Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is not ready to throw in the towel in his quest to double Jackson's garbage service fees and cut the service in half. Nope. The City Council is going to hold another special meeting to discuss and possibly vote on the contract Thursday at 2:30. Hmmm...... that means there is one question to be answered.
The City Council rejected the contract on a 4-3 vote* last week. If the City Council votes it down twice, FCC's contract can not be voted on again for at least a year. The current Waste Management contract expires on October 1. Soooo...... is someone going to switch his vote?
JJ has also uncovered the name of one of the DBE sub-contractors: PDT Logistics. It is owned by the wife of one Richard Bradley, owner of the M-Bar and a $10,000 donor to Mayor Lumumba.
Stay tuned.
Note: Dr. Williams will be stepping down as Public Works Director and returning to his previous position of City Engineer. The City Engineer position remained vacant while Dr. Williams served as Public Works Director even though the City Council confirmed him for the job.
Hmmm.... let's speculate a little. The Public Works Department recommended awarding the garbage contract to Waste Management. Several of the Mayor's people, including Ridgeland resident Dr. Safiya Omari, sat on the Evaluation Committee. The Committee overruled Public Works and awarded the contract to FCC.
* Yea: Lee, Grizzell, Lindsay, Nay: Foote, Hartley, Banks, Stokes
29 comments:
Disgusting.
The question to be asked is Will Lindsay get Foote change his vote ? Stokes, Banks and Hartley a for sure nay !
somebody has gotsta pay back the favor. looks like chuckee is going to spread his campaign donation to the people who voted him in. sadly they will do it again.
Kingfish, this is the reason I read your blog daily! You get the info/lowdown on the shifty goings on!
RUN!!!! RUN fast out of that goat rodeo of Jackson. The clown show radical mayor, crime, lack of basic services like water, roads and sewer are astonishing. Property values are tanking by the day. Ask anyone who has sold in 39211 recently…. They reduced price and gave their beautiful homes away. Eastover and nearby area homes are selling at greatly reduced bargain prices. It’s so sad to see the city fall so far.
Lets hope Kenneth takes his B-12 shot today and tears into his majesty. Unfortunately, none of the TV stations will ever confront him over is Bravo Sierra.
Why is Angelique Lee still supporting this crap?
Jackistan. Corrupt and incompetent "government".
What is the logic behind cutting service in half and doubling the costs?
If he is bringing this up knowing he will not be able to address the issue again for a year, he is pretty certain he has the vote. Money talks.
This is perfect. More open corruption in the bold new city.
Street committee says the ward 7 Councilwoman has been working to change votes.
Beautiful time for KingFish to uncover cause of unreasonable fealty of Vassal Virgi to the Boy Mayor.
“productivity driven” S-corporation
https://pdtlogistics.com/about-us/
https://corp.sos.ms.gov/corp/portal/c/page/corpbusinessidsearch/portal.aspx?searchby=agent&agentName=Tamika%C2%A0Bradley#
Other questions - Did Waste Management submit a proposal to continue collecting garbage? If so, which bid is the "lowest & best"?
Yes, it did.
Let's see, why would Lee support this? She doesn't stay gainfully employed for long periods of time, she and her kids have to live at home with her folks. The Mayor got behind her for City Council so she owes me and doesn't have a screw you job or screw you money.
I don't think the Mayor would call for the vote if had not purchased another yay vote.
What's that smell? Shitnanigans?
The boy wonder gets caught crapping his diaper again.
I heard that woman with the beauty shop who disinfects polling places on the side, might reappear.
I live in Foote's ward and emailed him asking him to not change his vote. I received a reply that he has no intention of changing his vote.
The boy mayor Chowke also wants to raise taxes to "fight crime." Sure, by hiring his pals to do studies, decorate the Real Time Crime Center, yada, yada...
I know the question!! How much did he threaten them or offer them?
Between now and the prior meeting there has been lots of (Multiple choice):
1. Quid pro quo agreements (actually, wink, wink, nudge, nudge)
2. Palm greasing (of the thick variety)
3. Threats
4. Markers called in
Well, I guess if you don't want to pay twice as much for half as much service when it comes to picking up the garbage, that is payable as a service connected to your water bill, then just don't pay your water bill. Right? Seems to have worked for a LOT of Chowke's people for several years now, right?
Hartley will flip. His district will get something really good.
No way Foote, Banks and Stokes will.
Foote hates pay for play projects..Bigger Pie Forum.
Banks is running for mayor next time.
Stokes knows the WM employees.
So this all hinges on Hartley. Fact.
Seems a simple solution would be to allow Waste Management to simply mail out their own bills.
What are the chances Coleman J will read this and Magnolia's station will report this corruption b4 thurs?
So with M Bar's wife being a DBE contractor, was/is he banking on making bank off the contract to fund his new greater than ever Murder Bar? One has to wonder.
The Garbage contract was going to pay for the renovations
They can’t even manage the water bills. I have been getting estimated bills for 6 months now and I refuse to fatten their pockets. This is just another source of kickbacks for them. Name 1 positive thing this administration has done to help citizens of Jackson. I’ll wait
The RFID Chips in the 95-gallon very heavy carts will match which water meters? The Siemen's meters or the new ones? If the new meters have the old chips, won't they read the same screwed up billing? If the new meters have new chips, then the garbage cans won't work right if they have the current chip match up. When do the new meters go in? How long after the WM contract is ended will it be before the new garbage containers are issued? This voter wants to know.
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