Jackson Jambalaya

Antar is so desperate to get this pushed through. Desperate like a man who’s life is on the line. It looks so shady.

Is this regarding garbage contract? KF, sometimes a little explanation and commentary goes a long way.

Zzzzz.

Chokwe is toast.

In Chaos there is opportunity.

Lol. Dickinson? Let’s gooooooo. Sounds like the court is already tired of this case.

Naw, he'll walk right back in.

@12:01 with butter or jam?

Antwar's Antics are romper room drama, beneath the dignity of this judge. He has awesome judicial qualifications yet chose the short straw here to act as a foster parent for an insecure poser mayor. Will the judge deliver a public spanking of sorts to redeem civil responsibility and practical governance in Jackson?

@11:52
Is JJ the only site you read? He didn’t scoop WLBT this time. He was the slowest local outlet to report this. I just came here to comment.

12:19 : Hinds County officials in all capacity under perform. This will be no different.

The race card is getting all shined up and ready for use.

Funny how nobody outside of Antar’s inner circle wants to hitch their wagon to his dope smoking corruption! It will be interesting to see how many rats jump off the sinking Lumumba political ship this weekend! It’s almost too late! He’s going to start setting up patsies and stooges to take the fall!

Remember what I said about the Detroit or Atlanta trap house arrest! He is going to run to them dope boys when he realizes he has NOBODY left to protect him in Jackson politics!

Order from Jess:

There was no “emergency.”

Failure to enact policy does not make an emergency under common definitions.

Richard’s does not have a valid binding contract duly authorized by the city council.

End of order

@ March 11, 2022 at 11:52 AM -- If "Trash Talk:" and "Chokwe A. Lumumba, in His Official Capacity as Mayor of the City of Jackson v. The City Council of Jackson, Mississippi" don't make the light go on, you may need more help than can be found on JJ.

I predict that the child mayor is going to suffer a serious spanking.

I am guessing Ol dude is regretting the hell out of wanting to be elected to things. Hahahahahahah !!!

1:02 is correct.

@12:50 PM
America was built on corruption.

Furthermore, you sound jealous.

Yo Chowke, poor planning, corruption, cronyism, and stupidity doesn't create an emergency on our part, right? Don't expect your race card to bail you out this time, right?

My popcorn is ready and half way gone.

I wonder what William Winter would have thought about the state of the City of Jackson???...

@12:50
Atlanta demographics aren’t even close to Jackson’s. Detroit is doing better even. At least the token white mayor of Detroit isn’t corrupt like Chokwe! They ran his friends out of motor city.

@2:28 PM
You actually took the time to post a lame comment seemingly directly towards Mayor Lumumba who, in case you didn’t know, DOES NOT READ THIS GARBAGE BLOG.

If I were you I’d send a postage letter to city hall.

Richards had the lowest bid for 2 day a week pickup with cans provided. (That said, just because the Richards' bid may have been lower on that specific quote with cans, that doesn't mean Richards is the best qualified for the job. Their record/history is not good.) But The City Council rejected the Richards' bid because they didn't want the cans, and they rejected that bid more than once, which means it can't be brought back up for another year.

Waste Mgmt had the lowest bid for 2 day a week pick up with no cans, which is what the Council wanted. So the Mayor should have submitted the Waste Mgmt contract to the Council for approval. But rather than accepting that bid/offer from Waste Mgmt who won that quote, the Mayor goes out and gets Richards to reduce their bid on 2 day pickup with no cans to now match Waste Mgmt's bid. Too late, Mayor, Richards' bid for 2 days with no cans was already submitted and can't be re-submitted past the RFP deadline. Waste Mgmt had the lowest bid for 2 day with no cans first, so submit that to the Council and quit paying stupid games.

The Mayor claims that Waste Mgmt is white-owned company (despite the fact that most, if not all of the local pickup is performed by an African American owned subcontractor and run by African American employees). But Waste Mgmt is actually a publicly traded company that is owned by people of all races. They Mayor has repeatedly stated that the sole reason for his wanting to use Richards is because Richards is black-owned. In other words, RACE is the only factor at play here. Mr Mayor, with all due respect, you are the only one being RACIST here. You have become the same thing you claim to preach against, a RACIST.

Some of you are probably not old enough to remember 1990….Marion Barry comes to mind. Repercussions bypass certain groups and “Little Boy Mayor” knows it.

So if 1:02 is correct, who's on the hook for the "start-up costs" in the contract the mayor illegally signed? If the contract is illegal, I assume the city can't be made to pay. Could Richard's hold the mayor personally liable? Or is Richard's SOL?

Companies that do business with governmental entities are charged with knowing the laws governing contracts with those entities. There's not a contract unless it is spread upon the minutes of the council meeting. Richard's will just have to eat it.

I don't know that Jess Dickinson's appointment is so great. HIs record on the supreme court wasn't, and he was never a trial court judge before being appointed to the supreme court. In fact, it was a big surprise that he was, seeing that he was an obscure attorney on the Gulf Coast at the time. He's been appointed to hear a few cases in the trial courts since he left the supreme court bench, but I don't know how much confidence that gives. I don't know if he will have the courage to ignore the emotionalism and race baiting that is sure to be a large part of this case. Now, it may be that he will choose to stay proceedings in the chancery court since there is already a case in circuit court which essentially involves the same issues. Not that I have much confidence in Hinds County's circuit judiciary. In any case, I can't see how these actions will be finally resolved before the end of this month. And there is the likelihood of these cases ending up in the appellate courts. So, do the courts stay Chockwe's emergency order while litigation proceeds? If so, who picks up the trash?

IANAL but Richards probably won't be sure they are SOL unless and until they invest a bunch of money in lawyer's fees and court costs. Suing whoever for whatever and filing motions as someone thinks fit for whatever legal theory is being chased.

"I wonder what William Winter would have thought about the state of the City of Jackson???...March 11, 2022 at 2:58 PM"

Winter is famous for his whiney plea..."Can't we just get along". Other than that, he was a cheerleader at Ole Miss.

Chocko needs to be more worried about Special K's slander suit forthcoming.

When will Hinds County judges get some cajones and stop recusing in every controversial case. It seems like the factor the judges consider when controversial matters are assigned to them is how will this case impact me at the polls. Being a judge isn't about just wearing a black robe, the job actually requires the ability to decide difficult matters based on the precedent. After all, there is a winner and loser in every legal case.

The judicial canons should require judges to offer a written explanation when a recusal order is entered.

I was a little surprised since two Chancellors don’t live in Jackson.

White judge… get ready for the racist claims
Hold your ears it’s all they have
Pull out the race card!!!

10:09. Racism is going to be tough to prove as 98%+- of those involved are Black

@5:50
I was referring to WM being called racist. Believe me whites are discriminated against non stop in this country.