Jackson Jambalaya

Wish I’d thought of that shit

I like the way this guy thinks. He is seizing an opportunity. Best of luck, Justin - we need more people like you.

Good for him! Let's just hope the city does not find a reason to shut him down.

That right there is a future superstar in business

I love this, and may use him. He may get overwhelmed with requests.

I think all Jacksonians should be credited for sanitation services we’ve paid for and aren’t receiving!

This situation is mother fucking ridiculous.

Thank you, Justin. If he would create a go fund me, I would donate, and I live in Rankin County.

Baby Chuck-way should take some notes from this young man, make lemonade out of lemons.

Justin Ragin.....this my friends, is what "adulting" looks like, what leadership looks like.....many in Jackson should make it a point to take a lesson from this young man

And, the city of Jackson can not duplicate this service? I grew up in one of the larger delta towns. My town managed to provide garbage without going to New Orleans for worn out garbage trucks charging extremely high fees for providing a necessary service. The mayor I’d doing a good job except for
1. Garbage pick up.
2. Police protection.
3. Homeless population.
4. Streets you can’t drive on.
5. Drag racing on city streets.
6. Adequate police protection because very few “qualified” people want to work on the force
7. The HIGHEST murder rate in the country.
8. Decent subdivisions having to be gated. (The law abiding people are forced to line in walls similar to prison walls while the perpetrators roam the streets.
9. Try parking your car at athletic events and come back with windows broken and looted.
10. Just a suggestion since the mayor says there are people wanting to work, buy a few garbage trucks and put them on it. It must be cost effective or private companies wouldn’t be fighting to get contracts.
Other than these and a few other issues, I see no reason to move, except maybe the quickly depreciation of your in city properties.

Great job, young man. Good business head and trying to help others too.

Be careful, Justin. By upstaging this mayor, you make yourself a target.

Justin Ragin for mayor!!!

Would be so refreshing to have a mayor that works hard and solves problems!!

I’m sick of corrupt, panty-waisted Lying Lumumba who just sits on his ass whining and pointing fingers!

What a wonderful young man...he will go far in life with this attitude.

I think $10/weekly trip, up to four large bags, would get one of the lawn cutters in my neighborhood interested if they had ten or more nearby customers. I'm gonna ask.

They'd need to assure us the garbage would go to a legitimate dump, not onto vacant property.

I hope this guy gets some customers but I’m guessing Richards will do like they did before and just keep picking up the garbage in hopes of getting paid later and that it will somehow lock them in on another emergency deal. Why could this not happen again?

Love it!

Wonder if his truck will get a jpd escort like Richards did coming up 55 from New Orleans

8:33 am

First, after decades, Jackson would have to buy new garbage trucks.
Then they'd have to find licensed drivers, they'd need to hire management people.
Yes, some smaller towns can do this still as they didn't buy into "privatization" of government services if they maintained what they had in efficiently.
But, many of them, even smaller towns gave away their building and equipment as part of the first privatization. Now, even in our military ,we are at the mercy of private contractors who now can dictate costs to us. contract.
I understand your nostalgia,but we live in today's world and your notion of "turning back the clock" is no longer feasible or even a tiny bit practical.
One reason crime is now higher is that we all in small cities and town knew our neighbors. We knew who was crazy and who were violent drunks.
This is what happens when you know the "cost of everything but the value of nothing". It is also about not understanding how something works..It's why people buy cars without checking tires, or taking it to a mechanic or checking the vin number history on the car. Government systems are the same. We have 100's of years of history to tell us. We know what works and what doesn't but what doesn't can be a great opportunity for the unscrupulous. Actually, we've known about "too big to fail" monopolies since the grain crisis in 1300. We know what risks war brings as well. But, too many of us fall for the "pretty" words that fire our emotions every damn time.
And, it's so nice to have someone or group to blame other than ourselves.

Would be interested to hear of any other options available as well. There's the WM "Bagster" bag dumpster that you can buy for about $25 and then have picked up for about $200 more. Kinda pricey and don't want neighbors thinking it's a community dumpster. The Waste Pro USA website says they offer residential garbage collection in Jackson but I called and they don't. You can take the trash to the landfill yourself but they charge $5 per cubic yard. Does anyone know if they still have roll-off dumpster days? The former website for that service is "not found." Any other options?

Chowke will have him chased off by Richards' knee-cappers by claiming that he doesn't have the proper permits, which likely take 6-8 months to obtain.

Be sure to get receipts and turn them into the city for reimbursement when this all gets figured out.

I hope some equally enterprising young man will create a resale market for trashcans that residents wont be able to use when Nokia and LaBumbles gets their way.
I am in a well-run suburb but if any COJ resident has a new-ish can they want to sell, I would be interested in helping them. I mean, I would be pissed if I had recently purchased one that wont fit into the boy mayors tantrum. Er, I mean plan.

Get a burn barrel for your backyard.

How much do we withhold from our next bill for each day they miss?

I'd pay him a $100 if he would go throw it over the Mayor's fence.

@11:05 I'll see your $100.00, and raise you another $100.00.

Justin Ragin for Mayor!

That's one way to get mowed down by CCPD.

You need to verify where he takes it. If it is dumped illegally you can be charged if there are bills, letters, etc. with your name on them.

I heard about this on the Kim Wade show, WYAB, 103.9 FM, Flora, MS. I called and we are set up for trash pickup this week.

"If it is dumped illegally you can be charged if there are bills, letters, etc. with your name on them."

Not only that but you'll have to pay for the investigation consisting of aerial photos and the 27 glossy black and white photos with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one, and Kid......

You'll have to rehabilitate yourself for littering.

What is the cost to dump at the Byram landfill?

I just got off the phone with Justin and texted him my name and address to sign up.

FYI - Justin's phone prefix really is 901 as KF published. I thought KF made a typo and dialed 601 first and the dude, not Justin, asked me why he was getting so many phone calls. I explained and we got a kick out of it. Again, the correct phone prefix for Justin IS 901.

Thinking this through, the city of Jackson collects the garbage collection fee in the water bill. The water bill in Jackson includes water, sewer, and garbage. Our esteemed water czar currently bears responsibility for collection of the water bill. However, his area of operational control is only the water, not the sewer or garbage. This seems to be a situation where things could get a whole lot more complicated real quick. Jackson may make national news again in the very near future with a complete breakdown of basic city services.

Maybe the mayor and city council will make very good decisions in the very near future. LOL, we know what is not going to happen. Jackson will not make good decisions to resolve this problem.

There is a bad storm rising.

That's not a prefix, bro. That's an area code.

Justin has picked up at one of my houses.

Chokeupalugi will find a way to tax him....