Jackson Jambalaya

Interesting clip art obviously depicting "Flight School".

what exactly is the "Mbar"?

This is so stupid.....a bar holding a town hall meeting.

Agriculture Museum? I thought MBar was in Ridgeland. Wonder why Chokwe decided to have this, umm, town hall meeting so far away from the action of Jackson?

Sadly republican councilman Foote is a pushover and Chokwe loves the Mbar owner like he does Richards garbage… this mayor is a moron but the planning director is even dumber than he is. She isn’t corrupt she is just that stupid unlike Chokwe he’s mildly dumb but mostly corrupt.

Get out! Get out while you can!

Too little, too late.

A don’t see as a notable attendee where the Jackson mayor is coming. Is he even invited?

Is this story related to the consent decree in re: Raymond Detention Center?

First I had heard about this, so I decided to do a little research. This amphitheater is going to cost $8 to 10$ million dollar? Where in the hell is that money coming from? That is insane. I would not spend 80 cents on something like this in Jackson.

For reels ?

Ooh... a chance to talk to the one white person on Chokwe's staff... too bad she is an absolute bitch.

Wow! Please correct me if I am wrong but it is my understanding that the City gave Mbar either a grant of some sort of tax break for this addition. It is a nuisance business, just like the old Chucky’s on West Street. Also, if Jacktown Bud was killed in response to a shooting at his club Aces, also a nuisance business, then why is no one talking about it. Guess the Mayor protects them as well. Where is ABC enforcement? They are a real joke.

It’s a total failure on the states part to not look into contracts done with city of Jackson and kickbacks
Where is Shad on this? I’m a taxpayer in NE Jackson and I’m disappointed the state doesn’t do more investigation.

Do the organizers really think they can influence the M bar owners? They don't give a $hit about public sentiment or being a good neighbor or anything el$e.

Dope boys gonna be there?

"Save your property value!" HA! Good luck with that, even though next to nothing is pretty darn close to nothing. I'm guessing the House Band will be Germarvelous and the Pen Kushians featuring Slo-Darius?

Can't wait to hear this one.

Choke may as well sky-write "Screw you" for all the NE Jxn homeowners, using tax payer dollars.

It would honestly be less insulting.

He hates you guys.
Enjoy your government.

Just say no! An expansion of the Murder-Bar will lower property values significantly and will create more noise pollution.

Don't let Baby Chowke's greasy palms get away with this.

The boy mayor has made it known that MBar will remain in business at all costs to life and property. This meeting is window dressing.

@2:44–you smoking some of that medical marijuana pills? You thought MBar was in Ridgeland even though Chockwe was holding a town meeting in Jackson???You need a map to play.

This is a joke...right?

I thought the issue is all about the fact no public hearings were held for such a massive expansion & how that space will be used. If the city granted variances to the building & planning codes, for example, without a public hearing, neighborhood residents should be outraged. At the very least, the city should have informed residents of the nightclub's expansion plans, given the criminal violence & homicides at the bar recently.

MBar Amphitheater?! Is this a joke?

I think most of y'all are missing the point or can't read, like the creator of the flyer can't spell - "Muesum".
This is not the Bar's meeting.
This is not the Mayor's meeting.
Hosted by Ashby and Homeowners. "Save your property value". This is anti-MBar! It is criminal that Chockwe is not only allowing this expansion after all the shootings and criminal activity, but that he is so heavily involved. And how can there be an amphitheater this close to residential? Didn't McB's outdoor stage get shut down?

Has anyone in the Finance Department with the City of Jackson considered the loss of income to the Downtown Convention Center when the National Clogging and Square-Dancing Championship changes venue to the new M-Bar amphitheater?

So is a bar showing more leadership than the City Government? Inquiring minds want know.

I think the beat solution is for the M-Bar to give FREE ladies night drink vouchers to the uptight housewives and their snobby daughters of the residents around M-Bar.

A bunch of anonymous nobodies speaking on a bunch of aspiring somebodies.

Thank for coming to my Ted Talk.

@3:43PM
So that’s where those confiscated Kilos in Rankin County were headed 👀 you’re a real-live Barney Fife.

Any other city would have declared M-Bar a public nuisance & shut it down. Not so in the radical city, where the Boy Mayor considers it a community asset. He'll do anything to drive White people out of town.

This is crazy! The noise from this will be heard along Pear Orchard, Lake Trace,Briarwood, North Point,County Line Road. Who ever came up this idea is crazy. Got to be in violation of sound ordnance. But baby choke needs the extra money for his campaign.

I’m filing a lawsuit. If anyone else is in please comment. I will post contribution info later depending on response. I have unlimited resources but don’t want to go this alone.

6:11, Jackson is a super-majority "minority" city that happens to be the Capitol of MS. MS, on the other hand, is a super-majority Republican, Caucasian state. Given that those factoids do not typically meld well in a host of situations, something dramatic has to occur via one yielding to the other. My bet is the majority legislature will ultimately "take over" management/control of Jackson, as moving the Capitol elsewhere alternative is DOA.

Anyone notice the Kingfish is not on the media invite list?

@5:58
The absolutely best Ted Talk ever was Samuel Hyde.

Socrates Garrett Ampitheatre Service !!

4:59 pm, you nailed it, probably with the second part of your opening sentence.

As is the case with damn near anything posted on this site, many of those that comment do so without reading the post, but jump for the opportunity to bitch about their favorite issue if it is somehow connected (hopefully) to the post.

To think that MBar was holding a public hearing is pretty hard to even fathom, much less believe. But the bright readers and exhaustive comprehension displayed by them has come through again.

But hey, it entertains them and allows the rest of us to realize the nature of those folks living adjoining our world.

7:09PM
KF is a nobody

"Hosted by Ashby and Homeowners. "Save your property value". This is anti-MBar! It is criminal that Chockwe is not only allowing this expansion after all the shootings and criminal activity, but that he is so heavily involved."

Did it ever occur to anyone that perhaps, just perhaps, Chowke and his entire administration just might be the ring leaders of a criminal empire? Have you noticed certain council members have distanced themselves from him? Stokes and his "Lyin Lumumba" and "Dope Boys" comments?

Has it occured to you that perhaps 150 homicides in a single year just might be considered "casualties of the struggle"? Has the administration given you ANY reason to consider that isn't the case?

Do you really think "he would have gotten away with it if not for that meddling Ashby Foote!"?

4:59 and 7:48 are correct. It took around two dozen comments before anyone realized the poster was anti Mbar. Good observation guys!

Shouldn't they have done this before they started building?I've seen all kinds of equipment and building material there

Communist government in action but it's the same everywhere. Mayor Gene does the same thing in his little town. Zoning and hearings about them are jokes. Their and their cronies pockets are lined if not now in the future.

Anonymous said...@2:44–you smoking some of that medical marijuana pills? You thought MBar was in Ridgeland even though Chockwe was holding a town meeting in Jackson???You need a map to play.February 7, 2022 at 4:28 PM

No, dumbass...I said I 'THOUGHT' it was in Ridgeland...until I saw this announcement. But, thanks for your value-added post.

However, the DEATH of this beautiful roadway and its attendant, well planned businesses DID have its beginning in Ridgeland with the addition of Costco and the gasoline station.

Mayor moron or mayor spoiled brat will be an ideal name for this guy. My kids go to wait Andrew’s with his kids and now he lives a few houses down from me
Lord what did I do to get punished like this

Only a few people actually read the flyer
I see. SMDH.

can you imagine the acts that will play at the M-Bar? everything from Mag Miss to Kriminal Mafia Clan…

I was literally thinking the same thing... nobody read the first sentence of the flyer or noticed that this is the homeowners' organizations and city council in the area.. smh. people don't read the fine print anymore

@4.58 AM—So I’m the “dumbass”—you the one that thought the Mbar was in Ridgeland and somehow think its tied to Cosco which is miles away and on the other side of I-55. Cosco, the gas station and the Renaissance have been hugely successful. I live about a mile away as the crow flies and have enjoyed these developments and have benefited financially. My house appraisal has gone up $140k in the past 3 years. Obviously you aren’t getting your information from the newspapers, TV, or JJ since all have covered the Mbar.What in the world do you mean by “its attendant?

Reality is that this place is already a drug hub. Already the VIP's are bangers. This place is a criminal enterprise. Period.

Wow never could have inhabited building something in Jackson will cause so many negative comments. There is crime and corruption in every area of the metro so stop talking before some of it get exposed and it maybe some of your relatives.

Do not call this establishment a place for bangers. You will be called a racist. I feel for all these homeowners. They will be branded racist for opposing a business that caters to some of Jackson's finest criminal element. You think crime is bad now that place is going to turn into war zone.

Guys, Lets all listen to 2:26.

Crime is everywhere so stop being negative.

The solutions is be quiet and accept your fate.

And all of us surely have criminal family members (?) therefore we should tolerate and embrace the lawlessness.

This is the only reasonable reaction.

Wow, 1:37 - First you can't even spell Costco and now you're totally unaware of the meaning of the word attendant when used as an adjective. Obviously you're a product of JPS. Pay attention here and allow me to bring you up to speed (although it's tough to teach somebody with a seventh grade reading ability).

DEFINITIONS2
1
Attendant: existing with something, or happening as a result of it
Example - Behavior problems, with all the attendant learning difficulties, cannot be resolved in the ordinary classroom.
Synonyms and related words
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As a result of something and describing effects and results

Here, again. Try to apply what you've just been schooled on: "However, the DEATH of this beautiful roadway and its attendant, well planned businesses DID have its beginning in Ridgeland with the addition of Costco and the gasoline station."

Attendant, in the case to which you object is a adjective modifying the word businesses. Please stay in Jackson.

I too thought this dive was on Highland Colony from previous conversations. But, who gives a shit where, exactly it's located. It's simply another dope and gang juke defining Jackson and Jackson's leadership. Another nail in the coffin.

Looks like a nice addition, I hope the business does well with their investment.

@423–you might know some words no normal speaking person uses but you obviously have problems with reading comprehension. I stated I live one mile from Costco and the Renaissance—how could I live in Jackson? Oh I forgot you don’t know much about local geography..I thought an Attendant was the person working at the Costco gas station. Thanks for playing.

@331 Shad has no authority to audit local municipalities. Check you local Mississippi Laws. If you want a change contact your legislature.

Yes 4:48 (from a different commenter) you really must be smoking some medical maryjo gummies and brownies if you think that the demise of this area is due to Ridgeland allowing Costco and a gas station.

Damn, are you Rip Van Winkle's great grandson and just now woke up from a three decade sleep. Must have been some really really good stuff.

"I stated I live one mile from Costco and the Renaissance—how could I live in Jackson?"

Maybe because Costco is roughly a mile north of the city limits of Jackistan? But, I don't care where you live...Your outlook appears to be that of the typical Jacksonian democrat. The Fondren would welcome you.

Agree 4:59. It's incredibly sad how incredibly ignorant 90% of the comments are.

Some pretty ignorant comments in here.

The issue for many of us who live in the vicinity is that a $10 million amphitheater would be used to perform music outdoors and that the sound (or noise, irrespective of your appreciation of the genre) will pollute the acoustic environment.

The noise ordinance in Jackson prohibits bothersome noise after 10 PM. It's doubtful that the owner would stop the music at 10 PM or that it would regularly feature acoustic guitarist.

I am a music lover but I don't want it to be forced on me. I would be able to hear it even inside my home and the entire neighborhood of Jamestown would be inundated with music not of their choosing.

@9:34 - are you mixing your medical meth with medical crack and your medical bath salts? You must be if you think bringing big box stores and bars does anything positive for a community.

8:27 go back to sleep. And don't dare let us catch you out shopping now!

@8:27 aka 4:20am,4:23pm,4:58am and 2:44pm
It’s me-4:28pm,1:37pm,6:38pm and thanks to 1:28pm,5:39am,and 9:34 who also think you are a nut case
So now I’m not only a dumbass but a Jackson Democrat and a Fondren liberal by nature.Why don’t you call me a RINO since I have been an active republican in Madison County since the early 1980’s—well maybe that makes me an old boomer.So since you have limited debate skills maybe you should call me poopoo head or sissy.Maybe you should go debate a rock.
BTW-the nearest residential area in Jackson is across county line down the “financial disaster “ Highland Colony Parkway which is 3.1 miles from Costco.

That “murderous” MBAR is a nuisance and abomination to all mankind!!! I thank God that I moved back to the Gluckstadt area!! I feel so sorry for those homeowners and residents who reside in the townhomes!! Put that monstrosity in the country somewhere. Better yet, tear it down and go away forever!! The city of Jackson is run by a bunch of thugs and crooks!! I have family and friends who still live there, but the criminal elements have destroyed everything good they invested in Jackson!! No other county in the state, country, or world would allow that “drug-infested” hole to be built so close to residential locations!!

Less that a block away is the Bulldog bar. You never, ever hear of any trouble or noise over there!! I wonder why!! Let me guess, “the owner doesn’t allow thugs and thieves to control his very fine establishment!” Jackson is a disgrace to every citizen in the state of Mississippi and the world of truth be told!! Praying that “hole-In-the-wall” will be torn down!!!!

I am looking forward to hearing what the Mayor's useless planning director's defense is for approving the permit. Given all the incidents at this location, plus the noise nuisance that will be generated from this outdoor amphitheater (you can already imagine the vulgar garbage passing for "music" that will be blaring at 1 a.m.), I can't understand why the neighborhood wasn't given any say on whether this should be approved. If the zoning code prevented this prior notice, then the damn code needs to be changed.