Jackson Jambalaya

The mayor and his entourage are still welcomed into the restaurants and shops of Jackson instead of being refused service. This must be what local business owners want.

I guess the people who used to be TMH’s biggest boosters are no longer around.

She needs to call Richard Shorts (One call that's all) and file a lawsuit against the Mayor and his lackies. Richard could use that in his news hour ads, showing moldy TMH photos and all, since most in Jackson know very well what has happened there.

Add it to the list of pitiful management and leadership by Lumumba. He deserves to rot in jail for how he has treated his citizens, employees, and even voters

They should just relocate to a more supportive city

Move it to Madison

Thalia Mara Hall is the Welty Library all over again. Literally falling in on itself, with rain pouring in. Listen to the WBLT interview of Angie Ladner back in September. BTW, Patty Furr got herself a nice little settlement when the Library Commission fired her. I see another settlement on the horizon.

Mic F'ing Drop!

Human & Cultural Services Director..this administration is a laughable joke. Not one person has ever, or will ever take them seriously, or the people who support them seriously, including their entourage of attorney and friends who have buzzword salad jobs. And yes, Bellinder, I am also including you.

Once all of the proverbial sh!t hits the fan, and they are outed for all of their BS everyone has been claiming for years, the Lumumba clown show will go down as they worst thing that has ever happened to the City of Jackson, and that is really saying something.

I hope she sues, and wins "Biggly" on a wrongful termination lawsuit. Retaliatory firings aren't seen as a good thing in "the collective".

I think Thalia Maria Hall will be no more. Jackson doesn’t care.

Appalling. Forcing her to work in that contaminated dumpster while receiving chemotherapy (I'll keep my opinion to myself).

I see the problem - she is too fair skinned.

As bad as Jackson is, I can understand how an events venue manager might need to be present at the events venue. Or take medical leave if needed. Some jobs you just can't do at home.

Fake mayor took a couple administrators on trip out of town to influence future testimony against him.

She made the award winning recipient of the Harvard, John F. Kennedy New Frontier award look bad. She had to go. Thalia Mara is not a priority with him.

Sounds like the best thing she could hope for is to no longer be employed by the cesspool. I bet she feels like she got paroled.

Anyone connected have a sister that the mayor's minions could just slip seat into this job?

Sister P?

Sister Q?

Sister

2:34 nails it. We haven’t had any great mayors this century. But Lumumba should be in the running for worst mayor of any city EVER. Completely and utterly incompetent. And then throw in his very thinly veiled corruption on top of that. Everything he touches turns to sh@!.

Why is the Mayor recall bill by Shanda Yates not garnering enough support to be passed into law?

Add racism to the list of allegations against COJ.

I agree

Ms. Ladner seems like a very intelligent lady. Thus my question is why she accepted a position in this administration from the start ?

His trial can't come soon enough. The Lumumba regime needs to be done once and for all!

So she wasn't allowed to temporarily work from home, but her termination hearing for working from home is virtual? Rich. "Exhibit A, Your Honor."

Nothing to see here….just opened a position for one of the Mair’s minions

Thank you, Ms. Ladner, for working so hard and being dedicated to your job. Prayers for your health.

Even under federal indictment on corruption charges, the Lumumbas continue to squirt their venom around. Amazing.

Move it to Madison. No one wants to spend a night out in that dump of a city.

Hold up . . . The Lumumba Administration fired someone for not reporting to the office?? And without a hint of irony??

I hope Ms. Ladner collects a truckload of money when this is all said and done.

Good luck finding someone competent to run that dump. Assuming it ever opens again

This admin has consistently not managed facilities across the board. Thalia is just one example of many. The Hood Building is also very moldy from past air conditioning outages throughout the years. It didn’t have fire suppression at one point due to interior fire line having been cut off from leaks years ago. Probably still that way. Zero concerns for employee conditions. Library conditions lead to demo of Tisdale and Welty, with Richard Wright is on its way. Many of the fire station conditions are terrible, and firefighters stay in them overnight while on shift. .

Question for the mayor: What competent person would now even bother to apply for this position? Is this another "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" for the Greater Jackson KUSH?

Did the Human and Cultural Services Director have anyone on staff that could assist Ms Ladner while she was recovering? We have to do better as loving, kind and caring people. I know her termination of employment was bullshit, this shigity happens in government. You have to spend thousands of dollars to prove you did nothing wrong for a two penny job. Her director and staff attorney should be ashamed. Karma is a bitch! Just a matter of time they asses will be gone!

@ 2:34- NAIL. ON. HEAD. "Director" Pamela Scott and
"Deputy Director" Mike Williams over @ Human & Culture are the ones that need to be looked at, and held accountable. The only "REPAIRS" being done at TMH currently is the mold treatment; which could have been easily avoided had they just done ONE thing- Fix the HVAC. This is on them- over a million dollars worth of mold cleaning- - and while their staff hung on for dear life, they retaliated; and ran out an entire group of hard working professionals, dedicated and willing to work even in the worst case scenarios. Shame. Shame.I hope someone is paying attention... thank you kingfish!

Some of these people just need a good old fashioned ass whooping and a piece of humble pie.

You have to wonder if her reason for needing chemotherapy treatment might have been related to the various toxic substances she was undoubtedly exposed to at work.

Socrates Garrett Venue Management LLC in 3, 2, 1...

Alternatively, Richard's Venue Management LLC or Sista Rukia Venue Management in 3, 2, 1...

MOVE the capital

With all the problems in that building, I'd argue we're looking at a case of systemic environmental racism.

Or it's just absolute incompetence, ignorance and grift.

It should just relocate maybe Madison

Ms Ladner if you’re reading this just move it to a more supportive city. Like Madison,Brandon or Flowood

Needs a new name to better capitalize on the b*llsh*t.

Dicks Disposal Venue at Thalia Mara Hall.

Then put the signs on the trucks and have the drivers sell the tickets!

Put the mair's face and name on the trucks as well.

WIN!

The woman who fired her has a Licensed Clinical Social Worker title appended to her name. She's about to get a legal education.

MS Ladner's Ts are crossed, and her I's are dotted in order to pursue (and prevail) in a wrongful termination lawsuit. Normally, in this at-will state, her termination might be upheld (unless FMLA and ADA are involved), but her ducks are in a row.

She will qualify for unemployment insurance, but that amount will pale when compared with the amount she will receive from a successful lawsuit.

I'd go with a bigger name than Schwartz. His firm is too anxious to settle early just to gain a commission and move on.

Too bad she is not employed by the federal government. Working from home is one of the requirements.

It going to be hard to claim the City was acting in good faith in providing
reasonable accommodation in this scenario. Forcing a recovering cancer
patient back into a risky environment before they get a medical release
is going to cost the City probably over six figures. Maybe more if it can
be proved they acted with malice.

I’ve learned from experience that when someone puts an alphabet soup of degrees and certifications behind his or her name in correspondence, such as Pamela Scott, PhD LCSW, to largely temper my expectations as to his or her capabilities. It is almost a given when dealing with government employees.

She left off racial discrimination

Pamela Scott is a real moron. I’ve known her for years and this lady isn’t qualified to do much in life

7:44 and that is exactly why the city is in the shape it is in. They hired friends of Lumumba and gave them these long do-nothing titles and they aren't qualified to collect parking meter money. Lumumba is using the City of Jackson as the bank to redistribute the wealth to their people.

Don’t want the new entertainment venue in Madison. Rather it be in Ridgeland or Gluckstadt

So which burb is going to pony up the $50 million or so it would cost to build one?

Just say no to another Thalia Mara in Madison!

Flowood needs to build a convention center!!!!

They can do it just like a baseball stadium: Sign a deal with Live Nation and sell bonds to finance it.

That was good snark, brother, carry on.

Schwartz is to busy making television commercials to be a serious lawyer.

Schwartz lives mostly in Puerto Rico.

What's the next crisis that will confront the citizens and taxpayers of Jackson?

The Mair is still the Mair and his circus hasn't left town!

Swartz comes across like a used car salesman, or a warehouse liquidation sale spokesman. Hard to take seriously. There are several other local lawyers doing commercials, all come across as clowns.

Patty Furr was fired by the Board of the Jackson Hinds Library System, a city/county agency. The Library Commission is a state agency. The current Jackson/Hinds Library Director recently "resigned". The Board has a history of hiring incompetent directors. But nothing will be done without support from our city "leaders", and that has been sorely lacking for a long time.

I’ve never met Pamela Scott, but my impression of Mike Williams’s is, he is “as worthless as tits on a boar hog.” I hope he goes down with the mayor and goes to prison. Course, he may just be worthless and not a criminal.

@ 6:33 - You mentioned 'reasonable accommodation' and whether the city acted in good faith in providing that.

Reasonable Accommodation is a legal term which only applies to the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Although I hope she prevails, an employer is not required to offer 'reasonable accommodation' in return-to-work situations, other than those which involve ADA.

If, however, she made an effort, under ADA guidelines, to involve a medical doctor who did certify disability status AND suggest/request a reasonable accommodation (and state what the accommodation would be), and it was denied or ignored, she could have a path worth taking.

My understanding is that, by law (or some binding resolution involving elected bodies), the IBC, when in the United States (every third year), MUST be held in Jackson. Obviously, if not for that law or binding agreement, the IBC would have moved to a better city in a better part of the country, years ago. Can someone spell-out the specifics of what I'm only vaguely remembering?