The Jackson City Council passed a 180-day moratorium on the construction of data centers this morning on a vote of 5-2. Councilmen Ashby Foote and Vernon Hartley voted against the measure.
Councilman Kevin Parkinson moved to limit the moratorium to 60 days but the amendment failed on a 2-3-2 vote. Council President Brian Grizzell lauded the moratorium, saying New York State banned data centers and Jackson was "moving in the right direction."
Meanwhile, Ridgeland laughs.
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Jackson doesn’t care about more tax money.
The ship is sinking and they are rearranging the deck chairs.
Love the irony of the preceding post lamenting flat tax revenue and budget deficits. You just can't fix Stupid!
If a tree falls in the woods and nobody is there to hear it................
Basically the only 2 council members with a brain voted against it. Kevin is a weasel and a laughing stock. Was he wearing his $80 white tee shirt too ?
The majority of the Council doesn't understand simple economics - or city government or any other aspect of their elected responsibilities.
"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience"
Honestly, I wish Brandon(where the B on the flag stands for Butch) would have done this and listened to the concerned citizens. Instead, they just rammed it down our throats and tried to shut our voices down. Seems to be a pattern. FBL...
They should ban corporate headquarters, large factories, restaurants and shopping malls while they are at it. And banks. They are as likely to locate in Jackson as a data center.
BC the clown cites New York's moratoriums on data centers as one of the reasons Jackson needs. Yeah, Jackson definitely should follow the lead of New York. That definitely applies here.
Ask any of the “banners” to define a data center. Their answer will tell you all they know. Nothing !
Jackson doesn’t need any more tax dollars or economic growth even though the city is in the red
Continued incompetence exists on the City with Soul's leadership - facing a significant budget shortfall, unwilling to cut costs and expenditures, and yet saying no to a potential major source of income for the city -- all because a few folks want to raise hell, probably because they aren't going to profit from it.
Thank God we have two voices of reason on the Council, Foote and Hartley (being two of the three that also fought against the grant and corruption of the garbage contract, but I digress). Parkinson continues his wanting to play both sides of the fence and not stand against idiocy - just as he has done now on the last three contensious issues that came before the Council. No different other than dress than the one he replaced.
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