Jackson Jambalaya

This doesn’t include PRVWSD district on the Rankin county side, does it?

10:15

The resolution only applies to the Rankin County part of the district since Madison County is already "wet."

Oh, great. More PRVWSD approved eyesores.

Love the DUIs, the trash, the white trash winos, scratchoffs, gaudy crap. Wine in a box. It's not enough that the Rez convenience stores sell more booze than anyone in town already. We gotta double down on the dumb. Good grief.

We can become like Northeast Jerkson. McDonald's next to the likker store. Only the finest. SMH.

Degradation in culture, by "independent" GubMint agency decree.

Let's just call it what it is now- PEARL Trailer Park District and Lake. That's what they've brought us.

Declining home values, low class businesses, dollar stores, even more storage places, trailers, now likker stores.

White trashism by decree. Good Lord.

Fire these folks, Tater. Now.

How many times we gonna resurface the Spillway? Can’t let that money get too old.

Makes sense. Didn't realize that PRVWSD district would override the "dry" county restrictions on the Rankin county side.

More booze on the Rez. What could possibly go wrong?

The Spillway needs repaving. It's as bad as Jackson roads. The current upper and lower spillway roads will be turned into bicycle and walkway paths in a few years. The current plan is to build two new roads south of the current spillway over the Pearl River when they get the 150 million dollars plus to build the project. Maybe they'll build the road out of concrete instead of cheap black tar.

@ 10:47 -- What on God's green earth are you talking about? Where have you seen such decay on the Madison side of the Rez? Geez - take your meds.

10:47, declining home values, are you kidding? Go try and buy a home on that side, if you can find one for sale. The only thing making home values decline are the people in the neighborhoods. 16-1800 sqft houses from the 90's and some people are the only thing making values decline.

@11:31 AM - Shhhh. Don't tell anyone how nice it is on the Madison side of the Rez...they'll move here.

The areas around the Rez would be so much nicer if it weren't inhabited by rednecks who pretend that they live on Lake Tahoe. If you hillbillies have never been to Lake Tahoe, even at 6 feet deep and still see the bottom.

to 10:47.................i got news for you brother, the white trash, trailer park mentality on the rankin county side of the reservoir has been there since carter was in the white house and no amount of government rules and regulations will ever change it. you must have been asleep like rip van winkle for the past 40 years to miss that.

11:31, this is about the Rez side. Unless you are being sarcastic, I think you either need to start, or perhaps better yet, stop those "meds." You must be a patron of those stores on the Lower West Side.

to 10:47.....if you are looking for ''eyesores'' on the rankin county side of the reservoir you dont have to look any further than the million of cigarette buts littering the roads along with the other assorted trash. cigarette smokers will all tell you that cigarette butts ARE NOT LITTER.
the biggest problem in the rankin reservoir neighborhoods are punk ass meth heads and heroin addicts. not legitimate businesses.
what rock have you been living under for the past 3 decades?

12:02 - 10:47 was harping about the economic and moral decay on the Madison side due to liquor stores, and how it would impact the Rankin side the same way. It's a non sequitur. As is your reference to the "Rez side".

So what will all the religious hicks in rankin county do now with all their illegal moonshine?

Yall talk all you want about the luxurious life on either side of the rez, but if you walk from one end of the spillway to the other and witness the tons (literally) of trash piled up on the side of the road, you'll realize who your neighbors are.

When will Rankin County as a whole quit playing the hypocrite and just allow liquor? This piecemeal "resort" crap doesn't fool anyone. While we are at it just abolish the Alcoholic Beverage Control. I bootleg all my liquor because I can get it for at least 25% cheaper out of state.

Anything to keep the Rankinites on their side of the pond. I swear, they can't even operate an interstate offramp.

No Baptist liquor store jokes?

Odd how a comment about white trash brings out a redneck commenting repetitively about cigarette butts and litter.

Oh, the I-rone-ee in that.

@1:11 said "While we are at it just abolish the Alcoholic Beverage Control."

I've been saying this for years. The debacle this year on stopping orders from liquor store and long delayed deliveries, none of which is caused by the pandemic, shows all the more that ABC has long outlived its usefulness. Private business can do this much more efficiently than government.

What's the big deal?

I've been buying legal bottle liquor in Rankin county since the 90's and don't have to drive past Lakeland.

KF, you should really screen these stories. Out of staters will read these idiocy rants and it'll prove that this state is full of dumbasses.(10:47)

@ 1:10

Where is all of this trash you speak of?

The guys on Lake Harbor will be out of business in a year.

Cinco de Mayo can use that parking

Dear 1:16

As a Rankin Redneck” I am as enthused as you are for not having to cross the river to buy my hooch. If we could block traffic across the Rez I would be ecstatic.

11:30 AM I wouldn't hold your breath on that new spillway road. It will be 40 years by the time that road is finished. It only took 19 years to plan and build Lake Harbor Ex.

Spillway Road is worn out from Hinds residents coming for a job and Madisonites coming to shop, eat, and hand over tax dollars.

Then, like grandchildren, they go back home! Win win.

to 2:50.....i agree that private business can out do the state's government monopoly on the wholesale of liquor and wine, BUT YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND, that this is mississippi, and the leading growth industry here is government............not free enterprise. PLEASE BE ADVISED that all this government buracracy is brought to you by your precious mississippi republican party............the party of ''limited government''.
and yes , i voted for and support trump, but not these panty-waste whimps who run state government under the guise of being republicans.

@11:47 you can see six feet deep or better at Smith Lake...you ever spent much time in Cullman or Jasper? Clear water isn’t a sign of superiority.

11:31 - I trust you're kidding. If not, take a spin around the Old Rice to 43 route on the Madison County side. Worse than a trailer park. Dilapidated housing, every semblance of fencing falling down and rotted, junk piled high, trash everywhere, 80% of the properties not maintained. If this side of the Rez property is in a contest with west Jacktown for trashy, call off the contest - we have a winner!

Lake Harbor liquor stores about to dry up.

@3:04 PM Where at?

I got news for Lieutenant General Sigman (heel click) - The Rez Board is not the authority on liquor stores. That would be the Tax Commission.

Thank the heavens, damn tired of driving over that spillway for a decent bottle of wine. Geez, I love this state but, MS can seem backwards at times. The Baptist are gonna drink no matter where you put the liquor store. Get over it already!

After reading numerous comments here:
We don't have liter, the prisoners pick it up each month.

There is already a McD's on Spillway/Fannin.

Madison County did not fall into a hellhole due to liquor laws. Nor will REZ area.

Shaggys on the Rez serves the best mixed drinks you ever had in your lives!

I don't know where anyone could purchase alcohol without ever crossing Lakeland Drive unless you are military and can shop at the airbase. I do and thought I moved into the 60's when first arriving here over 18 yrs ago.

Those liquor stores on the Rez would have never succeeded or opened if there was not a demand for them via Rankin County residents. Why shouldn't Rankin residents get the tax money?

MS should allow for home delivery of these beverages from grocery stores, liquor stores etc. Equals NO DRUNK DRIVING. I miss my wine club and free gifts.

I HAVE NEVER DRANK AND DRIVEN. This mindset that irresponsible people will drink and drive is ridiculous as irresponsible people break all laws all the time. The rest of us, religious or not will abide by laws.

The lottery is the best thing to happen to this state in a long while and can fund many projects. Why have all those Baptist cross state lines to buy lotto tickets or go to the casinos?

JOKE: The only difference between a Baptist and a Catholic is that the Catholic will acknowledge running into you at the liquor store!

They have the authority now with new resort status regulations and as long as they follow ABC, they are good to go.

2:40 is clueless.
This is THE LAST thing we need on the Spillway Rd "Southshore" area of the Rez. Terrible decision.
Comparing the Rankin county side of the Reservoir with Madison ignores the zoning and land use requirements in place among other important factors.
Was driving four friggin' miles across the damn that bad?
Not surprising NO ONE new this was coming.
The PRV's website isn't updated. No notice on social media. The Judge quit maintaining Jim's old community The Rez News page.

"They have the authority now with new resort status regulations and as long as they follow ABC, they are good to go."

That's why I said the Tax Commission is the final authority. The ABC, which you mention, is part of the Tax Commission.

"Driving four frigging miles over the damn (sic dam) is inconvenient. I don't want to drive over the REZ. Wine should be sold at grocery stores here. This has never hurt liquor store sales in other states. Most stores already sell beer so why not wine? Ridiculous backwards laws do not help and will not prevent anyone from drinking alcohol as the success of those stores on the county lines are proof (no pun). Wine should also be allowed to be ordered online and delivered here. The state would still earn tax dollars from it. Good night nurse, MS is one of only 2 states that does not allow it. Do people think that a liquor store is any different from a bar or food business that serves alcohol beverages? On another note, I have lived here for 18 years and have never been stopped by a Reservoir Patrol DUI Check. I actually support these after growing up around a lake in another state. Have no problem with it. It gets DUI's, no insurance, etc off the roads. Seems like a great option if we get a liquor store on the REZ. We need Checkpoints on the Southside with all the public boat ramps.

How can you people honestly be against this? Rankin county loses so much money because people have to drive over the rez or to Jackson for their liquor and wine. If done right, this is going to be great for the Rez and Rankin county. Get the stick out of your butts people. It's 2020! No reason we shouldn't have liquor in one part of the county. Sheez.