Highlights
- Henifin says over 7,000 accounts straight-piped
- Pearl Call Centre draws fire from Rukia Lumumba
- Colonial leak repair cost $2.5 million
- City wants to "advise" Henifin on picking contractors
Mayor Chokwe Lumumba's attempt to stick his nose into the management of Jackson's water system ended in failure in a federal court room after U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate rejected his request to force Water Manager Ted Henifin to be more "transparent" while questioning his own transparency on the water system. Undeterred, Hizzoner wanted to help pick contractors and have access to all communications between the Water Manager and Judge Wingate. To it all, Judge Wingate had one answer: no.
The hearing began with Judge Wingate stating the Lumumba administration asked him to hold Friday's status conference. City Attorney Tori Martin stood at the podium to explain her request. Ms. Martin acknowledged much progress has been made in repairing Jackson's water system but she said there were issues regarding communication and transparency regarding Ted Henifin, the water manager.The attorney said several organizations are raising concerns with Jackson's elected officials regarding the stipulated order that placed the water system into receivership, how the order is implemented, and JXN Water provides information to the public.
Ms. Martin claimed some Jackson residents were confused as to whether they should travel to the call center in Pearl or Summit building in Belhaven (JXN Water HQ) to pay their bills. She also said the groups dispute Mr. Henifin's claim the water is safe to drink as they allege they are still experiencing discoloration and an odor in the water.
Judge Wingate asked the lawyer if anyone responded to the claims. Ms. Martin replied city officials have tried to answer their concerns but the "community groups" were not satisfied with their answers. Some sent their concerns to the Court but Ms. Martin said she did not think "all organizations expressed their concerns." Some spoke to Mr. Henifin but were not pleased with his answers. She said there were five organizations but only two met with the receiver.
Ms. Martin dropped the velvet glove from the iron fist as she submitted a list of grievances - real or imagined - the to Court. The groups were upset over the employment of the Pearl call center, water quality, lack of boil water notices for areas suffering low water pressure, and whether Jackson will one day get back its water system. She said future control of the system was "a concern that has consistently been raised to us" by the community groups.
The learned jurist shrewdly queried the lawyer if she was talking about one organization or several "entities under the same umbrella." He asked her for the names of the groups but Ms. Martin said she did not have a list with her. However, Mr. Henifin said it was just one group, the Rapid Response Coalition. The group is led by Rukia Lumumba.
Sidetracked somewhat by the Court's question, Ms. Martin returned to the airing of grievances as she brought up the issue of fire hydrants. She said the community was "concerned" over who was supposed to maintain fire hydrants so they would properly work in case of "catastrophe."
The attorney moved on to an issue that tends to be a favorite among the corrupt: contracts. She squawked the city was given no access to a list of contractors kept by the Water Receiver. She said the order gives no authority to the city to award contracts even though it has "institutional knowledge of contractors that exist and are capable of performing this type of work."
Ms. Martin asked the Court if it would give the city copies of correspondence between the Court and Mr. Henifin regarding the hiring of contractors as well as offering the the city a chance to comment on the selection of contractors.
Judge Wingate had enough of Ms. Martin's transparency complaints and asked "are you saying that you expect the manager and Court to continue the same kind of transparency, communication the city has exhibited over the years? You're saying the city has been transparent, are you not?" Ms. Martin merely said "all of our records have consistently been public documents."
The Court asked if the city was transparent about the use of E-codes. Ms. Martin said the city was indeed transparent on E-codes. Judge Wingate skeptically replied "so the city didn't retain any secrecy with that? And that five million gallons of processed water that continued to flow for seven years? Was the city open with the public about that? "
Ms. Martin disputed the size of the leak: "I do not believe that the leak with millions of gallons existed for a seven-year period." She said the leak started small before developing into one losing five million gallons per day. Judge Wingate said the city would not have known about it but for Mr. Henifin's re-discovery of the leak. The leak was reported to the city in 2016.
Mr. Henifin said but for his discovery and the available funding, the leak would have continued unabated. The leak cost $2.5 million to repair,
The discussion moved on to meetings between the Water Receiver and Ms. Lumumba's organizations.
Mr. Henifin said "one of the groups came to meet with me (Rapid Response Coalition) and that's the only one I know of." He said the group was "dissatisfied with all the answers I provided." He said he met with two individuals from RRC for over an hour. Some of the disputes were:
* JXN Water used a find and fix concept to find leaks and closed valves. Danielle Holmes and friend claimed they were doing that incorrectly "based on Yazoo clay."
* RRC had "strong opinions" on the use of minority contractors. They said JXN Water should use a "different outreach to minority contractors." Mr. Henifin said his company was "doing some but was going to do more." He said RRC was not satisfied with his use of minority contractors.
* The Rapid Response Coalition was "quite concerned" JXN Water hired a call center in Pearl to help customers instead of creating one in Jackson. The Receiver said the call center had been open for thirty years and was the only one of its kind in Mississippi. It had "the capacity, training, and facilities" to handle the task. Even though it was in Rankin County, Mr. Henifin explained it was only a few miles away. Seven of "our people" work at the call center. However, Mr. Henifin was talking to a brick wall as he said there was "no satisfaction when I explain the processed on how we found them." The Water Manager tried to explain customers would not have to experience foreign operators speaking heavily-accented English but did so to no avail.
The call center is handling 400-500 calls per day. There are between 24 and 30 employees answering calls. Four "dedicated JXN Water folks" work the lines 8AM to 5PM on weekdays. The city's call center only had one full time employee and two part-time employees when it operated. The wait time was "very long and people just gave up calling."
Mr. Henifin said it would take a year for Jackson to develop a call center. The city would have to purchase equipment to monitor the calls, develop scripts, and train employees. Employees needed to know the right questions to ask customers. He said the Pearl call center doesn't even shut down during tornado watches and warnings since it has a tornado shelter.
The old call center at Metrocenter operated at 20% efficiency. Mr. Henifin said the Pearl call center operated at 95% efficiency while callers waited for less than a minute to speak to someone. The Water Manager said he tried to explain to the Rapid Response Coalition he didn't have the "luxury of time" to create a new call center but his explanations fell on deaf ears.
* Mr. Henifin said they did not "pose any alternatives" on hiring minority contractors. Judge Wingate asked if they asked for the percentage of contractors utilized or provided any statistics to back up their claims. His employee said "It's like they came in with naked complaints without any statistics." (KF: In other words, RRC just said hire more while Ms. Martin wants to pick the contractors.)
* RRC was "concerned" about how city employees were treated as some functions were outsourced. Mr. Henifin said JXN Water had a "full staff" that the city had not been "able to put together."
Ms. Holmes et al apparently do not understand how a water department works nor the gravity of the situation when Mr. Henifin assumed control of Jackson's water. He said water system maintenance could not take place because the system was severely understaffed and under-resourced. There was "no time to rebuild the city's water maintenance staff from zero, from thing thin staff, lacking reliable equipment, lacking tools, lacking training lacking people - the only solution that seemed viable was to contract out contractors that had all that and put those people to the city to help us fix the system faster.
Mr. Henifin said his team fixed 200 leaks and opened 60 closed vales. He cited a Woodrow Wilson leak as one example of improved maintenance. He said the leak was isolated and shut down in four hours when it probably would have drained the system, causing a loss of pressure in past years.
Straight-piping has been a chronic problem for Jackson and it reared its ugly head during the discussion Friday. The Receiver said there are 7,000 people in Jackson not on the water system. There are approximately 7,000 improved properties in the tax assessor's database that "don't have a corresponding" water account. He hired Horne, LLP to analyze data and determine which addresses are expected to have water service.
The estimated cost to Jackson is $3.6 million per month in water revenue ($50 per month for 6,000 homes is $300,000 monthly.). It will probably cost $1.5 million to fully investigate the straight-piping issue. The estimate includes $500,000 for Horne and $1 million for field work to verify accounts.
Mr. Henifin said if Jackson collected 95% to 100% of its water/sewer billings, it would have enough revenue to operate the system. Most utility districts collect "close to 99% of their billings." Unfortunately, he said Jackson is only collecting 50-60% of its billing right now.
The Receiver briefly mentioned the Siemens debacle but assured the Court all Siemens meters will be replaced within a year.
Judge Wingate returned to the subject of water safety. Mr. Henifin said the water meets the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act and is thus safe to drink. He said color and odor do not impact the quality of the water although such water "might not be appetizing." He said no system has "crystal-clear water all the time." He said some discoloration may occur where valves were reopened after a long period of closure or in homes that had two-inch pipes.
"Cities don't normally have to boil water every day. This population seems so traumatized by so many boil water notices over the years, they expect to have them regularly" exclaimed Mr. Henifin.
The hearing ended with Mr. Henifin dicussing the future of Jackson's water system, a matter of no small interest to Mayor Lumumba and his cronies.
Mr. Henifin said "the order is an interim order. I said one of the things I believe before this order is really satisfied si we need to know what the future looks like." The Water Receiver said the Court could turn the system back over to the city or to another government structure that might be a spin-off authority from the city such as a co-op or any different model used nationwide. The assets could belong to the city while a different entity operates the water system. "Ultimately, the job's not done until we ensure there's a future. There needs to be some future plan on how this utility continues to provide water that's needed and should be provided to the 160,000 customers that rely on it every day," concluded Mr. Henifin.
The water Tsar added that Ms. Martin approached him during the break and "reminded him" that other groups spoke to him. Mr. Henifin countered that only the Rapid Response Coalition showed dissatisfaction to his face.
Judge Wingate scheduled a hearing for July 12 at 9:30 AM a representative from each of the five groups could discuss their grievances with the Court. However, Ms. Martin just had to have the last word.
She said "many times hearings are noticed but there is not enough time to prepare for them. In closing the gap of transparancy, there might be an opportunity to say to us that when we have these status conferences, they can just sit here and listen because I learned alot today in the hearing."
The hearings are already open to the public.
Judge Wingate said a representative of the Jackson Fire Department could appear at the hearing to discuss the matter of fire hydrant maintenance.
Ms. Martin also asked the Court if Mr. Henifin could provide test results that show the "water is safe to drink" so they could be distributed to the public. She also requested call center data be provided to the city as well.
Unwilling to move on from the transparency issue, Ms. Martin asked Judge Wingate to modify the stipulated order to allow Mr. Henifin to provide the correspondence between himself and the Court to all parties. The city attorney followed up with a request to order Mr. Henifin to provide all documents to the parties that he submits to the Court.
Judge Wingate heard it all and quashed all discussion of such "transparency" with a simple word: no.
The business of the hearing concluded, Judge Wingate adjourned.
Note: The hearing spent some time on the matter of fire hydrant maintenance. As the post already covers much information, the subject will be addressed in a separate post tomorrow.
Kingfish note: This hearing was nothing more than an attempt by the Lumumbas to get their hands on some contracts to pay off their friends. They have no clue how a water system operates. The reality is the billing department, water plants, and public works department had few employees when the water system failed last year - five years after the Mayor took office. Hmm.... sounds like JPD. Wherever the Mayor goes, people quit.
The call center is a perfect example. The water/sewer system needs money and needs money now. The quickest way to get a revenue stream is to get customers to pay their bills on time every time. The system needs experienced, competent employees who can handle customer problems over the phone. However, Sista Rukia is more concerned with getting her people on the payroll instead of getting money to operate the system. She and her brother reserve the right to blow up everything in sight while crucifying all who try to help. They are treating Henifin just as they treated the Governor when he save the water plants last year.The only thing keeping them from going after Judge Wingate is he can actually hold them in contempt of court.
Keep watching folks, the war on the Water Receiver has started. It's all about the contracts, not helping Jackson. Stay tuned.
77 comments:
Rejecting the Kush? Do tell.
Pick contractor$
we aren't interested in results; we just want our cut $$$
Is the the first time in his life that Shok-way has been told "NO"?
One thing actually moving in the right direction for the City and the Lumumbas interject and screw everything up. The biggest Grifters in the City and they dont try to hide it. This is so easy to see.
Outstanding reporting Kingfish. #1 in the state on this matter.
"She said future control of the system was "a concern that has consistently been raised to us" by the community groups."
The State Legislature needs to put this pipe dream of returning the water system to be managed by the incompetent goons in Jackson to bed once and for all in the 2024 session. Can't for the life of me understand why Tater chickened out from doing it in the 2023 session.
Man, the Mayor and his ilk truly hate them some white people.
Nice work KF!
Big time KUDOS to Judge Wingate for putting the indirect smackdown on all the so-called "journalists" in this town who take the broad stroke comments from the Lumumbas and lap dog Martin at face value and without question.
No, no, no Judge Wingate don't need to file no damn FOIAs to get some real answers when he hears outright unsubstantiated bullshit.
Little Brother's puppeteer met her match.
Ms. Martin merely said "all of our records have consistently been public documents.
Public records like EPA order Lumumba purposefully withheld from the public and City Council? Transparency like that?
Hi Coleman. Thanks for reading!
This is Pulitzer material.
If Judge Wingate wants to get the Lumumbas out of the courtroom, all he has to do is ask the parties to say the Pledge before court starts.
Thank you, Judge Wingate.
No way does the system transitions back to Jackson control as long as the half-Mayor remains in office.
People are confused about whether or not they should drive to Pearl to pay their water bill? Bullshit.
The face that Rukia and Ms Martin basically admit in open court that they are only interested in steering the contracts to pal, tells you all you need to know.
They are so bold and confident that they are untouchable, they don't even need to pretend they are doing the right thing.
They practically say out loud, Hire some of our people or we will call you racist and go back to no water.
Its insane. I dont know why anyone lives in that regime.
How far we have fallen.
The over correction in society that made it not just okay, but welcome...to be racist toward white people is an absolute travesty.
Two wrongs really do make a right to these monsters.
Reliable drinking water be damned.
Great work Kingfish. Thank you so much for your hard work on this.
Why would you ever put the people that created the problem in charge of the solution?
The only people who want the water system to go back under the control of the City are the Mayor, his sister, and those who benefit from his "favors" and contract-steering. Thankful that the judge and water czar see through his BS.
I'm sure all 5 "organizations" that have voiced these complaints are affiliated in some way with Rukia or the Malcolm X grassroots cult. All those "People's" organizations seem to be. Can't wait to see which ones show up to the next hearing! Get your popcorn ready!!
So the Lumumba crime family wants white contractors? Whites are the "minority" group in Jackson, not blacks.
I've read the generic, cleansed versions of the hearing in other news outlets - but JJ's reporting is the only source for what really happened.
Is it too much to ask Rukia Kai to get the property taxes paid off on time? JPS sure could use the money she's shorting them. Then again the tax sale is right around the corner. Might be a whole lotta fun buying those taxes!
The City insisted on selecting and having control of the minority contractors and intermediaries for the SIEMENS contract, and we all know how that turned out.
Sounds like the Lumumba kids are sweating how they're going to fulfill their promised payoffs.
3:25 You are spot on @ opening the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance ! We are privileged to live in the greatest Country in the World. We are also privileged to have Federal Judges like Wingate, truly stand up for the people of Jackson, I spite of an I competent Mayor Lumumba. My prayer is that the Water, Sewer @ possibly trash are never again turned back over to the COJ. There was & is No Transparency there during the last 5 years plus to current year. God bless Ted & Judge Wingate. I remember a Bible verse saying If God is for you, then who can be against you.
Here is the bottom line Mississippi.
They calculated that they'd be able to corrupt Ted Henifin.
"Ms. Martin approached him during the break and "reminded him" that other groups spoke to him"
Yet she was unable to name any under direct questioning from a federal judge.
So, 6,000 straight pipes + 6,000 e-codes = about 1/4 of all water/sewer/trash accounts removed from billing, right off the top.
Of the remaining approximately 38,000, only 50%-60% actually pay = about 20,000 paying customers.
In other words, about 40% of Jackson residents and businesses actually pay for water/sewer/trash.
KF. Please clarify. 7,000 accounts straight piped or 7,000 that don't have a water account??? Not the same thing!
I sure hope the proposed new rate structure will conform to state law (metered usage and/or per capita); if it's based on square footage of the property, then it's a back-door tax (as the property value based idea was), and I trust the Mississippi Attorney General will intervene to enforce the law. I suspect that the rates will have to increase to find the magic $70 million that Mr. Henefin says is needed to service the water debt and operate the system (notwithstanding the federal largess).
Sorry but I'm not calling Mr. Henifin a water czar until he fixes the billing system!!! Throw free money at the system and any one of us could have gotten it to this point.
You nailed it Kingfish- Thank you sir!
Kingfish note: This hearing was nothing more than an attempt by the Lumumbas to get their hands on some contracts to pay off their friends. They have no clue how a water system operates. The reality is the billing department, water plants, and public works department had few employees when the water system failed last year - five years after the Mayor took office. Hmm.... sounds like JPD. Wherever the Mayor goes, people quit.
The call center is a perfect example. The water/sewer system needs money and needs money now. The quickest way to get a revenue stream is to get customers to pay their bills on time every time. The system needs experienced, competent employees who can handle customer problems over the phone. However, Sista Rukia is more concerned with getting her people on the payroll instead of getting money to operate the system. She and her brother reserve the right to blow up everything in sight while crucifying all who try to help. They are treating Henifin just as they treated the Governor when he save the water plants last year.The only thing keeping them from going after Judge Wingate is he can actually hold them in contempt of court.
Keep watching folks, the war on the Water Receiver has started. It's all about the contracts, not helping Jackson. Stay tuned.
To say I was incredulous upon reading this post would be an understatement!
First, it sounds like Ms. Martin habitually goes to court, council meetings, etc. totally unprepared. Some of her comments seem almost child-like. Second, there was nary a word from any of baby Chok's constituents about water quality when his folks were in charge of "running" the water system! However, now that the EPA put a white guy in charge of it, there are a lot of "concerned" constituents. Lastly, Pearl is the last place they want to see a call center. Forget efficiency, they don't want to cross the river to go there!
Man, Judge Wingate really lowered the boom on what certainly has to be the most inept administration in the country! They're so incapable, it's almost not fair when they come into his court. It's like shooting birds on the ground!
Of course La-Dumb-Da wants to pick the contractors. He has to line his pockets somehow.
LOL, those groups better be careful, the Judge does not play! He is smart and a fair judge!
The real test for Henny is gonna come in August when they “allegedly” are going to start doing cutoffs. Can you imagine what’s gon happen in the city when these folks straight pipin or not paying for years get they shit cut off! I’ll have a bucket of popcorn ready. Sad thing is that I’d bet money it doesn’t happen.
Excellent summary of the ongoing grift.
Had everyone just signed off on the plan to bill according to property values, I wonder if we'd even be talking about e-codes and straight-pipes.
I suspect Henifin was forced to address those issues, since he had no other way to fund the system.
Just like Ladumbass comment that the sewer discussions are "confidential".
4:03 - I don't know if you said that in jest (or partial) but I've had a similar thought. These two are getting slapped down and people are paying attention. They're both acting like they're about to be in deep shit.
@ 4:07 - Do you actually NOT know what straight-piping water means? It has absolutely nothing to do with 'not having an account'....You can have an account and straight-pipe or you can straight-pipe and HAVE no account.
Bypassing a meter, whether water, electrical or any other utility is straight-piping.
Is that you Rukia?
I have stopped spending money on Jackson and avoid it any time I can. Why would anyone want to spend money in a city that supports such a racist and hostile administration?
Why won’t businesses owners like Jeff Good speak up when the hate of white people is so clear?
To all citizens and businesses owners of Jackson: Your silence on the outward racism in Jackson is shameful. You get what you deserve at this point.
Of course the dumbass mayor wants to be involved. A big problem is getting fixed. Can’t have that!
Can someone explain why the big Ad media doesn’t report these stories? If they reported on this kind of thing, the real truths might get to the living rooms of the voters. These voters are not reading this blog. It shouldn’t take years for corrupt mayors to get noticed for their fallicies.
@6:09
AMEN!
Just weeks after Daddy Chok won his election Johnathan Lee told me that he had lost to the Siemans contract. The more thing change, the more they stay the same. Always follow the money.
7:48 nailed it.
Where is the reporting by WLBT/WJTV/WAPT? How about reporting from Ms Today/Clarion Ledger/Northside Sun?
Anthony Warren published two good stories about the hearing at WLBT
Whose phone got shredded at City Hall today causing that fire that didn't destroy anything that wasn't supposed to be destroyed? (Asking for deputy feel)
Poor Chowke won't be getting a piece of the action.
Ted, welcome to Chok's bold new city.
Interesting that a fire broke out at the records building, right after Lumumba found out he can't steer the water and sewer contracts.
9:12 - WLBT (Anthony Warren) was actually at the hearing and did a damn good job on reporting on it. There is a differnece between a blog site and a TV news report. TV has airtime that is limited and it is not written. You would only listen to what they have to say and forget it. A blog site lets you read it and then comment on it. And the blog site is not limited by time/space.
Yes, it was good of KF to give this long report. But, it probably wouldn't have happened if WLBT had not been there in person and made their report..
And while we are at it, I think WAPT did a report as well.
I'm not picking favorites. And I'm not kissing ass. I'm glad for all of them - and recognize the differences between who does what, how, and when.
Be glad it got reported. Don't wallow in the mud
There is a differnece [sp] between a blog site and a TV news report.
Really? No kidding?
Yes, it was good of KF to give this long report. But, it probably wouldn't have happened if WLBT had not been there in person and made their report.
It was so nice of Anthony to give Kingfish permission to cover this story. What a load of bunk.
Be glad it got reported. Don't wallow in the mud
Gee, thanks Dad. Can we have breakfast now?
Isn't this judge appointed? Isn't there a big kerfuffle going on at this time about appointed judges? Did anyone bring this up during the hearing? Inquiring minds want to know.
12:10. WLBT and WAPT both have apps that never mention the mayor’s shenanigans. Your rebuttal is mud.
I see what the problem is now. U.S. District Court Judges are appointed, not elected. Why didn't Chowke's handlers point this out on the record? That would have been entertaining.
Does "straight piping" mean the water meter is bypassed? Wouldn't a water department employee have to do that or could an individual do it when the when the water pressure was off (which was quite often)? Sounds like an inside job to me.
Doubt this will curtail ladumbass from trying coerce Ted into lining up the usual con-artist contractors.
It does appear that Water Czar Ted has figured out grifter Chowke's ongoing con game. A con that stinks even for a Boston lib.
Theft of water/straight-piping is a crime per MS statute § 97-25-3. How many of Jackistan's water thieves have been charged? They wouldn't be "disenfranchised." Maybe they promise to vote for Chowke. Right?
@ 8:36 AM -- Yes, multiple water dept employees have been busted over the years for assisting with water theft.
Evidently WLBT wants to promote their quality reporting. Bull$h!t. Where have you been for years of this same type of mess and you don’t report it or report it accurately. Same for the other stations and the clarion liar. These stations and newspapers are owned by liberal organizations and they are mandated - if they tell the full truth the bosses slap their hand with a ruler. Maggie and Howard tout themselves as people of faith. Not a good look. I realize they are not reporters but they read the lies and half truths. Disgusted with it all. It not for Kingfish and handful of others the truth would be hidden.
"To it all, Judge Wingate had one answer: no." Thank God.
How does Edwin, Jr. get formerly reputable people like Tori, Louis, and Fidelis to carry his water?
12:10 is gaslighting. Most of the time, wlbt is late to the show and they’re always soft when it matters. I still haven’t seen journalism from them, about this, with any substance.
I’m wondering if most people understand the importance of selecting contractors. I don’t give a damn what color somebody is, the winner of a bid should always be the most qualified. Unless, of course, it just isn’t feasible. Most of the time, you pay a little more up front and saves you more at the back.
Thank you Judge Wingate for holding strong for Jackson. You and Mr Henifin are our only hope.
There are 62000 houses in Jackson. 7000 of them receive no water bill while being provided free water. No wonder they need mowing, it doesn’t cost the people living in those houses anything to water their yards.
Ain't it a bitch that Judge Wingate caught this case? He is a Reagan appointee, but black, so the Chowke cartel can't raise the "race card." Too bad. Right?
Warren produced two good stories on the hearing. Problem is he published them Friday night and Saturday, the "dead" periods in the media. Other stories quickly pushed them down and they were missed by many.
CJ and Anthony produced a good multi-part series on Jackson's water problems last year. They've been out in front of the rest of the media on covering the issue.
Judge Wingate is becoming one of my favorite people.
Wingate should have all he needs to take this two steps further: file two complaints against Tori Martin, one with the Ethics Commission and one with the Bar Association. Posthaste.
You can bet your ass that leak would have gone unabated. Henifin is tackling the job he was assigned to do, a massive undertaking. Just imagine facing every working hour not knowing what bullshit Antar is gonna throw at the fan at any minute. It’s gotta be dawning on Antar that there are currently two very prominent individuals who are not only on to his grift, but who are wielding power that has been wrested from him, to-wit: Henry Wingate and Ted Henifin. Unfortunately, that just ups the ante with an Antar personality type. There’s not a thimble’s worth of difference between Antar Lumumba and Donald Trump. Dictators both who would never let a little thing like principle stand in their way if it meant extending the longevity of their dictatorships.
Whatever happened to the embezzlement charges against Marcus Banks and Percy Watkins for stealing water?
Because what’s the point of getting someone else to pay for and manage a full repair of your water system if you can’t divert some of the money to your cronies and the hate-based, separatist movement that got you elected?
The only possible thing I can think of that would make Lumumba a “half-mayor” is that he shows up a few hours a week for photo ops, mic grabs, and court hearings. But that’s all part of advancing his nefarious design, so in the end he’s pretty a solid 100% bad guy.
7:16. Haha on your little thimble thingie... just lost your cred by trying to be cute.. or relevant. Haha
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