Jackson Jambalaya

If all of the City Council voted for this, it can't possibly be good.

Great plan Mayor. Use JZS for fundraising - they have done such a stupendous job ofor that over the past few years. Keep on keeping on - the city has plenty of money to support this west Jackson facility just for the sake of continuing what has always been.

This is the phase of negotiations where the mayor and councilmen find out what's in it for them.

Do the greenhorns at ZoOceanarium know that historically the funding they are counting on from the City does not arrive reliably on-time and in the agreed-upon amounts? ZoOceanarium’s boast that the Zoo can become “self-sustainable” in its current location is a serious case of naïveté.

Part of the problem was the ED picked board members, or had a disproportionate say in who they could be.

The study from a couple of years ago chastised the society for having a weak board. It said other boards of similar organizations were geared towards fund-raising, unlike JZS.

Yeah, like the list of fundraising suggestions on Page 49 haven't all been tried before in some form or another. LMAO.

Close.The. Zoo.

So... JZS can stick around and raise money for the new zoo management company who (presumably, since they were selected for the job) will not support the plan to move the zoo to Lefleur's Bluff. Who wouldn't want to be part of JZS and support that???

Doesn't JZS own almost all the animals?

I wish I thought new management would help the zoo survive, but it is not. The location is the problem. Unless it is moved to a better location, Jackson will soon become a city without a zoo. .

Two hundred miles north of here Memphis has one of the most successful zoos in the nation. On a nice weekend there are so many visitors you can't get near the place. Reason? City support, management and LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.

good lord. this 'management' group is going to raise the stature of the zoo? their documentation looks like sophomore business class final projects....

So a company this size, operating worldwide, uses LegalZoom for incorporations? And the Managing Partner, Chris Davis, has a serious gap in his resume from doing anything meaningful with Zoos or animals. Sketchy group.

Here, here 2:41. The same for H'burg and NOLA to the south.

At the end of the day this about segregation. If the zoo was relocated in a better/safer location whites would over run the place. Think about it.

The city can't fix potholes, They can't control the gangs. They can't keep the sewers and water lines fixed. They can't keep the streets from caving in. They are losing businesses right and the tax base associated with them. Most of the city council is a joke.


And they will revive the zoo and make it famous once again?



!!!! BRAVO !!!!


We salute them.

4:31: Okay, at your instruction, I thought about it. Conclusion: it’s the crime, the nastiness of the area, and the fact that I desire to do better with my life than go to that area. If that’s what segregation is, then tuff nuts.

5:26, you forgot to mention the roving packs of feral dogs. You know, the ones that routinely kill zoo animals.

My primary concern is jobs. I understand that some of the current zoo staff may be let go - but, it would be a shame to have the bulk of the workforce let go merely to have an outside team come in and, five years later, depart. IMO, the current workforce is a strength/benefit for the city. Replace management and the office staff - but, there should be an effort made to keep and retain Mississippi workers.

@6:44

This time I'll type slower. The folks in charge of the zoo DON"T WANT WHITES OVER RUNNING THE PLACE in fact I don't think they want us around at all and they damn well know we're not coming to the zoo where it is now.

The management is in AbuDabi? And they talk to the City Council over Skype?

Yeah, this will work.

It's a perception of a functioning zoo.

i wonder how much they want from the city to run it. seems like they havent' discussed money yet....

this 'company' will pull out before 3 years go by..

A lot of red flags go up with this “company”. To add to the growing list is Mr. Davis started another company like this the called A-Z Consulting. Yet his resume says he’s a consultant with this firm. Also, these people have mostly marine mammal credentials and experience. According to what they listed they are use to managing institutions with multi million dollar budgets. They really do not understand the dynamics of the zoo here. They had very few answers in the council meeting for a reason.

I worry for the welfare of those poor animals under what is very likely a scheme.

Another blow for Jackson, courtesy of our esteemed leaders. Seriously, does anyone think that a company out of AD is going to come in and reform our zoo? Why? They cannot possibly expect to make money or even break even so what is their motivation for "investing" in Jackson? And what are the polticos expecting from agreeing to this? I'm sure there's not profit motivation involved. This is crazy.

This firm obviously is quite shady and they have fooled the city administrators. But then again. Have they? They will be the final nail in the coffin of the zoo and the administration can say we tried and that they, Zooceanarium, failed us and brought the zoo to closing.
This firm also has drank the AZA kool-aid and will try to ram their policies down the zoo’s throat like the former and current administrator. Look at all that has happened because this zoo has followed and tried to maintain AZA accreditation. And after all this they dropped their membership and yet all them threats made never came about. The zoo needs to focus on reinventing itself and surviving and forget about AZA and this firm Zooceanarium. If they had. The zoo would still have elephants and a whole bunch more to celebrate. Let’s not forget it’s the zoo’s one hundredth birthday.