The city of Jackson issued the following statement.
“I appreciate the opportunity to serve as the Public Works Director for the City of Jackson,” Woods said. “Upon my return, I found that my productivity is not where I would like it to be. I’ve not seen the progress that I wanted to see. Due to the stress of the position and the toll that it is taking on my mental health, I feel as though it is best that I step away from my position permanently. I believe this is the best decision for the City and my family. Please respect our privacy.”
Mayor Chokwe Lumumba accepted the resignation and expressed gratitude to Mr. Woods for his willingness to initially accept the challenges of the position. “Public Works Director is not an easy job. I respect that Mr. Woods decided to step away from the job when he realized that it was simply too much,” Lumumba said. “We look forward to now moving forward with our search, and finding someone willing to meet the challenges of our evolving city.”
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There’s an old saying in Jackson—I know it’s in Canton, probably in Rankin—that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can’t get fooled again.
He should have figured that out the first time.
1:04 I spit my food out laughing so hard!!!
He simply figured out that being a yes-man to Chocky would require being unethical. Smart guy for saying thanks, but no thanks.
Public works but without water or sewer - what does that entail now, overseeing the payoffs err I mean payMENTS to Richard's?
Outstanding leadership in action.
LOL! When I posted (jokingly) that he wouldn’t be around long enough to attend the Atkins Blvd completion ceremony, I wasn’t blowing smoke. There was no way he was getting confirmed as Director after quitting 11 days on the job. I’m sure Chokie realized he didn’t have enough votes.
So Woods is worried about his mental health? Note to future applicants for public works director - good mental health is not a requirement to work in this administration. The bigger nut job you are the more qualified you are.
I know a narcoleptic architect who might be interested
What a circus.
Good thing Lumbumbes has no shame, otherwise he might be embarrassed.
With what do you suppose Mayor Chock threatened him?
Smartest decision Kahlid ever made--
Anyone selling tickets for this?
You can't make this stuff up! I honestly feel bad for the guy. Seems like he had good intentions, but he shouldn't have ever fallen for the Mayor's (empty) promises a second time.
Something tells me the problems he had to fix was overwhelming.
Chowke didn't get Omari's okie dokie/approval, and that's the bottom line.
Ought to be a comic book.
He was a fool to come back in the first place. What did he think would be different than what he saw the first time? Good riddance!
in other words the city is too fucked up to fix.
The streets are a disaster. The traffic lights don't work. There are no lines painted on the streets. Can you imagine trying to get that work done as the Director? You would have phony contractors to pay and the work won't get done. You want that job?
Don't skip over the mair's response. Notice that he slams the departing director as ineffective and unable to perform.
What else can you think this means: "the job was too much"...Looking for "someone who can meet the challenges".
This bumbling fool of a mayor is beyond hope. The 'challenges' are working with and under the direction of a bumbling idiot in an administration deeply mired in stump water and doo doo.
What a cluster. Hopefully, Ted will get a raise when he officially takes responsibility for the crappiest job in Jackson.
It's an impossible job. While you're digging away your boss is filling the hole with dirt and telling you to dig. Only a mercenary only interested in collecting a big salary will be interested. It's much like the College Board finding a real president for JSU.
Well the Mayor finally got it through his head that he can’t confirm the guy by vetoing thr council’s no vote
Shaq, drives into town. "Jackson?"
Mair: "Jackson Broke"
Shaq: "Understandable, have a nice day!"
Prime drives into town. "Jackson?"
Mair: "Jackson broke"
Prime: "Understandable. Colorado, here I come. Tell 'em I'm coming"
Colorado: "Oh yeah! Come on, Coach! We not only got water and sewer, we got Louis"
Well at this rate there won't be any street lights left working in the city. It will be like trying to drive in India
Translation: There aren't enough kick-back funds to justify my having to be creative and apply myself to actually doing work and problem solving. Take this job and shovel it.
He was introduced to Marxism 101 where the topic of discussion was Republic of New Afrika and he knew it was high time to hit the trail.
Kenny was right again. He is a quitter.
https://www.wlbt.com/2023/09/04/jackson-councilman-vote-no-approving-new-public-works-director/
Sharing air with Lil Choke can choke the best of us, Mr. Woods. Course you may have recognized the mayor has an advanced mental disease when you saw him duck into a dark closet to avoid the Pledge.
That asinine behavior and Lil Choke's predilection toward lies and obfuscation may not sit well with you, coupled with no actual accomplishments, no business plan, no audit, hidden expenses, answering to the mayor's marxist idiot staff, no budget, shrinking revenue in America's #1 shrinking city and the outright death wish of parking and working downtown. And did our little Nero buy you a steak at Char to fool you twice? (Then shame on you).
Just like the "Thrilla in Manila" -- it's the Stoker vs the Choker. First round goes to Kenny.
2:15 pm says it all.
PhD Omari and Chokwe think they’re so smart with their progressive ideology and yet no one else sees progress. This is basically a social justice position.
You get the government you deserve.
Did he happen to say it’s all so tiresome ?
Radical
"our evolving city.”
Gawd that's a funny Antar quote.
This is the capital city of a state in the US. The mayor and those with whom he surrounds himself are racist dreamers in the best light and criminals in not even the worst light which is fairly cast upon them. Even this situation requires a seasoned turnaround expert, just to keep street lights on. Which it cannot afford and would not listen to or allow to the job. No, do not I refer to Woods as being the right person for the job at hand, and he not remotely such a person. And there is no such person on the horizon.
Welcome to Mississippi, and holy shit, y'all. Why just give the ruins of Jackson proper to whoever is stupid enough to take it (hell, call it Chokweanople, Kushistan, or Shitholia for all I care anymore), move the capital to somewhere more-reasonably viable (Chunky - you have a shot), and call it a day.
Can’t imagine what trying to work for those clowns require. He is much better off quitting.
You know there’s an issue when a newly-hired department head resigns twice in one month. When I found out why he quit the first time (COJ Public Works Strategic Improvement Plan and other documents were nowhere to be found?) and that Antar could’ve headed that off had he not been out of town at a funeral, I gave it another week, max. Anyone who is half literate and has paid any attention to how Antard operates should ace the quiz on reading between the lines. I’m talking 💯. Here’s all you need to know—
1. Antard isn’t real keen on pesky little things like official documentation of “STRATEGIC IMPROVEMENT PLANS.” Antar would much rather talk about the plan. (Seems like yesterday when Bennie was in town looking for that PLAN Antard claimed to have demonstrating how COJ was fully prepared to operate the water system within weeks of its total collapse.)
2. Antard will protest to the high heavens that he has that plan, just give him a minute already because he’ll need a good month to cobble together enough paperwork to pass off as “the plan.” It takes time to find stuff like Harvey’s old plan and, oh yeah, that XYZ Engineering, LLC, Comprehensive Report on COJ Infrastructure with all the neat illustrations, scan all that shit, cut and/or copy & paste, change dates from 1998 to 2022, collate, then bind and cover the damn thing. Wears me out just thinking about it.
3. In the month it takes to do all that, Antard will double down on press conferences so he can obfuscate, gaslight, blow smoke, and blame the governor or the 12% of Jackson residents for whatever crisis forced him to produce some frigging plan in the first place.
Prob didn’t help when Kennuf said he’s gonna no vote the guy because he’s “a quitter.”
Judge Wingate may need to be flexible when it comes to enforcing that part his order that requires weekly discussion and collaboration between Mr. Henefin and the Director of Public Works.🥴
If CoJ registered voters don’t vote this guy out as mayor & the majority of the council out, CoJ tax payers should file suit to place CoJ in receivership. The mayor & council can’t continue their wasteful planning & spending of tax dollars & debt.
Wish there was a way to talk to this man and just get the truth. The bottom line.
Wish Judge Wingate would do a private interview with this man.
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