A stupid-ass street punk took out his frustrations over his sorry lot in life on Greenbrook Flowers late Wednesday night. Watch the video posted below.
The store is building a fence for protection. One more cost business owners must pay just to operate in Jackson.
JJ reported March 30, 2018:
The owner of Greenbrook Flowers went to City Hall Tuesday night and pretty much spelled out why businesses leave Jackson. Watch the short video for yourself.
What is really sad is not one of these goldbricks sitting in front of her said a word. Not.a.word. The Mayor was silent. No promises to fix the problem were offered to Mrs. Dearman. The City Council just sat there, unified in its silence. They all bitch about businesses leaving Jackson, the need for tax revenue, and how much we need jobs in Jackson. However, none of them could say a word to a business owner pleading for help on basic government services. None of them have a clue about leadership. None. Meanwhile, Mrs. Dearman left City Hall even more frustrated.... and probably more likely to leave Jackson.
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It's obvious since the vans are white they must be racist
"It's our mission every day to speak for those that often don't have agency and have an inability to speak for themselves. ..... You have to walk into a position with a set of core principles that guides your leadership."
Antard Lumumba
- September 17, 2020
Yet another sob story about this business?
No one seems to get it. Or, more accurately, no one will admit it, at least not in public. The mayor can do nothing about this; nor can the city board. What we all are witnessing is a complete breakdown of morals, ethics, and character within a culture. There is no cure.
Leave Jackson. It is crazy you continue to operate in this environment.
Zero sympathy. This has been going on for at least 2.5 years based on the earlier post referenced in this one. A quick search turned up at least 5 posts about Greenbrook being a victim of vandalism or robbery in that time period. This stops when Greenbrook moves. Until then, zero sympathy.
White people and our money have absolutely no business in Jackson! There's no need for this post to be any longer than that one sentence.
Businesses and residents pay taxes to the government for infrastructure and protection. Greenbrook's land an improvements are likely paid-in-full, and they have an established presence in the community. Why the hell should they have to pack up and move? Maybe the silence of city officials was due to the embarrassment of failure, and in not knowing what to do about it. Or, they were all distracted, perusing the lunch menu.
12:48: f they move, you’ll call it white flight. What’s in it for him? Maybe $10 for a used battery. They might would’ve given him $10 if he’d just ask. Nope, gotta tear shit up. Where is the law and order? That would cure the breakdown. The whole city is broke down.
"NEXT", was their reply. How pathetic! Jackson, when your tax base leaves, what are you going to rely on? The "NEXT" Mayor?
12:39 hit the nail on the head. It is ALL about parenting or the lack thereof.
So when is she scheduled to go back before the Board to complain again. It is and has been on her for a while now.
Businesses and residents pay taxes to the government for infrastructure and protection. Greenbrook's land an improvements are likely paid-in-full, and they have an established presence in the community. Why the hell should they have to pack up and move? Maybe the silence of city officials was due to the embarrassment of failure, and in not knowing what to do about it. Or, they were all distracted, perusing the lunch menu.
September 18, 2020 at 1:10 PM
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Newsflash. You can pay taxes for a hundred years if you want but that doesn’t mean anything. The city government doesn’t care. Period. Only a sucker (like this business owner) would continue doing business in a city that doesn’t want or care to help her.
1:36 sums up this board’s position on the subject very well. We still have a long way to go before race relations are normalized again.
I hate to agree with some here but I put the blame on the florist as long ago they should have realized the city can’t control crime and/or they don’t care. I realize this has been their business home for many years but it’s past time to move. It’s not going to get better.
" Why the hell should they have to pack up and move? "
They don't have to move anywhere.
Greenbrook can stay in Jackson and put up that crap as long as they wish.
But . . . as has been said, I have zero sympathy for anything that happens to them.
My only conclusions at this point are that they like getting vandalized or they make a large enough profit off of the other people dumb enough to stick around that it makes business sense to stay there until one of the owners or employees is severely injured or killed by the locals.
She should hire Carlos and the Ag Commissioner to represent her and have them both appear on her behalf in front of the City council. Now that would be a show to watch!
"We still have a long way to go before race relations are normalized again." Been her for 30+ years, when have they been normal before?
Telling a company to basically move if they have a problem with being broken into might just sum up everything wrong with this city in one single post. Theyve been there longer than the democrats have controlled the city
Maybe we need the mafia to start offering protection in Jackson. At least this BS will stop and may actually cost the business owner less.
Maybe they didn't contribute to the mayor's election fund.
There is a reason that some neighborhoods don't have nice super markets, no fresh produce stands, no book stores or boutiques. It is because they, and their paying clients, cannot absorb the cost of theft and vandalism.
If you want nice things in your neighborhood then start taking care of them.
SamClub and Academy both had to move. So many others
It’s not easy for a business that relies on established local customer base to pick up and move. Their chance of survival post move is prob 50/50 at best. Don’t people understand that?
" My only conclusions at this point are that they like getting vandalized or they make a large enough profit off of the other people dumb enough to stick around that it makes business sense to stay there until one of the owners or employees is severely injured or killed by the locals."
Great point 3:30.
Employee safety always comes before "Jackson floral traditions".
The old take your battery out of the van. At our church we used to take the battery out at night. The other day some crack head tried to cut the muffler off. Not to mention just ramdom people sleeping around who had a bad trip. The city is gone unless God does a miracle.
It’s not easy for a business that relies on established local customer base to pick up and move. Their chance of survival post move is prob 50/50 at best. Don’t people understand that?
September 18, 2020 at 5:32 PM
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Defeatist attitude. Maybe someone can list all the businesses that left Jackson to move to Madison or Rankin
5:05(1) - I think what's the approach they took in Mexico and we all see how that turned out. Relying on criminal enterprises to maintain law and order is just doubling down on the problem.
Funny how some areas have no jobs or opportunity.
This is what happens when you steal, assault and show disregard for the businesses in your community. They move. Then you and your children have no jobs, no place to show and boarded up shit hole houses.
Communities who do not understand this cannot be saved by the government, handouts, the mayor or anyone else.
Start taking responsibility for your own neighborhoods Jackson!
assume many are struck with building that have lost all value. If renting and no in the booze business leave. the leaders willfully fail to take the first needed step to restoring a urban area, high police presence, arrests and convictions.
7:04, I don't believe in God but if Jackson ever improves, I'll be forced to reconsider my position.
This $*!%hole is a lost cause.
He didn't have much trouble taking that battry out from under the hood? Didn't appear to have any tools and I doubt he learned to use any in High School Vocational class.
I'd guess he got ten bucks for that $135 battry. Just enough hussle to buy a quart and lay on his stomach doing the alligator at the Shell after drinkin' it.
Cue the mental health wailin' in 3..2..1
Don’t assume from Mel Priester’s silence that he has no valuable opinion. More likely, he thought it best to express his opinion to his colleagues behind closed doors. I have known him since he was in high school. He gave up a plum job in a top SF law firm to come home and try to save Jackson from this.
Possibly, some of you do not understand two rather basic business concepts: Logistics, and Proximity. Greenbrook is right around the corner from the BIGGEST BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE STATE, and fairly close to the Roman Catholic Cathedral. Neither institution is leaving.
Flowers for weddings and funerals, surely comprise the majority of a florist's output and billing. Greenbrook is in close proximity to the state's most lavish weddings, and most important funerals. Driving (probably several times each day) to Downtown, from a safe exurb, would add to labor costs, would complicate logistics, and would probably quadruple transportation costs.
In a state where Summer is five-months-long, I'd hate to be responsible for keeping flowers cool and unwilted, during commutes from Madison or Brandon - every day - several times a day - May through September. Staging, and related logistics, have to be much easier, when the trip is one mile, vs a trip of twenty miles.
Greenbrook is right where it needs to be, considering its customer base. And Jackson needs Greenbrook's tax Dollars. Hopefully, the fence will make the current crime situation less untenable.
By the way, MOVING a business is expensive and stressful. Remember the iconic produce stand, which was driven (by crime) from Jackson to Pearl? Pearl welcomed the produce ladies with open arms. Business is great. But one of the owners DIED, soon after the move. The stress of moving, probably killed her. So, of those saying, "Just MOVE!", I have to assume these individuals have very little business experience or life experience.
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