Jackson Jambalaya

It's Biden's EPA. 'nuf said.

Thank gawd “you know who” doesn’t have his sticky fingers on the money

I had noticed the response to water leak repairs was taking a lot longer than before recently. Is the EPA sabotaging Mr. Henifin and his progress?

This has Chokwe all over it.

Is there any property for sale in north east Jackson?

There is a smaller lot for sale in NE Jackson for $325,000 in meadowbrook highlands. Of course the minimum HOA requirement would mean you’d still have to spend about 800-900k on the construction of the home.

Thank you. I love to hear about anything that causes Jackson to suffer!

Was that Rukia who I saw leaving the EPA HQ building? Maybe she was just asking for directions. Right?

Pay your taxes.

"We apparently had some bureaucrats in D.C. do something else without any real explanation as to why they’re doing it”

That bureaucrat wouldn't by any chance be named Kristin Clarke, would it?

It's very difficult for me to believe the EPA is really concerned about misspent funds, when the whole operation is overseen by a long-time federal judge, who has been very hands-on.

Welcome to Lumumbaland . . . I mean the Republic of New Afrika. Give the monarch what he wants or he'll burn it all down, then try to take over the ashes.

So much for "Environmental Justice" after the fanfare subsides.

Maybe Benny could get his trotters out of the trough long enough to get this remedied?

Let them go back to drinking dirty ass water....oh that's if there's any water flowing at all.

While blowing $$ out a firehouse to coddle illegal aliens—

Waiting to see if Judge Wingate can jerk a knot in the EPA’s collective head

Now perhaps the media can see first hand all of the malarkey Lumumba blew up about this being only about racism was a way to deflect of how neglectful he was with allowing water and sewer services to reach his state. This is not about racism & never has been. Let EPA get paid in the same manner they want to dictate to the workers fixing Lumumba’s failings. Let each EPA person involved do their jobs without pay while someone else checks their punch list & after questions are asked & further reviewed get paid 30, 60 or 90 days later. This is the way they want soldiers treated after fighting our battles while living in deplorable conditions and filth on OUR bases. Yes the taxpayers are paying the EPA and all of Congress to do Better. November can’t come soon enough and the Taxpayers in MS and throughout the US will b heard! Thank you Ted and Henry for being the Gladiators for the people. God Bless You!

One of the factors causing the water system collapse was the mayor's failure to ensure contractor invoices were paid. Years of slow pay or no pay resulted in competent contractors refusing to do any work for the city. They knew they wouldn't be paid timely, if ever.

EPA will achieve that same result for a far bigger price tag if they continue the current approach. Contractors are THE ONLY thing keeping the ball rolling now. Years of Chowkie's mismanagement culminated in all competent water department employees leaving and never being replaced, hence the reliance on contractors.

No competent employees + no competent contractors = no water.

I'm wondering if the mayor and his squad are somehow behind the change in the EPA's decision. We all know that Jokeway and his people resent the success that Jackson Water has been experiencing.

USCOE, MDOT, FHWA, USDA, Etc. require payment to contractors before reimbursement. Why should EPA and this large amount of taxpayer money be different??? I thought this was a conservative small government website!

11:14: Those agencies you mention are not a bankrupt water system. They also aren't in a federal receivership due to a complete failure to provide a necessity of life for an entire capital city just 18 months ago, or for dumping millions of gallons of raw sewage every month into an interstate river.

In other words, this is an emergency situation that poses an immediate threat to lives and livelihoods. But you'd rather play clever games.

@11:14 PM

You are so wrong. This is a incel’s gossip blog.

So y'all are saying Chokwe, who a majority of people on this site constantly call incompetent and incapable of being a successful mayor of a city in Mississippi, is in on the EPA making things harder for Jxn Water? Guys, come on.

Maybe post a phone number to EPA and or should we all write our US Senators to take up this fight with EPA and Congress. 11:14 you are 100% RIGHT! Thanks for sharing

Get ready for more delay tactics if Trump is elected. Republicans want to reduce regulatory authority and funding for the EPA, CDC, FDA and other administrative agencies.

Let me say this. If I was a Contractor and knew I wasn’t going to get paid or have a delay in payments I would roll up the carpet and leave until payment is made. But, here is the issue. From the very beginning Henifin had authority to pay the contractors and was he and the contractors were making significant progress. This shows embarrassment, self centeredness and pettiness on the person or persons involved in collaborating this procedure with the EPA when the first arrangement was made for Ted to pay the contractors. We are 27 years into this issue of the former and current city leadership not taking care of the water and sewer system. When and if this massive undertaking gets finished, then and only then can you say jackson is the Bold New City. Until then, it’s just an another case of urban blight that has occurred time after time when socialist minded leaders take control when their main concern is giveaway programs and funding radicals issues. Case in point. Look at the JPS system. Schools have been shut down and if you want to see neglect, go inside one of the schools that are left to operate and compare it to the ones they are shutting down will see what I am talking about. You can’t just mop the floors and sweep a little here and there you physically have to take care of the physical aspect. No pride whatsoever. It’s sickening.

I’ll take Trump over the current clown. Jackson can re-elect Choke-Way and return to a well and bucket operation.

I think Henifin is doing a good job, so this is not a shot at him. But it's a sign of life in Jackson that people continue to sit around and plead for someone else to bail them out. I need my $450 million! I need Uncle Sugar to send me my free check!

People complain about the government spending money without having proper documentation.
People complain about the government wanting documentation before spending money.
People complain about the government no matter what.

4:04 AM
Lol. LMAO even. 'incel' just means 'people I don't like'.

Anyone smell a rat? Weren't there some EPA mucky-mucks here recently? Didn't they meet with the Chowke/Rukia clan while they were here? Hmmmm.

I'm sorry for this crap. Judge Wingate and Henifin have been doing a great job.

If Jackson residents don't want clean water, who are we to stop them?

I have not seen anyone marching in the streets in protest to "Chuckles" and "Nokia's" corrupt leadership.

"let them drink cake!" Right Rukia?

So ...what is it about not being able "to tie the expenditures to an invoice" is not understood?

You want oversight on how tax dollars are spent,right?

It seems to me, that finding the invoice should be an easy thing to correct...just call the person you paid for a copy if you've lost your own.

Try reading all the article, folks.

Bennie Thompson doesn’t want the 3rd party administrator so he probably is using his influence at EPA to make them fail

March 19, 2024 at 10:06, maybe you should read the entire article.

"Henifin filed an appeal of the EPA’s decision on Monday, pointing to, among other things, his decision to bring on Horne LLP. He also has been able to tie all invoices to the amounts drawn down."

That quote is from the WLBT article.

Ladies and gents we got ourselves a good ole fashioned “measuring” contest. Lumumba just 1-upped ole Ted.
He wants control over those contracts and is using connections at the EPA to do his dirty work.
This is gonna get good. I say hennifin gets frustrated at goes back to VA eventually.
He’s getting a good lesson in Mississippi politics.

Prediction:
Trump wins. Cleans house at EPA including all of lumumba buddies. Henifin ultimately wins.
Until then.. “hold on to your butts” ( in my Samuel l Jackson voice)

Great headline KF!

Ted - when are you going to start turning people off for not paying?

You would have money if you had revenue for service.

Turn them off!