tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post4022778645926855499..comments2024-03-28T04:00:02.063-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: UMC Closes Lakeland CourthouseKingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-22333328366637302192020-11-20T23:38:38.755-06:002020-11-20T23:38:38.755-06:00We passed by there, today. Every scrap of greener...We passed by there, today. Every scrap of greenery has been ripped-out, from the front, including the beautiful live oak at the entrance. This could mean a big expansion. Or it could mean that someone seriously trashy is taking over. I hear that someone ripped-out the shrubbery in front of the Reunion Equestrian Center, too (someone too primitive to understand the concept of landscaping, in that case).<br /><br />And the Courthouse/UMMC Wellness Center seems to be getting a gut-job, too: lots of debris, in huge containers. ANY NEWS? At this point, does anybody care? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-38300321876549774292020-05-26T18:36:20.968-05:002020-05-26T18:36:20.968-05:00Kingfish, please pass along any new information yo...Kingfish, please pass along any new information you receive on this. And if you manage to get the ingredients list of what's in those "foggers" some gyms are using, could you pass that along, too? At this point, a lot of us are wondering if we won't have to fill our houses with exercise equipment (the "disinfectant" probably being far more dangerous, in the long-term, than the virus).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-88199968318538810032020-05-18T15:47:27.115-05:002020-05-18T15:47:27.115-05:00Supposedly a deal was worked out with the Makos fo...Supposedly a deal was worked out with the Makos for the summer. Kingfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-63514556268055566532020-05-18T15:21:11.297-05:002020-05-18T15:21:11.297-05:00There were several vehicles parked by, and at leas...There were several vehicles parked by, and at least a few people in the pool, this past Saturday (May 16). The large windows and doors that face the street were open, and this was easy to see via a quick drive-by of the place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-79063423797262270652020-05-18T11:21:40.584-05:002020-05-18T11:21:40.584-05:00Word on the street is that the swim team is return...Word on the street is that the swim team is returning to the Wellness pool this week. The Millsaps swim team also utilizes the Wellness pool. I wonder if someone or a group of folks from the team or college have come up with the money to buy the building. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-60663366409275359712020-05-15T21:33:15.839-05:002020-05-15T21:33:15.839-05:006:46 The hospital has no money? How many of the hu...6:46 The hospital has no money? How many of the hundreds of administrators making $100,000+ are being let go?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-25433056361972891742020-05-15T21:00:19.296-05:002020-05-15T21:00:19.296-05:00"Nurses at UMMC are getting lay-off warning l..."Nurses at UMMC are getting lay-off warning letters. The hospital has no money due to no surgeries being performed. No money to keep the Courthouse up and running."<br />May 15, 2020 at 6:46 PM<br /><br />The Courthouse would not need injections of money, and would still be MAKING money, had management not "FINALLY!" run-off a huge segment of its long-time membership. It's the same segment that the Downtown 'Y' finally "got rid of", just before realizing it had no members left who weren't on welfare, and the South Jackson 'Y' ran-off, just before realizing it had no members left who weren't on welfare.<br /><br />But that's Mississippi "leadership" for ya: making things uncomfortable for the movers and shakers and jobmakers, while scratching your head with one hand, and scratching your ass with the other, wondering why everybody with a lick of sense moved to Seattle or Dallas or Austin or Nashville.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-82331875293936800752020-05-15T18:46:20.294-05:002020-05-15T18:46:20.294-05:00Nurses at UMMC are getting lay-off warning letters...Nurses at UMMC are getting lay-off warning letters. The hospital has no money due to no surgeries being performed. No money to keep the Courthouse up and running. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-69644685776428067042020-05-14T15:52:43.345-05:002020-05-14T15:52:43.345-05:00At 9:48 Ok so explain exactly how they "robbe...At 9:48 Ok so explain exactly how they "robbed" the hospital? This is more of the ridiculous jealous BS I'm talking about. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-72665239650596957052020-05-14T14:03:31.325-05:002020-05-14T14:03:31.325-05:00Attn 11:28 Thank you for that deeply thought out a...Attn 11:28 Thank you for that deeply thought out and insightful comment. Hotty Toddy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-63963914388227753202020-05-14T11:28:10.281-05:002020-05-14T11:28:10.281-05:00Those pools cost a fortune to operate. Lifeguards...Those pools cost a fortune to operate. Lifeguards, chemicals etc. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-42283182322731513552020-05-14T10:45:11.000-05:002020-05-14T10:45:11.000-05:009:44am, you obviously aren't in real estate an...9:44am, you obviously aren't in real estate and are just buying the cover bullshit fed to you by your admitted friend. <br /><br />How many people think appraisals, by hand picked, "friendly" appraisers are anywhere close to the reality of what the actual sale price will be? Neither building is worth a dime for anything other than what they are. They will have to be demolished and pools filled in and/or millions in renovations just to make the properties usable for other purposes, which believe it or not can actually be more expensive than just demolishing and building anew. Hence, the buyers for these properties are greatly limited in number, even more so than normal. If they sale for a combined $6 million, I will be shocked and immediately seek out that buyer for some limited use properties I have. <br /><br />You sound about as blinded by friendship as the shady Doc who set this up with his old frat buddy. I would guess you were a Phi Delt with young Johnny. Neither I nor anyone else gives one shit if you are sick of hearing about the truth or not. Shady shit went down and your buddy robbed a hospital. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-11672786365549939742020-05-14T09:44:29.099-05:002020-05-14T09:44:29.099-05:00At 10:31-This is not Johnny, but I am a close frie...At 10:31-This is not Johnny, but I am a close friend who is tired of reading disparaging posts by people who really don”t know what they are talking about or have a personal vendetta. I do know there were three separate appraisals done of ALL the property owned by The Courthouse and if UMMC were to turn around and sell it for even half of what it’s worth they could make another 5 million on top of the 10 already given. So whether you “think” it’s worth 10.5 million or not really doesn’t matter. It’s real estate and real estate has value. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-56495392773853658582020-05-14T08:08:52.815-05:002020-05-14T08:08:52.815-05:00That breaks my heart about Walter. What a wonderfu...That breaks my heart about Walter. What a wonderful human. He would be an asset at any company. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-10415653519848177892020-05-14T07:03:55.858-05:002020-05-14T07:03:55.858-05:00@5:47 and 6:44, amen, it still had than late 70s e...@5:47 and 6:44, amen, it still had than late 70s early 80s health club feel. Some people hate that and want that big, dumb, obnoxious CrossFit single room thing, (looking at you Club 24/7, I used to be a member of a club, now it’s a fitness mart) I don’t. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-81755742928439685982020-05-14T05:54:58.775-05:002020-05-14T05:54:58.775-05:00Calling a health club 'wellness' and sayin...Calling a health club 'wellness' and saying it's part of healthcare is BS. Anyone who buys that does no critical thinking. By that reasoning hospitals could buy stock in Beyond Meat, open a farmers market, a vitamin store, smoothie shops and all kinds of other stuff. Stay in your lane. <br /><br />And we're not talking about slapping a health club next to your parking garage, which, who cares? We're talking about buying huge buildings with pools that were already struggling and crashing them into the ground. It was stupid, everyone said it. I'm sure it was said in the comments on this site. <br /><br />You know what I've never said at the gym? "This is like going to the doctor." Madison Rulznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-85611884026350180812020-05-13T23:08:48.757-05:002020-05-13T23:08:48.757-05:00So St. D has a health club, and Baptist, and Merit...So St. D has a health club, and Baptist, and Merit?<br /><br />The public hospital needs to invest in washer/dryer locations, yogurt shops; convenience stores and gas stations. Then they should try roofing materials and dollar stores.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-6860950072460129752020-05-13T22:49:00.678-05:002020-05-13T22:49:00.678-05:00A couple of years ago I got the financial reports....A couple of years ago I got the financial reports. The courthouses at the time were losing alot of money. <br /><br />Of course, UMC spent money renovating the clubs that were leased so when they closed them, the money was lost and didn't renovate the ones they owned so they could have gotten that money back in a sale if they had sold them. Brilliant. <br /><br />Word on the street is a proposal was given to UMC this morning. Interested party wanted to buy Flowood and Brandon. Had financing in place. UMC wouldnt' even negotiate and instead announced the closure. <br /><br />By the way, Walter found out he lost his job AFTER UMC posted the announcement on Facebook this morning and notified the swim team yesterday. Poor man was in tears. Kingfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-72775264750708013032020-05-13T22:43:12.357-05:002020-05-13T22:43:12.357-05:00Really Johnny...err I mean 9:13pm? You are saying...Really Johnny...err I mean 9:13pm? You are saying that piece of property is worth $10.5 million? Holy shit....I have some land to sell to you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-41809097530033404222020-05-13T22:31:12.931-05:002020-05-13T22:31:12.931-05:00The hospitals and their systems jumped on the well...The hospitals and their systems jumped on the wellness train and bought health clubs and gyms. The previous owners have NOTHING to do with it. Every hospital in town bought health clubs. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16561660938785711393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-11628668268761661382020-05-13T21:13:31.075-05:002020-05-13T21:13:31.075-05:00Ok so my point is still the same. The blacks gave/...Ok so my point is still the same. The blacks gave/giving ummc 10 million to buy for 9.2 and now ummc has 10.5 worth of real estate that they don’t have to pay property taxes on. That adds up to about a 11 million gift to me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-75294374084418052862020-05-13T21:02:18.725-05:002020-05-13T21:02:18.725-05:00Speaking of UMMC... would love to see their full d...Speaking of UMMC... would love to see their full detailed budget posted here complete with individual salary information for every employee. You all would be shocked at how much some people there are paid. Have fun trying to get that public info. They don’t like people poking around...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-32978238271030049952020-05-13T20:49:56.824-05:002020-05-13T20:49:56.824-05:00Kevin Cook stopped the bleeding. Kevin Cook stopped the bleeding. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-68465377760502636902020-05-13T20:48:30.806-05:002020-05-13T20:48:30.806-05:00COVID will be the perfect excuse for poor manageme...COVID will be the perfect excuse for poor management of many companies. Within just weeks of COVID many large companies started whining about not paying rent or bills due to the virus.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-22093567144949508822020-05-13T19:32:30.071-05:002020-05-13T19:32:30.071-05:00This:
The building is not that bad, either. It...This:<br /><br />The building is not that bad, either. It's the ONLY facility in the metro, where, if there's an obnoxious situation in one room, you can go to another room, to finish your workout.<br /><br />One of the most astute things I've ever read in JJ comments. Not that it's a high bar. Madison Rulznoreply@blogger.com