Friday, October 21, 2022

Trash Talk: Settled!

 The Jackson City Council and Richard's Disposal did not kiss and make up but they managed to settle their dispute over garbage collection in federal court today.  

U.S. District Judge Kristi Johnson dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice after the City Council agreed to pay the Crescent City company $4.8 million for garbage collection services provided since April 1.  The order states: 

The order states Richard's Disposal will continue to provide garbage service to Jackson under the terms of the company's emergency no-bid contract until the Mississippi Supreme Court rules on the negative veto case, Lumumba v. City Council.  If the Mississippi Supreme Court rules for the Mayor, the emergency contract will remain in force until it expires on April 1, 2023.  If the Mayor loses, Richard's Disposal will stop providing garbage collection at the end of the month in which the decision is rendered.  

The City Council will pay Richard's Disposal within 45 days after receiving an invoice at the rate of $808,035 per month. 


23 comments:

Anonymous said...

How many other cities have to deal with this Bullsh*t!

Anonymous said...

How many cities have this incompetent a mayor?

Anonymous said...

Only the city with Dumb dumb Lumumba in charge

Anonymous said...

My cat just pooped on the councils doorstep. And now im
Gonna bag it up and take it to their spineless selves while they scramble their eggs in the am. Bunch of spineless amateurs totally caved and now it’s swept through the system.

Anonymous said...

Has anyone seen Virgie lately ?

Anonymous said...

KF: I’m trying to figure out how the judge can rule that Richard’s should be paid when the city council did not authorize said contract. This should be open and shut. No council approval means no approval. End of story.

Anonymous said...

So does this mean you don't need a legal contract to get paid? I think the the city owes me about a million just for mental anguish over water/sewer/garbage woes.

Anonymous said...

$808,000 per month?

Wasn't Richard's bid only $756,000, which was a full $100,000 less than Waste Management?

Did the judge split the baby?

Anonymous said...

My understanding is the judge didn't rule. The council caved because they're spineless. Vote every one of them out.

Anonymous said...

Mayor Lumumba: +100,000 points

Will he ever stop winning?

Anonymous said...

@9:03
Listen… I can assure you Virgi should stay in hiding… her and her weak husband love to walk a line but there ass must be sore from riding this fence… they’re pathetic. Absolutely pathetic. No need for Belhaven or Fondren to have a councilperson as long as she is there. She listens to Chucky that weasel too much. Too scared to stand up!!!

Where's my commission said...

Chowke for the win!!! He has the council by the short hairs. He freed the water!!

Anonymous said...

seems exceptionally low $. Behind every plan is a scheme.

Ben Dover Jackistan said...

Chowke for the win!!! He owns the council. Chowke's plans are coming together.

Anonymous said...

Chowke will now be able to afford that Miami condo.

Anonymous said...

Choke got mo balls than Putin! Rule it Baby!

Anonymous said...

Chowke can now cancel his knee-cap insurance policy.

Anonymous said...

What happened to all of those people who were bragging about the city council? Did the mayor finally get tired of listening to them and explained it in a language they could understand or did they also get that envelope slipped into their pocket?

Dan Hise said...

Any of you bozos ever heard of the principle of unjust enrichment? Richards did the work and should get paid for it no matter how shamefully the Mayor behaved. After the Supreme Court gets off the schneid and finds in favor of the Council, we'll see how Richards fares. They had a lot of hardworking men and women getting paychecks, and I never had reason to complain about their service.

Virgi may have tried too hard to mediate a feud, but she held her own against the mayor in the long run. Knowing her as I do, I will readily vote for again--unless she chooses to find a better way to destroy her health. And don't let me hear anything bad about Chuck; he is as good as they get.

Very greasy palms said...

$4,800,000 - there is more than enough to go around, right?

MBrookes said...

I just wonder,and could anyone explain, what is taking the Supreme Court so long to make a decision? Do they not realize this is very important to the city? Do they not care?

Anonymous said...

Richards picked up trash in my NE Jackson apartment complex Friday. And came back again the very next day to do it all over again! Guess I'm getting that twice a week service!

Anonymous said...

@ 9:39. I'm with you KF.



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