Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is holding his weekly press conference right now. It is streamed below.
Notes.
* Ward 7 Councilwoman Virgi Lindsay opened the press conference by pushing her tax increase. Mayor Lumumba walked back his comments from a year ago when he said the tax increase would allow him to redirect Belhaven spending to other areas.
* The Mayor said the Judge's "final decision" did not conflict with his veto of the City Council's rejection of the garbage contract. He said he is standing by his veto Friday. The final order "merely clarified it was not his prerogative to weigh in on the issue since it wasn't before him."
* Mayor Lumumba accused Waste Management of refusing to allowing Richard's Disposal trucks to enter the transfer station on Saturday. He said the company closed it three hours earlier on Saturday at noon. He said he would not stand for "any efforts to sabotage" the garbage contract.
* C.J. Lemasters asked the Mayor about paying a contract that has not been approved by the Council. He said he had no concerns about paying Richard's Disposal.
* The city will be paying Richard's Disposal. The Mayor said he can veto the rejection and thus pay the company when invoices are submitted.
24 comments:
So did I hear correctly--The Mayor threw some shade Waste Management's way via the trash disposal (Not pickup) and if WM was trying to sabotage Richard's by the transfer station hours on Saturday ????
So, Richard's is operating without a valid contract and WM still has to perform disposal.
So, Richard's is operating without a valid contract and WM must do disposal. Seems very organized.
Only thing he didn't say was that he doesn't even need approval for anything from the council going forward.
Da Mayor has "no concerns" about paying Richard's? So, is he prepared to pay for their services out of his own pocket? Kinda defeats the purpose of getting a kickback.
Could WM reject trash from Richards at their disposal site?
Way to go, Dickinson. You gave the mayor what he needed to begin to rule by fiat. He is now the King of the Nation of Jackson (in his own mind).
Waste Management has a contract to 'take' the city's garbage at their transfer stations/landfills--separate from the garbage pickup contract.
Good bye, Democracy. It's been fun, but you're no longer needed or wanted here in Jackson. We're moving towards Dictatorship which is so much nicer. Now, any time the Council doesn't do what the Mayor wants, the Mayor can just veto the Council and do whatever he wants anyway. For that matter, we don't even need a Council any more.
Sarcasm intended of course.
God help us all. No more checks and balances. I didn't think things here could get worse, but this immature, spoiled rotten kid we call Mayor is proving me wrong.
Lumumba mentioned the vetoing a rejection. He needs to update his stance per article[1] that Judge Dickinson vacated that order. It will be interesting to track the appeal and future lawsuits.
[1] - https://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2022/04/trash-talk-judge-vacates-order.html
Well 2:31....
WM should just pull a trick lik-da the talk'n azz imitating a mayor. Just line through that sentence and then add a $100.00 per load to dump it in their site!
WM has usually been by my house twice by mid afternoon on Monday's. I have not seen or heard any trucks in my neighborhood today.
@2:40 PM
Democracy, is that what you said? Do you know or better yet understand the definition of democracy? Apparently not, cause America itself is so far from being democratic or practicing democratic principles that it’s not even funny. As the case, you’re asking an economically-challenged, crime-ridden historically black city like Jackson, Mississippi to be what the government is against?
FOH.
Ditto on 2:59. Welcome to Lumumba Garbage Collection.
The Clarion-Ledger referred to Danks, Harvey, and Ditto and other Mayors as Hizzoner for years. I'd forgotten about it until recently when I was digging through some old issues. Don't like it, too bad.
Help me understand. Mayor wanted to hire a new garbage company. The city council told him no twice. He went ahead and hired them anyway?
Can he entire into a contract without the Council approval?
Marxist brat fake mayor don't need no Council affirmation, just adoration from his sycophant base and the Harvard trophy committee.
Lamumba to Council: "Eat my dicta".
@3:14
They are following the old “fake it till you make it” routine. They are going to invoice, and then sue the city when they don’t get paid for services rendered.
The democrats got away with stealing an entire election. What’s a municipal garbage contract?
I haven't read the contract that WM has with the City but I don't believe that WM has to do business with Richard's at all. They are a private business and can refuse to do business with anybody they choose. If the mayor thinks this is sabotage he should have thought about that before sabotaging the process first.
According to the website--Waste Management Transfer station is closed on Saturdays and Sundays. The Mayor said he had to personally call to get Waste Management to take the garbage from Richard's on Saturday....Hmmmm.....I am sure Waste Management handles their own trucks on Saturday but not others as it is clearly listed as closed on Saturday and Sunday.
@5:46 chalk it up to another Lumumba falsehood.
STOKES said the council will not pay Richard's for service and they are working for free.
Mayor says he will just veto that no vote for payment and proceed to render payment.
Who is right? If the Mayor is right, do we even need the council anymore?
Wherever Democrats go, there’s always a path of destruction.
So dissolve the City Council.
They are more pointless now than ever.
I'd laugh myself silly if Hizzoner sent Virgi home penniless after all her boot licking.
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