Jackson Jambalaya

Shhh.

Someone commented last week about the parallels between the crack cocaine scandal involving Marion Berry, the former mayor of Washington D.C., & Stokes' claim Lumumba is on hardcore drugs. If Stokes came away from his interview with the FBI with the clear impression the FBI is well aware of our mayor's dope usage & connections, I don't doubt Kennuf's gut instincts. A groundbreaking interview, thanks to all involved.

Jackson court blessing cancel any and all allegations, right?

Lumumba claiming as fact that Council selected twice weekly pickup with 96 gallon can but nowhere can I find when they communicated this and doubt it is the truth.

If the mayor is smoking dope as Stokes is saying, there is a simple solution. Since he thinks he has the power to act without council approval (garbage contract), why doesn’t he just make pot legal in Jackson.

1:47

Serious question: Do you have a brain injury?

He sounds so reasonable here. Kenny Stokes - unlikely voice of reason!

About MONEY!!!!!!Thanks Kenny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When Lumumba challenged him to take a drug test, Stokes did. Lumumba never stepped up. Hmmmmm.

Let’s get these dope boys off the street in Jackson and we will have witnesses of who is doing what at the highest levels of Government in Jackson. They are going to sing for a deal with the Feds.

Until the city Administrators get the courage and give the go ahead to go after these dope boys, I’m with Mr Kenneth I Stokes! Mr Stokes has street creed and knows the dope connection to City Hall.

This Crime continues to happen only in Jackson and not the surrounding counties of Madison and Rankin!

It ain’t to hard to lock up and prosecute these dope boys!!! Unless Mr Mayor, you are scared!

Stokes you the man!

Honest question, did anyone else think Stokes sounded like he was about to fall asleep while he was on air ?

Had he been awake all night ?
Did he have way too many Bloody Mary cocktails this morning ?

@4:05 PM
How can you preach to the fiends that they should quit when (Marion) Berry up in Washington smoking that shit.

I know your kind. You blame everything on drug dealers.

Well, listen up, cause what I’m about to tell you is true: It’s bigger than Nino Brown.

Councilman Stokes is using a red herring to deflect the attention off himself and the question of why he, of all people, is fighting hard to prevent a black owned business that was low bidder from getting the garbage contract. Mayor Lumumba is not using drugs addictively. No drug addict in active addiction can speak eloquently and extemporaneously on a whole host of public safety related issues as he did at a crime summit meeting held recently that I attended.

I can understand why Councilman Foote may be against Richards, but Kenneth I. Stokes? Makes no sense. Don’t forget, the lowest bid Richards made under all the scenarios was significantly lower than the lowest bid WM made under all the scenarios. This is the inconvenient fact that the WM lovers won’t talk about.

Stokes predicts that Jackson will suffer an outbreak of the bubonic plague if Richards Disposal gets the garbage collection contract - he says garbage will pile up everywhere because Richard's will screw things up so much. Somebody better tell Dobbs it may be too early to quit.

Can the city council request the mayor take a drug test? I mean city employees I’m sure have to but who has the power to request the mayor take one?

Did he say "Heavy Herb", as in peg leg Heavy Herb?
I thought he was long gone after Herb was involved in a shooting.

March 13, 2022 at 1:52 PM
If you will recall KF posted that all the Hinds chancery judges refused themselves. The MS Supreme Court appointed a special Chancery judge.

Not true. WM had the lowest bid on the no-garbage cart option.

Mayor Lumumba is not using drugs addictively.

Wow. An admission that Lumumba is using drugs but in the author's opinion Lumumba is not addicted to said drugs.

No drug addict in active addiction can speak eloquently and extemporaneously on a whole host of public safety related issues as he did at a crime summit meeting held recently that I attended.

Total bullshit. Addicts and alcoholics can be fully functioning. Meanwhile it must not have been a serious 'summit' because Lumumba knows nothing about public safety.

Don’t forget, the lowest bid Richards made under all the scenarios was significantly lower than the lowest bid WM made under all the scenarios.

NOPE.

WM may have had the lowest bid on the no cart option, but who had the lowest bid, period, cart or no cart: Richards.

I have no idea if Mayor Lumumba occasionally smokes pot, lots of people do, but I know he’s not a drug addict. Everybody who knows the Mayor well knows that he doesn’t have a drug problem.

Again, why is Kenneth I. Stokes dying in the ditch to thwart a black owned company from getting the garbage contract? Making a false accusation against the Mayor about an unrelated issue is not answering this simple question.

Both Ole Miss and Jackson State earned bids to the NCAA tournament and you’re posting this garbage. FOH

Here's the deal...The powers that be are just sitting back saying hey Richards can be the lowest BECAUSE they will not be doing any work....

I GOT TOOOO GOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

5:12-Thanks, Mayor.

Methinks the issue here, as espoused by Councilman Stokes, is that the “wrong blacks” are getting their pockets lined under the Mare’s preferred vendor.

Red Herring @ 5:12 that is not true at all. WM was lowest and best initially. Then Drake changed the RFP to include the 96 gal carts, which apparently Sista Rukia has a hand in, "allegedly". That allowed Richards the opportunity to come back to the table and adjust their bid.

@2:37 PM - "smoking dope" doesn't necessarily mean spoking pot. Meth, coke, and heroin can be smoked.

How can this man have a law degree and talk as he does? His thinking process does not reflect an educated man. Who helped him cheat in school?

Do y'all not know there are at least 14 legal drugs that can result in a false positive for illegal drugs.

Zoloft and other anti-anxiety drugs as well as something as benign as poppy seeds.

No drug test is good if it's not " controlled" anyway.

You don't like the mayor because you didn't like his father.
I don't think he's been perfect. I do think he's had to deal with a long entrenched pattern of corruption and more than a few dumber than rocks people in city government. But, he's a helluva lot better than our last mayor or Melton!

I like when people say “but they were the lowest bidder” they obviously have never dealt with the lowest bidders and the disasters they leave behind. These are the same types of who think “military grade” is top notch.

9:38 am
Not all lawyers argue in court. Most of them write.
Not everyone who is smart is good at extemporaneous speaking or speeches.

There are many people who aren't academically talented but who are verbally glib or have good speech writers.

That is why there are classes taught at our community colleges on making speeches.

Some of you really do live in a bubble of poor observation and limited real world experience.

I say this with no ill-intent, I sincerely hope the remaining Jackson residents enjoy their homes.

We should all live in a place with elected leaders that accurately represent us.

I had to move to get that, but clearly this is what the majority wants so I accept that and wish them well. No snark.

I have no idea if Mayor Lumumba occasionally smokes pot, lots of people do, but I know he’s not a drug addict.

Quite telling comments you are sharing. By trying to be careful and precise you've exposed Lumumba as a drug user.

If these responders think this garbage ordeal is the biggest problem in Jackson, think again. I think the current best financial opportunity right now would be buying a “For Sale By Owner” sign and stick it in concrete (to keep it from getting ripped off) and hope for the best.

10:31 - False positives (as you refer to them) are the reason MROs (medical review officers) are in the process. I don't have time to explain that to you.

But, I'm lovin' your comment that 'he's better than Melton or the last mayor'.

Attn 8:44 How does a judge “refuse” himself.