Jackson Jambalaya

So the feds brought in a recognized water plant expert and put him in charge- yet we will have to listen to the mouth breather who knows nothing about water systems.

Live-streamed? Hell yeah.

Let me guess: The purpose of the press conference is to let the citizens of Jackson know about the reduction in crimes committed over the past few days by perpetrators armed with super soakers and common squirt guns due to the lack of water AND the resounding success of the administrations new "Squirt Gun Plug Buy Back and Amnesty Program".

He will then announce his plan to form a committee.

Oh great, more talking and no action. Does the Mayor get paid by the word or something?

The comment about the mayor getting paid by the word is comment of the day! Dude is all talk no action. He could f'up an iron ball with a rubber hammer.

Word on the skreet Ross Adams pulled a few strings for Chowke with Dave Roberts and it looks like Chowke's proposed VETO of the freezing weather is a GO.

This is all because y’all had to make it public that he was in Miami. He has to make an appearance to show he is involved even though he couldn’t care less what happens to any of us.

I thought per court order Jackson was out of the water business,this should be the contractor's problem.

Why can’t we hear from the guy the feds sent here
Chokwe has screwed up enough. I can imagine what the feds guy thinks of the mayor

I love to listen to the mayor talk. He's an outstanding orator, like Minister Farrakhan.

Kingfish
Can you please post locations where we can pick up bottled water from the city at designated sites. Seems never any in NE Jackson or Belhaven. Are the taxpayers just on there own and south and west Jackson get all the free water?

@12:31 Duh .. you're just now figuring this out?

@12:26
That’s an insult to Louis Farrakhan and you know it!

Excuses and blame ad nauseam.

Maybe he can expound on the meaning of this new emerency thingy. I just love to hear that Harvard education at work.

To get your “free” water, you have to wait sometimes 2 hours with your car running to receive your “free” water. You have to keep the car running because it is periodically moving. How “cost effective” is this?

12:31, is this a rhetorical question or you haven't been in Jackson long? "The collective" get the spoils, the one who have the tax collected from get the shaft.

11:23 am You win the Free Press Award & Jackson Pulitzer award. We love your sincere and honest words. IMO your must have majored in Creative Writing. You should replace Rukia! Love you! Happy New Year!

Good grief!
Y'all do know that water pipes burst with freezing temperatures, even in Pelahatchie.
If the mayor said nothing, y'all would also bitch.

Good Grief Charlie Brown 3:27 commented:
"If the mayor said nothing, y'all would still bitch", but meant to type: "Why can't the bitch be still and say nothing!"

3:27 PM, Small pipes burst. Large pipes do not freeze and first. If you notice when they start repairing the busted lines they are deep underground. Pipes that far underground do not freeze. The cold weather is just an excuse.

3:27. Lived on the redneck side of the river for over 25 years. In that time one “boil water” for 24 hours when a contractor hit a main while digging. You get the government you deserve.

Dear Good Grief @ 3:27 (great Chevy engine, by the way). You're thinking about residential pipes that burst during freezing weather, when certain precautions are not taken.

Name another city in this weather zone that's having this issue over and over, freeze or no freeze. The mair has no idea where the problems are, what the solution is or if there IS one.

Exactly what I expected to hear him say.

NOTHING.

Just a big word salad using the usual "woke" buzz words.

He only started saying "right" when he became irritated with the news reporters direct questions.

But a serious question, why did he not have the new
"EPA plant Manager" at this presser ... to answer the detailed tech questions ?

Waiting and idling your car for 2 hours for a $4.00 case of water. 24 bottles. I fully realize why some people stay broke.

3:27, When it comes to shitty water service, there is Jackson, and then there is every other city.

You do know that Pelahatchie and rest of world is not under boil water notice every other week.

Hey Mayor Chucky hold your news press conference in the morning not during General Hospital.

Has anyone been following the problems at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis and their water problems?

We all knew this was coming when the below freezing weather was forecast. The adults (the group of professionals )were forced out of the room by the kids and this is what you have now. There is no mature educated experienced proven leadership in jackson and I won’t capitalize jackson until it becomes Crossroads of the South again, yep, I’m from that generation. You know the generation who can remember the very good standing that jackson had when it was run by people who really cared about the city and everyone of all races benefited. Not just one. Now we have what the Governor of Mississippi referred to as an inept mayor. And there is absolutely no way you can tell me he graduated from Harvard. Not with a jps background. No way, uh uh…nope…you’re lyin’….

Arctic freezes usually bring out the pipe problems across the south.

Where's Ted at? He still in Virginia?

Ted was clearly zooming in from his actual out of state residence.

Can't say I blame him.

The Capital City can’t even provide the most basic of services. Embarrassing to watch on National news. No wonder MS isn’t growing like the rest of the southern states.

I think it's premature to blame this on cold weather (as was blaming the last water emergency on flooding).

At least we can reasonably expect a straight answer from the manager when they figure it out. I expect nothing but lies and excuses from Lumumba, based on his past performance.