Hinds County Administrator Jennifer Riley-Collins resigned today. The Board of Supervisors gave her the age-old question in executive session today: resign or be terminated. She chose resignation.
Ms. Riley-Collins replace long-time County Administrator Carmen Davis in January. The Board publicly fired Ms. Davis at its first 2020 meeting. Riley-Collins' departure comes as no surprise. She quickly ruffled feathers with her abrasive style of management. Let's just say the employees are not upset to see her leave.
Also, veteran Hinds County employee Ray Ingram passed away Saturday. He was a class act.
The Board hired Joey Perkins to replace Ricky Moore as EOC Director. Mr. Moore recently retired. Mr. Perkins has served for many years as the Deputy EOC Director and is law-enforcement certified. The promotion of Mr. Perkins corrects an injustice served on him by then-Supervisor Kenneth Stokes eight years ago.
31 comments:
I guess she didn't play ball with the good ol' boys.
That was quick.
Damn, that is sad. He was a good guy.
And, good move by the BOS. Joey will do a great job.
Certainly her next move will be to join Jody Owens as an Assistant DA
What is an "abrasive style of management"?
Wow. What an absolute shitshow. And Kenny "Big Stroke" Stokes is a disgrace. I wish these people got to play amateur hour government somewhere besides our Capitol city
It has to more than management style to her firing. More than likely it was her questionable spending practices or perhaps getting a kickback from a contract she might have brought in since January.
Shitshow? They fired a bad administrator. They hired a great EOC director. And a super nice guy died.
Where does shitshow fit into this news piece?
Wonder if there is an investigative story coming out from the CL or other publications that puts her in a bad light? Otherwise, why did the BOS move so quickly to fire her? They never move fast in anything and must be trying to get ahead of something.
Good candidates are not going to be falling out of the sky for that job.
Has she filed her lawsuit yet?
Congrats to Joey. He'll serve the county well.
This was the same woman who wanted to be AG? She couldn't last as Hinds County Admin?
Getting fired as the Hinds Co. administrator is about as significant as being fired as the hall monitor in 4th grade.
@1:01
The shitshow is the identity (racial) politics they have played fot theblast 30 years to get them to this low point.
The same identity politics that guarantees the citizens of Jackson will never elect a white, asian, indian, or even a competent African American because they might sound too white and "its are turn" keeps the crab mentality flourishing on Jackson.
I would like to throw my name into the pot for the job. I have no qualifications that I am aware of, but I will show up the first day and happily take my check each month. I am a proponent of the "Whatever you are willing to take full responsibility for, just don't tell me" school of management. If I am aware in any way of what you are doing, I will immediately reject the plan.
Jennifer Riley - Collins treated the peoole of Hinds County like they were trash. She mistreated Mr. Ray Ingram, he died this past Saturday morning. She and Toni johnson misspent 200k of Hinds County monies. Without board approval.. She has been promised a job from Mike Espy when he wins..
LOL @3:34 … Espy has a snowball's chance in Hades of winning. CHS is garbage, but Espy is from the wrong side of the tracks.
12:45: I’m sure it is simply holding people accountable.
Good move finally putting Joey Powers in a position he is more than qualified. How will continue to perform at a high level.
3:34 PM
You actually believe Espy is going to win?
Google Hinds County District Attorney Office....http://www.hindscountyda.com/ Unbelievable.....
She certainly was proud of the job she was doing before she blindingly got fired. Go to 1:47. The video doesn’t lie.
https://playback.lifesize.com/#/publicvideo/ae1b0512-4ac0-4f2c-a668-21a6bb7eb242?vcpubtoken=73ffd51c-7c89-43dc-9850-a55e82b36dfc
Ms. Collins, an officer and an attorney, was just too straight and legal for this job. The BOS has fired the last four administrators, which leads me to believe that there's something wrong with the BOS, not the administrators. Anyone who takes this job will be fired unless they learn to cheat and deceive. By the way, most of the employees loved her honest and open style of managing.
The Hinds County Supervisors work for the citizens of the County. The employers of the County work for the Supervisors .The County Administrator is hired by the BOS. Shit I done confused myself! Wait I got it, the employees run the shit show, I mean County.
There’s is only one person in the state who could have posted at 6:51. I wish you the best Ms Collins.
5:59 What am I looking for?
The quickest way for a County Administrator to be fired is to be honest and do the right thing.
Wow. What an absolute shitshow. And Kenny "Big Stroke" Stokes is a disgrace. I wish these people got to play amateur hour government somewhere besides our Capitol city
When did Kenny Stokes get back on the Hinds County Board of Supervisors?
10:05...You are probably correct. But, sometimes they witness enough mismanagement and corruption, they simply leave on their own - For example, in Madison County where the previous County Admin had enough sense to take the elevator down to the parking lot. He didn't even take a county-owned-pen with him.
Hinds was being administered?
Jennifer was asked to resign from ACLU, for racism.
Jennifer was not accepted for the A.G. Office by the people.
Jennifer was asked to resigned or terminated by BOS.
Jennifer was heard on Eddie Fair show, saying we need Mike Espy because he is BLACK. I'm sorry but the BOS was right, because there are white employees in Hinds County..
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