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Best Casino of Jackson? Something I don’t know there? 😀

#90077 | Author: Ironghost | Date: Nov 17 2006

Best place to hide? Behind Bert Case. He gets whacked first. 🙂

#90078 | Author: Lady Havoc | Date: Nov 17 2006

Can I nominate L.H. for best wit? How can you match that. That comment is so funny on so many levels! I bow to you’re intellect ;)!

#90079 | Author: Doc Rogers | Date: Nov 17 2006

I totally agree with Doc Rogers… We need a wildcard “BestOf”!

#90080 | Author: kaust | Date: Nov 17 2006

Founding Editor Donna Ladd is a writer, journalist and editor from Philadelphia, Miss., a graduate of Mississippi State University and later the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, where she was an alumni award recipient in 2021. She writes about racism/whiteness, poverty, gender, violence, journalism and the criminal justice system. She contributes long-form features and essays to The Guardian when she has time, and was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Jackson Free Press. She co-founded the statewide nonprofit Mississippi Free Press with Kimberly Griffin in March 2020, and the Mississippi Business Journal named her one of the state's top CEOs in 2024. Read more at donnaladd.com, follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @donnerkay and email her at donna@mississippifreepress.org.