No, that headline does not refer to the exhibit at the Mississippi Wildlife Extravaganza but what Jackson Mayor John Horhn said yesterday in The Jambalaya with the Kingfish podcast. It was something about what was waiting for him every time he turned over a stone in city government since he took office a month ago. Mayor Horhn discussed the previous administration's failure to pay bills, Thalia Mara Hall problems, the apartments controversies, blight, and of course, Jackson's water problems.
Posted below are video and audio-only versions of the podcast. Enjoy.
19 comments:
Failure of the last administration to pay bills (spending money that isn’t available) is tantamount to theft. Put the state auditor on their a**es. P.S. do the state prisons allow fake beards and wigs while being incarcerated?
I believe Horhn knew what he was getting into, and I hope he will put in the effort to fix it by attracting businesses, residents, and shoppers from Day 1 for tax revenue. You can't fix problems without revenue.
Just give Shad a call.
He always takes calls from whistleblowers!
RIGHT!
And he's just getting started! Imagine what all he'll see in the next 4 years.
I don't think the mayor has checked to
see how low collection rates were before Ted got here.
There is one under every stone in the COJ.
He wanted to blame Jxn Water for the
audit problems. The city was not turning over information to the
auditor.
Thank you for this
This has given me hope for Jackson.
I need to write him
https://www.wlbt.com/2025/07/29/jackson-64m-behind-water-bills-see-details/
Did this slip under the radar?
Unfortunately, I fear Hohrn's accomplishments over the next 4 years will be few, because most, if not all, of his time will likely be used to straighten out the horrendously long list of things the totally-incompetent, narcissistic, kush-centered former mayor of Jackson f'd up!
Y'all don't understand. Invoices sat on desks for months when funds were available. The general contractor on the Riverside Drive had to shut down the project until the taxpayers ponied up another million for the cost overrun. Lumumba blamed that and several others on "software glitches." He lied.
In my humble opinion, Horhn should
1) demand, with a hard deadline, all unpaid invoices from every department
2) order a forensic audit ASAP
3) go to the 1% commission (or whatever its called) and ask for funds to pay the backlogged invoices (that are actual invoices and not bogus crap).
Cleaning up all the bullshit will be hard and take a lot of people working together.
KF I didn't listen all the podcast. Did you ask the mayor about the city owing
Jxn Water over $6 million?
Great interview KF.
"I fear Hohrn's accomplishments over the next 4 years will be few, because most, if not all, of his time will likely be used to straighten out the horrendously long list of things the totally-incompetent, narcissistic, kush-centered former...yada yada"
Hohrn only needs to take a chapter out of The Book of Trump. Seems Trump can take care of the incompetence that preceded him at the same time he's making changes for a better America. Why can't Hohrn do the same with Jackson?
But, the truth is Hohrn, in four years, when he runs again, will claim he didn't have time to do positive things for Jackson's future - He was too busy straightening up Luboomba's messes.
Horhn is going to be same song, second verse. Dont think things are going to change too much in the next four years. Nothing will happen except the taxpayers of MS will pay for the shortfall…
Well….get a damn hoe and start chopping off heads!
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