Jackson Jambalaya

Just for the sake of later correlation - Can someone develop a city map with drop-pins of these specific locations so a homicide comparison over-lay can be drawn in a couple of months? Otherwise, what possible value exists for these daily updates?

BREAKING: I have just revealed Chokwe's plan to blame homicides on the weather.

When you see the list of repairs, the public works department deserves some praise given the situation.

@ 5:09 "Otherwise, what possible value exists for these daily updates?" I still do not have full pressure, and I am still under a boil water notice, so these updates are very valuable to me. And it's nice to be able to find/read them easily. Thank you KF. BTW I am white and I do not live in Jackson, but I am in an area that is, unfortunately, on Jackson's water system. I have already begun looking into getting my own well...

Wasn't there a big stink a year or so ago about Jacksonians not paying their water bills for months and years at a time? Could this have anything to do with the decline in the condition of the infrastructure?

Flapper thinks more highly of his precious airport than his peeps. Unfortunately for him, he will lose the airport and the opportunity for state help fixing the water system. The 5th Circuit will reverse Reeves.

It's only the perception of low water pressure (or low PSI - sounds more cerebral).

Mr. Mayor is waiting for a handout. That's what he is expecting and will show his constituents what a great job he's done when he gets a free hand out. That's the expectation of a large majority in Jackson. Back in the old days, pre-exodus of Jackson due to the criminal element and failure to maintain public utilities a city would have to pass a bond issue to improve the infrastructure. That was before the free riders stepped in. Has anyone determined where the $90m that Mr. Mayor bragged about has gone to?
By Anthony Warren | November 14, 2020 at 2:48 PM CST - Updated November 14 at 2:56 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Jackson’s Siemens settlement announced earlier this year has gone a long way to improve the city’s credit outlook, according to Moody’s Investors Services.
On November 6, the rating agency stated that Jackson had maintained its general obligation bond debt rating but had improved its credit outlook to “stable.”
Previously, the city’s outlook was negative, according to the report.
The improved outlook could help the city obtain additional bonds, at lower interest rates, or refinance existing bonds, also at lower interest rates, which would save taxpayer money over time.
The agency went on to say that the city’s outlook had been bolstered by news that Jackson had settled its court case against Siemens Industry Inc.
In February, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba announced that Jackson had agreed to settle its suit against the firm for nearly $90 million.

If I were in the contracting business I’d run from any dealings with the city of Jackson.

Change laws. Allow gambling in the city of Jackson. Tax the shit out of them and allocate tax proceeds to infrastructure. But, that is entirely to logical, and may hurt Mayor Flagg’s (Vicksburg mayor) feelings.

@10:53am - Gambling is already happening in Jackson. Just go west of the tracks and find a good dice game. Stay strapped though.