Jackson Jambalaya

The decision has been made already….this is theatre

Follow the money to some crooked supervisors. A conference center benefits few but the majority of residents of Madison County will be on the hook for $48 million, which will grow. We don't need the traffic, especially at the entrance to Ridgeland HS.

Very true. The crooked supervisors decided this while sipping single malt in a smoke filled room.

Jackson’s conference center is losing money and Madison wants to build one?

$48 million? More like $480 million when it’s all done.

Yes and this will make many in government very rich. More rich than the tax payers they are soaking!

Why would this surprise anyone. Inherent behavior of any politician.

Jackson's convention center losses have far exceeded all the worst case scenarios drawn up to dupe the public in advance of the enabling vote. The lack of an adjoining hotel and all the other excuses put forth in retrospect were all known at the time. The public was sold that the center would at least break even. It has never come close to doing so.

Mr. Speed said it was the biggest mistake he ever made at MDA.

The bonding rope-a-dope. Never tell the public what the all-in financed total will be after the bonds are paid back.

@3.5% and 20 years the payback is at least $67 million.

JCC was supposed to be revenue bonds. The market said nope, not buying them. Harvey sold GO bonds. Never told Jacksonians.

If Steen is for it, must be a crooked deal.

Trey's decorum is deplorable. District 2 needs better representation.

This deal is destined to make the Lost Rabbit PID and Parkway East PID look competent.

@11:09, that's just because Steen thinks he's the board dictator and refuses to listen to any of his proposals... which all seemed to have merit to me. Steen needs to go, anything he touches is only good for his pocket book.

I will never understand why people will get out of one city move up the road and start creating the same problems they moved away from. Its kind of like the idiots that believe in socialism. They all think that their brand of socialism will work, the same with these narcissist they think because THEY do it it will work. Keep trading quality of life for greed and growth and your kids will be raising your grandkids in another town or state.

@11:40, two things can be true at the same time....Baxter can be mad as hell at Steen for being the way he is, but he could also conduct himself with much more decorum. He hurts his own cause as much as Steen by the way he acts.

It passed. New luxury cars and vacation homes in 3, 2, 1.

Funny the lady in the blue dress complaining the High Schools have to go down the Mississippi Coliseum during graduation. Honey This conference center will not be able to hold this many people during graduation. Also, conference center has been on the downfall since covid. Having trade show at a conference center have been replaced by zoom.

“Having trade show at a conference center have [sic] been replaced by zoom.”

You don’t get out much do you? Look at the bookings at Clyde Muse, Sheraton, etc.

12:08, you're not wrong and I also think Baxter could oppose Steen more tactfully sometimes. But in this case I'm not sure what else he could have done to try and apply some accountability as it was clear that Steen, Griffin, and Banks were going to force it through. It was clear watching the stream that due-diligence has not been done. Sounded like Baxter just wanted to make sure his opposition was clearly stated once this becomes a cluster. Dude was just thinking about re-election at that point.

Truth

This conference center will hold graduation for all Madison county schools. You might want to check out what is going on out at The Refuge conference center. 90% booked and Rankin salivating in the $$$.

So it sounds like the majority of citizens are against this. Soooo… why is it going forward?

Because the troublesome trio represent $pecial intere$t$, not the public.

This is… Democracy Manifest!

Griffin - dumb as rock
Banks - politically savvy, but a democrat, you can reason with him
Steen - knows how to play the game, slimy
Brannon - clueless, but his wife works for Mayor Mary
Baxter - a disappointment

Hmm. Conference centers rarely if ever make $. This process seems rushed. The experts-I’m sure are getting paid. Taxpayers will prob start footing bill soon. Are taxpayers going to fund hotel?

You can bet if McGee and Steen are backing a project, the 'shitter's full'!

Baxter has always been slovenly. It sorta goes along with never having a real job.

Exactly! Madison residents do not want conference centers or hotels! Ridgeland will regret all the many hotels located in that city once they get some age on them and attract unsavory individuals!

Baxter may be many things, but I can tell you right now that if you’re using words like “sorta,” you have no business throwing around words like “slovenly” that you clearly pulled from ChatGPT. I have an idea—how about a spelling contest?

It would be wonderful if voters could replace bothTrey Baxter and Steen next election!!

If this was going to be such a great commercial success, why do the Prado boys need public dollars? Surely, someone in the commercial lending space would be happy to underwrite such a sure thing.

So just to be clear. Madison is buying the property for $10 million from Prado. Then Madison is financing the property for Prado. Then Prado is getting a 5% management fee for managing the property. Then he’s essentially getting the property back for $10. And he’s also saying now that he started from nothing? That’s funny because he has bragged around town that his dad was a developer and he has family money. Also, he was working a normal job making under 100K until his father passed. It’s all in the name… PradoCON.

Interesting that Gerald Steen and Prado are friends on Facebook. Seems like a conflict of interest.

Why Tate Reeves and the other so-called leaders of the MS Republican Party sit by and allow Madison County Supervisor/RINO Gerald Steed backed by Ridgeland Mayor/RINO Gene F. McGee…..turn Madison County over to Democrats with Mike Espy (who’s record totally speaks for itself) leading the way; all in exchange for short term gains for Ridgeland, proves yet again why Republicans are called THE Stupid Party.

Democrats have literally DESTROYED Jackson. HUD is allegedly paying much more in monthly rental to landlords (many out of state) to place No Income, No Job, No Assets Section 8 tenants in the Rankin Schools districts, and now, Democrats literally control Madison County.

Democrats are evil, but they’re not dumb like Republicans. Democrats play the long game while Republicans sit on their hands. When Madison County falls, and since Democrats destroy everything, it likely will, remember it was Gerald Steen and Gene F. McGee at the helm with the so-called leaders of Mississippi’s Republican Party sitting on the sidelines that allowed it to happen (where the ____ is Mary Hawkins Butler???).

How do the troublesome trio drive a car or use their phones with so much grease on their palms?

Tesla self driving and Siri can make it hands free?

Who is this dude that is suddenly investing and building things. Where did he come from, has anyone done a background check ?

The lost rabbit pid was a disaster but the county worked with the lenders and lost rabbit is very well developed and looks pretty good.

You’ve got hate in your heart.

You said all that to suggest he is not slovenly? Perhaps you might look it up. He's asleep as often as Banks is asleep. He dresses out of a dumpster. His attention span is bumping zero. He can't compose a sentence. Here: Let me help: Slovenly - "untidy or carelessly done in appearance, habits, or work".

What is chatgpT?

The ultimate self licking ice cream cone. No way the tax payers aren’t on the hook at least for interest on the bonds.

I am pro convention center, and I previously had nothing against Prado... until now. Everybody would be a developer if they could do deals like this! Sell the acreage at an insane cost, and then get it all back for $10??? What was the hurry to vote on the morning of after a holiday weekend? Why not get an independent survey? Allow the public to ask questions. Why is this being passed through Prado at all. What am I missing here?

This deal is a joke. Anybody can get a Wyndham hotel franchise. He couldn't get a Hilton or Marriott brand because he has no resume.

11:27 AM said: “You’ve got hate in your heart.”

Yep, we hate that a 2-year old was murdered.
We hate 2 children being killed by stray bullets inside of only 10 days.
We hate that a 7-year old was murdered (shot in the face).
We hate evil and Democrats are the evil that destroyed and turned Jackson into America’s murder capital with soft on crime, catch and release Democrat Party policies.

Kane Ditto began the turning of Jackson, MS over to radical Democrats in the 1990’s when he hired Jimmy Wilson.
Now Madison County Supervisor Gerald Steen, backed by Ridgeland Mayor Gene F. McGee have turned Madison County over to Democrats…..so hang on.


But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. Mathew 13:25

Open up some Kwik-E-Mart's, paint the Drury Inn poorly, collect $48 mil. got it.