Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba issued the following statement.
Tuesday, Mayor Lumumba addressed the impact that the state legislature’s special session, held August 23rd
– 27th, would have on the City of Jackson during his regular press briefing.
Mayor Lumumba told reporters, “There are some victories that took place during this legislative session that our citizens should be aware of. The first would be in the Mississippi Infrastructure Modernization Act which was the bill that passed concerning the internet sales tax. The City of Jackson will be receiving $4.3 million dollars which will be equally distributed over a four year period of time.”
The City of Jackson will also receive $4 million dollars per year due to the passing of the Mississippi Lottery Act. That funding would be in addition to any tax revenue received by the sale of lottery tickets.
According to Mayor Lumumba, any lottery ticket that is sold in Jackson is eligible for the one-percent sales tax to kick in, providing an untold increase in the city’s one-percent sales tax revenue.
Mayor Lumumba also expressed his hope that the Mississippi Municipal League would be active in making sure the sales tax remains on the sale of lottery tickets, saying, “ We encourage MML to support the sales tax continuing to be incorporated in the state lotto. It is not only good for Jackson, it is good for other local municipalities and we would encourage them to continue to support that sales tax being allocated to the City of Jackson.” Additionally, the City of Jackson will receive $50,000.00 from the BP settlement which will go directly towards funding an infrastructure project on Sherwood Drive and Robin Drive.
Mayor Lumumba told reporters, “There are some victories that took place during this legislative session that our citizens should be aware of. The first would be in the Mississippi Infrastructure Modernization Act which was the bill that passed concerning the internet sales tax. The City of Jackson will be receiving $4.3 million dollars which will be equally distributed over a four year period of time.”
The City of Jackson will also receive $4 million dollars per year due to the passing of the Mississippi Lottery Act. That funding would be in addition to any tax revenue received by the sale of lottery tickets.
According to Mayor Lumumba, any lottery ticket that is sold in Jackson is eligible for the one-percent sales tax to kick in, providing an untold increase in the city’s one-percent sales tax revenue.
Mayor Lumumba also expressed his hope that the Mississippi Municipal League would be active in making sure the sales tax remains on the sale of lottery tickets, saying, “ We encourage MML to support the sales tax continuing to be incorporated in the state lotto. It is not only good for Jackson, it is good for other local municipalities and we would encourage them to continue to support that sales tax being allocated to the City of Jackson.” Additionally, the City of Jackson will receive $50,000.00 from the BP settlement which will go directly towards funding an infrastructure project on Sherwood Drive and Robin Drive.
Mayor
Lumumba openly admitted that Jackson could have received a more
equitable share of the BP settlement, but also spoke to a number of
other special projects which will be
funded in other nearby municipalities, including an allotment of $1
million dollar to Tougaloo College, which will also benefit the City of Jackson.
Kingfish note: So Jackson actually received $4.3 million over a period of four years. An additional $4 million is projected to come from the sales tax on lottery ticket sales.
Kingfish note: So Jackson actually received $4.3 million over a period of four years. An additional $4 million is projected to come from the sales tax on lottery ticket sales.
27 comments:
That's great Chuck but Madison is getting $8 million for one bridge alone.
Madison County will receive $8 million for construction of a Reunion Parkway bridge over I-55.
That comes after the state House and Senate compromised on a Senate bill Wednesday that divvies up $700 million in BP oil settlement money during a special session.
The bridge is needed in anticipation of a future interchange. Considered Reunion Parkway Phase II, the road and bridge would run from where Reunion ends at Bozeman Road and extend the roadway to Parkway East, which is east of I-55.
Reunion Phase II, which is currently under design, will connect Parkway East with U.S. 51 further east.
Oh, and good luck Chuck trying to sell lottery tickets that cost more per ticket than can be purchased outside Jackson's city limits. You'll never learn.
SOS office about to be flooded with folks setting up LLCs to get their cut of the money. I mean to get the opportunity to compete for the infrastructure work.
And the stampede to the trough begins.....
It is my understanding the the reunion bridge will be adorned with very large, figurative pineapples.
Wow! a democrat that supports a tax increase on electric/hybrid cars.
Harvey's time bomb what what? Your criticism of his administration is lacking sight in the future. He knew tax revenue was going to increase and be able to save and reduce the burden on the city so they could focus on other areas of concern. What you saw as a detriment to the city was a blessing. Chokwe will lead Jackson with even more wisdom and Jackson will be the economic leader of the state again.
There is a lot of wrong information in article or headlines.
I don't think the cost of a lottery ticket will vary from Jackson to Madison to Vicksburg to Iuka. I think what's being said is Jackson will receive more of a cut (in the form of a tax) from the sale of each ticket than will municipalities where that tax is not already in place.
If I'm wrong, please correct me.
And Lamumba ought to be happy to get what he got from the BP carve-up. Tell me again how the BP spill affected Jackson.
Yeah, we need a bridge in Madison because of "growth", i.e., move 3 miles down the road to get away from people that don't look like us. Look out Pisgah, growth is coming your way next. Tinsley? Lena? You'll all get your $8 million bridge in due time. Will make your trip across the highway to the salon much quicker.
@8:56
I'm more into the way people act than how they look. But then again I'm not someone who boils EVERYTHING down to race like you Dems. The main infrastructure growth Jackson needs right now is more jails.
"Chokwe will lead Jackson with even more wisdom and Jackson will be the economic leader of the state again."
Do you get loaded this early every day?
@8:30 AM the recent lottery legislation did not preclude the charging of sales tax upon the purchase of a lottery ticket. I don't believe there is any state in the nation that charges sales tax when buying lottery tickets. Lumumba is gleeful about this since Jackson charges a higher effective sales tax than surrounding tax collecting entities. So the cost of a lottery ticket "will vary from Jackson to Madison to Vicksburg to Iuka".
Live in Madison the city. Neighbors on both sides are young, professional, African American families with children. They are great people. Both families left Jackson. Both will tell you they left because of schools and crime.
YOU are the problem 8:56 AM. YOU are the racist. YOU are why those families left Jackson.
"Chokwe will lead Jackson with even more wisdom..."
In the off-chance this is serious, why hasn't he been leading Jackson with all the wisdom he possesses since day one? I mean, with the problems Jackson plainly has, sandbagging seems pretty, er, unwise. Unless, of course, he is of the opinion that his supply of wisdom of limited and every time he whips it out (with apologies to Mel Brooks), most of it runs down his leg.
"...and Jackson will be the economic leader of the state again."
Ah...nevermind. Clearly, you are just trolling.
I agree with 9:29. I just moved to Madison County, but I wish the best for Jackson. A rising tide lifts all boats. But Hinds County really needs to get its act together. I get no joy out of seeing Jackson fall below its potential. But the problems are very real.
9:29 am Glad you and your neighbors are happy in Madison.
I moved to Jackson from Madison because I knew I could make my home secure and I could be vigilant, but I can't do a damn thing about tornadoes and was tired of having to constantly huddle with the children in an interior closet because most of Madison is in a tornado alley.
Tornados go north and south of me now and only during Katrina have I had to be closeted.
PS The only time anything was stolen from me was in the 7 seven years I lived in Madison. No problems these last 30 years.
New sign at Madison county line: Welcome to Madison - Pineapple Capital of the South!
Madison is in a tornado alley but Jackson isn't? ROFLMAO
@10:30 So you moved from Madison to Jackson because of tornadoes ?
BP spill hurt the fisheries of Mississippi and its associated industries such as hospitality, restaurants, and tourism.
10:30 That is the funniest thing I have ever heard....Moving from Madison to Jackson!!!!!???? I think your next stop is Whitfield.....
Moving from various locales in either Madison or Ranking County to Jackson is not as uncommon as most of you would think. I've lived in the same NE Jackson neighborhood for over 25 years. In maybe the last 5 years or so we've had several families move to our neighborhood from the surrounding counties. They all work in Jackson, became sick of the commute, and decided that despite the bad hype, parts of Jackson are just fine.
"In maybe the last 5 years or so we've had several families move to our neighborhood from the surrounding counties. They all work in Jackson, became sick of the commute, and decided that despite the bad hype, parts of Jackson are just fine."
But I'll kiss your ass on the courthouse steps and give you two hours to draw a crowd if those 'several families' have school age kids and put them in Jackson schools, or if the wife shops in Jackson or if they walk the neighborhood in the evenings after 8 pm or....Hell, I'll stop with that and yield the floor back to you with your tin-foil hat.
I live in Ridgeland on a cup-de-sac with seven houses on it. Through the past 20 years that I have been here there have been 4 young couples that decided to move back to Jackson for all the reasons stated above as well as stating they could get much more house for the same or less money. Well, they all did get more house for their money but failed to take into consideration other factors such as higher property taxes, failing schools and crumbling infrastructure. They have all moved out of Jackson after less than 5 years there. Two moved back to Ridgeland (to the same subdivision), one to Madison and one to Brandon. Each one told me what a mistake they made by moving into Jackson and that they all lost significant amounts of money on their homes when they decided to leave Jackson. I grew up in Jackson and spent the first 45 years of my life there. I had to leave when the public schools got so bad I could no longer send my kids to them. I hate that Jackson has become what it is today and truly wish it could recover, but I don't see it happening in my lifetime.
I live in Jackson too and several families with school age children have moved into my neighborhood. Within the last 3 years we have had an increase of 18 children on my street alone.
Our wives shop in Jackson and we dine in Fondren and The District. I walk in the evening past 8 and in the summertime kids are out in the evenings riding bikes and playing basketball etc.
So pucker up 7:59!
10:50, you do not win for the children do not go to public schools.
To 10:39....not looking to win anything. I just don't understand the hate for any of the communities in and around Jackson. I have friends that live in many of those communities. They live in nice neighborhoods and send their children to schools that best fit their needs.
I have chosen to send my children to private schools because of what I believed was a good fit for our beliefs and educational goals for our children. The decision was not taken lightly as we have sacraficed a good bit to send our children to private schools. I would have chosen the same private school no matter where I lived; Jackson, Madison, Pearl, Rankin Co....
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