Jackson Jambalaya

Jackson doesn’t care about more tax money.

The ship is sinking and they are rearranging the deck chairs.

Love the irony of the preceding post lamenting flat tax revenue and budget deficits. You just can't fix Stupid!

If a tree falls in the woods and nobody is there to hear it................

Basically the only 2 council members with a brain voted against it. Kevin is a weasel and a laughing stock. Was he wearing his $80 white tee shirt too ?

The majority of the Council doesn't understand simple economics - or city government or any other aspect of their elected responsibilities.

"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience"

Honestly, I wish Brandon(where the B on the flag stands for Butch) would have done this and listened to the concerned citizens. Instead, they just rammed it down our throats and tried to shut our voices down. Seems to be a pattern. FBL...

They should ban corporate headquarters, large factories, restaurants and shopping malls while they are at it. And banks. They are as likely to locate in Jackson as a data center.

BC the clown cites New York's moratoriums on data centers as one of the reasons Jackson needs. Yeah, Jackson definitely should follow the lead of New York. That definitely applies here.

Ask any of the “banners” to define a data center. Their answer will tell you all they know. Nothing !

Jackson doesn’t need any more tax dollars or economic growth even though the city is in the red

Continued incompetence exists on the City with Soul's leadership - facing a significant budget shortfall, unwilling to cut costs and expenditures, and yet saying no to a potential major source of income for the city -- all because a few folks want to raise hell, probably because they aren't going to profit from it.

Thank God we have two voices of reason on the Council, Foote and Hartley (being two of the three that also fought against the grant and corruption of the garbage contract, but I digress). Parkinson continues his wanting to play both sides of the fence and not stand against idiocy - just as he has done now on the last three contensious issues that came before the Council. No different other than dress than the one he replaced.

Now refer to previous article

Maybe Horhn can learn about data centers at Harvard

If the knife is sharp enough; it doesnt hurt at all when you cut your own throat.

That should take care of the high crime rate and crumbling streets!

Facebook said data centers are bad so it must be true. Besides, why should any part of I-220 be developed when it's already a perfectly good swamp, litter magnet, and corpse dump?

Good thing Hinds County, the City of Jackson, and Jackson Public Schools don't need any extra money. Meanwhile Madison County, Ridgeland, and Canton Public Schools are getting tens of millions extra dollars every year as a result of AWS.

https://www.onlinemadison.com/news/amazon-data-centers-projected-to-deliver-54-million-a-year-to-madison-county-by-2032-5ab79b22

Wise leadership would look at Ridgeland, already one of the wealthiest, most successful cities in the state, and now poised to receive tens of millions in tax revenue over the next decade on data centers alone, and copy what they’re doing. Instead, Jackson chooses to copy the New York, California, AOC and Bernie Sanders approach of general dumbassery that keeps their people in despair. Ridgeland isn’t laughing, nor is Madison County, or Rankin. They are all shaking their heads at an epic level display of sheer stupidity. Wise people understand that Mississippi needs a strong capitol city. Yet Jackson’s low IQ leadership chooses to do the opposite of what the wise do EVERY time.

I’ve got the perfect solution that solves two problems at once - tear down the zoo and build a data center there.

Jackson is anti business. The data center protestors looked like freaks too. The biggest reason jackson is anti business is because they are not willing to go all out against crime.

Whew! That was close! Thank goodness we kept that tax revenue out of Jackson!

Jackson… Never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

Businesses are moving out of Jackson for various reasons. Yet Jackson apparently is against data centers coming in. While data centers will ultimately eliminate some jobs (usually lower paying), the new jobs created will be much higher paying (maybe $ 100,000 or more). I’m not sure of the logic and thinking on this.

1154, exactly, Kevin is a slob. Does he even own a tie?

1:30 it would never get built. You know how much copper wire and Ford trucks it takes to build one?

While data centers will ultimately eliminate some jobs ...

In Jackson you can't eliminate jobs that don't already exist.

Jackson, the city that cannot manage its water system, votes against data centers that require lots of water that Jackson could not deliver.
Think this is just a Saving Face vote.

One other consideration is that Jackson is taking a wait-and-see approach. Might be prudent to do that. Let’s see how the others around the area fare after a few years before adding more.

Tellingly, the vote wasn't even close. Meanwhile, surrounding counties are laughing all the way to the bank.

What's the first rule when you're digging yourself into a hole?

We deserve to know that certain concerns are being vetted. I've been in IT for 30 years and I have quite a bit of data center knowledge. I know what it can do to a city and property owners don't need anymore strikes against us. If certain areas aren't being covered, we'll end up living in a city where you can't sleep from noise, turn on the tap to no water, etc. And yes I know, they have made progress with that but that's what we want to know. If questions aren't asked, they'll throw a mess in our laps that we'll never be able to get rid of or recover from. Some of you people make the stupidest comments. It's just more time to vet the process and gain some public comfort with it. Incidentally, JXNWater has our flowrate turned down so low that it takes 5 minutes to fill up a sink. We are traumatized by the water situation and we need some assurances. Eventually, it will be lifted and the project will move forward. So screw all of you, honestly. Just screw you all.