Jackson Jambalaya

I'm only waiting for Stoke's next presser.

Hopefully it will be before Sunday afternoon.

Any updates on the reduction in levels of raw boo boo?

Stokes faces the voters in April. Going to be lots of pressers until then.

Save me, government! -every “Jacksonian”

Meanwhile: At Kroger 51 in Madison, The City...there are four adults out front coaxing shoppers to purchase and donate cases of bottled water to 'our neighbors who are hurting'. There are hundreds of cases stacked out beside them and many guilty shoppers adding to the pile.

I'm not at all certain who, if any, are in desperate need of bottled water or whether the state and National Guard is addressing this issue. I'm all for providing water to those in need, just not sure what the need is. Meanwhile Chokwe is busy with MSNBC press conferences just to get his mug on national TV.

And folk down in Georgetown and Monticello are waiting for their next 'gift' of floating turds coming south.

When will competent adults be in charge?

Although Williams has been busting his ass for over three weeks now,

I think this "Doctor" need a new TARDIS.

( Just to get himself out of that third world town)

My taxes already prop up the Jackson hell-hole. If the State wants to help then the state needs conduct or contract the work and not give any money directly to Jackson. BTW, where are all the Jackson whiners about regressive sales taxation now when one of the solutions Jackson seeks is another special SALES tax?

Here is how to fix it:

1. Elect good people and hire good people. Focus on infrastructure, not race. Pick your contractors based upon price and qualifications, not skin color. It’s about getting the job done cheaply, quickly, efficiently, and with quality. It shouldn’t be about your stupid version of “equality”.

2. Get some low interest SRF money for water and sewer. It’s available. The payback is about 20 years and the interest rate is 1.95%

3. Get some USDA money. The loans are 40 year at low interest and grants are available based upon the city’s racial makeup and per capita income.

4. Raise the water and sewer rates and force people to pay their bills. Cut off their service if they don’t pay. Charge a tampering fee if they cut their own service back on after being cutoff for nonpayment. Tell the council members to shut up when they ask you leave someone’s water on because they don’t have the money. Of course customers are owed a timely and accurate bill.

5. Spend money on hard costs like pipe and fittings and manholes. Limit soft costs like engineering and studies and consultants. Soft costs are necessary, but too much money is being needlessly wasted there. Pick your engineers based upon qualifications, not race.

6. Streamline your staff. A $25 per hour person busting ass for 50 hours produces a lot more than 3 lazy folks making $9 per hour each to stand around and cause trouble. The staff is so bloated with do-nothings.

7. Understand that everyone is either part of the problem or part of the solution. Get rid of those in the wrong category. Pressure from council members to keep the clowns will be immense.

8. Ask neighboring cities why they do things differently and successfully. Ductile iron or PVC? Water/sewer in the street or behind the curb? How do they handle sewer inflow and infiltration? What coating do they use on manholes and why?

9. Get something done. Anything. You have to start somewhere. There is too much standing around and looking with your thumb up your butt.

10. Simply beg the state and feds for free money. Beg. You are a 30-year old who has gotten married to a stripper, lost your house in a fire while cooking meth in the bathtub, lost your job after too many DUI’s, and are declaring bankruptcy. So you simply have to go home to your parents, admit you are a screw-up, and ask if they will help you rebuild your life. That’s where Jackson is. They just don’t want to admit it.


The above is pie in the sky and will never happen.

So what happen to the 90 million from the lawsuit?

@10:17 PM - don't ask embarassing questions or Mr. Shad might show up at city hall. Baby Chok did move into some nice digs about the time that the 90 million arrived.

Where is the money from the Siemens lawsuit? That money should be used to fix and upgrade the water system and pipes.

At the end of the day, while thinking outside the box, we have turned a new corner and can see an uptick inthe light at the end of the tunnel and will do whatever it takes in America's radical city.

8:51 Best comment on here in a while