Jackson Jambalaya

Horhn: "There's a growing lack of confidence in the city's ability".

One name. Lumumba. Until he's gone, state help will be tightly measured and come with strings attached. Like it or lump it.

And we appreciate the hard work. But as long as WLBT continues their love affair with The Mayor (just watch the end of the morning news) then he really will not feel the heat. Bottom line is that our local media has done nothing to really pressure the admin. and IMO does it for the "dirty laundry". The less they do to help the worse things get....if that makes sense.

Good job by WLBT. Nice reporting.

Lumumba doesn't get it. I like the part where he said they wanted to be treated like any other city. Somebody needs to tell him that other cities don't get all of the government help he is wanting. Other cities run their water/sewer systems like a business and manage it correctly and don't fall into this hole where they need a bailout.

This would have been the ClarionLedger's type of reporting 20 years ago. I'm really glad to see that local journalism is alive in our TV stations and Independent journalists.

Jackson's Soc-cartel of Soc-contractor hustlers can't be trusted to handle money. They and this silly unclothed impetuous boy mayor are just too "entitled", deceitful and greedy.

The State needs to take over Jackson executive governance, its schools, airport, police, utilities, real estate, budget, public works, all of it so that State acts as "Mayor" and consults with City Council.

But would the State shoulder that burden? They will have to eventually so why pretend this radical marxist mayor will ever improve?

Jackson has a water problem?

As long as those we elect continue to " kick the problem to the next administration" thus continuing crisis management, the solutions will be far, far more expensive or a complete do over.

Keep electing those who reward their family, friends and supporters rather instead of meeting the long term needs and educating their constituents about government, there will be more crisis to come.

Those of you sitting in your old towns without a well in your yard will soon discover that delivering safe may actually be a problem in your community as well. You just don't know it yet. The rules are not as stringent and until it hits crisis mode ( which usually comes when a member of the public finds out), it's too late.

Anthony Warren does a great deal of solid reporting on WJTV's website. Most of it doesn't get on-air treatment. Give the station credit for challenging the mayor - nobody does it better or more often than JJ, of course. But at least Warren & LeMaster hold their own to stem the flood of puff pieces about the mayor by Maggie "The Meek" Wade.

Congrats on getting credit where credit is due, KF.

Whatever happened with Horhn's DUI conviction?

Also from the WLBT story, "Meanwhile, efforts to create a regional wastewater authority to better manage the Savanna plant fell on deaf ears.

'It didn't happen because the Rankin County citizens and leadership and South Madison County didn't want to tie up with Jackson,' the [former] public works official said. 'It was money. But also, there was also the fact that Jackson was controlled by Blacks. It's just plain and simple.'"

No. It was mostly the fact that the Jackson leaders and voters, both of which happened to be black, were so mismanaging the city. And it's only gotten worse - they can't even get garbage collected or potholes fixed.

Not true at all. The burb Mayors tried to work with Jackson. Jackson totally blew them off for years despite the millions they paid. Hell, Willie Bell, former PW Director, got up at a city council meeting when Yarber was Mayor and said Rankin was a customer but they didn't have to listen to them and shouldn't do so. Ms. Pittman got up and said Rankin was trying to poison the water for Jackson. I kid you not.

Yes, Willie, they are customers. Just like Amazon is a customer to USPS, FEdex, and UPS. And if they treat Amazon like crap despite the billions it spends with them, Amazon can and will establish its own delivery system.

A meeting was set up with the West Rankin UA Mayors while Yarber was Mayor as a last chance effort to keep them from leaving. Yarber showed up over a half hour late and fumbled some of the basic facts. The Mayors said enough was enough.

caves of steel v. Spacers.

The majority of people left in Jackson are free loaders. They are on some type of government assist program. This has been going on so long they think soaking the government is the best thing they can do. They then vote for people who have the same idea. Welfare has become the main source of income for Jackson. Nothing will change until that can be changed. Throwing money at the problem will only make it worse.

Jackson doesn’t want the state to come in to fix anything, they just need someone to place all the blame on. Which will happen on day 2 of the state taking over. Pathetic excuse of a city.

@12:15 you are correct. When they have to do something, all they know how to do is put their hand out. That is what Lumumba and the city council is doing. Instead of rolling up their sleeves, getting to work, and fixing it, they are holding out their hand asking for money. They need to quit asking and start doing.

They are freeloaders. They want somebody else to support them and fix their problems for them.

"White flight was already happening but accelerated following the 1979 Easter Flood."

Somebody should send WLBT Kingfish's post earlier this week showing that isn't the only flight happening.

Not a penny more than Jackson's per capita share. PERIOD.

Curious why Williams, in the report, uses the '79 flood as his specific benchmark to start the lack of investment clock.

@11:47
I live in ne Jackson and I am white but I’m tired of people claiming race for all problems. Suburban school districts are much more diverse than JPS and also hires diversity he’ll. Madison has a black female superintendent of Madison co schools image of a white was named superintendent at JPS!!! It wouldn’t ever happen
So stop the bs talk of race. You and that idiot check bouncer named otha Cain. Your a pathetic small minded race baiter it seems

FYI, 3:40 there is a world of difference between Madison city schools and Madison county schools.

@6:33 you are wrong. There are no "Madison city schools". In Madison County, there are only 2 school districts. One is the Canton Separate School District. The other is the Madison County School District. Ridgeland High School, Madison Central, Germantown, and Velma Jackson are all Madison County Schools. There are no Madison city schools. Such a school does not exist.

Floods are now racist?

@ 9:44 - "Floods are now racist?"

So are science, math, and roller skates...

Wonder if Gold Coast Commodities Has anything to do with this... haven't heard anything about them in a while