Jackson Mayor John Horhn wants to hire a police executive search firm to find the next police chief. The agenda for today's meeting of the Jackson City Council states:
That's more like it. No more Mayor's spouting off they know who to hire. Give the job to some pros who know what the hell they are doing.
More work is scheduled for Thalia Mara Hall while management will be transferred to the Convention Center Commission.
Something needs to be done as the auditorium has not had a real manager in over a year. The interim manager is the stage manager. The Horhn administration said the Convention Center has been breaking even after the the Commission fired the management firm and took it over.
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Thalia Mara is doomed. All Horhn is doing is getting the monkey off his back.
So did they even look at Wendell Watts, Assistant Chief?
I certainly don't agree with everything that Horhn has done, and that's okay. I do like that he appears to take some decisive action that he thinks is good for the city. Jackson is far better off with Horhn than they were with Lumumba. The Lumumba and Yarber tenures did so much damage. Horhn appears to be doing his best to get things moving in the right direction. So I can respect that. We won't always agree on everything, but I can live with that. I want Horhn and Jackson to succeed.
The Convention Center is "breaking even" Right.
Close the Zoo Mayor. You can do it.
I'm encouraged by the new mayor's plans. He is a vast improvement over LaDumba. He might even try to unload the failing zoo.
No. Wendell is white.
The red-ink gulping Convention Center is one of the epic loads of BS sold to Jacksonians in the city's history.
Quick shoutout to Antard and Rukia since I know they read JJ. Let us know when you're leaving town for good so we can have a city-wide celebration.
@9:36- You are right. Wyatt Emmerich told us this for a year. No ears in a L'mumba admin.
Horne is just trying to hold on until the LG gets governered. Its all starting to come together…
I hope selecting a professional search firm is not just window dressing like the IHL does when selecting university presidents. The agenda has already been set and they will ultimately pick someone who will maintain the status quo and no real progress is made. Let's see.
Depends on if they listen to it or not. JMAA used it when Van Derlist resigned and the firm picked Carl Newman, an excellent hire.
The new guy can’t be White because he would want to actually stop crime in Jackson and that is not conducive with Black leaders.
Curious to know how much the firm is charging to do the search.
Council also said they got what they need, want water system transfered back to Jackson. Ashby Foote was the only one that voted against the resolution. (Good for Foote. Said priorities should be crime, blight, economic development).
Mississippi Poor People’s Campaign and the People’s Advocacy Institute keep filing, wanting it to be over and system returned to Jackson. United States responded, “This argument makes no logical sense."
The council also approved a nonbinding resolution encouraging JXN Water to provide billing adjustments to residents. That measure was approved on a unanimous vote.
Raise your hand if you want the city of Jackson to run the water/sewer system.....
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