tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post1146191058366154965..comments2024-03-28T19:40:36.946-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: FOOD FIGHT at the Fairgrounds!Kingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-41703737502474150962019-12-01T10:35:32.907-06:002019-12-01T10:35:32.907-06:00"Valley fingerprinted my child at a local sch..."Valley fingerprinted my child at a local school without my prior authorization. "<br /><br />So what did your kid steal? ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-61123487654032885702019-12-01T10:34:42.194-06:002019-12-01T10:34:42.194-06:00Almost anything would be an improvement over the c...Almost anything would be an improvement over the crap concessions currently offered. <br /><br />Word I get is suggestions such as improving the offerings, having the employees wear standard clothes, and others were completely ignored. <br /><br />No one has a right to a no-bid state contract in perpetuity. No one. Kingfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-53992567639404752672019-12-01T08:05:15.465-06:002019-12-01T08:05:15.465-06:00Valley would do a good job, hire local, they act l...Valley would do a good job, hire local, they act local. Value to the consumer seems to not be in the equation. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-51542778102190482942019-11-30T20:26:45.678-06:002019-11-30T20:26:45.678-06:008:00 - why use the name "anonymous"? Yo...8:00 - why use the name "anonymous"? You should instead use "Cynic". <br /><br />You assume that this couldn't be the result of someone who didn't even consider getting "his hand greased" in the last election but rather just trying to find a better, more profitable method of operating the agency? <br /><br /><br />Maybe it was a different situation, Mr. Anonymous Cynic.<br /><br />Could have been that the politician didn't seek to get his "hand greased" and therefore didn't have a need to continue the no-bid, sole-source contract that the Clark family evidently has depended on for years as the sole customer of their "family business".<br /><br />At least that's the way it appears to me - and I'm not particularly a fan of the Ag Commissioner - in fact, think that we shouldn't have an elected Ag Commissioner. But that's not relevant to this discussion. Rather, I'm glad to see that he is looking for ways to improve the services that his office oversees and 'questioning' the status quo contracts seems like a good place to start.<br /><br />But for the Clark's to claim that Valley isn't a local company as their strongest basis for their complaining is ridiculous. Valley has been feeding folks throughout Mississippi for decades out of their Flowood MISSISSIPPI operation, and providing much more in services than Clark has ever thought of doing under their small concessions on the fairgrounds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-4796662535499355032019-11-29T21:01:23.797-06:002019-11-29T21:01:23.797-06:00Wow. This smacks of favoritism.Wow. This smacks of favoritism.Epstein's Fingerprints Weren't On The Sheet..noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-89064941015676355472019-11-29T20:00:37.228-06:002019-11-29T20:00:37.228-06:00Some candidate(s) did not get his hand greased app...Some candidate(s) did not get his hand greased appropriately during the 2019 campaign. That's the only thing that could keep this gravy train rolling for 20 years. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-85375387188295723832019-11-29T18:48:15.650-06:002019-11-29T18:48:15.650-06:00Valley fingerprinted my child at a local school wi...Valley fingerprinted my child at a local school without my prior authorization.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-49978096042349874622019-11-29T18:41:29.938-06:002019-11-29T18:41:29.938-06:00So one guy gets it for 20 years and wants it no bi...So one guy gets it for 20 years and wants it no bid. Why not take it in-house instead of making someone rich?Kingfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-32309745211662768652019-11-29T16:42:47.125-06:002019-11-29T16:42:47.125-06:00Valley also runs the Trustmark caffetieria on the ...Valley also runs the Trustmark caffetieria on the 8th floor of the Trustmark building for anyone that eats there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-81456751084512326632019-11-29T13:43:42.487-06:002019-11-29T13:43:42.487-06:00So Clark pays off the state to be the exclusive co...So Clark pays off the state to be the exclusive concessionaire...sounds about right for Mississippi - how is this not illegal?. And when did saving money become bad for taxpayers? I'm sure that Clark gave themselves a nice YOY increase for all those years.Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himselfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-20102801045469978362019-11-29T13:07:26.329-06:002019-11-29T13:07:26.329-06:00Valley Foods was not only "located" in M...Valley Foods was not only "located" in Mississippi, it was owned and headquartered in Flowood, MS for decades. If the family sold it to the so-called "French company" it is no more an "out-of-state" company than operations such as Viking Range (Greenwood), Irby Electric/Construction (Jackson), Venture Technologies (Ridgeland), or Bomgar (Ridgeland) are Mississippi companies - all of which were started, grew and sold/merged with international firms. <br /><br />Or that our wonderful news source, the Clarion Ledger, is not a Mississippi paper.<br /><br />Looks like the Clark's lost their gravy train that they have had for decades and don't like the fact that the new Commissioner decided to bring some competition for this lucrative contract to the state.<br /><br />Sour grapes are not worth eating. If Clark can't stand the heat of competition and is going to lose what appears to be their only client, sounds to me like they need to pack it up and find a new business venture (or a new politician that will let them create a "family company" that can operate without competition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-29490342776268132772019-11-29T13:06:11.196-06:002019-11-29T13:06:11.196-06:00Those free "business" trips to Paris cou...Those free "business" trips to Paris could disappear. Cynical Samnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-82761293319736472032019-11-29T12:38:08.573-06:002019-11-29T12:38:08.573-06:00Like the Farmers' Market Restaurant? There...Like the Farmers' Market Restaurant? There's no way that contract smacks of nepotism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-60804674468661640542019-11-29T12:33:03.826-06:002019-11-29T12:33:03.826-06:00a win for the free marketa win for the free marketAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com