Jackson Jambalaya

WM will continue picking up trash, Richard's Disposal will bill Jackson for $50K to $100K for "start up costs", but won't get paid because they have no authorized contract, RD will then sue the brat mayor, ...endless hissy tantrums.

The hearing will be interesting. No doubt KF will cover it in person.

9:40 : Nope. This will all go away real quite now that 90 % of Jackson KNOWS this was a pocket greasing. Neither Richards nor the Mayor wanna be caught and this is all theater. And damn near everyone is in on it.

I wonder when Dickinson plans on actually hearing argument on the substantive issues in the case. He sure is taking a leisurely approach to this case. I wonder if he is aware that the current contract ends this week.

I can't help but wonder if the reason Lumumba does NOT want Virgi Lindsay, Bryan Grizzel, and Angelique Lee to be dismissed from Lumumba's lawsuit against the City Council is because Lumumba wants those three Council members to be present in any meetings the Council has about the lawsuit so that one (or more) of those three Council members can then SECRETLY report to Lumumba about what is being discussed in the Council about the lawsuit.

This scam runs long and deep.

Y'all had better stock up on large heavy-duty garbage bags, and maybe some mouse/rat traps. If y'all are going to toss those bags over Chowke's security gate remember he has palace guards.

Hopefully what KF reports Wednesday night will be positive news.

Live in Belhaven. While working in yard this weekend randomly asked almost everyone who walked by if they wanted the proposed 96-gallon can. Spoke to 23 people. 17 said No, 2 didn't know anything about the imbroglio, 1 said yes, 1 said they'd rather not but could live with it, 2 were students not impacted. Of the 17 who said No, 15 said they would definitely not vote for Virgi next time.

i think richards will get a contract. and they will try to subcontract waste management...

WAPT is reporting that Richard's has trucks in Jackson now. Seems they are ready to roll with the contract they got. Looks like Mayor will win this one.

Kenneth Stokes' radio program StokesRadio (see earlier story) was VERY interesting . Listen to it long enough to hear what he says about his meeting with the U.S. Attorney General's people (a meeting which probably included the FBI). Not sure whether Stokes' conversation with the feds directly affects the garbage contract issue or not, but it seems to me that it may.

12:58 : Sure glad I don't live here.

I still want to see the equipment and 40 employees that Waste Disposal Services Inc. claims to have. Sham company that is exploiting minority business status.

After a few days I should be able to see the garbage piled up in N.E. Jackson from my casa in Reunion. Hopefully the wind won't be from the south.

"Seems they are ready to roll with the contract they got."

What contract? There is no contract. And there is also no way they are ready to start picking up trash city-wide next week. There may be some trucks here, but what about maintenance facilities, employees, etc. Where are they going to take the trash? To the Waste Management owned dumps? This is going to be a disaster of epic proportions.

@3:39 PM Au contrair, His Honor the baby mayor was on the 5 o'clock news tonight and he insisted that there would be no interruption in service, right? Right? Right?

12:58, are you sure they actually run? When I was at State, we took old garbage trucks, painted them white with a big W on the side, and made a fortune selling them to Ole Miss students as Winnebagos.

Richard's has 17 trucks here. How is that enough for the city?

The comments (some funny, some serious) with the Jackson Jambalaya story from March 2 (story title: Stokes to Mayor: "Quit Smokin' That Dope") are REALLY interesting. Here's the direct link to the story & comments: https://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2022/03/stokes-to-mayor-quit-smokin-that-dope.html?m=1