Jackson Jambalaya

I see nothing wrong with this. Good for Jackson for finally enforcing rules.
The news guy was pretty bad at asking questions. The guy being interviewed did good until the ending comment.

If a family member dies what else should they get for free from the city? Flowers, caskets, burial plots, money...?

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If it can be done, the City of Jackson can do it badly.

What do you want to bet that this is only for certain churched and funeral homes?

Shakedown mentality. Four churches mentioned with meters are the wrong color.

Someone failed to let Antar know how many Hispanics are attending St. Peter's. He knows damn well that Bennie's memo said the Hispanics get everything they want no questions asked.

It seems to me, that if the city is going to charge for meters they should at least send some notice out

This occurred at the funeral of a priest, no less.

Now, if they could just enforce parking rules around the JPD building. They park in the street, partially in the street, beside fire hydrants, on corners, on sidewalks, etc.

All churches and funeral homes will be relocated to Madison/Ridgeland. Problem solved. Old facilities can be repurposed into feeding sites. everyone wins!

There’s no greed like government’s greed. Except for funeral home owners that exploit the living because of their grief for the dead.

@1:12, AMEN! President Street between the courthouse and Chancery Court is a bear too. But most of the offenders are patrol cars, so I suppose ticketing would be of no use for them.

My goal is to never set foot within Jackson again.

I can't believe it took this bunch of "City of Jackson: Leaders/administrators/idiots " so long to think of another way to scam ANYONE that ventures into Jackson.

Damn, one can't even have a funeral in Jackson anymore. . . without getting screwed.

I wonder . . .

Will any of these parking charges be used to cut the grass at the City Cemeteries ?

I'm sure Cedarlawn Cemetery will look as like it did in the old days . . . once these funds realize accrued interest.

Sorry.

I'm kidding myself.

Why doesn't Jr. Lumumba have a transition tax on all bodies handled by Jackson mortuaries? No pun intended but they'll will make a killing.

I'm affiliated with a funeral home and we were aware of this new process, maybe you missed the memo!!! For the sake of the families we need to stay on top of these things!!!!

Can you imagine grieving relatives having to dig into their pockets to go feed the meter each hour.
Also, Now, Kennnuf Stokes want to make all Drug stores stay open for 24 hours in Jackson.

You should feel blessed by the City of Jackson, because you would be the only funeral home notified. None of the downtown churches are aware of it nor any of the funeral directors I have spoken to today. Why don’t you tell us what firm you are with.

Goodness, has JPD parking enforcement ever bothered to drive down the road between JPD and the Hinds courthouse? City and county vehicles are parked 3 deep, some even on the sidewalk. Every fire hydrant on every corner around the courthouse has not one, but three cars parked all around it. Most have city or county markings.

I imagine that @7:01 is affiliated with the funeral home with which Lumumba, Jr. has his pre-arrangement policy. Jr. wanted to be sure all costs were covered so he informed them of the new policy.

What's the deal with Congress St between Pearl and Pascagoula Streets always being closed with the orange barrels but cars are always parked in the spaces?

August 29, 2019 at 7:01 PM = Fake comment

OK...so, what's the answer? Does the driver of each car get out and feed the meter and be sure it's fed again later? That's not practical. Do the funeral homes receive and pay an assessment in advance and add that to the family's invoice? That might be practical. The only other option I can think of is for the church to pay some sort of reasonable assessment on the day of the funeral and eat that charge.

But, really, the only difference between being parked there for a funeral and being parked there for any of many other purposes is the (assumed) presence of grief. The grieving should not get a pass. Anybody who drives into Jackson is grieving.

@12:51
I believe you are referring to illegals rather than just Hispanics. I attend St. Teresse South Jackson were around 40% Hispanic. Many are legal or 2nd generation. Big difference between an illegal and a Hispanic illegal. One knocks and the other invades. Proud American of Honduran roots here. I also hire 3 Americans and have a paper shredding business in metro Jackson. So count me in for sending illegals home.

Some will never be billed. In third world countries rules and laws are not applied fairly.

I wonder if the city would be willing to help pay for my new tires and front end alignment.
Better yet how about they squash the balance of my $1600.00 water bill.The bill I do not actually owe.The same bill that came with the not so great water quality report. IVE ALWAYS PAID FOR WATER.PARKING AND MY TAXES. WHERE DID THAT REVENUE GO ......NEW METERS MY A** this will be another jacktown hustle or maybe they will beautify the neutral grounds of another raggedy street or plant some knock Rose's
I dont give a RIP about a parking meter.Whenever find myself having to park downtown its usually in a private but you must pay to park scenario.Usually because I'm going to court for a ticket etc etc due to JPD having time to chase me up and down these wagon trails they call streets
Sounds like they want the citizens and patrons of downtown businesses to respect their guidelines while they use sketch ass tactics and lame b.s.excuses in an attempt to seem like they are getting something done. LAST BUT NOT LEAST WHATEVER HAPPEN TO THE DAY OF RESPECTING THE DEAD AND THEIR FAMILIES.ALL MY RANTINGS ASIDE CAN WE NOT AFFORD MOURNERS THE SAME LUXURY AS OUR CITY OFFICALS WHO DO NOT PAY FOR PARKING. THEY TAKE UP BOTH SIDES OF SOME STREETS ON ANY GIVEN DAY.THEY COULD MAKE UP THE MONEY THERE AN LET FUNERAL HOMES SLIDE ALL TOGETHER