Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Jackson Water Crisis Update

Mayor appears on national television.  

The city of Jackson issued the following statement. 

Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba discussed Jackson's water crisis on MSNBC yesterday. 

 

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a bitch.

Anonymous said...

Glad he shot down the race-baiting question there at the end.

Anonymous said...

Looks like the grammatical "Officer" error in the header got corrected but it appears that they can't do basic damn math. Look at bullet #4 under "Water Restoration" -- do the numbers here add up?

The chickens named incompetence, corruption, and "not-my-fault" have indeed come home to roost.

Anonymous said...

The following towns have water
Madison
Ridgeland
Clinton
Raymond
By ram
Terry
Richland
Pearl
Brandon
Florence.
Now, whose fault is it that Jackson has no water?

Anonymous said...

Where's Bennie? Does Bolton have water?

Anonymous said...

Katie Turd race baiting the Lumumba the race baiter.
Ole Katie couldn't nail him on his asinine excuses based on climate change since she is woke on that narrative.

"The water systems are 60 years old." Gee, I didn't know that Clinton, Pearl, Brandon and Ridgeland all popped up in the last ten years.

Anonymous said...

Don't believe Byram has water.

It is served by the City of Jackson, though, so can't blame it on them

Anonymous said...

Edwards Mayor Marcus Wallace never lost water at his full-time home in Madison.

Justice for Raw Boo Boo said...

KF, has an independent audit ever been conducted on the Jackson Water Dept? I would wager that this department (like every other city run entity) suffers from a higher than normal level of corruption and mismanagement. Is this something Shad could jump on?

Cbalducc said...

When was the last time Jackson had competent government?

Anonymous said...

Plain ole nuts and bolts...not the narrative MSNBC was looking for. Chokwe missed a golden opportunity to preach to his choir but to his credit he stuck to facts. Now, back to work. Sigh.

Anonymous said...

@9:16, I can answer that question, but some folks are going to call me a racist, which doesn't bother me. The Dale Danks and Kate Ditto regimes were the last competent City of Jackson administrations, but even they didn't do anything back to then to improve the infrastructure. Every administration since then has been imcompetent.

Anonymous said...

Please someone explain why reporters are asking Lumumba why he isn't bringing in contractors to assist with the repairs?

John in Brandon said...

10:37 Because the outside contractors expect to be paid.

Justice for Raw Boo Boo said...

This is all just so embarrassing. Once the immediate crisis is over, the baby choke blame everyone else game will start in full force and I hope Tater Tot is ready. Hold the line, absolutely NO state bailout for this failed city. Let them hit rock bottom, it’s the only way to conduct a full rehab.

Anonymous said...

9:53 I went to a high school which won 2 state championships in three years. During those years we had two players on the team who ultimately went on to play professional basketball, we also had other damn good athletes far more than any team we played. After that our team struggled to even make the playoffs for the next 10-15 years. Some people swear that our coach during his five year tenure was the best coach in the state and the last good coach we ever had but I know better. He was an average coach at best who owed his successful stint to the good fortune of having superior talent. He left when the talent dried up. The coaches after him did the best they could with the meager resources they had. I haven't seen a coach yet make chicken salad from chicken s..t. Incompetent, maybe. Maybe not.

Raw Honey Boo Boo said...

@9:53 That's not racist.

Harvey was a self-promoter who focused on flashy projects (Farish Street, JSU traffic circles) and press conferences rather than the boring old nuts and bolts of city management.

Melton was insane.

Chokwe Sr. was a fringe radical who didn't have enough time to turn Jackson into Kush.

Yarber was in over his head, plain and simple.

Antar rode his daddy's name to City Hall and got a rude awakening when he found out that being a mayor was more about paving roads and fixing pipes than about implementing vengeful social justice.

To be fair, Danks and Ditto still had a healthy tax base to fund their efforts, something Antar does not have. Also the old mayors didn't have a climate change ravaged water system, right Baby Chok?

Anonymous said...

Danks was last good Mayor and Ditto started the decline.

Anonymous said...

To be fair, Danks and Ditto still had a healthy tax base to fund their efforts, something Antar does not have.

So you're saying tax receipts, receivables, have declined since Danks/Ditto? Be careful.

Anonymous said...

This just shows how NBC is no news & 80% race baiting.
Why didn't Baby Chokwe have tanker trucks & bottle water ready sooner?

Anonymous said...

The nuns at carmelite monastery have no water. They are using rain water for basic water use. These ladies pray for all of us. Shame shame on the councilman that represents this area fir not helping these ladies who are the hands of Jesus on Earth. Watch what any of you say- this is so sad.

Cbalducc said...

How can Jackson’s politicians be held accountable when a small percentage of people actually turn out to vote?


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