really almost have to laugh to [...]

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