Jackson Jambalaya

I can see it now, " who has a dirty diaper" or the more likely comment "who crapped their pants."

So what. It is in a pipe.

"that's a raw sewage pipe!" What's the big deal Mr. Annison - we have raw sewage "pipes" all over town (as do all other cities and towns). Look under bridges - you'll find lots of them!

If it were a ditch, you'd have a complaint. Its in a pipe - that's where sewage belongs. Get over it.

Given the success rate of this pipe I have no qualms about questioning its placement through a park.

Is this neaar the OGDEN McMansion on Sheffield??????

Bull Shi@#T Yo Mama, Yo Mama ......

You live in Jackson...wading in feces should be old hat by now. BTW, I think I saw one of Stoke's two flushers floating down Sheffield in that video.

Could we also take a look at rural septic tanks and lagoons and rural water systems?

Jackson, like many cities has aging infrastructure. The streets are bad too.

What are your solutions for these cities?

If you don't want the federal government to subsidize and you don't want taxes raised, give me a plan for coming up with the money. What are you going to cut to fix the infrastructure? Do a city budget that works or give me a realistic plan for new revenue.

Is there any plan to bury this pipe underground, or are they just going to let it lay on top of the ground so the lawn maintenance crew will tear it up while cutting the grass?

Wouldn't surprise me that October 22, 2012 6:42 AM even lives in Jackson.

I'm addressing 6:42. You mention a plan for coming up with the money or revenue needed to fix the infrastructure.

The city of Jackson collects sewer from another municipalities (Flowood, Ridgeland, Madison, etc). They charge them a rather large fee for taking their sewer. The money collected over the many years was supposed to be used for maintenance, upgrades, etc. to the city of Jackson lines and treatment plant. The money instead got used somewhere else (squandered is the correct term).

Now they are requiring remediation to take any more sewer. For instance, if you build a new daycare or restaurant in Jackson, you will have to spend money rehabbing some existing sewer in town to stop problems such as infiltration.

The bottom line is that money earmarked specifically for this infrastructure was pissed away. It is like having a rich relative give me some money and say "put this in a college fund for your kids". Instead, I take the money and buy a boat. Later I wonder why my kids have no money for college.

That's fine, 9:59 am. I don't even care how long that had been going on.

That horse has left the barn and bitching that the horse is gone isn't going to help.

I'm sick of the blame game, what's your solution?

The solution is already being implemented. The actual taxpayers are leaving.

October 22, 2012 10:24 AM = Debt Lover

Okay 10:24, I will give you my solution since "the horse has left the barn".

Get rid of all of the idiots. Mayor and City Council should all be gone. Robert Lee, John Thompson, David Willis, and 99% of the other public employees should all be fired. Start over and run this city like a business.

We all know that it will never happen and can never happen. Once you go down the road they have taken, you can never go back. You just die as a city. Overpaid employees who do no work. City official who have no clue how to run a business or a budget. Their only concern is getting reelected so they can continue to suck on the government teat. Their is no accountability because the people who hold them accountable are idiots, freeloaders, or apathetic.

Its a pipe. You dont think sewage pipes are going under every daycare and park in the metro area? There's plenty enough to get upset about, but this isn't worth the fuss

How many above ground surface riding sewage pipes are cutting through the grounds of daycare centers and even resident yards in Clinton?

Do you even have a clue as to what is going on? Have you been the location?

Clintonrebel - That's a reasonable question. The answer is the top video is the same pipe three montha ago and only a half block away. This temporary sewage pipe has a history of failure and the city does not have a timeline to fix it.

11:04 AM...show me the money

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