Jackson Jambalaya

I give up. What is 1020?

Thank you for sharing this!

I don’t need to be reminded of the failures of the Mississippi educational system’

7:24 PM
Capitol City Improvement District.

Hell we still here !!

>7 years ago I was held at gunpoint in my own driveway however I'm going to vote to keep criminals on the street

That was brutal and ignorant comments by those silly democrats.

Mississippi is #1 at being #50, and it shows!

Nothing in the legislature is "debated". Just a bunch of blowhards giving speeches that nobody listens to.

The Mayor's (and supporters) opposition to this bill seems based merely on the right to maintain control of what is clearly out of control in the city. It has nothing to do with what is best for the city, or its citizens. Is it racist to intensify efforts to combat crime in a city that is the capitol of the state? Is it racist to increase police protection to a designated area when JPD is understaffed and unable to meet the demand? Is it racist to provide additional judicial assistance to clear up the back log of cases that delays adjudication and appropriate punishment of criminals, thus allowing them to remain on the streets wreaking more havoc? I think not. However, I believe it is racist to ignore the needs of your primary tax base, castigate them for their complaints about the very real issues they encounter in the city and blame them for the etiology of problems. Yet, the Mayor wants to make them financially responsible for improvements with no input or control. The city of Jackson does not belong to Mayor Lumumba. It does not belong solely to Black folks. The Mayor does a disservice to his constituency by pushing the racism narrative. Are there hidden motives in this bill? Maybe. However, on its face, it simply seeks to provide a mechanism to help improve safety in Jackson. If successful, this is something that would benefit us all. For most of us, its not so much about who is in control, as it is about who is going to do the best job. The mayor and his administration have demonstrated they are not up to the challenge.

And the Marxist mayor just said it’s “oppressive”. Yep….would you have thought any different?

I'm all for this bill. The mayor has proven over and over again that he can't do the job. Crime is out of control. I don't understand why democrats don't want to fight crime.
Lumumba doesn't care because he has his own personal security.
I don't understand why the citizens don't want crime taken care of. It's crazy.

@7:07AM You said a mouthful here and you are not wrong. The problem that's arising here is that the CCID district expansion is comprised of a large population of white people and that is the main issue that people hating this bill are raising. The narrative is being slung that this bill sends black folks all the way back to the civil rights movement all over again. I swear I wish I could sell my house and let them have this crappy city.

In the western movies of old, who exactly was it that protested the new U.S.Marshal or sheriff headed into town?

Put your "rememberin' cap" on and think. WHO, exactly?

"...WITH THE BIG-IRON ON HIS HIP"

Shanda Yates was a yes vote on final passage. She's an "independent". That'll pretty much do it for her from the Democrat party. She's gonna get squeezed between two Dems running and Amile Wilson as a Republican.

She might as well vote like she wants to from here on out cause she's got no chance of coming back.

Lil Choke is desperately flailing in vitriolic racist tantrums against professional help that solves problems because competency and leadership are absent in his skill set.

Good help won't work for him.

Some other cities have strong council-weak mayor forms of governance, where the mayor is merely a ceremonial position, and real power is handed to a City Manager.

@7:07
Very well said.

I care more about who is going to deliver the best service, than who is in control of the service. If Mayor Lumumba and his administration were as committed to improving the safety of the city as it is for fighting for control of the chaos that now exists, perhaps it would not be necessary for the legislature to take action.

@8:23- Well hopefully the CCID can one day take over more and more of Jackson and serve everyone. If that were to happen along with the strong, separate judicial system, Jackson just might have a chance.

This is a lesson in real-life civics. When faced with domestic chaos and economic dysfunction, democracy WILL fail. It is far more important to maintain a certain order than to maintain the unrealistic principles of one man, one vote. In essence one of the representatives touting this bill said as much. Let things get bad enough and a dictatorship WILL arise. Of course it will be disguised as something else to be polite. This is a civics lesson for the books.

I'm all for expansion of the CCID - just wish they would take it all the way to County Line Road. I believe the larger the CCID area, the better it will be for Jackson, particularly in terms of safety, which should be our primary concern here.

The city shouldn't point fingers at the state for not stepping in to help with the water crisis earlier and then whine about the state stepping in when it comes to crime in the capital of the state.

Is there a link to the map that the Capitol police would cover. I've searched and can't find it. I'm having eye problems today and may have missed it

I think the map can be found here:

https://www.dfa.ms.gov/sites/default/files/CCID%20Home/Master%20Plan%20Documents/ccid-master-plan_march2019.pdf

Also, I believe that the proposed expansion goes to County Line Rd?

@12:41 Thank you so much!

The city is against this because they deep down know it will magnify their failures.

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1020IN.htm

Read the bill - The democrats are lying. They claim it's taking away the rights to vote for Judges in Hinds County. It does not. It creates a small individual city for the downtown area, much like they have created the Capitol Police, now the Capitol Police will have their own Judges, Prosecutors, Clerks and so on, as they should.

Why is the Mayor not called out on his stupidity in not reading the Bill or his misleading of the facts on purpose for his own interest....