Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is holding his regular press conference right now. It is live-streamed below.
* Mayor Lumumba said his administration met separately with JATRAN and MV Friday. WLBT's Anthony Warren asked about MV bringing in employees from elsewhere. The Mayor said the contract requires MV to submit a plan on how they can provide service in the event of a strike.
* The Jackson Fire Department will work to address fire code violations when the auditorium is open to contractors. The State Fire Marshal inspected the facility last week and found 22 fire code violations.
The city will close off access to the second-floor outdoor balcony so the homeless can no longer camp out and excrete up there.
Warren asked about the $400,000 left over from a 2022 legislative appropriation. He also asked why the city did not get $1.5 million from the 2023 legislative appropriation. The money was available in December 2023 at DFA. DFA notified the city in February it needed to submit a new MOU. The new MOU was not submitted until July.
"Thalia Mara Hall is going to be just fine." He called the needed repairs "low-hanging fruit." Charlie Drape asked about a "strategic plan" for the auditorium. The Mayor said he was not familiar with the plan.
Hizzoner said once "we make these repairs, we will find other repairs that need to be made" as it is an aging auditorium.
The city is looking at fencing in several exterior areas of Thalia Mara Hall without giving it a "caged look." The Thalia Mara Hall tab on the city's website will be updated Thursday.
Mayor Lumumba accused the State Fire Marshal of playing politics. He said it was no coincidence the inspection took place after the auditorium's problems were made public. Drape asked if the city was "blindsided" by the inspection. Hizzoner said "it is what it is."
* A Senior Health Fair will be held October 3 at the Convention Center.
* The State of the City address will be held on October 10. Vendors are invited to set up booths.
13 comments:
Why hasn't the Jackson fire dept inspected the facility? It's no the state fire marshall's job to do that. Second it is the property owners who have to get the fire equipment inspected. So if an extinguisher had not been inspeceted since 2006 that is a horrible.
The leadership of Jackson's mayor never fails to disappoint.
It's now past time for a public records request for any JFD inspections of Thalia Mara.
Shuckin' n jivin'
Some folks would rather climb a phone pole to tell a lie than stand on the ground and tell the truth.
All lies.
What unlikely thing is going to happen first?
The Mayor of Jackson Chokwe Lumumba saying Thalia Mara is contaminated with mold or State Auditor Shad White actually getting serious and reeling in a big catch with real deal RICO charges?
Place your bets now!
Why does the City of Jackson always require outside help and money to pick it's low hanging fruit?
Is it that if the outside help just left it to the City of Jackson the low hanging fruit would get ripe, fall on the ground and then be left to rot?
Why doesn’t he talk about the only thing he cares about? Steering contracts to cronies and others who will wet his beak.
The Mayor said the contract requires (OR REQUIRED BEFORE SIGNING THE CONTRACT? Seems kind of stupid if theyre just now requiring it) MV to submit a plan on how they can provide service in the event of a strike.
Blah, blah, racism.
Literal shitshow
Is he really trying to blame the homeless for the condition of Thalia Mara Hall?
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