Mayor Jack Ellis

Macon Mayor Jack Ellis has converted to Islam and is now working to legally change his name to Hakim Mansour Ellis. Ellis, who was raised Christian, said Thursday that he became a Sunni Muslim during a December ceremony in the west African nation of Senegal. “You do it because it feels right,” said Ellis. “To me it’s no big deal. But people like to know what you believe in. And this is what I believe in.” If anybody wants to know about Islam, I can hold an intelligent conversation,” Ellis said. “What I’ve found is how little we know about the religion.” Read Full Story

I don't know whether it's the comparison to Jack Ellis, the idea that an aide (or at least someone with a cecilstaton.com email account) thinks they need to come down from on high to advise local law enforcement regarding possible security risks on election day (implying that local law enforcement is incompetent, living under a rock or both), or the fact that an increased police presence could intimidate some voters- see Florida 2000- but something about this email is just plain wrong. Of course the fact that it comes from the office of Mr. Voter ID himself, Cecil Staton, is enough to make me ... Read Full Story

People, and lots of people, are upset about Mayor Jack Ellis' letter of support to Hugo Chavez. They are so upset that many people are calling for Mayor Ellis to step down from his office. If he refuses, critics are calling for a major boycott of all businesses in town. Seems unfair to the business owners in Macon, but is sure would get the point across... Linked from http://www.macon.com/198/story/110234.html --- Nationally syndicated Libertarian radio talk show host Neal Boortz picked up the story shortly before 9:30 a.m. Friday. He called Ellis a "blithering idiot" and wondered why any business thinking of moving to Macon ... Read Full Story

AJC has a nice piece about Mayor Jack Ellis, who seems to be causing a stir... Linked from http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/entries/2007/08/14/when_trying_to_pin_down_jack_e.html --- Mayor Jack Ellis’ flirtation with international diplomacy continues to stir the pot. The Telegraph reports that two Macon city council intend to block the mayor from taking any advantage of his recent declaration of solidarity with Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. They plan to introduce a resolution to forbid “city funding of travel to any country certified by the U.S. Secretary of State as not fully cooperating with counter-terrorism efforts or designated as a state sponsor of terrorism.” Ellis couldn’t be reached for comment. He’s ... Read Full Story

Today, in an article posted on Human Events.com, Erik Erikson wrote an article concerning the current mayor of Macon, Georgia, C. Jack Ellis. According to Erikson, Mayor Ellis converted to Islam last February. On August 9, 2007, Mayor Ellis declared his solidarity with Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan dictator. The storm of outrage, anger and protest was overwhelming after the news conference Mayor Ellis called the next day, August 10, during which Mayor Ellis said this, “We commend President Chavez for the things he's done in this country . . . . We want to work for peace and harmony … through the mayors of ... Read Full Story