Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Mayor Claims Re-appointment to 1% Commission

Correction: The post reported the City Council rejected the Mayor's nomination to the 1% Sales Tax Commission. The City Council voted 3-2-2 to approve the nomination.  However, there is a question whether the Mayor needed a majority of the votes or just one more yea than nea to win the appointment.  The Mayor and the City Attorney told WLBT he was reappointed.  The one-minute video posted below will show the confusion surrounding the vote. 

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba claimed victory today after the City Council voted 3-2-2 for his reappointment to the 1% Sales Tax Commission. 

Council members Virgi Lindsay, Angelique Lee, and Bryan Grizzell voted for his appointment.  However, Ashby Foote and Aaron Banks voted against the Mayor while Vernon Hartley and Kenneth Stokes abstained.

If appointed, the Mayor would have been serving a second four-year term on the Commission. WLBT reported on the confusion surrounding the vote and provided more information. 

 

JJ reported last year that the Mayor was probably serving illegally on both the 1% Sales Tax Commission and the Capitol Complex Advisory Committee.

41 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think he got it. Wlbt reporting he did. Foote abstained also.

Anonymous said...

WLBT is reporting he was re-appointed on a vote of 3-2-2

https://www.wlbt.com/2022/03/01/lumumba-narrowly-reappointed-one-percent-oversight-commission/

Anonymous said...

Fake news here people. Fake news.

Anonymous said...

WLBT is saying he was "narrowly reappointed".

Kingfish said...

Well they are wrong.

There were 7 votes and he only got three. If the 2 abstentions had left the room, different story.

Foote voted no. Watch the video. I asked him and he flat out said he voted no. When Virgi asked for votes, he voted no.

Anonymous said...

Jackson's elected officials would FUBAR a date with the prom queen.

Anonymous said...

Foote clearly raises his hand. No doubt about it.

Anonymous said...

Mayor Lumumba deserves better than you people.

Anonymous said...

@5:37p- You must be joking!

LOL@ WLBT for backtracking on that reporting.

My favorite line... "Martin said the mayor was planning to step down from his position on that board and appoint a new person to the seat." I call bullshit times 3 on this. If this were even remotely true, why hasn't he already?

Kenneth Stokes said...

Yo Mama!

Anonymous said...

Someone should tell the mayor then. I think he said thanks there at the end. Assumes he was re-elected. Looked like he was about to ask for clarity on the actual vote but then was like “well let’s see if that sticks”.

Anonymous said...

"Well they are wrong" says the guy who is wrong.

Anonymous said...

5:37, why do you think we should let him slide on all of his lies and irresponsible leadership? Why should he not be held accountable?

Anonymous said...

Here's what is for certain. Lumumba only has 3 reliable votes on the Council. Uphill sledding from here because that is not a majority.

Anonymous said...

It's a contest between Lumumba and Kingfish to see who is the most delusional schizo!

Anonymous said...

Is that his IQ?

Anonymous said...

Has Virgi changed her last name to Lumumba?

Anonymous said...

How do y'all Belhavenites like Virgi now?

Anonymous said...

It's good to be King.

Anonymous said...

456 & 459 - Anthony Warren and WLBT could not possibly be wrong.

Said no one.

Never take for dace value what you read or hear as absolutely no way in hell could it be otherwise. Including JJ, but I digress

Warren took everything the Mayor said as Gospel during his years at the Northside Sun. Evidently little has changed with his move to tv.

Supersize Jackson said...

That CFO Fidelis cat looks like the real deal with a real name, not some made up fake name Marxist Jr. from radical Detroit roots. If, as per his bio, straight out of college made the local McDonalds go from 25 million in sales to 50 million over 5 years, he must know a thing or two on how to keep a shake machine working. Quite impressive bio since then. This cat is the REAL deal.

Now, if Chowke can "Believe" in things, any of us can "believe" in things. And I do "believe" this Fidelis fellow, he's the one propping up the empty suit we know as Chowke.

Anonymous said...

Mayor Choke Lumumba, leading the Capital City into becoming the Bold New City.
Jacksonians couldn't have made a better decision.
Power to the People.

Anonymous said...

Virgi your the worst

Anonymous said...

@5:37
Your joking right? He’s a public servant that lives on our dime. I pay load of taxes in Jackson and I live there also. Near the mayor baby Chokwe!!! He’s a fool and misguided severely

Anonymous said...

The minimum number of “yes” votes that would be required is four in a city with a seven-member council, and an abstention under Robert’s Rules does not count as a “yes” vote.

Anonymous said...

OMG!!! Virgi? What are you doing? You weren’t elected to be a puppet of this clown show mayor!!! I heard some people yesterday talking about this while eating at Lous and they seemed frustrated and I thought clearly I misheard them. Nope it’s true your a sell out. You are a scamp! Don’t look to me for another vote.

Anonymous said...

Assuming the city has adopted Roberts Rules of Order for City Council Meetings, that is a no vote.
https://mrsc.org/Home/Stay-Informed/MRSC-Insight/April-2013/How-Are-Abstentions-Handled-When-Counting-Votes.aspx

Anonymous said...

March 1, 2022 at 5:37 PM
Lumumba could try for Mayor of Pelahatchie.

Anonymous said...

March 1, 2022 at 7:02 PM
The winners are all of Lumumbas supporters.

Anonymous said...

Attention 7:01 He may or may not be a fool, but you certainly are for continuing to live in, and pay exorbitant taxes and fees to the city he was elected to lead. Bite the bullet like so many before you have, and move tooth “burbs”.

Anonymous said...

Per an AGO opinion, an abstention is a vote with the majority. I’d rely on that opinion and say that he was appointed.

Anonymous said...

I think the key here is whether all 7 councilmen were present and eligible to vote (not conflicted). If the answer is "yes" that all 7 were present and eligible to vote, he needed 4 "yes" votes for the measure to pass under Mississippi law.

Anonymous said...

It's time for Virgi to go.

We are organizing. More to come.

Anonymous said...

This city's government is a joke. I'm starting to think Rep. Stamp's proposal as a councilman to amend the COJ's form of government to council-manager is a sensible idea.

Anonymous said...

According to Marlar v. Board of Supervisors of Tishomingo County, 185 Miss. 120, 187 So. 879 (1939), and Ezell v. City of Pascagoula, et al., 240 So.2d 700 (Miss. 1970), the Court has held that the Previous abstentions, in effect, operated as affirmative votes.
1982 WL 43992 (Miss.A.G.)

Anonymous said...

Could someone kindly explain why being on this commission is so important to Chowke? There must be a financial and/or political advantage, right?

Kingfish said...

8:45 and 10:09 are wrong.

Anonymous said...

Scenario #2: A seven-member council of a code city voting on the passage of an ordinance:

three “yes” votes
two “no” votes
two abstentions
Result: the ordinance does not pass because state law applicable to noncharter code cities, RCW 35A.12.120, requires an affirmative vote of a majority of the whole membership of the council to pass an ordinance. The minimum number of “yes” votes that would be required is four in a city with a seven-member council, and an abstention under Robert’s Rules does not count as a “yes” vote.

Anonymous said...


in any sane scenario, an abstention; not voting at all, is not voting in favor of, nor voting against anything. it's not a vote. voting present is not voting for or against anything. in my opinion, elected officials, too to bottom, shouldn't be able to abstain from a vote. vote yes or no.

anybody in any of these councilman's/woman's districts that constantly complains about how shitty their councilman/woman is, needs to run for the seat themselves or get somebody competent to run against them.

and if you folks can't get 14000 people together to vote for the other guy instead of chowkey the marxist, then what makes you think jackson is ever going to improve.

Inquiring Mind said...

The question should be-why did Stokes and Hartley abstain? Has anybody asked them why?

Anonymous said...

@12:51 PM - They were waiting to see if Chowke would bribe them.


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