Thursday, June 15, 2023

Food Fight!

Some fireworks took place at the 1% Sales Tax Commission today when Hizzoner tried to stop two Commission members from speaking in public about the commission.  One of those members just happened to be one Mr. Pete Perry so one can imagine how that worked out for the Mayor. 

Commissioner Jonathan Lee was invited to speak at Precinct 2's Cops meeting last month.  He sent an email to all members, including the Mayor, inviting them to attend the meeting with him.  Pete Perry accepted and attended the meeting.  Ward 4 Councilman Vernon Hartley and Parks & Rec Director attended the meeting as well.  

Mr. Lee provided the small audience (less than a dozen people) a general update on the Commission.  He discussed how the Commission operates and how it approves projects.  However, Hizzoner tried to tell Perry and Lee they couldn't speak about Commission matters on their own in public and well, just watch how it all went down. 

Kingfish note: I'm willing to bet there is one little reason why the Mayor turned into a control freak. There is a little nugget in the video that gives it away. Can you figure out what it is?

Oh, and Mayor, stop talking about yourself in the third person.  

60 comments:

Anonymous said...

You're just gonna have to tell us. No one has time to watch a 14min video filled with stammering and looks and sounds like it was filmed with a potato.

Anonymous said...

Lil' Choke is a BUFFOON

Anonymous said...

With all due respect Kingfish, I do not agree.

After watching the video twice, it is clear that the Mayor said that any commissioner was welcome to speak however they want, but also felt that it was important to differentiate if the person was speaking for themselves or speaking on behalf of the commission, and that what is being communicated is consistent.

I don’t think that the mayors position is at all unreasonable.

Kingfish said...

Mayor certainly doesn't mind speaking about the Commission in public. See Pickett's town hall forum last year where he repeatedly trashed the Commission.

Anonymous said...

I'm guessing the nugget came when the mayor said someone told him about what they perceived to be negative statements surrounding the city (& therefore the mayor) were made at a community meeting a by members of the 1% commission (who discussed the commission's functions, etc.). We know the mayor is thin-skinned. He took the second-hand info personally because he wants to be the one controlling communications - in other words, his lies should be the only messages residents receive.

Anonymous said...

@7:57

EVERY position the mayor takes is unreasonable.

Anonymous said...

No one listens to Chokwe. The local cities watch for comic relief.

Anonymous said...

Over the years I’ve been opposite Pete and on the same side as Pete. Pete is going to be himself and speak his position. Under the theory that God has a purpose for all people, Pete serving as foil to the fool Mayor seems about right.

Dictators always want to control the narrative, right? Right.

Thanks Pete and Johnathon! And thanks KF for posting.

Anonymous said...

"the city is never getting the water system back....." Right!

Anonymous said...

Why not give the mayor more power? Look how well he has handled the water fiasco, keeping the roads undrivable allowing midnight drag racing on I 55 highway, leading the city to the number one murder capitol in the country, third world handling of garbage pick up, unable to hire cops and the ones he has hired are sub par, etc.

Anonymous said...

Lumumba doesn’t want to let taxpayers know anything about money or where it’s used. What a complete fool

Anonymous said...

Sounds to me like the mayor wants to control the information being that his concerns of the discussions were what’s going on negatively in the city.

Mayor, you’d have to be blind not to see how you have ran this city into the ground, we don’t have to have someone tell us but it’s nice that someone is speaking out of all your blunders.

Kingsized said...

Also with all due respect to 7:57-the mayor only wants what is being communicated to be consistent with what HE wants said to the public. In other words, don't talk unless I okay the content. We can't let those ole taxpayers know everything, now can we?

Anonymous said...

Pete is a good guy and gets things done in a professional manner. Jackson is lucky to have him. Not sure why the mayor thinks this is an issue worth addressing. It sounds like he needs to find people who can provide him with accurate notes from meetings he doesn’t attend.

Anonymous said...

The ego of that guy. He wants control over everything, but is incapable of producing results. And, he's starting to refer to himself in the 3rd person. Pure vinegar and water.

Anonymous said...

Does he go anywhere without those two stooges?

Anonymous said...

What is the mayor’s sister’s connection with the trash collection company with the “temporary” contract?

Anonymous said...

7:57 AM
2:15 to 2:30 of the video proves you flatly wrong, Mr. Lumumba.

Anonymous said...

Admittedly, I am not a connoisseur of such proceedings, but there wasn’t anything food fight-y that I heard. I heard a lot of bloviating from the mayor acting all biggity and incessantly uttering the word “right” “right” “right” with irritating regularity.

Anonymous said...

I watched the whole video. Missed the nugget from Mayor Word Salad.

Chowke is a Thin Skinned Marxist said...

Chowke is a typical Marxist progressive commie-pinko. They must control the narrative and the media; treat the sheeple like mushrooms...keep them in the dark and feed them bullshit.

Anonymous said...

Democrats almost always want to silence their opponents. See how the use the press and the social media companies at the national level. It’s what dictators do.

Anonymous said...

Lumumba would do well to hear the shit I say about him openly (and often) in public as an official taxpaying Jacksonian.

Anonymous said...

Attn 9:02 AM What is it that you don’t like about the way he is leading the city of Jackson?

Honk for the Mayor! said...

Did anybody happen to count the number of times that ego maniac used the word "right" to prop up his dumbass argument against free speech? I wish Pete would have responded, "wrong" at least once. That ploy and the boy mayor himself are both such condescending tools! He ain't clean or articulate. Damn, it's amazing how many animals run out in front of me when I'm passing by his house!

Anonymous said...

This is Putin-esque! Making vague allegations of disloyalty to the state. Mr. Lee shouldn't have apologized for shit.

Anonymous said...

"We don't work for the city, we are appointed by different entities" - Jonathan Lee slaps!

10:45 in the video

Anonymous said...

So that's how you pronounce his name, huh? Show-quay.

anonymous said...

The mayor's request seems legitimate. Having been a member of a public board, it is essential to have a clear line of communication on behalf of the board. That person is usually the chairman (or president) of the board.
However, the chairman, president, mayor MUST lead by example. When the mayor openly criticizes others, whether board members, councilmen, etc., he needs to suffer the consequence. The consequence is the First Amendment.
RMQ

Anonymous said...

It was a staffer that he sent at the last minute to see what this meeting was about. He and his staff was butt-hurt about the late notice so they trumped up allegations to give cause for him to even bring it up and chastise them for not asking him for permission and guidance. If neighborhoods want to have candid meetings in the future, I would say expressly did-invite the mayor so that they don’t feel obligated to send him a notice.

Anonymous said...

What about the financial statements for the Year ending 9/30/2022 ?
Have we seen them ? Are they available to the public ?

As a recovering Accountant/MBA , Financial Statements should be provided within 3 months of closing. (See Tann,Brown CPAs address to the council)

Anonymous said...

ludumbda- “The Commissioners can’t speak about the commission because it’s a commission and Commissioner Lee and Commissioner Perry are on the commission, right, and the commissioners aren’t qualified to be commissioners because they can’t speak to another commission, right?

Anonymous said...

I think labeling this as "food fight" is misleading. Everyone concerned expressed their opinion. No big deal.

Anonymous said...

Where did Pete or Johnathon represent themeselves as the spokesman for the commission? Are not citizens entitled to an opinion?

Anonymous said...

Let them fight all they want! It's 1% of sales tax in the poorest city in the world.

Anonymous said...

When one is gaslighting the public, one must be careful to keep everyone on the same script.

Anonymous said...

I’m guessing the nugget is about the minutes. Pete’s right, what did his diatribe have anything to do with the minutes? No action was taken.

Mayor wasn’t expecting Pete to call him on that.

Kingfish said...

Nope. Y'all are missing the nugget. It's what was said at that cops meeting.

Anonymous said...

Telling Pete not to talk is about like telling an irate woman to calm down.

Anonymous said...

10:57, it's a simple fix with a disclaimer. The individual members should lead off with saying that they are speaking for themselves and not for the commission.

Anonymous said...

I’m sure the statement that Jackson would never regain control of the water system might have set the Mayor off into control freakdom.

Everyone watching this was thinking from the start about Perry’s question at the end: WTF does this have to do with the minutes?

Anonymous said...

Mayor said that the city will never get the water system back.

Anonymous said...

A council person was at the COPS meeting apparently lying to the attendees and was called on it by Pete and Jonathan. What council person is lying about Ted Henefin?

anonymous said...

1:25, good point!
RMQ

Anonymous said...

10:57 AM
2:04 PM
2:28 PM
Thanks for your opinion, Mr. Jokeway

Anonymous said...

LMAO. Lumumba claimed a "resident" complained to him about the water situation. The 1% commissioner shot that down and was saying that they were through talking about the 1% commission and a lumumba lackey said Mr. Henefin lied but was rebuffed by finding what he said was quoted by the news 3 separate times.

Anonymous said...

If Pete is on the commission, then he can speak for the commission, right?

Anonymous said...

BTW: Paris Air Show next week.

Capt obvious said...

In other news, another library closed today and a beautiful pregnant lady was murdered on Antard Ladumbass watch. Right.

Anonymous said...

I watched the entire video, what a waste of time for all concerned. Seemed like the Mayor wanted to take someone to task for what someone else told him.

I would be nice and say go fuck off with this he said, she said bullshit. I’m a grown ass man!

Anonymous said...

All a pretext to try and muzzle the Commission members Lumumba doesn't already command either by appointment and/or employee status. He doesn't want to seek and reach agreement on content and message, he wants total dictatorial control. That is why the control freak is sending employee staffers to these meetings in order to monitor what is and isn't said by attendees.

Hey Hondo, up yours.

Anonymous said...

Off topic but the Jackson water crisis made the New England Journal of Medicine today. Title of the article is: A slow moving disaster-
The Jackson water crisis and the health effects of racism. This article is open access if your interested.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2212978

Anonymous said...

@10:57 - Legitimate? Hell no.

The Mayor was wanting to make it an argument about "speaking FOR the Commission" - at least that's what he argues for the first five minutes of his bitching. From what Lee and Perry both said, they were not speaking FOR the Commission, Lee was asked to speak ABOUT the Commission.

What the Mayor has his panties in a wad about had nothin to do with the comments Lee made ABOUT the Commission, but things that were said after Lee's presentation was over and they were just part of the crowd.

Like Perry said at the end of the meeting - Mayor can't and ain't gonna tell him who he can talk to or what he can say. He hasn't been and won't be speaking FOR the Commission but will be speaking for himself. Didn't sound like he included it but I'm sure that means the Mayor will continue to hear commentary that might not show much appreciation for Lumumba's corrupt and inept administration.

Kingfish said...

The Mayor and his crew just KNOW the city is going to one day get back its water system. The only problem is no one in the room (a rhetorical room) thinks the city should have it back but for him.

During the negotiations over the stipulated order last fall, the Mayor held out on major point, calling Henifin a Water Manager instead of what he really is, a Receiver. The feds and Court took it away from Jackson. The Court appointed H to run it. Judge Wingate said H works for him. Period. So when Perry, Lee, and Hartley joked around later about the city not getting back the water system, THAT is what set off the Mayor.

Anonymous said...

Off topic but the Jackson water crisis made the New England Journal of Medicine today.

Riddled with factual inaccuracies and connect-the-dots conspiracy theories.

Anonymous said...

Chuck was to be the conduit for ALL information as it concerns Jackson. Do not let him have this power. To many lies and plans that never will work. Anyone on the commission should speak to any concerns that us residents have. If Chuck gets his tender feelings hurt he is not meant for politics. His new world order is failing us all. But he doesn’t seem to care. Too much blame to pointed elsewhere. Right. Keep an eye on when he uses Right. There is a pattern. None are good.

Anonymous said...

I enjoy reading Pete Perry’s comments on nextdoor speaking facts and trying to talk sense into the senseless from time to time.

Anonymous said...

There's a Napoleonic Complex in play here. Everybody knows it and everybody knows who is afflicted by the malady.

The mayor wants total control and cannot accept the fact that he neither HAS it, nor can he DEMAND it.

'Somebody told me something you said about me in another meeting...er, uh, a constituent reached out to me, right'. Does this remind you of a ninth-grade girl?

Of course, as always, the mayor is violently opposed to a white, male, republican having or expressing an opinion about the radical new city or its issues.

Anonymous said...

One thing Antar could not control, spin, or misdirect: The recent federal court order in which Judge Henry Wingate let it rip.

The Mair's Endless Oral Diarrhea said...

"..it is clear that the Mayor said that any commissioner was welcome to speak however they want.."

Ah, 7:57 - Only a narcissistic control freak would make such a comment. He has no right or authority to regulate speech. Period. Lumumba does not 'own' this committee or its work-product.


Recent Comments

Search Jackson Jambalaya

Subscribe to JJ's Youtube channel

Archives

Trollfest '09

Trollfest '07 was such a success that Jackson Jambalaya will once again host Trollfest '09. Catch this great event which will leave NE Jackson & Fondren in flames. Othor Cain and his band, The Black Power Structure headline the night while Sonjay Poontang returns for an encore performance. Former Frank Melton bodyguard Marcus Wright makes his premier appearance at Trollfest singing "I'm a Sweet Transvestite" from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Kamikaze will sing his new hit, “How I sold out to da Man.” Robbie Bell again performs: “Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be Bells” and “Any friend of Ed Peters is a friend of mine”. After the show, Ms. Bell will autograph copies of her mug shot photos. In a salute to “Dancing with the Stars”, Ms. Bell and Hinds County District Attorney Robert Smith will dance the Wango Tango.

Wrestling returns, except this time it will be a Battle Royal with Othor Cain, Ben Allen, Kim Wade, Haley Fisackerly, Alan Lange, and “Big Cat” Donna Ladd all in the ring at the same time. The Battle Royal will be in a steel cage, no time limit, no referee, and the losers must leave town. Marshand Crisler will be the honorary referee (as it gives him a title without actually having to do anything).


Meet KIM Waaaaaade at the Entergy Tent. For five pesos, Kim will sell you a chance to win a deed to a crack house on Ridgeway Street stuffed in the Howard Industries pinata. Don't worry if the pinata is beaten to shreds, as Mr. Wade has Jose, Emmanuel, and Carlos, all illegal immigrants, available as replacements for the it. Upon leaving the Entergy tent, fig leaves will be available in case Entergy literally takes everything you have as part of its Trollfest ticket price adjustment charge.

Donna Ladd of The Jackson Free Press will give several classes on learning how to write. Smearing, writing without factchecking, and reporting only one side of a story will be covered. A donation to pay their taxes will be accepted and she will be signing copies of their former federal tax liens. Ms. Ladd will give a dramatic reading of her two award-winning essays (They received The Jackson Free Press "Best Of" awards.) "Why everything is always about me" and "Why I cover murders better than anyone else in Jackson".

In the spirit of helping those who are less fortunate, Trollfest '09 adopts a cause for which a portion of the proceeds and donations will be donated: Keeping Frank Melton in his home. The “Keep Frank Melton From Being Homeless” booth will sell chances for five dollars to pin the tail on the jackass. John Reeves has graciously volunteered to be the jackass for this honorable excursion into saving Frank's ass. What's an ass between two friends after all? If Mr. Reeves is unable to um, perform, Speaker Billy McCoy has also volunteered as when the word “jackass” was mentioned he immediately ran as fast as he could to sign up.


In order to help clean up the legal profession, Adam Kilgore of the Mississippi Bar will be giving away free, round-trip plane tickets to the North Pole where they keep their bar complaint forms (which are NOT available online). If you don't want to go to the North Pole, you can enjoy Brant Brantley's (of the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance) free guided tours of the quicksand field over by High Street where all complaints against judges disappear. If for some reason you are unable to control yourself, never fear; Judge Houston Patton will operate his jail where no lawyers are needed or allowed as you just sit there for minutes... hours.... months...years until he decides he is tired of you sitting in his jail. Do not think Judge Patton is a bad judge however as he plans to serve free Mad Dog 20/20 to all inmates.

Trollfest '09 is a pet-friendly event as well. Feel free to bring your dog with you and do not worry if your pet gets hungry, as employees of the Jackson Zoo will be on hand to provide some of their animals as food when it gets to be feeding time for your little loved one.

Relax at the Fox News Tent. Since there are only three blonde reporters in Jackson (being blonde is a requirement for working at Fox News), Megan and Kathryn from WAPT and Wendy from WLBT will be on loan to Fox. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both and a torn-up Obama yard sign will entitle you to free drinks served by Megan, Wendy, and Kathryn. Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required. Just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '09 is for EVERYONE!!!

This is definitely a Beaver production.


Note: Security provided by INS.

Trollfest '07

Jackson Jambalaya is the home of Trollfest '07. Catch this great event which promises to leave NE Jackson & Fondren in flames. Sonjay Poontang and his band headline the night with a special steel cage, no time limit "loser must leave town" bout between Alan Lange and "Big Cat"Donna Ladd following afterwards. Kamikaze will perform his new song F*** Bush, he's still a _____. Did I mention there was no referee? Dr. Heddy Matthias and Lori Gregory will face off in the undercard dueling with dangling participles and other um, devices. Robbie Bell will perform Her two latest songs: My Best Friends are in the Media and Mama's, Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to be George Bell. Sid Salter of The Clarion-Ledger will host "Pin the Tail on the Trial Lawyer", sponsored by State Farm.

There will be a hugging booth where in exchange for your young son, Frank Melton will give you a loooong hug. Trollfest will have a dunking booth where Muhammed the terrorist will curse you to Allah as you try to hit a target that will drop him into a vat of pig grease. However, in the true spirit of Separate But Equal, Don Imus and someone from NE Jackson will also sit in the dunking booth for an equal amount of time. Tom Head will give a reading for two hours on why he can't figure out who the hell he is. Cliff Cargill will give lessons with his .80 caliber desert eagle, using Frank Melton photos as targets. Tackleberry will be on hand for an autograph session. KIM Waaaaaade will be passing out free titles and deeds to crackhouses formerly owned by The Wood Street Players.

If you get tired come relax at the Fox News Tent. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both will entitle you to free drinks.Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required, just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '07 is for EVERYONE!!!

This is definitely a Beaver production.

Note: Security provided by INS
.