Jackson Jambalaya

Congrats Clintonians. Now remember to pick up your dog's poop. Yeah, you have to do that. Most Mississippians are shocked that you are supposed to pick that dogshit up. I don't have a dog but I always have dog crap in my yard.

I'll guarantee there will be an issue with pit bulls and their owners.

Will there be a restaurant on site?

Some of you people can't stand to have anything nice around here. Get a good restaurant, well, you have to trash the owner. Get an amenity people want such as a dog park, criticize it. Let someone in the neighboring burb or city have some good fortune and here come the pitchforks. Oh, then there are those who feel the need to point out the race no matter what. Yeesh.

Why are there no cat parks?! Now that's racist!!

KF, you're apparently late to the party in Stankin'. I think you ought to contact the City of Brandon and/or the Sheriff and get up to date info on doggie parks.

I'm sorry for being a trash talker Kingfish, but doggie doodoo stinks. Even Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg picked up after his pupper and he's a gazillionaire

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5563325/Mark-Zuckerberg-hypocrite-photographer-breached-CEOs-privacy.html

Kool Beans

Can't wait to use this.

Actually, CARA has a dog park - Brees Bark Park.

what is wrong with you people?

Pit Bulls were banned in the Clinton city limits about 10 years ago. I'm sure there will be a sign at the park.

Go ahead and bring your pit bull in plain sight. Dumb move.

I love dogs! I don't like dog owners who are irresponsible. Keep them confined where we can watch them seems like a good thing.

An 'amenity taken for granted in most cities' - yet you list off several that do not provide this while only one in the area that does?

I'd question your definition of most.

And I'd question the practicality of providing such in Jackson who can't even keep its existing amenities open and operating, or its basic required infrastructure operative.

You want a dog park. Great. Build one, and charge a fee. See how much demand there is for such an amenity. Right now, I would hope that the city of Jackson could just keep the grass cut in whatever existing parks they currently have - not opening new ones. (or not bowing to the pressure you and others have tried to put to convert existing parks into your personal playground.)

There is a new dog park in Brandon near the new ball fields and Amphitheater.

Hope this park for dogs doesn't end up like the bicycle trails and sidewalks that some communities have paid taxes to provide. After a while they are abandoned, they wind up in the roadway, and can't seem to understand why they are maimed or killed.

So many dog park experts.

Good for Clinton.

If you don't live there, then your opinion about what they do is dog shit anyway. WTF cares about your stupid comment on EVERY.LITTLE.THING?

@ 11:25-- Got a problem with it, get your own blog ;-)

Amen, KF at 11:25. Getting to know your audience. I always hope that it is the same few miserable people who frequently make that kind of comment, rather than multiples! Great news for dog owners in the Clinton area.

No problem charging fees. Mandeville charges an annual fee, if I'm not mistaken.

There are dog parks at both Old Trace Park and at Lakeshore Park. My experiences have been good at both parks with owners behaving responsibly. A little community seems to form around them because you often run into the same dogs (and their humans) every time you go. Congrats to Clinton! Hope you and your furbabies enjoy the park!

What a waste of tax dollars, I assume all of the street lights work and there is no blighted property or potholes in Clinton.

They need to add a Cracker Barrel and a nice bar where you can dance. If they would do that, it would be perfect. You need to be a Clintonian to understand.

@3:19
Actually the streets are great and the street lights do work. Having lived in NYC, Nashville and New Orleans which all have multiple dog parks, they are great. Most dog owners are responsible and it is a good place to meet neighbors. Dog owners tend to be respectful of others and do clean up after their dogs and the pups have a great time. If you don’t own a dog then you will never understand. A dog park is just another one of the many little things that make an area a nice place to live.

If you have a dog and don't have a yard for them to run around in, your being cruel to the dog. If all the lights work etc. and you have discretionary funds, cut my taxes. I am not responsible for your or your dog's happiness.

Based on my inconsiderate Sherwood Forest neighbors who allow their dogs to dump on my yard, all of Jackson is a defacto dog park.

I’m not a dog person, but I am all for designated spaces.

I’d be more impressed if dog owners actually used these places as opposed to letting spot roam around subdivisions (while apparently sleeping off a bender).

Reporting from Madison Proper

Go Clinton- the oasis in the cesspool of Hinds County! This city is led by an ex-marine that doesn't put up with the crap that other elected officials around the state and country wimp out over.

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