Jackson Jambalaya

Wow. It's amazing what competent people can do!

It’s amazing how easy it is to get contractors to show up - all they need is some confidence they’ll actually get paid! Shame on the city for developing such a reputation as a non-payer! No excuse for that!

So when is Mayor LaDumbDa going to resign?

KF, shouldn’t these articles be titled ‘Jackson’s Lack of Water Update’?

Oh look another day yet another list of more routine maintenance shown to not have been done like cleaning screens, yet the Mayor doesn’t want to relinquish control to a regional water authority?

@ September 14, 2022 at 1:14 PM

Worse than that -- the mayor insists that they had a plan, and that things are just moving faster now, because the state finally decided to kick-in. Big ego, wild imagination, little common sense, and educated beyond his capabilities.

The grant money for the installation of graphene-derived catalytic membranes is soon to be announced.

Can EPA investigators, like other gators, sniff and snatch a dirty weasel mayor out of his orally flatulent subterfuge for indictment?

Water pressure is not stable across the city. Several state office buildings closed early on Tuesday due to low water pressure, and several buildings on Capitol also experienced lower water pressure. Although it wasn't as bad as it was several weeks ago, it was still low enough to close the toilets on higher floors.

The city is doing a great job!!! -- that is, of reporting on the progress that the others are making. Nothing in this report, or any of the other ones, can be attributed to anything that the City of Jackson has done, unless maybe it was staying out of the way while the responsible adults brought in by the state have done

Biggest story coming from this fiasco is the total failure of the current administration to do any routine maintenance on this plant. All the while blaming it on 'past administrations' and everybody else.

What is true is that the membrane side of the plant has been in operation for less than 15 years. A little look at history shows those fifteen years include: One term (four years) of Harvey Johnson, one term combined (four years) of Daddy Lumumba/Yarber; and one and a half terms (six years) of Baby Chocke. So, this 'old, outdated plant' who's failures were inherited by the current blamer-in-chief was carried to its demise in its first eight years of operation??? Damn awfully short lifespan for a $50 million utility system.

The past two weeks have shown the truth - that the current condition of the plant is due to the failure of this administration to pay for normal, routine maintenance, or for staff to operate this fancy piece of equipment. Nothing historically about this; nothing racial; nothing outdated. Everything lands on the head of the Executive Branch, along with the ridiculous policy decision of him along with the Council to cut off the dollars required to do the maintenance and staffing, which is the revenue from users paying their water bill.

Thank you Tate.

#Let’sGiveStrongLeadershipAChance

Mississippi sucks. It just does. If you travel as to other states, people there give you the 'bless your heart' response when you say you are from Mississippi. And Mississippi deserves it. It is worse than a third world country. Mississippi has options to improve, and thumbs its nose at being better because it might include something that lifts up minority Mississippians. Then all the bigots go to church on Sunday where they are praised for being Christians and following Jesus. This is not new in Mississipi. It's a religion.

7:14 PM
Whatever you say donnerkay.

@7:14 would you kindly describe this "lifting up" process. Im not real clear on how that's supposed to work. I always see these evil church people you refer to providing food, water and assistance immediately after each and every natural disaster, but I havent seen BLM or Antifa on site doing much "lifting".

After regularly reading KF’s Water Crisis posts (including the complete technical updates) for some time now, I feel fully prepared to take the Class A Operator exams. Then, I hope to apply for a position at OBC, anticipating a well-paying long-term professional position, with plenty of upward mobility potential.

@7:14 Dude owns a house. Every Saturday he cuts his grass. The neighbors all brag on how good his yard looks. He even wins "Yard of the Month" from the HOA. After a few years he sells his house and moves. The new homeowner sleeps in on Saturdays and watches TV all day. He neglects the yard. He doesn't mow it for months. The grass gets so high and overgrown that the HOA has to send him a letter asking him to cut his grass. The owner doesn't care, because grass that's 18 inches tall doesn't bother him one bit.

So in the example above, how does "lifting up minorities" come into play? Is the HOA bigoted? Is owner #1 or owner #2 bigoted? The hard and factual truth is that owner #1 maintained the yard and owner #2 didn't. That's the truth and the fact. Race isn't an issue. The media needs to realize it. Some folks put in the work and some folks don't. Sometimes it's that simple.

The leaders and employees at Jackson aren't putting in the work, effort, and sweat it takes to operate and manage a system. They are like Owner #2. They are sitting back doing nothing.

7:14 is not capable of processing 8:21's very apt (and kindergarten level) example.

7:14 is still chanting "orange man bad" as she falls asleep.

It will never be about facts. It will always be based in emotional fallacy.

I pity them. Life will be harder for them than me, and it wont be based on complexion.