Jackson Jambalaya

The mayor of Vicksburg was on top of things this week. The mayor of Jackson was nowhere to be found. Jackson voters get what they deserved. Quit crying and vote smarter next time.

Love to vote smarter. For who? Have you seen the gang of nothings running? Nobody wants the shitty job.

It appears the more property taxes you pay, the longer your power stays off. Eastover is always first off and last to be reconnected.

Ya know the shituation is frustrating when Good is going on the reservation on fb vids

Great job, Mayor Yak-a-lot. If I could only drive through the neighborhood streets, I would come pick me up some drinking water.

Aaaaaaa-men, 8:50.

Hell, the State didn’t even want the school system it was required to take.

can you imagine what this cluster will be like....Imagine Wendy's drive thru times 1,000000000000000

Meanwhile; Is he still sending gloves and masks to China and handing out gift bags to the beggars at interstate ramps?

10:34

Yeah, I wonder why the State didn't want to be responsible for a school system that needed major upgrades...

"Yeah, I wonder why the State didn't want to be responsible for a school system that needed major upgrades..."

I don't know if the state did or didn't want responsibility, but, it wasn't their choice or their call. It was your Gubnor Feel Brant who made that call for purely political reasons.

8:07 - upgrades? That's not the problem with JPS. Facilities are in good shape, although there are too many of them for the population. But hey, its a good jobs program, keeping people employed you know.

Yes, the state probably didn't want it because it has been driven so far down in the muck it can't be revived - at least with the Nancy Loomes of the world demanding that the system not be changed.

Clean out the crap, reward the good teachers, and start from scratch is the only solution. But, the 'gubment education' lobby of the world won't let that happen.

Considering the political power of the teacher's union, what would you do with it.

How about you provide it through the damn pipes? It's like living on the frontier in the 1800s around here.

I think what this winter storm should have taught all of us is how fragile our society really is. If you count Sunday when the precipitation first started, it has only been 6 days (counting today). It's hard to imagine that many, many folks don't have at least a week's worth of food and supplies to make it thru an event like this. On day one or two, folks were already in need of getting to the grocery stores for basic necessities. If and when the unthinkable happens, a large percentage of society is going to be up shit creek without a plunger.

Not really sure what JPS BS has to do with the water problem, but what the hell. I just read on WLBT that the Mayor says it would cost 1Billion dollars to totally fix Jackson's water system. I say being the good Democrat he is he and Benny should just print that amount up and get it done.

https://www.wlbt.com/2021/02/19/lumumba-it-would-literally-cost-billion-dollars-replace-jacksons-entire-water-system/

@10:07

1) Parts of Eastover have bee without power for going on 3 days according to Entergy's power outage map.

2) The rest of Jackson ought to thank everybody in Eastover every time they see them for being stupid enough to live there and paying those exorbitant taxes to live in a place with such inferior leadership and services as Jackson.

Did the State really take over the Jackson school system?

9:43 - blame the city leadership (or lack thereof) for all the failures you want - they deserve it. But - lack of electricity has nothing to do with the city. Guess you don't understand the different between Entergy (a private utility company) that supplies the electricity to your home, and those in Eastover, and the government.

The taxes paid, the city government, all those things have absolutely noting to do with Entergy.

Come back again when you have something substantial to say - or at least something that has a degree of value.

@10:52. If they did they are a dismal failure as well.

Jacktown skipped the 1st and 2nd world problems and seized onto 3rd world problems for the win.

Jackson - America's banana republic minus the bananas.

@11:10 AM

My post was in response to what another poster had brought up. Creating "strawmen" from my post to fit your agenda is pretty weak don't you think ?

Nice try but come back when you're able to read and comprehend.

@9:39 says "Not really sure what JPS BS has to do with the water problem, but what the hell. I just read on WLBT that the Mayor says it would cost 1Billion dollars to totally fix Jackson's water system. I say being the good Democrat he is he and Benny should just print that amount up and get it done."

I have personally sat in Bennie Thompson's office in Washington DC and discussed this very issue (I wasn't lobbying or asking for money - I don't work for Jackson - I do work in the water/sewer industry). This was under the Trump administration. Bennie said that Lumumba had asked for a federal blank check several times. Bennie said he told Lumumba that in order for him to "go to bat for Jackson with his House colleagues" that Jackson needed a plan for repair. Not just multiple bullcrap studies showing that it needs to be fixed (they have tons of those and any idiot knows it needs to be fixed). But an actual plan of what will be fixed, when it will be fixed, how it will be fixed, and what it costs. Lumumba was overwhelmed. Bennie told him "eating an elephant is a huge task. But you eat it the same way you eat anything else. Just one bite at a time. You have to start somewhere by fixing something." Now that democrats are in control of the presidency, Senate, and House, we will see if something changes.

Hope there is not another Carrington Event anytime soon; that would be a sure enough mess. What would happen with no unsocial media?

" Bennie said he told Lumumba that in order for him to "go to bat for Jackson with his House colleagues" that Jackson needed a plan for repair."

No doubt Bennie-Boo said that. And the little Lord bought it.

That's as funny as watching Maggie Wade "bat her eyes" , while
"dramatically" hanging onto every word out of the little mayor's mouth.