Saturday, August 20, 2022

Disinformation of the Day

WARNING: The Lumumba Administration classifies this post as disinformation. 

 Jackson needs water operators, right? The Mayor claims Jackson has a hard time hiring water operators, right? Well, perhaps Jackson might have an easier time finding water operators if it actually advertised for the coveted Class A operators, right?  Check out the job postings for the two water treatment plants on the city website.  Notice anything missing? 



Click on the images to enlarge. 

 There are a grand total of five postings for positions at Fewell and O.B. Curtis.  Lacking among the postings are guess what, class? Class A water operators even though there are a grand total of 46 job postings in Public Works.* 

But wait, the news gets even better.  Notice anything about this feature found in every public works job posting? 


You got it, ladies and germs.  Jackson has a residency requirement.  The city waived the requirement for some jobs in several years ago but it still applies to public works.  Article III, Section 2-166 states: 

(a) Subject to the provisions of subsections (c) and (h) hereof, each and all new and prospective employees of the city shall maintain their domicile and principal place of residence within the City of Jackson.

(b) All persons entering upon employment with the city after the effective date of this section who do not maintain their domicile and principal place of residence within the city shall comply with the domicile and residency requirement before the expiration of the first six months from the time of their employment by the city, subject to those persons who are granted a waiver under subsection (d) who must establish residency within 12 months from the time of their employment by the city.....

(d) The director of personnel management may grant an individual waiver to a prospective employee residing outside of the city after a finding in writing that a sufficient number of qualified residents cannot be recruited for those full- or part-time position(s) requiring specialized expertise or extraordinary qualifications, certifications or training. If a waiver is granted, said employee shall be required to establish residency within the city within 12 months of employment in accordance with the provisions of this section. ....(KF: Seriously, who is going to go through those hoops?)

(i) Persons who applied and are employed for the position of certified police officer within the Jackson Police Department, persons who applied and are employed for the position of certified firefighter within the Jackson Fire Department and at-will positions are exempt from the residency requirement.

It might hurt some feelings but not many parents are going to move to Jackson and put their kids in Jackson public schools. Period.  That little fact alone discourages people from applying for the job.  The City Council should abolish the residency requirement or at least exempt Public Works from its coverage. 

You simply can't make this up.  These are not serious people and that, my friends, is the bottom line. 


* The following are the Public Works postings. 

Water Systems Manager

City Engineer

Parking Meter Collection Clerk

Service Complaints Rep

Maintenance Worker II

Senior Maintenance Worker

Crew Leader (Maintenance)

Water Maintenance & Distribution Supervisors

Heavy Equipment Operator,  I & II (4 postings)

HVAC Technician

Code Enforcement Supervisor

Solid Waste Superintendent

Administrative Assistant

Electrician

Sewer Systems Supervisor

Crew Leader ( 3 postings, Sewer Evaluation Services)

Crew Leader ( 2 postings, Ops & Maintenance)

Senior Maintenance Worker (3 postings)

Maintenance Worker II (5 postings, Sewer & Evaluation Services)

Senior Civil Engineer

Utility Plant Electrician (2 postings)

Utility Maintenance Mechanic (2 (postings)

Water Plant Operator 1 (OBC)

Water Maintenance & Distribution Superintendent

Signal Technician II

 Meter Reader

Senior Electrician (2 postings)

Sanitation Inspector

Markings Crew Leader

Maintenance Worker

Maintenance Worker I



61 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bless their hearts.

That'sMisterDeplorableToYou said...

The pay is awfully low too. $20.10 per hour only works out to about $40K per year. Anyone with the skills required for the job that agrees to work for that is desperate for some reason. Teachers, for all the hell-raising about how poorly they are paid, make more than that for only 9 months work.

Anonymous said...

This doesn't bode well for fixing the water system.

Anonymous said...

Kingfish
We are all aware that no one takes Chokwe LuDUMBa serious
He has absolutely no pull power at all. In fact people can’t stand him… especially people with credibility and tax payers. He’s a mooch and that phD Omari is a real dummy.

Anonymous said...

No one wants to live in this hell hole

I wish I weren't here, but I can't afford to move out.
It's never going to get better if people keep supporting and re-electing hizzoner
For the life of me I don't understand how he keeps getting support.

Anonymous said...

Baby Chowke lives in Atlanta, right?

Anonymous said...

This has to be purposeful, right?

Anonymous said...

The requirement to reside in Jackson is a negative point on the job advertisement. I’m a contractor and I WILL NOT bid or perform work in the City of Jackson due to the “mandatory” minority participation requirements. I performed work on a project close to Baptist Medical Center in 2012 and thats enough for me. The city sent a list of potential job applicants and most of them had no qualifications, no education or they had felonies and numerous legal infractions. Hell, I can hire people like that all day and not have to worry about a discrimination lawsuit being filed when I fire them. And when I release them from employment based on why I released them, they fully understand and don't shout racist this and racist that. Why work the shit that Jackson emanates? Its not worth it. Everyone knows that the blue collar industry is not ripe with stellar people (and feom what I’ve seen lately the White collar field is getting worse by the day) but at least you get some people every once in a while that you can see a difference in and invest the time and money to make productive employees which in turn become productive citizens that are beneficial to society. I haven’t performed work in Jackson in 10 years and I will NOT perform work here again. I WILL NOT be any part what so ever if the Hinds County supervisors decide to construct a new jail facility on McDowell Road. Let those that want to pretend its “good money” go forth with it. I’ve learned my lessons the hard way. Thank you for allowing me to comment.

Anonymous said...

It would be interesting to see where the city posts its job openings - Monster? Indeed? Surely there are trade publications - many possibilities but is the city even trying to fill crucial positions?

Anonymous said...

12:07. Crybaby teachers are the MOST OVERPAID profession in America. No I am not a troll. They are. Period.

Anonymous said...

12:55 "Everyone knows that the blue collar industry is not ripe with stellar people" Geez man.

Anonymous said...

Time to just rename this cesspool to the Jackson Racism Blog by Lil’ Jamie “Stankfish” Aka dabitch

Anonymous said...

not many people are going to move to Jackson. Period.

There. Fixed it for you.

Anonymous said...

Airport tried to do that to some getting promoted to management roles. Didn’t fly. Later made living in the city of Jackson a requirement if taking a relocation package. A deal breaker for some. Then you had the Jackson first procurements. Same business in Pearl or Flowood (closer driving distance) but made employees use same businesses in the city of Jackson.

Anonymous said...

August 20, 2022 at 2:15 PM, you are correct, there's a lot of discrimination in Jackson, Mississippi. Only, it's black on white discrimination.

I'm typing this slowly, because you may have gone to Harvard and you are at an educational disadvantage. Try to focus, I believe you can do it.

Facts, are not capable of being racist, or discriminatory. I know there are a few big words here, but a dictionary will help you with them.

If you don't know what a dictionary is, check with your local library, if you can find one open in Jackson. The mayah isn't really into libraries, we can tell that by the neglect.

Once more, say it with me, facts are not capable of being racist, or discriminatory.

Here's words of wisdom that everyone should acknowledge, anyone that tells you the whole truth, is your friend. That's true, regardless of the person acting like a friend or not.

Anonymous said...

Like most of KF's readers, I have been following Chowke's jackassery since he became mayor. I used to believe that his lack of effective leadership was due to his incompetence, immaturity, and inexperience.

I now believe that the ongoing destruction of Jackson has all been planned by a mayor who is a racist, narcissist, Marxist, and extremely evil person.

Jackson, I am praying for y'all.

Anonymous said...

1:40, only the ignorant despise education.

Anonymous said...

They have to live in Jackson, unless one is the head of the now-closed city pound, but still on the payroll, driving a city truck, living in Madison County, in the classic "no-show" job.

Anonymous said...

1:51, I’m 12:55 poster…what’s your grudge? Are you part of the problem? Drug use and legal problems have kept otherwise good people from being productive to society

Anonymous said...

3:47, bingo. It's his plan. Hire friends to fill pockets without requiring them to do work, let the system fail all around them while picking up awards and being seen from the outside a a progressive leader, have the Feds/state come in to clean up the mess, and be on to the next grift. He doesn't care about the city. He cares only about the grift. We recently had a president just like that, although he did allow people to make good policies.

Anonymous said...

I wish JPD and Jackson’s city employees would stop clogging up the line at the Crossgates Starbucks and Chik-Fil-A. Don’t you people in Jackson have your own Starbucks? Our drive-thru line is already long enough without the additional ugly JPD Ford Explorers.

Anonymous said...

Timw for the state legislature to take over. No water is serious business. The city government has shown their intent to do nothing.

Krusatyr said...

Lil Choke might apply for Meter Maid, provided he has no pockets in his uniform to steal the change.

Anonymous said...

Say what you want about Kenneth Stokes, fact is he's really mellowed out in his old age and calls it like it is nowadays. He was the first to give Chowke the "Lyin' Lumumba" nametag, simply because he could. Probably a good thing the Good Dr. Omari snuck in under the residency requirements, you can bet she knows Chowke can't get rid of her as he has no replacement.

Well, there IS Virgi....

Anonymous said...

The mare (mayor) said that the reason for all the crime was the lack of job opportunities. Come on mare. Hire some of them suckers! They want to work and they certainly will pass the drug test. Not!

Anonymous said...

I live in subdivision in Madison. Down the street, there is a Jackson cop car parked every night. I thought you had to live in Jackson to be a cop there.“

WISEOWL said...

How about a recall election

Anonymous said...

2:36 I disagree, the dope boys love Jackson and will not cross the County line into another jurisdiction committing crimes cause they know they will be arrested, convicted and sent away forever! I mean forever!!!

Anonymous said...

Now I understand why some have made such a big deal about Lumumba’s chief of staff living in Ridgeland. Some ideas are better in theory than in practice.

Anonymous said...

to lumumbles.......dear mayor, there is a 33,000 acre reservoir just north of jackson
its called
ross barnett reservoir.
maybe you have heard of it..........only someone as pathetic as you can't deliver water to jackson

Anonymous said...

I live in a subdivision in Clinton. There's a JPD cop car parked here also.

Anonymous said...

5;25pm re-read paragraph (i) in the posting. It clearly states JPD exemptions for residence requirements.

Anonymous said...

Got this month’s Southern Living in the mail today. Funny they didn’t mention the water situation in the feature article on Jackson.

Yaw Jess Racial said...

So, 2:15 p.m., acknowledging the multiple problems inherent in the job postings is, somehow, racist? Get current man. That shout quit working 15 years ago.

And get somebody to tell you what the three and four syllable words in this post mean.

Pardon The Poetry said...

There's also a JPD cop living in Twin Harbors out east of Madison. I realize the position is exempt from the residency requirement, but that gasoline bill eventually mounts up.

So, what this says is:

It's more important to hire somebody to point a fire hose than someone who can correct the town's water-woes.

That'sMisterDeplorableToYou said...

@7:12 Wiseowl. I'm not sure there's even a legal provision for a recall, but even if there was, such an effort would fail. His election was more about putting a thumb in the eye of THE MAN and less about efficient operation of the city. From what I hear from the few people I know that are still in Jackson, the majority of the citizenry adore him. They hate the water/sewer/crime/blight, but they either fail to make the connection between these conditions and the city government's incompetence, or they just would rather deal with the conditions than see these people put out of office.

Anonymous said...

Why should an operator at O.B. Curtis be required to live in Jackson if O.B. Curtis itself isn't even located in Jackson?

Krusatyr said...

Lil Choke has made bait outta Jackson to attract State and Federal money he can convert to slush funds. It gives many a lot of pleasure to see him flustered by outside control of that money, however.

Anonymous said...

The tap water in Nairobi, Kenya is safer to drink than the tap water in Jackson, MS.
Let those turbids settle in your mind in for a second.

Anonymous said...

From what I hear from the few people I know that are still in Jackson, the majority of the citizenry adore him.

Expand your sample as Jackson's majority populace is rapidly turning on him.

Anonymous said...

@8:27 AM That would be a negative. It is in Jackson and borders the Ridgeland city limit.

Turbid boo boo said...

Does "free the land" include "free the water?"

Anonymous said...

The young boy mayor is only fulfilling the wishes of his dad Edwin Taliafero. Remember, Bennie Thompson was part of this crap and wants to “distance” himself but history will not allow that. I’m surprised a police officer would even want to work in Jackson since Lumumba, Sr was tied to an organization that killed policemen.

Anonymous said...

That is incorrect. If you go to Google and type in Ridgeland and look a the line it goes all the way east to Spillway Road from County Line. OB Curtis is bordered by OB Curtis Dr, Brashear Creek to the east and County Line to the south.

Anonymous said...

Physical Address (Primary)
100 0 B Curtis Drive
Ridgeland, MS 39157

Mailing Address
PO Box 17
Jackson, MS 392050017

Anonymous said...

I really don’t care in what municipality the OB Curtis plant is in. But I do know that USPS addresses are most definitely not reflective of municipal borders. There are Gluckstadt addresses with Madison zips and some with Canton zips. It’s based on service area. There’s also an airport in Rankin County that is currently owned by Jackson on land owned by the city of Jackson so part of city. There’s also a way to draw municipal boundaries that includes OB Curtis within the contiguous geographical map of the City of Jackson. It seems abundantly clear that the city is fucked though.

To The JPS Alumnus @1:36 PM said...

@1:36PM Yes, it has a Ridgeland "mailing" address because the only access to their gate is through the city of Ridgeland, thus the nearest and most logical post office is in Ridgeland.

But PHYSICALLY, the plant is in the CITY OF JACKSON.

Don't believe me? Look at the city limit map.

Anonymous said...

There are multiple JPD cruisers that reside in Rankin County. The fact that the ones in charge of keeping the peace in Jackson don't wish to live there tells you all you need to know. I would venture to say most of JPD lives outside of the JPD protection area. Very telling.

Anonymous said...

Got news for you kids, OBC sits on PRVWSD owned land. Sorry, but thanks for playing.

Anonymous said...

Has Melvin hired several of his felon pals to troll this site en masse?

Of course. Seems to be a microcosm of the problems in Jackson.

If all the loud-mouth idiots would shut up and actually perform work with same vigor they shout any voice of reason down, they'd improve their living conditions substantially.

Sad that such common sense is no longer common in Jacktown.

Anonymous said...

I used to be a Red Cross Certified Lifeguard who would check pH levels every hour on the hour during my past summers. Would I qualify? Just need that lounge chair, umbrella and beer cooler I requested to work the airport gig.

Anonymous said...

@7:47

your attempted JPS slight not withstanding... OB Curtis IS NOT within the city limits.... of any city.

It is, indeed in Madison County. The only part of Jackson within Madison County is around Tougaloo College.

BTW, please go back to your schooling district and slap them in the face for their failure to teach you reading comprehension. The address provided above says PHYSICAL ADDRESS as Ridgeland.

Ridgeland Fire responded to and investigated the recent fire

Anonymous said...

It matters not where OB Curtis is sitting, the damn thing ain't working properly. That's the problem, not its location.

The head idiot in charge, the mayah, doesn't have the ability to hire appropriate personal. His ego, by way of education, has blinded him to his own shortcomings.

The depth of his ignorance, is only exceeded by the height of his arrogance. His lack of humility has defeated him at every challenge.

He has surrounded himself with people that have the same afflictions. From their counsel only folly is produced. You doubt my summation? What is the state of Jackson, Mississippi?

Anonymous said...

Lumumba has lost Jackson.

Anonymous said...

Lumumba would win if the election were held today.
Even if the voters had to climb mounds of garbage, dead bodies, and portholes to reach the polling place.

And they would do it without a drop of clean water to drink.

When people accept that facts simply don't matter to the uneducated masses that vote, then perhaps we can begin a conversation that will even attempt to un-sink Jackson.

Doubtful, but we must accept that the majority still approve Chuckie and blame Tate for all of this before anything constructive can be discussed.

Anonymous said...

... but we must accept that the majority still approve Chuckie ...

Prove it.

Anonymous said...

2:33 See also; how elections work

I am pretty sure the results are proof.

Anonymous said...

2:33, prove they don't.

Anonymous said...

Majority of the Jackson VAP did not vote for Lumumba. Majority of Jackson registered voters did not vote for Lumumba. @2:09's statement that "the majority still approve" expired the day after the last election.

Anonymous said...

Lumumba wants the same kind of bailout Ray Nagin got after Hurricane Katrina. I wonder where Nagin has been the last 10 years or so . . .

Anonymous said...

5:43 I suppose we will see how Chuckie does in the next election.

Since the majority factually disapproves, they must have a secret mayoral candidate they are actively grooming.

Time will tell.



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