Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is holding his regular press briefing right now. The presser is live-streamed below.
* The city is rolling out a new portal for vendors. Vendors can get their invoices and pay their invoices online. Mayor Lumumba said at one point, the city had $9.4 million in unpaid invoices. The unpaid invoices are now $480,000.
Brett Westergen (sp?) of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government business lab said it will improve the customer service for vendors. They will be able to sign up for direct deposit and see the status of their payments. Vendors can submit invoices to the portal. Vendors will enjoy a grace period.
* The city website was down for several days. Hizzoner said the website is migrating from one platform to another. He said the website will be more user-friendly.
* Boo at the Zoo will be held Saturday at the Jackson Zoo from 4-7 PM Saturday. Admission is $2 for ages 2 and up. There will be a haunted train ride for an additional cost.
* The Mayor brought up Hotel O. The owners are apparently taking efforts to board up the property but the city still intends to demolish the eyesore per the judge's order and City Council approval.
* Thalia Mara Hall update. The city issued a notice to proceed. The third-party engineer said the auditorium should open by January 18, 2025. The city purchased a chiller. It is now operational. The city purchased another chiller. The roof suffers several leaks that will be repaired.
The fire curtain is obsolete and contains asbestos. The fire curtain will be replaced.
* WLBT's Anthony Warren asked about the Marve Smith bill of information. Mayor Lumumba said "I have never conspired with anyone to commit a crime." Ross Adams asked about the bill as well and received a similar answer from the Mayor.
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"The city website was down for several days. Hizzoner said the website is migrating from one platform to another. He said the website will be more user-friendly."
He previously told us his phone was messed up for a few days. We now know that was the FBI searching it. I wonder if they are at City Hall searching emails....
DOJ: All your base are belong to us!
Mayor Lumumba: Our website is migrating from one platform to another for NEW and IMPROVED KUSH USER EXPERIENCE !!!
"I do it by my own self!"
The state implemented a vendor portal with the same features 15 years ago That's how behind the city is. What a joke. He acts like this is something new.
Well then, Shock-Way is innocent. Tear up the indictment.
Move on. Nothing to see here. Just a perception of a conspiracy.
"Mayor Lumumba said "I have never conspired with anyone to commit a crime.""
Survey says...hold my beer and watch this!
When will the indictments be unsealed?
"I may expound upon that at a later point"
"I take the advice of my counsel very seriously"
He knows he's about to get popped and he's starting the defense. Good on Ross for pushing him to answer the $10,000 question.
His goose is cooked. Right now in the court of public opinion -- soon to be in a court of law.
The mayor is a lawyer, and a marxist, in no way should his word be taken as truth.
Take a good look at Jackson. High crime rate,business leaving,below average school system,tax base eroding and corruption of local authority. It’s time to seriously consider moving the capital out of Jackson, Jackson does not represent what this state is.
In saying he didn't conspire, is he admitting he took money but did nothing for it? He didn't say he didn't get paid.
What a play on words. He may not have conspired with someone to commit a crime, but he might have taken some money where he shouldn't have....
The mayor sounds like a car salesman
So, what he's saying is that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Right?
Were his lips moving? Yes? He's lying. That's what pathological lying Marxists do, because his "useful idiots" believe everything that he says. Right?
"I am not a crook." -- Richard Nixon
To a Marxist radical (Chowke) it's not lying, but rather "doing whatever it takes."
The FBI and DOJ must be MAGA cultists who hate Jackson for letting this clown continue to run the city into the ground when they could have already arrested him.
He is a lying sack of shit. Counting on Kamala. Not going to happen. Jackson is lost!
"I have never conspired with anyone to commit a crime."
It's not like I really expected him to admit it at this point!
That admission comes after he is indicted and pleads out.
Allegedly, Culprit 'C' took a campaign contribution (the quid) for directing employees to rush approval of Hotel Jackbait (the quo). Undoubtedly the Mayor thinks the "Campaign Contribution" launders his bribe so thereby claims it's not a crime.
"I only conspired to accept a campaign donation and coincidentally instructed City employees to evaluate the Hotel development ASAP. So what?" If that fails, then play the race game.
It depends on what the definition of "is" - is.......lol.
And be careful, sir.....Never say "never"........
I'm not sure how big of a popcorn machine I'll need when the feds unseal unindicted co-defendent A, B and C's affadavits. Anyone want to advise?
3:35 I must say, that's some of the most contorted "reasoning" I've ever seen. I would love to have been inside your head when you went through that thought process.
What sister doing?
Good for WLBT's Anthony Warren for asking the question.
4:34 pm, I agree. contorted is right.
3:35 is a good example of why you should never post while under the influence of hallucinogenic substances.
You do realize all those decisions are made by the US Attorneys Office?
Garland was briefed on all this some time ago.
"I never conspired to commit a crime . . . I just straight-up did it."
Good thing the mayor was standing up because his seat is heating up fast.
"It depends on what the definition of is is." To the US public on live TV, "I did not ...." DNA survey says: Liar.
Does spending your time chasing ambulances cause frequent falls and brain damage? Maybe someone can get a payout for that. Oh, they on that already.
Some folks would just rather climb a telephone pole bare handed to tell a lie than stand on the ground and tell the truth.
I miss frank melton
“The money they found hidden in my office in the book safe at city hall that had matching serial numbers is just a campaign donation from I don’t remember who”. Sounds like a pre-indictment denial to me.
Chickens coming home to roost Chockolot..Stevie Wonder could see this coming!
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