Despite Judge Wingate's butt-whupping a few weeks ago, the Sisters of Rukia launched another attack on JXN Water Manager Ted Henifin yesterday as the Poor People's Campaign and People's Advocacy Institute filed a complaint against Jackson's water receiver with the EPA. The complaint is posted below.
The petition repeats many of the same demands made in federal court last month:
(1) immediate access to safe drinking water, (2) real-time information about the safety of their tap water, and (3) a role in the enforcement and development of a long-term consent decree that is responsive to Jacksonians’ current health and safety complaints. Earlier post.
The Tribe of Rukia charges "Jacksonians have no confidence" in Mr. Henfin's statements that Jackson's water is safe to drink. Oddly enough, the same groups supported Mayor Lumumba when he made the same claim while the EPA said the water system was falling apart but who's keeping score in Lumumbaland? It's all about the contracts, you see.
However, the petitioners aren't merely satisfied with ginning up an investigation against Jackson's water receiver. They want, no, demand a meeting with the EPA by September 8 to "discuss their concerns."
The petition predictably takes the Lumumba party line as to the causes of the collapse of Jackson's water system: White flight, failure to send additional funds to Jackson, establishing a 1% Sales Tax Commission, and HB #1020. No mention was made of Siemens, cutoff moratoriums, the failure to collect bills, and inability to staff the water plants.
The petition plays the blame game until the real target is revealed on page twelve. Sista Rukia's crew accuses Mr. Henifin of taking the "first steps toward privatizing the water system, which is against the wishes of Jacksonians." Would be such were true. The complaint complains about the hiring of Jacobs Engineering and other contractors that are operating and fixing the water system. If the system is privatized, they argue, Jacksonians can't hold politicians accountable. Left unsaid is how Jackson voters refused to hold any Mayor's accountable as fool after fool destroyed the system, current leadership included.
Unfortunately for Jackson, these clowns are more concerned with their "dignity" than actually fixing the water system. It's all about lining their pockets and getting contracts for their friends:
Preserving Jacksonian’s dignity requires the ITPM to substantiate his sweeping public health statements that offend the seriousness and complexity of the current lawsuit.
notices in Jackson which impact large parts of the city. Between 2017 and 2021, the system had 7,321 line breaks—more than triple the industry average benchmark.⁸² As a result, the City issued 750 boil water notices between 2016 and 2020 alone.⁸³ Despite the widespread and repetitive nature of the boil water notices, the City (and now JXN Water, Inc.) has not utilized best practices to ensure residents know when and why boil water notices are issued, particularly with elderly residents and residents who have limited access to technology.
Um, who was Mayor between 2016 and 2020? But who cares about truth when one is making up facts?
The petition makes the following demands:
* Order the Receiver to increase public access to information and data.
* Require monthly operating reports for both treatment plants, boil water notices, lead & copper rule compliance data, and other information. (p.35)
* Order JXN Water to "modernize the boil water notice system." Such notices should be delivered by text messages, automated calls, door to door canvassing, press releases, and social media posts. The EPA SHOULD also order Mr. Henifin to consult with Ms. Lumumba's community groups Um, yeah.
* Increase community involvement. Require JXN Water to hire an ombudsman to represent "community interests."
* Require JXN Water to have quarterly community meetings, led by the ombudsman.
* EPA must immediately created bottled water distribution to residents while "there is an ongoing imminent threat from microbial and lead contamination." The same threat that existed since Mayor Lumumba assumed the purple? Just curious. Did Sista Rukia's groups have any contracts with the city to distribute water?
Ah...... guess who wants to control water distribution?
Establishing water distribution centers is insufficient: Many Jackson residents cannot reach distribution centers or stand in (often long) lines to receive water, because they, for example, are older, have mobility limitations, are pregnant or caring for young children, or simply need to be present at work. While Petitioners request that EPA order stockpiles of water to be established in the City for ready distribution, the best way to distribute that water is via community delivery.
Here it comes:
Petitioners also request that the EPA designate a community organization, such as MRRC, to lead bottled water distribution, with the City of Jackson providing support as MRRC requests. Throughout the water crisis, MRRC has distributed over two million bottles of water to Jackson residents. MRRC has hired staff members trained and positioned for bottled water distribution, and has expertise and local knowledge to effectively distribute water to residents.* If there is any doubt where this is going, read this passage on page 41:
EPA must facilitate the distribution and installation of water filters through funding to local leadership
The leading petitioners made the same complaints and demands to U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate last month. JJ reported on July 24:
City Attorney Tori Martin, Rukia Lumumba, and members of the Order of the Sisters of Rukia accused Mr. Henifin of racism, only hiring white employees while picking white contractors, and having "transparency issues." They asked the Court to allow the Mayor to "advise" Mr. Henifin on picking contractors. They also wanted to see all communications between the Court and Mr. Henifin. The Water Manager is an employee of the Court.
The shenanigans began when Ms. Martin asked for a status conference to be held on July 7 to discuss these matters of great concern. Judge Wingate held the hearing and continued it to July 12-13 so he could hear from the "community groups" and Jackson Fire Department officials.
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.
She 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......
The Sisters of Rukia apparently used Judge Wingate's beatdown to fine-tune their petition.City Attorney Tori Martin asked for the July 7 hearing, claiming the city and several "community groups" had concerns about Mr. Henifin's "transparency." She said the Mayor should be able to influence Mr. Henifin's choice of contractors and have access to all communications between the Court and the Water Receiver. Judge Wingate said no to it all.
However, Judge Wingate gave the so-called "community groups" a chance to make their voices heard in court. Several "representatives" complained about water problems (pressure, discoloration, and odor), hiring a call center in Pearl, accused Mr. Henifin of overpaying white employees while of course hiring too many white employees. They said the water was not safe to drink.
It soon became clear that each group was a front for Rukia Lumumba after Judge Wingate questioned their "representatives."
Judge Wingate said he expected them "to come armed with quantifiable facts, fair assessments of progress thus far, and reasonable expectations for the foreseeable future." However, the Court soon found such was not to be the case as one gets the sense the Court was being professionally kind to the local idiots who thought they were experts:Not so! Overall, the presentations from Henifin’s critics were either uninformed, short-sighted, clearly political, well-intentioned but naïve, or (as earlier discussed) racist.They asked for more transparency but couldn't define what they thought it should be. The Court said Mr. Henifin spoke at 33 public events and granted numerous interviews to the media.
Note: Check out who signed the petition:
Danyelle Holmes of the Mississippi Poor People's Campaign (Rukia Lumumba organization)
Brooke Floyd & Rukia Lumumba of the People's Advocacy Institute
Kimberly Leefatt of Natural Resources Defense Council
Lori Sherman of Forward Justice
Emily early of Center for Constitutional Rights
Claudia Hyman of the ACLU of Mississippi Foundation.
Stay tuned. More is to come.
Kingfish note: Who says these people represent Jackson? They don't represent me nor do they represent tens of thousands of Jacksonians. Perhaps we should form our own community groups and make our feelings known to the EPA as the Lumumbas hae done. Of course, the real question is will Director Regan give the same treatment to those who look like him as Judge Wingate did. One suspects such will not be the case as he will probably instead try to rig the investigation in favor of his favored few as he has done already. Remember that 180-day deadline for the NAACP complaint? Regan isn't about to go against this crowd if he can avoid it.
This crowd doesn't care about the water nor who suffers. The only thing they care about is control so they can pilfer and plunder the system to their heart's content while blaming everyone white for any and all shortcomings in the water system. Don't think for one second their attacks aren't happening without the Mayor's approval. He has simply outsourced his war against the receiver to his sister. The only thing Sista Rukia and her people care about is color and corruption - their own color and their own corruption, and that, my friends, is the bottom line.
91 comments:
This is 43 single-spaced pages of absolute nonsense.
I'm sure Judge Wingate will appreciate the attempted end-around.
It looks like the only person holding the barbarians at the gate is Judge Wingate.
I wonder if the EPA will defer to Judge Wingate given that there is already a forum for redress.
These "representatives" tolerated poor performance by the existing administration because of race, and now they are criticizing the court-appointed solution that is showing real progress, because of race. And, blaming them for the inaction of the prior "owners" of the water crisis.
KF's analysis of this grifting is spot on.
I live I’m Jackson. Those wingnuts don’t speak for me or anyone I know. Now that it’s clear what Lumumba is about (grifting off the contracts), for the first time ever I support a state takeover of the airport. And anything else that can be pried from the mayor’s greedy incompetent hands.
Somebody said Rukia needs a hard lesson learned. I wonder where her safe space is to sit around and conjure up such ignorant ideas. She’s a walking carcinogen, except for in the State of California.
Bless their hearts.........
They didn't let the white atty who resides in Rankin County to sign it? That's rich, I mean poor.
These people don't give a shit about the people of Jackson, they care about their own pockets being lined with handouts. I know they ultimately want this to be like Detroit where the government comes in and fixes everything, but they want to use their contractors. We all know how that will turn out.
Hey Choke, what all did you buy with the $30mil from the Siemens settlements? I've heard rumors, it didn't all go to your out of state atty friends, you got some swag as well.
These people would fill fire hydrants with gasoline as long as their buddies got the contract.
@ 3:29 PM - The settlement was $90M. $30M went to the out-of-state law firm handling the case for the city, another chunk went to pay off the debt, and the rest...into the ether.
Sista Rukia does not speak for me or any Jacksonian I know. Thank you Judge Wingate and Ted Henefin. Thank you for fixing the water system for ALL of Jackson. I firmly believe the vast majority are on your side… just want running water.
They didn't CC: the federal judge hearing the lawsuit. Hell,they don't even mention him! Now they are bitching to the EPA - who filed suit against the City?...
The first three points of the petition are reasonable ideas. A boil water alert could be going for weeks before you hear about it.
I can assure you, Administrator Regan wants no part of this. He is a political appointee - a politician. He'll send someone to listen and say the right things but he's more interested/invested in the 2024 elections.
Even Bennie be shaking his head... He be like "I got you a billion dollars to fix your ass and now this sh!t!"
Hinds county just got rid of one vain, empty-headed temper tantrum throwing male politician. Please don’t add her to a new list, Hinds county!
Anybody but Rukia!
Wingate should hold them all in contempt.
Looks like a runoff campaign stunt. Why didn't they file before the sewage consent decree was modified? Holmes and Floyd are both long time Lumumba puppets.
As espoused by these malcontents the concept of "self-determination" and community control of the resources and services of the city devolves into the most subtle form of racism. It demands a higher standard of performance from white contractors while tolerating inadequate performance from their friends and associates who happen to be black, all to the detriment of the citizenry who desperately need services-an underserved citizenry which happens to be majority black. If they want to hold the receiver to a high standard of accountability then do the same with the mayor and his city functionaries who have botched everything they have touched. We should expect and demand good service from everybody and they don't do that. They are only hurting the people they claim to "represent".
Can we please get Rukia Kai to pay her overdue penalty accruing property taxes that are now 192 days past due?
I'm sure their list of "demands" will go over real well with the EPA (i.e. The Plantiff). They are probably wishing they had enforced their Consent Decree earlier.
These dumb-asses have zero standing in the matter. Their concept of receivership is, "Bully... and ye shall receive."
Judge Wingate has spoken
This conversation is over.
DrakeSippi needs to call in Prince Harry.
sounds like an ex-wife who's not getting her regular money any more!!!
Let her have it. Jackson is being run by racists. How is this tolerated?
I refuse to spend a dime in Jackson.
Shame on any business “leaders”, like Jeff Good, if they sit on their hands and continue to tolerate the racism. Respect my White Dollars.
Why aren't Jeff Goode and other business leaders and the few decent people that remain form a Sane Peoples Coalition to counter this?
Y'all need to be organizing and proclaiming your thanks to Henefin and showing support.
The silence is deafening and is easily interpreted as tacit agreement with these lunatics.
You have the intelligence, wealth and resources and you should be demanding the Northside Sun(s) and CJ LeMaster(s) air your side of this debate and make it known that these racist broads do not speak for YOU.
3:23 nailed it.
Yet so many idiots in Jackson think that a person who shares their skin tone is an irrefutable ally. The uneducated eat this BS up and they out number the residents with a brain 5 to 1.
Dear WLBT, WAPT, WJTV, the Clarion-Lesger, Mississippi Today, Northside Sun, and JFP,
If y’all don’t call out Rukia and her friends on their bs then just quit your jobs, because y’all clearly don’t deserve them.
Sincerely,
A Jacksonian
@5:04
And they outweigh people with a brain 20 to 1.
Wingate made it clear that the ITPM works for the court, thus the EPA doesn't have decision making authority in the matter. This fleece for funds to be the "community distribution" network will fall flat.
I remember in 1998 Frank Melton dating that’s the bottom line. That was 25 years ago. I’d say nothing has changed but that would not be true. It’s changed for the worse.
Don't believe the HindsCo Sup primary results out of Jackson precincts were an indication of an electorate pleased with the status quo. In fact the opposite. The incumbent Democrats, excluding Graham, carried few Jackson precincts and when they did the boxes with either small (size) and/or the carry margin in votes was small. This election wasn't solely a repudiation of David Archie.
Sounds like Rukia's astroturf operation is having a significant cash flow problem.
Ted gonna have to file a damn restraining order against her.
Comment above said it eight. Campaign runoff stunt.
Oh, so now that a white Person is running the water department they have an issue. Why didn’t they complain when the administration under the current mayor was running the show? Did it all of a sudden get contaminates when Henfin gained control? And remember, it was a black judge that placed Henefin in control.
5pm b/c he has to play the game, shuck and jive, or he’ll be canceled.
Ted needs to reroute the stopped up sewer lines to the Lumumba twins' estates for "processing". Obviously, they are accomplished professionals, as every time they open their mouths, sewer stuff spews out.
I would be happy to attend a rally, or sign a petition, supporting the great job Ted Henifin is doing. Why should the mayor's group of loser friends be the only ones to hold rallies & protests? Let's show our support, in a highly visible way, to let everybody know Ted is working wonders & that people with real jobs support what he's doing.
I agree with 5:48(2).
And just because some people may be uneducated does not make them stupid. I believe most folks in Jackson know the score, and the ones who agree with it are in on it.
The idea to show some public support for Ted H. might have some legs. C'mon you face book organizing folks:Change a few words. Same strategy.
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study in black and white of my fingerprints. And the only reason I'm
singing you this song now is cause you may know somebody in a similar
situation, or you may be in a similar situation, and if your in a
situation like that there's only one thing you can do and that's walk into
the shrink wherever you are, just walk in say "Shrink, You can get
anything you want, at Alice's restaurant.". And walk out. You know, if
one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and
they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony,
they may think they're both faggots and they won't take either of them.
And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in
singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an
organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day, I said
fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and
walking out. And friends they may thinks it's a movement.
A wise pastor once said during a counseling session. It is not up to someone else to be responsible for your happiness. With that being said, Rukia & Chokwe got what they asked for when ask g for help. Ted is doing a great job per Judge Wingate overseeing through the court as Chokwe Requested. What has transpired is fair for very COJ resident. Under your current health care plan is more than likely coverage for Mental health counseling. Please Rukia & Chokwe take advantage of the services & leave the taxpayers & media out of it. You are like children having tantrums !
Thank You Kingfish
Just a reminder to NW Jackson and eastern Ridgeland residents -- Rukia is the one who wants to represent you in the State House... you really want her running your government?
It’s easy to falsely accuse Rukia Lumumba of being corrupt, with no evidence of such an allegation whatsoever. Why not just leave it at you disagree with her position and why you think she’s wrong versus making a bogus attack on her ethics?
Look, I know your white, Rankin County readers eat up the defamation of Mayor Lumumba and his family, but it really detracts from the good reporting you are doing on the water issue.
Because of their demand for a contract to distribute water, our sewer repair is on hold. Let that sink in. Their desire to continue making money off of our water issues, Ted may not be given the opportunity to fix the sewer. I hope the voters that are struggling with sewer remember this with the run off.
As a Jackson resident I can assure you no one has confidence in anyone with the last name Lumumba… ridgeland and hinds co vote against her and vote Gibbs. Jesus
She’s a racist to the max!!!
@8:56 can you get her to pay her property taxes? BTW, I live in Jackson and paid mine on time.
Rukia we need basic services not transparency! I don’t give a shit about pressers and meeting etc. Let Heflin do his job! Can’t do his job with your distractions and interference.
Thanks and get out of the way!!!
Rukia a good job for you and your brother would be to talk to the parents of these young men out roaming our communities at 2:30am looking to commit violence and robbery on your constituents. And don’t forget to drop by and pick up David L and that gavel.
These so-called demands are like a pissed-off coach complaining to the concession-stand operator instead of the referee. The EPA has no authority to override a federal judge.
And to this: "The petition makes the following demands:" Who do these clowns think they are? Oops - That was a dumb question.
She Who Must Be Consulted.
RuGhok are really one person..the Royal We.
Bow down!
Lumumba is corrupt, but untouchable. And he knows it. That’s why the Governor just works around him and not with him. That’s why Shad White doesn’t investigate him.
“Preserving Jacksonian’s dignity requires the ITPM to substantiate his sweeping public health statements that offend the seriousness and complexity of the current lawsuit.”
Did the sisters add the part that goes like this, “further, since (a) this seriousness and complexity appears to be lost on United States Federal District Judge, the Honorable Henry Wingate, and (b) we know better than to appeal to the Fifth Circuit nevermind little things such as proper venue, we must relitigate our petty racist agenda before the EPA director himself. In other words, we concede that we have no viable cause of action to support an appropriate judicial appeal, so we hereby give Henry Wingate the middle finger and beg Director Regan to somehow strip the federal court of it’s exclusive jurisdiction.”
As if that’s how it works.
Here’s what needs to happen: 1. Mr. Regan needs to posthaste cut acknowledge the futility and absurdity of their bullshit; 2. Judge Wingate needs to stop being polite and cut them off at their knees. May I suggest (a) sanction the sisters (b) assess them with all costs and attorney’s fees; (c) issue a sua sponte cease and desist order protecting the ITPM from further harm and harassment; and (d) refer Tori Martin to the Mississippi Bar and the State Ethics Commission.
Given the deep racial animus in this country and the abetting of same by the Biden administration, I believe ultimately Henifen will have to go. We shall see.
It’s truly infuriating to see our own mayor’s sister continuously try to undermine the work of the ONE man who volunteered to come to Jackson and try to fix this mess. Sure he is well-paid, but not enough to put up with this BS. JXN Water has been 1000x more transparent than the City was, releasing detailed water quality reports and speaking at numerous community meetings in all areas of town. I learned a ton just watching the FB livestream of the “jacksonians 4 jackson” meeting he spoke at last week. Meeting was open to the public, Rukia.
If I were Ted, I would’ve said good riddance a long time ago. Instead, he’s realized what a mess our sewer system is (with hundreds of dry weather sewer overflows just sitting for years and the City not even paying the bills to get the sewer vacuum trucks out of the repair shop for who knows how long) and he’s volunteered to fix that too, without federal support at this point. The problem has never been white flight/a declining tax base, it’s been management of our resources. Just watch the budget presentations to the City council and you’ll see a lot of fat to be trimmed.
Sorry for the novel- know I’m preaching to the choir for the most part.
Anyone that is eligible to vote has got to show up on August 29 and vote for Justis Gibbs/against Rukia for State House.
This is great. Rukia and her bunch cite the NAACP complaint as factual authority for a lot of their complaint. And Kingfish hit the nail on the head with that one - despite EPA’s own 180 day mandatory time period for investigating that NAACP complaint, EPA has done nothing - because they don’t want to say the facts cited by NAACP are not true.
KF, I agree with " clowns as mayors" that we elected, but I doubt our list would be identical.
My issue is that the GOP seems to be determined to hold those in office accountable for the words and deeds of relatives.
You wrote about a junior leaguer who went bad and yet I expect you know her entire family was law abiding and moral church goers. Indeed, one member even had a fine record of service in law enforcement.
I don't think Rukia is helping her brother. But,frankly, I'm stunned that you and some of my GOP friends can't see the work improvements being done in Jackson. Maybe you just aren't riding around east of I-55 or State St often enough or else it's seeing only the bad and missing renovated homes and businesses that were in terrible condition for decades.
All I know is that northeast Jackson, except for a few remaining pockets is looking better. Homes have been renovated on Ridgewood and streets in either direction. State St looks better between Capitol and Meadowbrook. Fondren continues to hold it's own. The facades of Capitol St are vastly improved but in this STATE we will always have a problem with absent owners and slum lords. Our city council could do what Madison has done on zoning and codes. They are too busy squabbling and holding "venting" public meetings.
The FIRST and BEST thing any elected official can do is finding out how other places with the same general problems and description address problems. Madison's mayor copied Roswell, GA's ordinances and codes. I just wish she'd "kept up" with how they've be "tweaked".
And, it'd be great, on social issues dividing us if we could actually get a reasonable referendum option. God knows our last voting didn't make an impression and that gerrymandering has kept northeast Jackson from having any real say in elections. The GOP hoped, under the guise of diluting black vote, did the opposite. They instead diluted the educated/middle to upper class vote instead and got rid the few legislators capable of forensic accounting.
There is a group. Jacksonians for Jackson and the numbers are growing with the every meeting.
https://adagentllc.com/J4J/
Sisters as relates to religious groups, primarily Catholics, are always members of a sisterhood of service, such as is associated with charity, works of faith and embracing Biblical Christian principles.
I'm familiar with Sisters of Mercy, Sisters of Eucharistic Adoration, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and Sisters of Charity.
But Sisters of Rukia, for God's sake? Pure Blasphemy and bastardization of the word 'sisters'.
Pharisaic idolatry of evil purpose is what it smells like. Are there meetings where her ring is kissed?
These Lumumbas are long on dignity and image, short on competence and acting in the public good.
Isn’t there some way to make Henifin the mayor-in-deed and make Chokwe the ceremonial mayor? Ted’s function would be administering the day-to-day operation of what makes Jackson pretty close to a First World community; Chokwe would speak to elementary school classes about how important is his job as “mayor.”
As a Jackson resident, these things don't infuriate me anymore. Since Judge Wingate came in and laid down the law, every noise they make comes off as a futile complaint that discredits them more and more. There's something to be said for the perception of "quiet competence". If these idiots weren't making foolish assertions, I'd be more worried honestly. The EPA is seeing progress towards resolving these ongoing problems. They're barking up the only tree they have left and it's most definitely the wrong one.
@9:29 AM - Please go back to Kalifornia, Mr. Snowflake.
"All I know is that northeast Jackson, except for a few remaining pockets is looking better. Homes have been renovated on Ridgewood and streets in either direction."
You are FULL OF SHIT. Ridgewood Road is decaying faster than terminal cancer. Trash. Cars in yards. Grass uncut. TRASH. Shrubs missing or unkempt. TRASH. Homes needing repairs.
Some homers are so damn stupid.
Vermin.
Follow the $$
@9:06 - Finally, facts from a fellow citizen in a non-trolling fashion. I will attest to these changes as well. We had a water main break up the street in the intersection. Jxnwater had it fixed within 10 hours. Another break occurred on the opposite end of the street and they had that one fixed in 5 hours. A geyser on State Street in front of 1st Baptist occurred this morning. Crews are already on scene breaking up the street to perform the repairs. Crews are all over the area surveying required repaired for the sewer system, and I mean I see them all over the place with some repairs having already been made since the order took place. I took some debris to the Madison dump yesterday morning and drove up Hanging Moss on my way. The homes are well manicured and quite attractive. Blight is being cleaned up with orders to remove more. I am seeing more and more action on the issues that have existed for years. While driving from Clinton last week, I took Robinson Rd to Ellis and on up to West Capitol. The streets have been repaved, sidewalks rebuilt. I was really surprised to see just how nice the area looked. This city is worth saving. I don't care what the trolls say.
Bless the voters & open their eyes & let them see JESUS when they vote late August. TED don’t accept this BS as they DO NOT speak for the MAJORITY of COJ residents or even the State of MS. The State taxpayers have your back and welcome you with open arms as we were taught from our parents. We know when to say THANK YOU TED FOR a a JOB WELL DONE!
Dignity? Not all the sewer in jackson travels through pipes and creeks: some of it walks and shouts and fills lawsuits with idiocy. Do Rukia and Lil Choke yet realize that very few trust or believe them?
Free NE Jxn from the rest, establish the apartheid the Lumumbas preach to reach.
I support Wingate and Henifin! Progress is already being made. These unhinged groups do not represent this community. From my POV they only seek to separate the people into color groups with the intention of creating their own segregated area. Haven't we fought against this for decades? We the people need to stand up and stop this. Please someone stand up and create an "assembly" called "WE the People", not black people or white people, but all people who support these two fine men taking on our broken city. They have wasted precious time answering to these radical, racist, wackcos, that should be spent focused on repairing the water and sewer. We the people need to show support for those not bowing down and giving into these shakedowns for contracts. You know that is the bottom line here. They lost the ability to be compensated for water distribution. Period, end of story! If Henifin would just throw them some money they would go away. I hope he, Wingate and the EPA holds strong and sees the reality of this. We the people, certainly do.
The Bene Gesserit was a sisterhood too.
@9:06 AM is with the Chamber of Commerce or Realtors. Thanks for checking in, but please get a new optical prescription.
Day after the Primary.
Sent a contribution to Mr. Gibbs.
Mr. Henefin is doing more than any other person to improve the quality of life for Jacksonians and then these turds continue to backstab him.
Pay your taxes Rukia.
"Given the deep racial animus in this country..."
It is not a "given" -- it is BULLSHIT. Claims of racism are being made when there is no logical justification for an argument otherwise. It puts people on the defensive, gets headlines, and fuels anarchy.
The majority of people - whatever creed, color, or origin -- want the same thing. But, the factions that spew this nonsense do it for attention and leverage, and typically for personal gain.
The media needs to quit pointing microphones and cameras in their faces. It's not news -- it's editorial.
11:17, what public office in Jackson are going to run for? If Jackson is worth saving, get off your duff and get in the game!
Boy, Gibbs is getting many more donations since rukia opened her hateful mouth
The Lumumba twins are going to make a lot of noise up until the runoff election to distract from the fact that Rukia is an inferior candidate.
The Sisters of Immaculate Grifting
Wag the Dog - Jackistan version.
Dear Ted, Wingate, and the people that work with them,
Thank you for y’all’s help.
I’m sorry that the Mayor’s sister is bothering y’all. It’s disgusting to think the Mayor let an already crappy water system get even worse, and now his sister is bothering the people that are improving it.
The Mayor and his sister are an embarrassment. It’s disgusting what she is doing.
Sincerely,
A Jacksonian
These people are incorrigible.
Hopefully the EPA can see through the Lumumba BS.
Give us $600 some odd million to fix stuff we broke and we'll dictate the terms to you how you will spend the money.
You're right, Kingfish at 11:48. I'm sure if we search (Google) enough we can find multiple of sister and brotherhoods devoted to evil and good.
Which category do you put the Sisters of Rukia in?
I'm just now getting around to reading this 57 page of ...... I'm not quite sure what to call it, but find it amazing that these folks could even bother to make this effort.
Haven't gotten through much of it yet while taking notes, but find the part on the 'lead' issue fun reading.
Page 19, after complaining that several years earlier there was found to be a possible problem with the treatment systems and pipes either in the system or within households - to which the City has done nothing to address, despite the EPA's multiple requirements for corrective action - the complainants (including, of course, the Mayor's sister and her clan) say that "only recently have the valves at the boundry been closed" which should have been step one in the corrective solution required. OK - the ITPM "only recently" has taken a simple step that the City (under Brother Chockwe's leadership) did not, or would not, take? The ITPM has been in position for less than a half a year, and during that time has "only recently" taken this first step to isolate these areas from this potential problem? How recently? This past month, or a few months ago after he learned about it for the first time? Inquiring minds want to know. But more importantly, inquiring minds want to know why this simple step wasn't done last year, or four or five years ago? Maybe Sister can tell us --- and the EPA in their follow-up paper, why.
And then, on the next page after continuing to discuss the "possible" lead issue - they point out that "the Study the CITY used was flawed". OK. So the ITPM used the study given to him by the City of Jackson when the Court handed this problem over to him, and they are complaining that the City's study (the study done by brother's administration, we should note) was flawed so it is the ITPM's fault?
If the entire 57 pages read like these couple of pages - Marvel ought to come in and see if they can get the copyright for this comedy production.
Been away a while, just now seeing this. I'm dumbfounded. And embarrassed.
Thanks Kingfish for posting this.
Judge Wingate, you are now getting just a little taste of what is going on down here.
Mr. Henifin, you may have thought since you leaned liberal that you would have an easy go. I imagine you thought if you got the business folks on your side, you could do things like bill based on property value. Are you waking up yet? You've done a good job so far and thank God you report only to Judge Wingate. Are you understanding what is happening down here? Dont get caught up in the side crap. And don't put yourself in any position to "owe" anybody.
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