Jackson State University apparently filed a grievance against JXN Water with U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate. Two notices popped up in the docket in U.S.A. v. City of Jackson yesterday:
Status Conference set for 9/18/2025 01:00 PM in Courtroom 6A (Jackson) Wingate before District Judge Henry T. Wingate. The parties are advised that, among other matters, this court will take up a grievance submitted by Jackson State University against JXN Water.
Status Conference set for 9/18/2025 01:00 PM in Courtroom 6A (Jackson) Wingate before District Judge Henry T. Wingate. The parties are advised that, among other matters, this court will take up a grievance submitted by Jackson State University against JXN Water. Additionally, the Court wishes to examine the billing and operations procedures of JXN Water, in view of recent criticisms regarding nonexistent accounts and lack of communication from JXN Water.
Sources said JSU wants to build a water tower on campus to store water but has not been able to obtain approval from JXN Water.
Judge Wingate has held private meetings with Mayor Horhn and his administration recently.
The plot thickens. Stay tuned.
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What talking about nonexitent accounts?
It says on courtroom schedule that
status conference on 9/18 is in
chambers
Would somebody please ask MSDH or the EPA why they cannot build a tank to hold water!
Would Jxn Water be the one to give them the ok?
Jeez, if Tate and the feds had not intervened ... lack of running water and the inability to flush "boo boo" ( Kenny Stokes Trademark) ... would be a worse cesspool than it is in 2025.
Now JSU has hopped on the bandwagon.
Why ?
I guess we can say Mayor not for
Jxn Water.
Jxn Water already told the court about having a company to look up people
that has no acct. This probably came
from that meeting with bond people.
The city was there.
It's odd isn't it there was no mention of
nonexistent accts. until now. When Jxn
Water already told people what they were doing about it. I wonder if the mayor ever talks to Jxn Water or just
heads to the judge. That doesn't seem
like the way to be mayor does it.
I wonder if the mayor talked to Jackson
state about the water tower?
We'll know sooner or later what those
private meetings were about .
Seems like the mayor wants to bypass
Jxn Water and head to the judge. Doesn't sound right to me. The judge
shouldn't allow it.
They talk at City council meetings about going to Wingate saying nothing
about talking to Mr. Henifin.
The judge should make the city pay
their water bill at the conference.
A water tower to be used to...wait for it...store water. Who knew?
Why would they need a water tower?
The water system is not like it was
when the city had it.
The mayor needs to concentrate on
the things he is responsible for. He's
not over water. He is suppose to take
care of everything but water and sewer.
Maybe that's why some things are not
getting done.
When the mayor comes to the judge,
the right thing to do would be to ask
the mayor has he talked to Jxn Water
first. That might put a stop to bypassing Jxn Water. I doubt the
judge does it.
Thought JSU already has a water tower
The mayor may be whining cause Jxn
Water kept the sanitation fees when
city didn't pay their water bill. Judge
should make them pay their bill.
Water towers to store water? Most water towers function for water pressure....not water storage.
I think the mayor needs to concentrate
on his own job. The order doesn't say
he suppose to bypass Jxn Water.
We don't know Jxn Water side to the
Jackson State story do we?
8:05 We will never know the whole story - no one has enough time, energy or resources to hire incompetent counsel to attempt to explain the obvious. A circle of attorneys around a leaking toilet bowl trying to decide which plumber to call would be a better visual of all the money going into the sewer system. No one will ever agree and the money keeps going down the drain.
Um, JSU *HAS* a water tank on campus, presently. A rather large one.
It kind of looks to me that Mayor "Do you know who I am?" Horne wants to replace Henifin with one of his picks and is working on the judge for that result and will probably get it.
I wonder if the mayor tried to interfere
about Jackson State water tower.
It would seem like the mayor is the one
not communicating when he goes around Jxn Water to the judge.
Any emails or phone calls the mayor
made to the judge are public record
I believe. Someone needs to put in
for those. It might just tell us a lot.
7:53 is right
1. To ensure consistent water pressure 2. To provide water when there are outages
Socrates Garrett could handle it...right?
Wjtv did a story jan. of this year that
workers were installing five new water
tanks at JSU.
At the Jackson committee meeting at
the capital the mayor called people
not paying their water bill deadbeats.
What about him at $6.4 million and
climbing.
Many of these posts appear to me to have been authored by one person. Or it could have been 25 guys with the same diction and poor grammar.
The posts that appear to be by the same person, the posts where they keep hitting return resulting in just a few words on each line, are almost certainly by someone that works for JXN Water.
It does appear that Horhn thinks he can go directly to Wingate without attempting to work with Henefin. Horhn probably wants control of the system, but that would be a disaster. He’ll be lucky to survive the mess he has currently in keeping the city functioning.
Its not someone from Jxn Water.
Whether they have one water tank or 5, it doesn't matter. They still have to pay for the water that goes in them.
For city to get the water the state and federal govt. will have to agree.
Since the tanks would be on the customers side of the meter I am not sure what approvals they really need. JSU should think about installing a water well like the hospitals did.
The COJ wants to replace Henefin with the Judge.
You mean the judge does the work?
In my opinion, Judge Wingate has made outstanding decisions until now. I have no reason to believe he will start doing otherwise.
Folks, the water is running pretty well. Judge Wingate has at least allowed JXN Water to do this.
Wingate is wasting valuable time on his fact finding mission. Even if he finds and recovers funds from the Siemens debacle, it will not be enough to prevent a rate increase. According to Ted, JXN Water is close to imploding financially.
https://www.wlbt.com/2025/09/11/this-house-cards-is-going-tumble-henifin-sounds-alarm-jxn-water-finances/
9:49 it doesn't make sense does it?
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