Jackson Jambalaya

About time. Water out for three weeks (forgetting the month only a few weeks earlier).

WHY? Because the city failed to deal with the routing maintenance on these wells that they knew were in trouble for two years or more.

Just like the 'crisis' of the treatment plant - the problem there was also, not having addressed the routine maintenance.

And why havent they done the routine maintenance? Because the water system ran out of money.

This is basic Accounting 101. If you are in business which any utility system is, and you keep 'selling' your product - in this case water, sewage collection and garbage pickup - but don't make the customers pay for the product, then sooner or later you are unable to produce any more of the product. And when your customer continues to get and use the product (in this case all three: water some/most of the time, sewage, and garbage collection) your costs continue to rise. Sooner or later ------- VIOLA! You run out of money.

In Baby Chock world, that's when instead of going to collect the bills you figure out some way to keep your 'customers' (i.e. constitutents) from paying their bills and you cry to your favorite Uncle Sugar Daddy for money (feds) or you scream racism loud enough that you hope the other side of the family, the one you don't speak to (state) will jump in and pay the bills just to shut you up.

In the meantime, people in the city go without water to drink, and since they don't have running water to flush with, the house starts smelling like boo boo. Again.

9:04 That’s a true analysis of the water situation.

while many of us on this blog look at Jackson and say “boy are they in bad shape, I can’t believe how bad it hasn’t gotten”. The leaders in Jackson and over 70 percent of their residents like the way Jackson is headed and what it has become. I know it is hard for you to believe and understand, but it’s just the truth.

There are soooooo many way Chowkey could have generated some revenue, i.e. return temporarily to manual meter reading, billing flat rates or minimum charges, untying the billing of garbage collection from the actual water bills that were not being tendered to customers, etc..

BUT he did nothing but flap his gums and blame game. Nothing.

As for Simmons' current story, Williams has missed the estimates for service restoration he provides exponentially more times than he's met the estimate. Your odds of hitting a lottery prize are probably better.

So, Jackson is preventing Byram from having their own water supply while not providing Byram the water Byram is paying for. Jackson is threatening legal action if Byram tries to harvest its own water. I understand Jackson’s position since Byram residents are the only ones paying their bills.

Why? Jackson owns the pipes. It has every right to charge Byram if Byram wants them.

Jackson's only claim is to the pipes. There's nothing stopping Byram from developing its own water sources. The distribution system is the sticking point.

The pump's in the mail.

Byram should pay Jackson for the pipes and completely sever any remaining relationship with Jackson. Byram fought Jackson's incorporation efforts and won. Most people in Byram would accept a tax increase if it would better ensure reliable water service.

Attn kingfish. I cannot imagine any scenario where Byram would not be willing to buy the pipes assuming they are operational. Of course, there would have to be appraisals by “reputable” appraisers.

This type of pump is hard to acquire.

Glad they got one so quickly.

I'm betting Byram will pay the King's Ransom Chokwe will demand to get their own municipal water system.

Don't forget projected revenue streams. Jackson deserves to be compensated for that.

Don't forget projected revenue streams. Jackson deserves to be compensated for that.

I'll bite. Lost revenue compensation for how many years into the future?

Skew the IRR and you'll give Byram all the financial justification (and Byram's leaders the political cover) they need to lay their own pipes. Then all Jackson will have is pipes in the ground making no money.

Put the matter of a completely separate water system including a new duplicate distribution system in front of the Byram voters and it passes in a landslide.

This type of pump is hard to acquire.

Name the pump type. Since you allude to knowing, name it.

Since there is little or no meter reading in Jackson, what do the meter readers do during the day? No show jobs? Do maintenance at Chateau Chowke?