Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba was quite proud of himself as he announced the city was passing out water filters to the citizenry because, as he put it, the water may not be safe for a few more months. The only problem is water receiver Ted Henifin has said repeatedly Jackson's drinking water is safe. Judge Wingate is having none of the Mayor's nonsense and ordered him to appear in his court Wednesday:
Set Hearing: Status Conference set for 6/21/2023 10:00 AM in Courtroom 6A (Jackson) before District Judge Henry T. Wingate. On June 14, 2023, the Mayor of the City of Jackson, Mississippi, called a press conference to announce the City's distribution of free water filters to a certain class of citizens, who might be harmed by Jackson's alleged poor water quality. The Mayor stated that these filters would be free and obtainable from United Healthcare. The Mayor further advised the public that processing efforts of the drinking water are underway, and should show improvement in a few months. This court is concerned whether the Mayor's comments comport with the progress that has been made on water quality by the efforts of the Interim Third Party Manager, Ted Henifin. Concerned, then, that the Mayor's comments may have misinformed the public as to the current status of Jackson's water quality, and the alleged "danger" he discussed owing to the alleged presence of various chemicals, this Court hereby ORDERS a status conference on these matters. The Mayor is hereby directed personally to attend. Additionally, the Interim Third Party Manager is also ordered to attend in person this status conference.
Mayor Lumumba said at a June 14 press conference that United Healthcare donated water filters to Jackson's more vulnerable population such as the elderly and pregnant women. He said the filters could be used to "restore confidence" to the Jackson residents. It was a rather interesting statement because the Mayor has repeatedly said the water is safe, right. However, Hizzoner did say it had not been "demonstrated" the water was unsafe. He said the use of soda ash in the system instead of liquid lime slurry might raise questions among citizens whether the water was safe. He said soda ash "clumps" in the Southern humidity.
Kingfish note: Here is the rest of the story. The filters are good for only a few months. That's right. Months.
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BAM! That just happened.
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Insert meme of Jerry Springer like audience all going berserk and cheering for Judge Wingate.
*Also, how sad that this is how low the bar is. We are excited when any adult behaves in the most minimal and expected best-interest of Jackson.
Can we put this guy on a slow boat to China?
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😏 Yup, whatever you say.
Wingate sparred with Navy Seals and Green Berets. Be afraid, Chokwe.
Kindly filter Marxism and turbidity.
To be fair, the water leaving the plant likely is safe. No telling what happens on the way your tap, including pipes on the homeowner's side.
Heavy metals are the issue for pregnant women and children.
Clinton, Madison, Jackson; They should filter tap water regardless.
Show-quay is so obviously desperate for everyone to see him as still relevant in the water matter. He keeps referring to it as "our water system." Dude, you are completely out the water business, which is now the bailiwick of the receiver. And now you're trying to undercut him and, by extension, the court by sowing misinformation.
Man, I hope Judge Wingate gives him a well-deserved rocket on Wednesday.
Any chance a family member “sold” these to the city of Jackson?
The judge doesn’t play games! Heads up baby choke!
I would LOVE to be there and see this!!
This has made my day!
I’ll take “things said by idiotic, racist mayors” for $100, Alex.
I am SHOCKED that this charlatan is a liar!
Next you will be reporting that a federal grand jury has indicted him on graft and corruption charges!
And on JUNETEENTH of all days!
2:46, RIGHT?
And there's no "may have" about him misinforming the public, and not only on this topic! With every "uh, ah, uh" and utterance of his string of meaningless words.
@1:43 PM
"Seals" = marine mammal
SEAL/SEALs = USN Special Ops Forces
Ha! Chowke has been called to the principals office. Right?
2:46 PM has a great question.
I'd pay a LOT for a pay for view of this event.
1:43 For those of us unknowing, could you enlighten us please.
The allusion of actually doing something.
Which is nothing. And the nothing was done by somebody else. Lets have a press conference!
I'm surprised Teddy Henifin is still involved with anything Jackson,Mississippi.
Surely, this time, something will actually happen to chokwe.
And it would be interesting to look at the specs on these filters to see what they are actually effective at filtering. Most of the time these things are just feel good gadgets.
Drink Milk!
Attn 6:58 But the filters are very good at providing income for people closely associated to His Honor, the mayor.
I don’t live in Jackson, but I bet I can buy a second hand filter at a good price. Maybe I can put it on eBay and make some money.
Attn 8:09 EBay might be where the “wholesaler” (unnamed of course) purchased these “lifesaving” masks which the city of Jackson taxpayers are purchasing. This sh*t doesn’t happen in Ridgeland and Madison.
UHC bought and donated them.
@6:32 PM,
For the kind of $$ Henifin is getting even I could put up with Chokwe's BS for at least a year.
I’ll take “things said by idiotic, racist mayors” for $100, Alex.
June 19, 2023 at 3:40 PM
……said Turd Ferguson for the win
Lumumba proclaimed that Jackson's water was safe to drink, even while the city was issuing lead warnings, all the way up until it was someone else's responsibility. Typical.
Lies lies and more lies
Like mommas taking four children, in tow, to a clinic appointment...ShockWave will have how many in his traveling circus (only to be told they can wait in the hall)?
As an aside, this is comically reminiscent of ShockWave trying to tell Pete Perry he could not talk publicly about Commission matters.
Chokwe has done nothing except mislead the public. His weekly update press conferences are often used as sarcasm and humor I. The burbs by their elected officials. I live in NE Jackson but my practice is located in flowood and many physicians I practice with if not over half out there do live in Jackson so we’ve experienced real leadership and garbage leaders like Chokwe. Not one credible or educated person could support this guy.
Kingfish, who or what is UHC?
I don’t trust the water. It’s probably mostly free of bacteria and such but do the treatment plants have the ability to filter out herbicide and pesticide residue coming off all the crop fields and lawns that drain into the Pearl River?
Of course Chok is just trying to appear relevant. He’s useless. But I don’t trust the water in Jackson.
If you want to “see this,” just show up at the courthouse. The proceedings are open to the public.
If Jokeway’s lips are moving, he’s “misleading”
I bet a gallon of Purple Creek that His Horror drinks spring water from inverted 5 gallon jugs in his home. These have a "tap", thus he can claim to drink tap water.
Where are all of Chokeme’s usual fanboy club claiming anyone saying anything against him is racist? Waiting on them to call Judge Wingate….
As a lawyer, this may be Chowke's first time ever in court. Will he be allowed to interrupt Judge Wingate? End every response with "right?" Will his handlers (Rukia & Safia) be allowed to respond for him?
The brat will never be held accountable for his shenanigans. Let’s see how serious Wingate is.
Hey this might be a smart move. Now he will know who to send their water bill to!
I seriously believe this guy would be hanging out in a driveway in Presidential Hills, if not for his daddy’s money. He’s such a joke.
I don’t have-a single friend in the city of Jackson who claims to drink the tap water.
I see no legal basis for Judge Wingate to sanction Mayor Lumumba in some way for the Mayor addressing his constituents in a manner he believed was helpful. Judges can’t micro-manage the First Amendment rights of elected officials to speak to their people.
Now, having said this, Judge Wingate is extremely smart, so I’m sure he has thought of an angle to at least justify legally him dressing down the Mayor. I’m anxious to see what the Judge’s basis is.
Y’all just shut up! The Mayor is not to be Misunderstood!!!
Both 1:52 & 1:57 are correct.
The water leaving the plant is probably clean, but no telling what it’s like when it gets to homes. So he’s right in that sense. However, since the system is in federal receivership he had no business speaking on it period. He’s probably gonna claim some sort of “executive privilege “.
Like they say in Jurassic Park “hold on to your butts”
It would have been wise to just let UHC present them, but nooooo.. he has to be seen. Idiot.
Here’s how it will go…
Judge: “Ted is the man with the big dick. Keep your wee wee in your pants or else!”
“If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.”
― W.C. Fields
Will he get a paddling?
The honorable Judge Wingate should demand that the Mayor apologize, publicly for misinforming the public and then place a well deserved gag order on him as pertaining to a Jackson system.
UHC = United Health Care. An insurance company.
In old age, I frequent a number of doctor's offices. In at least three of those waiting rooms are signs on the wall listing coverages they do not accept. These particular three list Medicaid and United Health Care.
Gumflapper should tell Wingate that he was speaking for the 1% Commission when he said that.
It’s borderline hysterical that the federal district judge is the only person in the Greater Jackson area who can rein this lying, deceitful dufus in. On another note, does the “vulnerable population” of “elderly or pregnant” include white elderly and pregnant citizens of Jackson? Something tells me that, as an elderly white grandparent of four, I won’t be extended a warm welcome in the free water filter pickup queue.
My God, he is so full of shit. I wish Judge Wingate would knock his teeth out with his gavel. Srsly is there a single soul buying anything that Antar the Clown is selling?
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