Friday, February 12, 2021

Jackson Airport Gets $3.7 Million Grant for Covid Response

 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:

Anonymous said...

What a waste of our money!

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

Dead airport.

Anonymous said...

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?

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

Bring home that pork Roger!! That is what good conservatives do. Bitch about spending, and bring home the pork.

Anonymous said...

I can hear them now, look out Paris here we come.

Anonymous said...

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."

Anonymous said...

$3.7 million.....time for another trip to Paris air show.

Anonymous said...

@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?

Anonymous said...

Hey fellers...looks like the Paris air show trip is back on!

Anonymous said...

Anyone want to explain why this isn't socialism? Handing out taxpayer money to bailout poorly run businesses?

Woo Hoo - Free Money said...

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).

Anonymous said...

That's a lot of clorox...

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

@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.

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

If their second runway operational yet?

Anonymous said...

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

Anonymous said...

@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.

Anonymous said...

It'd be a hoot to see where the money goes. Paging Shad White, Shad White...

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

@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."

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

I’m sure Baby Chowke is figuring out a way to get
His hands on some of this money

Anonymous said...

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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