Senator Roger Wicker issued the following statement.
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today announced
the award of $11.6 million in
grants to 63 Mississippi airfields experiencing economic disruption
because of the COVID-19 public health emergency. The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) awards were funded in the
Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act for airports and eligible concessionaires.
“Mississippi’s airports have experienced severe economic disruption as a result of the coronavirus pandemic,”
Wicker said. “This funding will help airports to withstand the
drop in traffic from COVID-19 and facilitate economic development as we
work to recover.”
“These
FAA Coronavirus Response grants will help support operations and
maintenance needs at airports across Mississippi. The usefulness of
these resources is
more important now as local economies deal with the ongoing pandemic,” Hyde-Smith said.
In all, the FAA awarded $11,622,567 to Mississippi, with the largest grants being:
· Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport, Jackson – $3,747,799
· Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, Gulfport – $2,958,641
· Golden Triangle Regional Airport, Columbus – $1,028,626
· Key Field, Meridian – $1,010,947
· Tupelo Regional Airport, Tupelo – $1,008,459
·
Hattiesburg- Laurel Regional Airport, Hattiesburg – $1,006,447
For a full list of the grants in Mississippi, click here.
26 comments:
What a waste of our money!
I'd love to know where they got the figures for the smaller airports.
However, no money "gifts" will impress me if they do not vote to convict.
We can find smarter and more honest conservatives who could have strongly contradicted The Big Lie. And, it's THAT lie that incited the riot.
Dead airport.
Our airport is a joke....but will someone explain how Rankin Counrty has jurisdiction over misdemeanor and felony offenses at the airport if the airport is Hinds County property? How is this possible when you cannot consent to jurisdiction?
And the money just keeps on coming. Some of us are going to live to see the value of the US dollar decline drastically. That is unless the Chinese take us over first.
Bring home that pork Roger!! That is what good conservatives do. Bitch about spending, and bring home the pork.
I can hear them now, look out Paris here we come.
Whenever these gifts arrive from Washington, I suggest the Senators announcing them be required to state the obvious. "We are pleased to announce 11.6 million dollars in grants to the airports. This will cost each of the taxpayers in Mississippi an additional $25 in tax payments."
$3.7 million.....time for another trip to Paris air show.
@10:57 Will the money "gifts" impress you if they vote TO convict? Have you traveled to the future and heard the defendant's arguments already? If not, how do you know you couldn't be swayed? Ideology much?
Hey fellers...looks like the Paris air show trip is back on!
Anyone want to explain why this isn't socialism? Handing out taxpayer money to bailout poorly run businesses?
The next junket will be London - Paris - Rome - Munich - Budapest - Dubai - Hong Kong - Sydney - Honolulu - Vegas - Home They will be bringing home the bacon (or the clap).
That's a lot of clorox...
The 'international' part of the label always gets a snort out of me. If they re-named it the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers Intranational Airport it would be a more honest title.
@1:21 PM - it is, but did you return your covid checks? Remember, once the politicians figured out that they could bribe the sheeple with their own money we were doomed.
When it's everybody's money, it's nobody's money.....
As big of a joke this is for the Jackson "International" Airport to receive and waste more money, the 4 small airports listed only exist because of other federal subsidies.
If their second runway operational yet?
Money is a fictional prop backed by nothing and printed when needed. It’s all smoke and mirrors and we just see the shadows on the cave wall
@3:45 - what COVID check? You realize not everyone qualified? I’m not against many of the things the right likes to deride as socialist, just pointing out the hypocrisy that Roger and Cindy so frequently can’t grasp. If they haven’t already, I expect them to soon start tweeting about concerns over excessive spending tomorrow after overseeing historical levels of waste under dumbo.
It'd be a hoot to see where the money goes. Paging Shad White, Shad White...
The joke we're overlooking is the fact that Wicker announced it. He had nothing to do with the grant. Senators are sent notices of grants to their home states and they get to announce them. Cindy is pissed.
@5:15 PM - @3:45 PM here. Thanks. I didn't want the checks so we donated ours to the Red Cross. There should have been an "opt out" mechanism.
@6:25 PM - I bet she is. No politician wants to miss out on taking credit for dishing out "the bacon."
Cindy and Roger were rotating in announcing pork projects. But, with a new sheriff in town, these announcements will now go through a certain democrat congressman, not a senator.
I’m sure Baby Chowke is figuring out a way to get
His hands on some of this money
February 12, 2021 at 11:13 AM I'd to hear the answer to that one. Back in '70 & 80's while I was on JPD, there were several times I was directed to leave my assigned beat and go to airport to work vehicle accidents and that is when they a decent Airport Police.
About 10 or 12 yrs ago, I was headed to Pearl on Airport Rd when I passed one of their "Airport Police Cars". When I passed her, she ran up behind me, flipped the blues on and started waving to pull over.....like I was going to since she has no jurisdiction on that road. Told her she was # 1 and continued on till I turned on Old Brandon Rd. Don't know what happen to her, she just kind of faded away.
Also, I believe it's city of Jackson property and not Hinds county's unless something crooked has been worked out between Robert Graham and Chokewad.
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