Lord Protector Tate Reeves issued the following statement.
It is excellent news for anyone who cares about the
people of Jackson that the Mayor will no longer be overseeing the city’s
water system. It is now out of the city’s control, and will be overseen
by a federal court.
It has been a chaotic series of months, while the state has assumed
their responsibility. The people on the ground who rushed to help were
floored by the negligence. They did heroic work to fix so many broken
things and support the frontline city workers who had been abandoned. We
committed millions of dollars from taxpayers across Mississippi to
solve this crisis of incompetence.
In less than 72 hours after the emergency was declared, water pressure
was returned to the city. Days later, the boil water alert was lifted.
We distributed millions of dollars in water via the National Guard to
ensure people could flush their toilets and drink safe water.
You may remember that the Mayor injected further chaos into the story by
undermining the EPA’s request for the state to find a maintenance
contract for the city. He insisted that he must direct the payments.
Since that stunt and our subsequent decision to set an end date for our
running of their system, the federal government accelerated their
efforts to put someone competent in charge. Their order was filed and
made public today. The system should be out of city politician hands
very soon.
The state of emergency came to an end last week, but I have authorized
MEMA to commit another $240,000 from the state’s Disaster Mitigation
Fund for maintenance as a bridge between today and the new leadership.
That should help close out this chapter without further chaos.
More work to do, but it is very promising that this problem is now going
to be solved outside of the city’s backrooms. I’m very proud of what
everyone has done to come together and fix a longstanding issue and
ensure that chaos and corruption cannot keep the people of Jackson from
accessing clean water.
58 comments:
does the city still have buses??
if they do, tator just threw the mayor under one!!!!
Ready for the fireworks.
Everything in the city of Jackson that falls under the Mayor’s authority has been “abandoned!!”
Somebody had to say it, so it might as well be the governor, but I just wish what little press we have left in the city, would stop letting the mayor spew his verbal garbage
How long before the Mayor throws a tantrum over this? Right?
Why don’t you go ahead and post the mayor’s response. You know it is going to be nothing but a charge of racism, so save the mayor time and make it fir him.
You love to hammer Tate but steer clear of Phil and the DHS deal. You say it’s because someone else is reporting on it. That same someone is also running circles around you on the water plant reporting. You’re a sellout, KF. Will your handler not let you touch Phil or Shad anymore?
How is she running circles around me on the water plant? Come on, girlfriend, give examples. Who exactly is my handler?
Tate just couldn’t resist.
NE Jackson resident here and I can tell you in my neck of the woods we are all thrilled
Of course that makes us racists I’m certain huh. I’m so sick of Derrick Johnson and our moron the mayor.
The Guv said "corruption." Spot on! Poor Socrates won't see a dime. So sad.
Such negligence should be rewarded, look for Biden to promote the mayor to a position in DC so he can ready his jump to replace King Benny.
Just a bunch of ignorant scammers and grifters. This is what happens when the electorate becomes completely apathetic.
The mayor gonna be mad. He gonna be talking loud and pounding that podium. He will be using them big words and calling the gov a no good. Problem for the gov is them back room deals been going on at the state level as well. Nancy Brett million dollar man and the cowboy boot Phil. And many others.
If that statement was issued in written form, then someone should be ashamed. Is there no person working for the Governor, who can competently proofread? I agree with the gist of what the Governor is saying. But it's difficult to discern WHAT the Governor is attempting to say.
EPA Regan had mayor thinking Jxn water and sewer was still Chokeville until EPA took it away. Revenge is best served cold, aye Lil Choke.
That Regan was smooth.
Revenge was just the first course. Next up is a bucket of ripe buzzards for our punk mayor to plunge into head deep, suck some crow.
Soooooo, did the Gov. just make Baby Chok his little, well, you know.......
The Governor said exactly what is true here. Why not just acknowledge it. (Disclosure: I’ve never given him a penny and am not associated in any way with his office or campaign.)
Does Deppity Pheel approve this distraction from and coverage of the Bart Farrve legal filing criticizing where Shad was calling Pheel the whistleblower?
Governor's comments are spot-on. I just hope the feds prove more competent than the child mayor and his sycophants.
Having witnessed the parade of idiots employed by the Biden administration... I'm not optimistic.
Vote republican, folks.
Please.
Tate once again just "bitched slapped" Antar.
Jackson resident here… not a huge fan of Tate but yes… he made Chokwe his little b!t@#
What was the point of the Governor's comments? Drive more of a wedge between the State and the City? Yeah, that's really what this State needs as it struggles to retain college educated workers.
Oh Lord I guess we can expect another Poor People's Protest somewhere downtown this week while the rest of us are at work.
Someone please tell Sister Rukia we don't need her anymore.
Reeves just flayed Lumumba with the unvarnished truth, based on a court order.
I look forward to someone doing the same for Reeves and his Hattiesburg voting bloc.
“ It has been a chaotic series of months, while the state has assumed their responsibility. The people on the ground who rushed to help were floored by the negligence.”
The poor writing is embarrassing for our governor and state. Appositives, pronoun agreement, mixed metaphors…
I've seen Republican parades. They're not any better. Why don't we just stop voting for parades? We need people that can solve problems, not entertain us while they rob us blind.
@9:09
Quit your whining!!! The comments were long overdue and why would he not tell people the truth. I hate it when people get mad when politicians tell the truth. So he hurt some feelings. Big damn deal. I live in Jackson and I can tell you many black and white peoples hate this mayor. Thanks Tate for telling it like it is. 9:09 you’re an idiot. People aren’t leaving the state for this reason. In fact Mississippi gained black population from out of state the past year. So go fly a kite. Tate isn’t being rude or offensive
Attn 10:00 - You write it so it doesn’t go over the head of the mayor. Using commas without numbers will certainly confuse him.
I suspect the governor was more interested in issuing a statement as quickly possible with his take on the news - rather than waiting for a perfect statement. It worked - we still haven't heard anything from the mayor.
I recall the mayor saying something about "If you lose control of the water, you lose control of the city." How's that working for you, mayor?
I'm pleased with the results. I don't trust the city nor the state to do what's in the citizens' best interests.
“ It has been a chaotic series of months, while the state has assumed their responsibility. The people on the ground who rushed to help were floored by the negligence.”
The poor writing is embarrassing for our governor and state. Appositives, pronoun agreement, mixed metaphors…
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What the hell? A democrat finds fault with the way a sentence is structured while completely overlooking (perhaps in denial) the contents and their intent. The statement being criticized is precisely factual. I see nothing wrong with the remark or its structure and neither do 99% of the people who will hear or read it.
Find another nit to pick.
9:09: Wedge? Please. It was the Mayor who drove the wedge. It was the Mayor who covered up and lied about the existence of the EPA order for over a year. It was the Mayor who covered up and lied about the water pumps and the electrical panel at the plant. It was the Mayor who lied and said they were advertising for Class A operators when in fact the jobs were not posted on the city website nor any employment websites until after this website busted his claims - twice . It was the Mayor who lied about Detroit and privatization so he could create a straw man to inflame local residents and distract the media. The wedge was already driven.
While Rome is burning, @10:00 PM (Chowke sycophant) is playing the role of grammar policeman. How cute.
The Governors statement is payback when you act like little kids and don’t work together. The Mayor let the water and the garbage fiasco get completely out of control (lack of leadership)
I know the reasons/excuses are that the water system is old and lacked repair from previous administrations, but Mr Mayor, I cannot bitch about what my wife and ex husband did or did not do! I’m running my house and it’s in order, all of my utilities work!! Put on your big boy pants and take care of the citizens of Jackson.
All the citizens know that this needs to be fixed and could care less who fixes the problem.
Mr Mayor lean to work with people, you are not a King!
Cue the card in 5 4 3 2 1 - Racism Racism Racism Racism Racism
9:09 - We college educated MS citizens are not so dumb that we need the Governor to sing Kumbaya with the City of Jackson criminals to make us want to stay here.
Unlike you, we applaud him voicing what we educated minds are already thinking. It makes us want to stay when we see strong leadership that refuses to play racial politics at the expense of the impoverished low IQ Jackson residents.
You should consider moving to Cali. I hear they prefer to silently admonish crime there to prevent any hurt feelings. You'd like it.
"crisis of incompetence" = City of Jackson
Now do the city schools.
Grammar Nazis like 10 P.M. love to find fault so as to deflect from legitimate criticism of the message.
The results weren't federal troops with boots on the ground to solve the water problem, but do you think Sistah Rukia and her friends are happy with the decision?
Y'all are assuming the feds didn't let the Mayor pick his poison.... Or manager.
Whatever poison he had to choose he still had no choice but to pick one. He was cornered and all because of his prior bad faith efforts.
@8:54 AM
Burn Rome completely down. I'm here for it. It'll be rebuilt in due time. 👌🏾
@4:11 PM
Fireworks?
"Nah."
Newwwwwww
Kleeeeeeeeee
Errrrrrrr
Kingfish, are you saying Sistah Rukia and her friends, along with the mayor, are happy? Please, elaborate?
I'm grateful the Feds took over for long enough to stop the hemorrhaging.
Those of you who are partisan can pretend all day can take sides between the Mayor and Governor all day long.
You are cutting off your noses to spite your face and ignoring that this failure and lack of attention is something that should have been addressed decades ago.
As far as I'm concerned, both the Mayor both lied.
The Mayor lied imagining that the truth would be catastrophic in public panic and loss of businesses.
The Governor lied by omission...not to this day being honest about how the State made it impossible for the Mayor to get needed funds or the past actions by the State GOP to target Jackson as a whipping post.
The "good old boys of the GOP" are gilding the roads and bridges of rural areas with low population at the expense of the cities. They are siphoning funds to their alma maters and not prioritizing infrastructure repairs.
They overlook that Mississippians travel the roads and come to Jackson to shop and to be entertained.
DUMB...just Dumb and immature and corrupt!
We want clean drinking water and orderly garbage pickup. This is not about race, I could care less who fixes the problem, just fix it! No way you would pay a plumber to keep coming to your house month after month with the same issues and paying him.
Come on people you would get someone else to fix the problem. That’s what the Feds did.!
It’s not about race when you need a good clean drink, you need it! If you prefer that a person of a certain fixed your drinking water it’s something wrong with you!
Now you can continue to race bite, I’ll bet you have access to clean water and timely garbage pickup.
It all comes down to power, money and awarding contracts to friends, associates and family with no regards to the people you were elected to serve.
Until reporters start with the Federal grant being awarded and read all their rules and regulations governing distribution and THEN read how that money is distributed by the State and all their rules and regulations, you will NOT see the problem or political games being played or can have a clue as to assigning blame.
As for me, I despise an issue that should be non-partisan being used for political advantage.
It will be time consuming to learn the game and to follow the money, but if you don't see how it's diverted and squandered, you are just ill informed.
Will someone state what else Tate could have done except write the Mayor a check and watch him fail?
Can the Governor issue a press release written at the 8th grade English level?
Heck, we hold teachers accountable. Let's get one of them to review and markup his written statements. Or just any ole 8th grader....
The real Christmas miracle is Henry Wingate's signature. I'm surprised that didn't take a year and an admonishment by the 5th Circuit.
So what did judge wingate actually do by signing this?
“The “good old boys of the GOP” are gilding the roads and bridges of rural areas”, what in the hell does this even mean?
That day drinking is dangerous to the few brain cells you have left.
The grammar is fine. Dude is just mad that Tate is a better leader than the mayor.
I see local news reporting that idiot in chief known as Lumumba is reportedly happy with the 3rd party in charge. Sounds like a load of BS to me… I bet he is really
Pissed
So, was a federal takeover in the Mayor's plans all along? Or, did the Governor by ending the State emergency force the Feds to finally act?
@8:47
Reeves did call Lumumba's bluff and I think EPA's Regan read KF's time-line of events proving the ineptitude and deceit of the mayor, a specialist in obfuscation and lies, flavored with marxist 'inequities', that are in accord with plunderers (like Rukia and Pickett) who help cloud issues for his ignorant political base.
8:47 AM
Personally, I'm of the belief that Tate forced the EPA's hand by ending the state of emergency. I mean we know that the EPA has been handing Jackson warnings for a minimum of 2 years but hadn't acted on those "threats". It wasn't until Jackson was about to resume ownership of the water system that the EPA finally acted. To me that points strongly towards a forced to act situation. Now whether Jackson got to pick their third party I don't have a clue.
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