tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post7145022069818033559..comments2024-03-28T13:59:24.648-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: It's All Happening at the Zoo.... Not!Kingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-55167284627750350292019-10-22T14:11:50.150-05:002019-10-22T14:11:50.150-05:00The new firm, zooWhover, doesn't have a licens...<i> The new firm, zooWhover, doesn't have a license because they are issued on a site-by-site basis. To claim that they probably never had one, as said above, is not relevant, because they can't get one for this facility until the feds inspect the facility and approve it - all as has been reported in earlier posts on this site.</i><br /><br />Obviously. However, the company has no Class C license anywhere in the country. Period. <br /><br />Mayor never said anything about closing zoo due to a lack of a site specific license until well, he was forced to do so. Kingfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-45724071096920398972019-10-16T11:11:32.632-05:002019-10-16T11:11:32.632-05:00@9:13
That's just a side effect of being an in...@9:13<br />That's just a side effect of being an incompetent charlatan who was elected purely based on race instead of record.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-34569749819048980372019-10-16T09:24:40.157-05:002019-10-16T09:24:40.157-05:00The Boat is sinking or has sunk we need to face it...The Boat is sinking or has sunk we need to face it. Yes the city is in tough situation but anytime somebody tries to help the city leaders are afraid they might lose their power. Attempts to save the Zoo, the Airport etc. have all been seen as racist. After a while the so called "racist" Help says why bother. The Mayor is in a tough situation but has always seemed more concerned about what everyone would say nationally. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-37447308404680308252019-10-16T09:19:13.594-05:002019-10-16T09:19:13.594-05:00If the state can confiscate a bunch of horses in B...If the state can confiscate a bunch of horses in Bentonia to make sure they're properly cared for, why can't they step in and make sure these animals are properly cared for? Damn everything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-87028513206964742342019-10-16T09:16:39.756-05:002019-10-16T09:16:39.756-05:00They need to do a gofundme. If done right (feed th...They need to do a gofundme. If done right (feed the starving animals--pay the starving workers) it might even go viral with contributions coming in from all over the world. Throw in a few sad pictures and you have a winner.anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09204197300839927494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-18143814932701559812019-10-16T09:13:45.727-05:002019-10-16T09:13:45.727-05:00Like Obama, Lumumba is the inverse Midas, everythi...Like Obama, Lumumba is the inverse Midas, everything touched turns to garbage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-20565591676996165822019-10-15T23:56:33.849-05:002019-10-15T23:56:33.849-05:005:11 - Nobody is eligible for COBRA who did not ha...5:11 - Nobody is eligible for COBRA who did not have insurance to begin with. COBRA coverage eligibility hinges entirely on having had prior creditable coverage in the relevant time period.<br /><br />But,whoever said these people are not independent contractors is correct. They do not meet that federal definition. Once again, city lawyers are asleep in the wheelhouse. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-71351533849839873272019-10-15T23:22:46.574-05:002019-10-15T23:22:46.574-05:00I just watched the video. Besides the fact that th...I just watched the video. Besides the fact that the zoo is lost, seeing that the Catholic Diocese of Jackson supports Working Together Jackson means I won't be giving to the service appeal anymore. I can't believe they don't have better places to spend our money. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-31943675333134885292019-10-15T20:50:16.595-05:002019-10-15T20:50:16.595-05:00Why don’t zoo workers get benefits like dog catche...Why don’t zoo workers get benefits like dog catchers and grass cutters? Are they not under direction of the city now? How about an employer law case on top of everything else we have to deal with? This is not a new concept. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-70976835866157871302019-10-15T20:47:49.465-05:002019-10-15T20:47:49.465-05:00Wild dogs killed zoo animals. When the zoo is go...Wild dogs killed zoo animals. When the zoo is gone, what will they eat next?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-72549582165109096712019-10-15T20:14:57.626-05:002019-10-15T20:14:57.626-05:00My family and I have spent many a happy afternoon ...My family and I have spent many a happy afternoon at the Jackson Zoo. It is just plain sad for the Zoo to be in the state it is. The two main things now are the welfare of the animals and the welfare of the loyal workers. I agree with the poster above regarding giving the animals to Hattiesburg if they can keep them and afford them. Otherwise let whatever zoo that wants, can care for, provide for, and sustain them, have them. We have lost the opportunity it seems. If the zoo is in that bad a repair and the location is not attractive to visitors, particularly non-Jacksonians, then it is best to let it go. We have not even been able to protect the animals from dog attacks in recent history. This is indicative of the city not having adequate animal control even outside the zoo. It matters not to me that licenses are issued on a case by case basis. OK, but what is preventing our City Fathers and our media from knowing where they have operated successfully. It all stinks to high heaven to me and it all stems from allowing true urban blight from nesting in the immediate area. Even Beale St. in Memphis has a large cleared area around it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-16433843253981930932019-10-15T19:19:14.466-05:002019-10-15T19:19:14.466-05:00Jackson faces financial obligations it can’t meet....Jackson faces financial obligations it can’t meet.<br /><br />The zoo is not feasible.<br /><br />It’s a green thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-57812247271824432402019-10-15T19:00:40.614-05:002019-10-15T19:00:40.614-05:00The Moose our front should have told you we are cl...The Moose our front should have told you we are closed....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-16858047604237399782019-10-15T18:53:46.359-05:002019-10-15T18:53:46.359-05:00Why are the zoo employees being treated as second ...Why are the zoo employees being treated as second rate? They are the ONLY ones who know how to care for these animals. The right thing to do would be to put them on city payroll with benefits. Contract employees pay double FICA and no benefits. Why should they not get what the other city employees get?<br /><br />City has a mess on its hands if they all leave. A nasty literal mess. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-5363380534040227542019-10-15T18:53:22.262-05:002019-10-15T18:53:22.262-05:00Too bad they closed the Collins zoo behind the pin...Too bad they closed the Collins zoo behind the pink fence on Hwy 49... they would probably manage it better... lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-10393999381881247112019-10-15T18:41:12.774-05:002019-10-15T18:41:12.774-05:00Some valid points have been made about the validit...Some valid points have been made about the validity of contractor status for these workers. Whether they are given a work schedule, i.e., told when to show up to work, is another factor in determining if they are in fact employees. Of course, by the time this is actually litigated, it will (probably) no long be this administration's problem. (nod to Harvey Johnson).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-74533799041419363142019-10-15T18:03:17.566-05:002019-10-15T18:03:17.566-05:00A third year law student could rip Jackson on IRS ...A third year law student could rip Jackson on IRS and Labors laws being spit on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-37848217415749603502019-10-15T17:35:21.596-05:002019-10-15T17:35:21.596-05:00Marshall Ramsey always draws tiny wheels on vehicl...Marshall Ramsey always draws tiny wheels on vehicles. It’s a thing he’s done for years. His company is Tiny Wheels Media. It’s not a commentary on roads or anything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-78764699388149263002019-10-15T17:23:38.880-05:002019-10-15T17:23:38.880-05:00Mayor Lumumba is the master of mediocrity. He tal...Mayor Lumumba is the master of mediocrity. He talks a lot but says nothing. He gets even less accomplished. He wouldn’t survive mid level management at a Fortune 500 company. What has he accomplished? What aspect of city governance is running well? What’s his success rate for projects with outside contractors? Which projects have finished on time, on budget and in a satisfactory fashion? His law school’s graduates only pass the bar at a miserable 42% rate. Even a one L law student understands the due diligence required for the Zooquarium contract? They aren’t even accredited to perform the work. That’s pathetic. Did Jacksonians not get the gist of “The Emperors New Clothes”? He is clothed in fancy word gibberish -well intended maybe. List his successes for our city. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-8560794732335906132019-10-15T17:11:04.388-05:002019-10-15T17:11:04.388-05:00Many different points here to talk about all the p...Many different points here to talk about all the party's failures:<br /><br />1) the zoo employees/contractors are eligible for COBRA benefits, if they should so choose. Granted, they would have to pay for it, just as any other laid off employee of a firm, or a displaced worker due to bankruptcy of a firm would be entitled. And in this case, if the employees had not been laid off due to the zoo no longer having a lease, they would have been laid off due to the bankruptcy of the Society.<br /><br />2) To say that this is entirely the fault of the city is just as false a narrative as Baby Chock's. The zoo society could not pay its bills for the past three or four months and the city had to bail them out. And without having misappropriated the state's bond dollars, they couldn't pay their operating bills for the last year. So the employees would have lost their benefits if the society had remained in place but the city did not bail them out (as they are probably going to do for the failing convention center as well.) So don't tell me that they would have been fine if the city had renewed the lease, because it is clear that those operating the zoo couldn't continue to pay the bills - including their salaries and benefits.<br /><br />3) The new firm, zooWhover, doesn't have a license because they are issued on a site-by-site basis. To claim that they probably never had one, as said above, is not relevant, because they can't get one for this facility until the feds inspect the facility and approve it - all as has been reported in earlier posts on this site.<br /><br />Don't know that they will ever get one for this site though since it needs major repairs, and nobody has the money to pay for the repairs. But that's another story - the fact that they didn't have one going into the deal isn't a problem. The fact that the city didn't realize it was going to be a problem and deal with it ahead of time is a problem and that fault lays solely at the feet of Baby Chock and his armpit, Dr. Blaine.<br /><br />4) The city has no business maintaining a zoo in its current condition (both the city's condition and the zoo's condition). And moving it is not an option, and was only a pipe dream by some idiots in the society since they had no way to come up with the $75 million plus that it would take to move the zoo. Of course, they felt they could get their high-paid lobbyist Beth Clay to get them the money from taxpayers all over the state - from the legislature. But that kite would never fly - nobody in their right mind would give approval to such a ridiculous expenditure by the state.<br /><br />5) These so-called contract workers would still be covered by the city's comp coverage, despite their attempt to claim differently. They would be deemed employees for purpose of the coverage no matter what legal language the eagle Anderson thinks he can incorporate into a document.<br /><br />But - there is no reason that these individuals should become city employees either - the process for hiring them would be onerous to begin, and once the zooWonderland folks came into being, if they ever did, they would still be entitled to remain as a city employee if they so chose. More importantly, when the whole deal falls apart with these new folks, the employees would have to be kept on the payroll and put to work doing something else, like installing straight-piping for their neighbors who want to screw the city and all the rate-paying taxpayers.<br /><br />Close the zoo. Transfer the animals to somewhere that they can be kept appropriately. Quit trying to claim that the Bold New Republic/City can maintain all its former nice features. Fix the basics first - and if that can be done (water/sewer/bridges/roads) without heading into bankruptcy, then start trying to right size the next set of cultural attractions. <br /><br />Next?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-44910746318664151032019-10-15T16:43:07.514-05:002019-10-15T16:43:07.514-05:00Zoos are for kids. Kids are not safe at the Jacks...Zoos are for kids. Kids are not safe at the Jackson Zoo. Close the zoo permanently and move the animals to a place where they can be exhibited humanely. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-51438258325602226912019-10-15T16:38:37.359-05:002019-10-15T16:38:37.359-05:00Kingfish is on some sort of Zoo-Board so we only g...Kingfish is on some sort of Zoo-Board so we only get the tidbits of whatever he wants us to see. The place is doomed. Admit it, give away the animals and move on. We need another soup kitchen on that end of Capitol Street anyway. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-58351598347079058602019-10-15T16:37:31.267-05:002019-10-15T16:37:31.267-05:00It must be great to be chased around the tiger cag...It must be great to be chased around the tiger cage, screaming, "But I'm just a consulllllltaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnttttt!!!!!"<br /><br />ZUBer Human Resources Dept: "You say you lost an arm to a tiger attack. According to our records, just as in Uber "drivers", you aren't really an employee, so you'll have to sew that back on yourself or pay out of pocket. But we sincerely hope you are able to return to an exciting and rewarding career in an environment where people from every background can thrive. Let's make ZUber a better company—for our consultants and our customers. Have a ZUber Day!!!! And, next time, run in a serpentine fashion."Speed Coachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-62338789725048683842019-10-15T16:32:26.152-05:002019-10-15T16:32:26.152-05:00The level of incompetence in Jackson is incredible...The level of incompetence in Jackson is incredible. Shad White should produce an audit plus projections indicating future revenues vs. expenses. I would expect that the results would show that Jackson is technically insolvent without enormous tax increases.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-48723798093020994452019-10-15T16:30:55.282-05:002019-10-15T16:30:55.282-05:00The Facebook comments are really something else.
...The Facebook comments are really something else. <br /><br />Gist- “All is well only temporary shut down. if they need insurance i’ll sell it to them. jackson has a zoo?”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com