Tuesday, October 4, 2022

StokesTV: Blaming the Siemens Deal

 Jackson Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth I. Stokes blamed the Siemens project for much of Jackson's water woes on the Mary Wieden Show Friday.   Yes, Mr. Stokes actually appeared on Supertalk FM.   Kudos to the Supertalk crew for getting him to appear on their network. Check out what he had to say.


27 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good or Bad, Stokes seems to be the ONLY Active COJ Councilman.

Anonymous said...

It's always someone else's fault.

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Anonymous said...

Stokes is more popular than he has ever been before. If he hired the right campaign team, he could probably win an election as Mayor or a statewide commission. Problem is he seems to prefer to bloviate more than do any real work or take any actions. So he probably wouldn’t actually help Jackson any more than he helps his ward, which isn’t much, honestly.

Free The Water said...

Notwithstanding your race-baiting, is it or is it not the fault of Seimens faulty products that caused readings to either be wrong or non-existent? And that cost the city millions in lost revenue.

I'm not suggesting that's the entire reason for the departmental problems but it's a part of the financial calamity, right.

Anonymous said...

Does Mary Wieden EVER let someone answer before she interrupts? Does she EVER listen to the answer?

Anonymous said...

Kudos to Kenneth I. Stokes for being willing to go on Supertalk. So many liberals refuse to go on conservative media at all, but Kenny wasn’t scared!

I live in Jackson (not in Kennys ward) and he and I are very different in our political views BUT he cares about his constituents and tries to do what he feels is right. There’s been talk about him running for mayor. I don’t think he’s a fit for several reasons. However, his voice could have a big impact on who runs and who wins and I hope he uses it wisely.

This mayor needs to be investigated with regard to the Siemens legal representation, the garbage contract, his constant travel and personal security detail and who’s paying for it … etc. The stench of corruption surrounds everything this mayor does. I’m wondering how many “donations” his sister’s nonprofit received after some of these deals. The mayor actually accused Stokes of accepting bribes on the garbage contract but he didn’t fool anyone. A blind person can see it’s the mayor who’s desperately trying to steer the contract to Richard’s Disposal. I truly just hope the mayor isn’t allowed to squander the state and federal water system money like he did the Siemens settlement. I honestly doubt the city would survive it.

MBrookes said...

12:09, I didn't see race baiting, but then I don't imagine a boogy man behind every tree. Siemen's was indeed a major contributor to the water problems, particularly the billing. What bothers me is that there has never been a good accounting of the 90 million awarded from Siemen's.

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Anonymous said...

12:11 is so right - Mary Weidan is easily the single most irritating radio/TV host around. Mary, please shut up & let your guests talk.

Anonymous said...

Dont Agree with Stokes...and I'm sure I wouldn't often agree with his constituents either -But I do respect the way he sticks up for them; if only the other wards had such strong leadership, this entitled mayor would have been sidelined at day one. I'm also one of the people he mentioned-- been calling the water department for months and always get the same brush off "bill should be in the mail next month." Don't know if I'm quite to Stokes for Mayor-- but I do like the hat energy.

Anonymous said...

... is it or is it not the fault of Siemens faulty products ...

The problem wasn't so much that of individual components, hard and soft, as much as the solution was not turnkey, integrated nor proven as interoperable in any respect.

That botch totally on Harvey Johnson's administration.

Anonymous said...

Correct on Mary Weiden. Mary needs to dial back the arrogance too.

Anonymous said...

Mayor and Councilman get together have a public forum and tell the people what happened to the $90 million. Expenditures down to the last dollar. Too easy! If you lie the Hinds county judges will give you a blessing!

Anonymous said...

Where is shad?? Audit them now.

Anonymous said...

Mary must have been trained by the master, Paul Gallo. I often wondered why supertalk ever bothered bringing guests on his show. Gallo would talk over them incessantly. What’s worse is he usually had no idea what he was talking about… just really in love with the sound of his own voice. He’s THE reason I stopped listening to super talk several years ago. That, and all the state taxpayer money sent supertalk’s way by state republicans.
I don’t care to listen to media that’s beholden to a political party. Thank God for the internet or I’d get no news at all these days.

Anonymous said...

I don’t care to listen to media that’s beholden to a political party.

Do you read 'media that’s beholden to a political party'?

Anonymous said...

Stokes has been on Mary Weidens show many times before. He's been on Gallo's show also.

Anonymous said...

After the $90 million was received, approximately $10 million was left after bond payments and attorneys fees. That $10 million got immediately sucked up into the water fund overdraft pit. And things have only gone further down hill with the finances ever since.

Kingfish said...

$14 million went to enterprise fund.

The real problem is the city has a ton of interest and principle to pay

Anonymous said...

SUPERTALK.. let em talk, please.

Anonymous said...

A previous poster pointed out that the Mayor has a security detail. Why? The Mayors of the surrounding cities and towns do not. If the State Auditor doesn’t step up and do something soon then we will know he is too scared to and is afraid of being called a racist.

Anonymous said...

@5:53 AM - This is a way to have a driver without calling attention to the fact that he has a driver.

Anonymous said...

Interviewers who constantly interrupt are self-centered prima donnas with some narcissism thrown in too.

Anonymous said...

A really good company was up against Siemen's named Johnson Controls. During the whole process they packed up and left and moved their personnel. Johnson Controls firmly believed that an automatic meter reading system was only as good as its computer platform. I do not remember if anyone ever addressed this portion of the Siemen's work and what went wrong. Yes, we got some money back but it was not enough to make Jackson "whole" again. I hear the water department is now over $40,000,000 in the hole.

Anonymous said...

Jackson water department had many problems and declining revenue long before Siemens came along. Is every problem in Jackson, MS always the other guys fault? Per the posted video, the City got a $90M settlement and what got fixed with that money?

Anonymous said...

What law firm received the $30 million in attorneys fees what contributions to local politicians flowed from the firm, its attorneys, family members. This is truly the Miss model perfected in the asbestos, silicosis, tobacco shake downs and paybacks.



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