Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is holding a press conference right now. It is streamed below.
* Jackson will hold a second annual film camp this summer for filmmakers aged 15-18. The camp is four weeks from June 19 to mid-July. Deadline is May 5 for camper applications.
* Mayor Lumumba said several water maintenance workers were "striking outside of Avalon." He said they were upset about not having jobs and were upset about his contracting out their jobs. Hizzoner said the Water Receiver had the right to hire and fire who he desired. He said they all had the chance to work for Mr. Henifin. He directed all questions to the Receiver.
* The Mayor addressed the Governor's vetoes of several Jackson-oriented appropriations. He said it was the same reason for the EPA Title VI complaint and accused Governor Reeves of being aggressive in killing Jackson's legislative initiatives. He said Jackson makes up 25% of the state's GDP.
He said it was a case of "the state of Mississippi cutting off its nose to spite its face." He cited the $1 million for the convention center parking lot, $250,000 for the Briarwood swimming pool, $2 million for the Planetarium, $13 million to DFA for Lefleur Bluff gold and trail.
"These are targeted attacks against the city of Jackson," charged the Mayor.
* A reporter asked about the NAACP lawsuit. Hizzoner said HB #1020 was racist and oppressive legislation.
* Scott Simmons asked if the Mayor thought the expansion of judicial authority in 1020 was the most flawed section of the bill. Mayor Lumumba declined to speculate. He said the bills were poorly written and there was "a lot of meat left on the bone" to attack.
50 comments:
I was wondering when he was going to play the race card.
Who raised this crybaby?
Blowing off those long-time workers concerned about their benefits and retirement monies is big time stupid politically.
Jackson makes up 25% of the state's GDP? That does not seem accurate.
@1:29 all he does is play the race card. That's all one can do when they aren't an effective leader
agree on the 25% of GDP in State-
Government Dependent People
There's no retail left in the City of Jackson and so many companies have relocated. Can't possibly be 25% of the State GDP. Where did he pull that from??
Jackson’s population represents just over 5% of the state’s population. Are we to believe that this 5% of the population provide 25% of the states economy? Don’t let him think you are that stupid. The Pascagoula shipyard probably contributes more than the whole city of Jackson.
25% my ass. Federal and state jobs. Not much made or produced in Jacktown.
Is this y’all’s first time on this site? Or do y’all think y’all don’t regularly throw the race card (even when it doesn’t fit)?
At some point the media should just ignore this reprobate.
@2:16PM
My thoughts exactly! May have been so 30 years ago but I doubt it now.
Successful cities elect successful executives who surround themselves with successful staffers and department heads.
Jackson has none of these.
"Who raised this crybaby?"
One of the better Don's of the Detroit Mafiosa.
Hinds County, the whole county, makes up roughly 10% of the GDP of the State.
https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/lagdp1222.pdf
I wonder if the mayor will retract that statement, or admit his error.
I think he meant Jackson makes up 25% of its own GDP.
Anyone keeping score on how many times the Chokester said "right?"
“Jackson makes up 25% of the state's GDP”
Would love to see the source for this 🧐
Ironic, the feigned outrage and concern the mayor articulated about RDI employees' job security, is not matched for those city employees who stand to lose a lot more in the transition if hired by the private company. The mayor was dismissive and unsympathetic in his response. I guess this is not an issue that will garner a lot of support and attention. Granted, this is likely a wise business decision by the receiver. However his response revealed the mayor's true affinity or lack of, for "his" people when it does not benefit his agenda. Perhaps he should have consulted his public relations manager to craft a more sensitive response.
I think he meant Jackson’s GDP is 25% of what it was under previous mayoral administrations.
I wonder what percentage of Melissa Faith Payne's soul dies each time she has to stand up before the press to support the nonsense the Head A-hole in Charge spouts?
75% of the crime
@2:56 gonna have to use that one!
"I was wondering when he was going to play the race card."
Are his lips moving?
Not to worry because his Jackson base does not know what GDP means, other than "Government Dependent People."
5:39pm you are dependent on those Govt Dependent People that commute to Rankin/Madison county to wait your tables, cook/serve your food, change your tires, clean your schools, offices, stock your groceries, deliver your mail and other low paying jobs that you, your wife and children will not do. Don’t bite that hand that feeds you.
Can’t believe Melissa Faith Payne took that job. Bet she regrets it. She could have done way better.
He clearly cared way more for an out of state private owned company’s employees than he does for his own city employees! Ask him about that Scott Simmons. You would never tho. Right?
He is so full of crap - ironic, especially when he is talking about the consent decree on the wastewater side. Yes, it did precede him but during the entire six years of his administration nothing has been done to address the wastewater problems, specifically the SSOs that result in daily EPA fines (yes, laughable, because EPA will never collect a dime from those fines),. Nothing I say except to spend millions (three to four million a year) in legal and consulting fees trying to renegotiate the decree - to give 'more time' to solve the problem. Yes, they need more time because the original frame for solving the problem was ONLY 17 years. Spending eleven of those doing nothing but trying to change the terms means that we still have raw sewage flowing into the Pearl.
Most funny part of that, funny unless you are around the area, is the bypass pump KF posted on this site a year or so ago on Mill Street - the pump where the hoses were leaking and raw boo-boo was spewing out over the entire area, and eventually making its way south down Mill Street to Town Creek.
Well, wahala!!! The pump is gone!
But, wait a minute. The pump is gone because Hizzoner's minions did not pay the rental company for the use of the pump for several months - so they did what any responsible business would do, they came and took it away.
So now, the raw boo-boo is doing what it normally does when the sewer lines no longer work ----- its flowing all down the street and directly into Town Creek. (and of course, then to the Pearl River and downstream.)
Other claim the idiot made was that the city has never had a large bench of water folks that knew the system. They did - prior to his administration. One of the historic knowledge brain trust is now the PW Director for the City of Byram; another is working in a local engineering firm. Because both were white, they were not welcome in Hizzoner's operation where he did not want to have competent staff; instead wanting only those that would genufleck when he (with his bodyguard Hondo and mouthpiece Dr.O) entered the room.
@6:26 PM
No we aren’t
The GDP referred to here extract their entire existence from the government.
They don’t hold the jobs yiu named. That means WORK- the antithesis to GDP!
When was the last time someone in Jackson drank or cooked with tap water? on the bright side, I believe it is still safe to water your lawns wit it, Just make sure your pets don’t drink if.
Hondo looks like he needs a walker
Is the mayor of Jackson, that guy on tv with that clown wig on his head?
I'm just happy the Jackson youth "Film Camp" remains funded.
No doubt a lot of little JPS yutes may be the next Tarantino,Lucas
or Spielberg.
What water and garbage issues ?
Save the film class!
Keep showing this child Mayor's pressers.
They are comic gold Kingfish.
@6:44...wonderful post and very accurate- where in the hell is the EPA!!!
When you look up "bloviate" in the dictionary, you will discover a photo of Chowke holding a race card. Right?
This has been posted before. I love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFvujknrBuE
“I ran out of gas. I, I had a flat tire. I didn’t have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn’t come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts! IT WASN’T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!”
GDP #s are bogus. He'll say anything. FOIA his source data for the claim.
Mayor, what did you expect ? The State came in and saved the day when the water system failed, and it got safe, drinkable water flowing to the residents of Jackson again... something you failed to do. But then, rather than thanking the Governor and the State for their help, you turned around and called them racists over and over again and blamed them for the water failing. But yet now you ask them for more money and to help again with some other Jackson projects ? No, I don't think so. As the old saying goes...."Don't bite the hand that feeds you." If you want someone to do you a favor and help you, ask them nicely and be courteous, don't insult them. Good grief, you're an idiot.
You all know his motive when the first thing he did after being elected was put his name in big, bold letters on the entrance of the Airport in Rankin County instead of deal with real issues.
As far as Melissa Faith Payne's career choices, all I can say is that she must be being compensated pretty good to put up with this cluster.
7:35 pm echoes the fear I have had about Jackson water, emanating from those obfuscating letters the mayor put out for years.
I doubt Lamumba and Henifin drink it. Mayor says he drinks from the tap but a five gallon jug of delivered spring water has a tap on it.
I watched this yesterday on the Facebook. the number of commenters riding the mayor's junk is astonishing. however, i'm not surprised.
The wastrel mayor, by his years of willfully incompetent mismanagement, neglect and marxist agenda, has damaged all of Jackson, including the 80% +/- who are black. When will the NAACP jump his ass with lawsuits?
When the "race card" alone doesn't work, sue while holding the "race card."
8:29am
Faith Payne, Dickensian name tied to the pain of shame for faithfully spin-dancing for that lying devil.
LOL you can't even get to 25% of the state's GDP adding Hinds, Madison, AND Rankin county together. He is such a joke. Too bad a lot of his constituents don't care enough to fact check the bs he spews. Zero chance he acknowledges his error for that reason alone.
https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/lagdp1222.pdf
I always liked Melissa Faith Payne on 12’s morning program and was surprised she’d take this junk COJ gig. If she gets full up to here of it she could just quit; I hear Barbie Bassett is free.
He's referring to the Jackson, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). It includes not only Hinds, but Madison, Rankin, Simpson, and Copiah counties. Most of which he has NOTHING to do with.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/categories/30759
“We’re hoping to coordinate a Clean Up Jackson campaign over the next several weeks with Waste Management and Richards Disposal; we’ll have more about that in the coming weeks.”
That’s Antar speak for “a couple of people have complained about the blight and litter all across the city, so indulge me while I pretend to care for the next for 5 minutes.”
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