Jackson Jambalaya

Let’s be very clear. If the mayor can steer the contract to his chosen vendor he will happily bankrupt the city. He’s in business for himself and does not care about the city or its residents.

Chokwe's incompetence cost the City of Jackson $900,000 it doesn't have to spend of something that could have been avoided. He'll probably go on TV and wring his hands and call MDEQ some names, blame the city council, and do anything but address his misguided dealings with Richards. That $30mil his buddies got for the Siemens settlement sure would be nice about now....

It should come out of Prince Chowke's pocket.

Will the last actual tax paying Jackson resident please turn off the lights on the way north.

8:16 it's called "redistribution of wealth", get it correct. Read his dad's Jackson Kush Plan. It's all in there.

"The remaining $525,000 "shall be held in abeyance for a period of two years" pending..."

Doesn't that mean the city will have the 525K to hold in abeyance in the first place? Or should the language specify that the 'requirement to pay the remaining 525k will be reconsidered pending review of' (the first two due-payments?

It’s just a perception of incompetence and bankruptcy, move along.

Meanwhile, 8 out of 10 COJ residents would still defend Chuck and moronically state that MDEQ is simply being racist.

You NE Jackson residents will be paying the man, because there are few taxpayers in the rest of Jackson.

If Rukia ever pays her taxes that would help. Right?

How many miles of roads will $900,000 pave?

Communist Elites'.

Jackson will never pay the fine. They will get the money from the big tit in Washington or get uncle Bennie to pressure the mdeq into backing off.

This will NEVER be paid.

I don’t understand this order. What is compliance with the order? If the 1st 2 are paid the rest is due in 2 years? No requirements on Jackson to perform duties during the 2 years?

It is not that bad, that is only about $7.00 from every man, woman and child in the capitol city.

Does this mean my dues at the country club of Jackson will be going up?

How many Jackson pot holes would $900,000 repair?

8:54--right? or help the library, zoo, planetarium, convention center, police, water, sewer, educational support of jps or jsu, downtown redevelopment...the list goes on and on...and another 900k down the toilet.

Some of you want to ignore that this is a political game. There is NO contract Jackson's mayor now or in the future could present.
The plan is state takeover of the Capitol.

As it is, the fraction of tax dollars we get compared to the tax dollars generated in the city limits is disgraceful!

For people that hate taxes, you sure don't pay any attention to the " hidden ones". You don't know that trustees can raise taxes in a county. You don't know added taxes on clubs and restaurants...some as high as 9%.

A million dollars wasted here, a million dollars wasted there...pretty soon this could actually start to add up to real substantial money loss. /s

What a grift. Lumumba does not perform a bare minimum of mayoral duties. Many basic city functions have had to be taken over by others because of his gross incompetence and negligence. His inability to maneuver just fundamental levers of city government is now a full-blown liability.

How is there not one other person in the City of Jackson who can succeed at, say, paying the monthly light bill? I don’t know if it’s his priorities or his ego and false pride that have gotten us in this mess. He will not change because he cannot change. He is a Machiavellian narcissist; things only get worse with people like him in positions of power.

None of this discussion takes into account all the money Jackson saves by using the preferred trash contractor!

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Attn8:54 for all practical reasons, it would have very little bearing on the standard of living in this decreptive city of Jackson if library, zoo, planetarium, convention center, and downtown redevelopment and JSU were closed.

Better wake up COJ people & get Richard’s out of the city! Don’t complain if you voted for Chockwe! You got what you wanted, no service & more taxes! Not to mention the water, sewer issues the Mayor allowed to happen. Ted has done a fine job getting things turned around. God Bless him.

When does the penalty come down for dumping 50 million gallons of raw sewage into the Pearl River?

That is a much bigger problem than two weeks of missed garbage.

The $525k is essentially like a suspended sentence. Pay the first two installments on time and do not fail to pick up garbage in the next two years, and the remaining $525k of the fine will be waived. Jackson is being place on two years of unsupervised garbage probation. Don’t mess up and your garbage sins are forgiven. However, if you commit another garbage offense in the next two years, then the $525k will be due and payable.

“The plan is state takeover of the Capitol.”
Would that be a bad thing? Given the level of incompetence of the current city government, with no end in sight, that might be a good thing.

Its happening just as the Mayor intended. Waited to do RFP, got his company in place. Waited to do next RPF, news breaks of the fine (oh no, panic), he's sitting on another contract with Richards, waiting till the last minute (just like last time), present it at the last minute, no time to do anything or we'll get another fine.....

My word, its the exact same thing he has done, over and over and over....

Chowk’s about to bend us over again on this. The city council knows it but they can’t stop it. The law needs to be changed to hold the mayor accountable for refusing to present any contractor other than his crony for council approval. What is the point of an approval process if the council literally has no choice but to rubber stamp a corrupt mayor’s selection? Refusing to approve it only results in lack of basic services and fines like this, which imposes even more suffering on the citizens while the mayor couldn’t care less!! A self serving and corrupt mayor can do a tremendous amount of damage in 4 years while we wait for the next election!! We’ll probably get saddled with a ridiculous 10 year garbage contract we can’t get out of!!

This is a debt owed to the people of Mississippi and will never be fully paid. Never and that is pure evil.

If this clown gets re-elected then I will have run out of sympathy for anyone remaining in Jackson. My business is in Jackson but we are moving it. None of my employees lives in the city limits.

Jackson is in the death loop.

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NO no no....VOTER incompetence cost Jackson $900,000. But hey it's all good. The tax collectors and retail businesses in Madison and Rankin counties are loving Jackson wallowing in it's failures.

This is like the garbage version of "double secret probation."

So is Chokwe going to pay?

Sometimes you have to take a few lumps to win. The council should stick to their guns. Let the mayor take the blame for getting another fine. Maybe after a few million $$ fines the people will wake up and get rid of the problem. The city is not going to pay a fine anyway. Let the boy mayor decide how he is going to get a garbage company to pick up the trash. It is something that has to be done or the council and the people sho just let the mayor make all of the decisions.

In light of the City's struggles to pay its bills, and its continued inability to provide basic services, (as shown in its leader's upcoming inability to agree to hire a permanent trash company), the City should go ahead and be placed into bankruptcy, or some form of receivership. This will benefit all residents of Jackson.

The Country Club of Jackson Homeowners will have to pay the bill. No one else pays $ to the city.

With the history of Jackson over the last 10 years, what company wants to do business with Jackson? The returns would have to be well above average just to consider a proposal… Jackson is high risk

Drive anywhere in Jackson there is trash everywhere! Where is the pride the caring for the community as a whole . Jackson has to hit rock bottom before it can recover. But the well is deep.

Jackson is officially a lost cause. Snake Plissken couldn't help at this point.

I'm a former resident of the Jackson. My trash gets picked every week, I have clean water every day, and I don't fear for my family's safety every time the sun rises.

"Strong Mayor - Weak Council" form of city government has consequences, the more noticeable when the mayor figuratively wears a toga and lights fires whilst fiddling.

So the ONLY 2 submissions to the RFP are Richard's and Socrates' company?
WOW!!! The Grifting is strong w/ these 2.

The Mayor ALONE should be held responsible for the $900,000 and made to pay it personally. If the garbage contract goes South, then again the Mayor should be cited for dereliction of duties that he receives a salary for. The Feds should not bail him out as he should have bond insurance that could & should be revoked. Ignorance is no excuse for being charged. Follow the $$$$

Might as well let the COJ Solid Waste Division take over.