Jackson Jambalaya

Wondering, since Richards has been picking up the garbage for several months, without being paid, just how much corruption there must be that it is worth it to wait this out?

so, chockwe filed an appeal but is against the SC actually hearing it in a timely manner....wtf?

@7:31 PM - Exactly. The gold (grease) at the end of the rainbow, right? Or maybe Richard's is being very altruistic, right? (It could happen, right?)

This doesn't belong here, but wanted to share - on another note, the mayor is anxious to rehab the Batte building and has "brought on an architect" to consult. Yea, bet I can guess who. He just has to keep feeding his "supporters" government money. https://www.wlbt.com/2022/08/10/city-still-eyeing-batte-furniture-building-home-future-tisdale-library/?outputType=amp

This mayor of ours appealed only so that he could get himself about a year's more time for delay. Of course he opposed the motion for an expedited hearing. That fool's unfortunate lawyers may well have to orally argue this case. I wouldn't want to be in their shoes. And those arguments are real-time broadcast over the internet and archived.

FOFA!

Current Supreme Court Justices have to fix a mess created by a prior Supreme Court Justice…

Good ole Miss’ippi

If memory serves, Richard's has been picking up our trash since April Fool's Day (April 1) without being paid... despite being reminded by the city council - in writing - that they have no contract with the city and will not -- cannot -- be paid.

Richard's did NOT have the lowest and best bid, yet Chowke has refused to proceed with the contractor who did (Waste Management). Chowke INSISTS that his chosen contractor (Richards) be given the contract ANYWAY.

There was a nearly 2 week period where our trash was not picked up at all, and then was picked up only sporadically, because of all the chicanery the mayor has engaged in.

The stench of corruption surrounding Lumumba's relationship with Richards is even more powerful than the stench of uncollected garbage rotting in Jackson streets in the summertime. This MUST be investigated - and prosecuted.

Chowke Antar Lumumba is the most corrupt, self-centered, and thoroughly incompetent elected official I have ever seen. Despite failing miserably on a nationally recognized level, he won't resign because he sees nothing wrong with making his constituents suffer if he gets personal gain. He literally doesn't.

Chowke Antar Lumumba needs to be behind bars.

Randolph granting the motion to expedite the appeal originating from the case where he appointed the “special” judge and previous justice to clean up his mess he made.

Ludumbo bout to get the ball spiked in his face by Supreme Court… popcorn is ready!

I ain't real bright, but Let me see If I'm close in my understandin'.

1: Chokwe wanted this denial circus advanced to the state supreme court.

2) When it got there, the council asked them to hurry up with a decision.

3) The guy who put it there for a decision objected to a quick answer.

4) The supremes told Chokwe to sit down and shut up.

5) Will he be in town when they announce the decision?

'Lumumba shall have to'....OR 'Lumumba will have until'?

Come on, guys. You can do better. The girls are paid too well to simply make coffee.

"Richards has been picking up the garbage for several months, without being paid,"

Not all garbage is being collected on a regular schedule.
But why do they continue to work with payment ?

Perhaps like an old Dire Straits song.

" Now look at them yo-yos, that's the way you do it ,,,
You play the guitar on MTV ...
That ain't workin', That's the way you do it !
Money for nothin' and your chicks for free ".

7:31 - Don't count out the stupidity factor either

After the investigation watch it lead to Richard's getting paid out of City of Jackson Public Works budget in a fake name. It will land Antar in Shad Whites office..

Who is mayor crybaby’s lawyer?

Lil Choke's whole motive in appealing to MS Supremes the judgment rendered against him for his despotic veto of a no vote, was to stall his ultimate responsibility to personally pay Richard's Disposal $2M+, which could be outcome of RD's lawsuit against City, still to be tried.

RD was fraudulently mislead by boy mayor, in writing, to start work based on mayor's hollow but glorified "Letter To Proceed", without Council Approval, without a Contract.

Lil Choke isn't as slick a weasel as he thinks he is. He has EPA sniffing his tracks and Governor Reeves refusing to be the mayor's punk.

An RDI bankruptcy might reveal more quickly and reliably than anything else whether and how RDI has been paid for Jackson garbage collection. The Mayor would have little opportunity to influence that proceeding.

8:51 -- I was thinking the same thing...had to read it twice

Well, there's this problem in Jackson other than garbage ( except in the water).

Personally, neither the Mayor nor Governor nor City Council demonstrated other than unprofessionalism, immaturity and a lack of class in their juvenile bickering.

I would remind them all, their JOB is to problem solve.

@8:48; Butter come with that popcorn?

The mayor's hope was that Richard's would pick up garbage in Jackson for at least a year in a satisfactory manner. He expected to stall the legal proceeding for at least that long. After that, he proposes to settle the matter by letting the people decide...a referendum.

Grammarians please help me out.

"Lumumba shall have to . . ."

Kind of like when someone says "Such and so will happen on tomorrow." I don't know why but that extra preposition in there really grates on my nerves. Am I just being too picky?

Someone please explain why the freakin US Supreme Court is getting involved with Jacskon’s water dispute? Is this really the best use of their time? I guess when they’re not taking away women’s rights they are messing with my water.. SMH

8:42 AM
When has the governor shown immaturity and lack of professionalism? Was that when he was called a racist for not handing over money a few years ago?

@8:51pm and 6:42 am - The word "shall" is used in legal writing to indicate that certain actions are mandatory, not optional. It imposes an obligation meaning "has a duty to" or "is required to."

9:18: Try reading the post first, knucklehead.

Boy howdy! Didn't think this would be that quick. Will the mayors attorney's have to orally argue this case before the Supremes? Will we be able to watch this online?

@9:18am - “In the Supreme Court of Mississippi”

Literally the first words at the top of the order posted.

Personally, neither the Mayor nor Governor nor City Council demonstrated other than unprofessionalism, immaturity and a lack of class in their juvenile bickering.

Stop listening to what you heard. There hasn’t been any juvenile behavior from anyone except the mayor. He acts like a spoiled child when other people (like the council) follow the rules and keep him from getting his way. I watch the televised council meetings, I read lots of different news sources, and I’m personally impacted by what’s happening because I live here.

One thing I’ve learned for sure— you know this mayor is lying when his lips are moving. He’s a pathological liar! If the governor hadn’t stepped in to do the mayor’s job for him, we still wouldn’t have any water at all and criminals would be running the capitol area!!

Lumumba needs to resign TODAY.

11:57 its a futile goal to make them actually first-hand listen to facts and form an opinion.

The preacher at the local church told him/her that Tate is acting like a child and this is not Choke's fault. It will never be, in their eyes.

Which is why myself and many others left.

You cannot fix Jackson.
Rational thinkers are outnumbered 10 to 1 by the folks interviewed on the news and posting to the Governor on Twitter that are mad at Tate and have nothing but love for the bowtie because they share a skin tone. They deserve better and are too dumb to know it.

Ever ponder why woke and broke rhyme?

2:03 - you are so right, but it even transcends those. Last night I enjoyed a cold PBR with a liberal Democrat friend (who does not share a skin tone with the Mayor, but does share his socialistic agenda) who wouldn't accept any other thought than this was not the current Mayor's fault. It was everybody for decades neglect - and nothing said would make a difference in his opinion.

It is so true of those you note, but it carries across the partisan divide. Which is amazing when one realizes that the total responsibility for the plant, hell - for all the city's failing infrastructure, has been done by the same party as the current Mayor. It has never been, until two weeks ago, the responsibility of the state to operate a utility system. How it is the fault of Tate is hard to comprehend, unless one is not trying to comprehend but only wanting to point fingers away from themself

2:03 here and completely agree 5:28.

I've had similar conversations (with persons on each side of the political aisle) that simply do not care about rational thought.

I don't know what they have ever personally gotten from these illustrious leaders to illicit such loyalty, but it must be some really good stuff.

Partisan poison is killing us all, but folks just keep drinking.