tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post144300406635831904..comments2024-03-28T23:48:08.527-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: Stokes Gets Stoked Over the ZooKingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-35513941960377059292018-05-02T11:24:38.783-05:002018-05-02T11:24:38.783-05:00A lot of you commenters need to take a chill pill....A lot of you commenters need to take a chill pill. Or at least drink a beer and calm down. The sky is not falling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-7626904449343173652018-05-02T09:12:33.031-05:002018-05-02T09:12:33.031-05:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5tdqojA26E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5tdqojA26E<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303329830190586644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-86043227970766904282018-05-01T19:39:57.963-05:002018-05-01T19:39:57.963-05:00Frank: Can you at least come back and sign off lik...Frank: Can you at least come back and sign off like Walter Cronkite? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-43664729765467100582018-05-01T13:51:13.576-05:002018-05-01T13:51:13.576-05:00"April 30, 2018 at 4:31 ANON"
ANON SAYS..."April 30, 2018 at 4:31 ANON"<br /><br />ANON SAYS: "Well...the 'freeloaders' in my family have always paid tuition to state supported universities. And those tuition payments racked up student debt instead of student grants and handouts." <br /><br />FM SAYSs. http://www.controller.msstate.edu/records/2017/Sch_01%20FY17.pdf<br /><br />Well lets examine this. MSU got 155 million (page 3 of 8) from the Feds and 256 million from Tuition and Fees (page 2 of 8). That's a ratio of 60% of Fed support to tuition support. Now I never said that people who get subsidies are free loader. All I said was when you think you are paying your full ride at state colleges, you are actually getting heavily subsidized. As I also said,the issue seems to be that its okay for White folks and corporations to get subsidies and a crime if Black folks get subsidies.<br /><br />ANON SAYS: "And those who received Social Security were merely getting back a portion of the government had confiscated over fifty years of their working lives. A few died after collecting their money for one year or not at all."<br /><br />FM SAYS : Same for Black folks. In fact Blacks die much earlier then Whites so Blacks get back less than Whites. ANON you should be happy with that.<br /><br />ANON SAYS I pay taxes to ride on public roads. Many in Jackson do not pay taxes - They just low-ride.<br /><br />FM SAYS: ANON, EVERYBODY pays state and local taxes through color blind sales taxes and color blind property taxes levied upon renters by landlords rent increases to cover the property taxes. MS Income tax is so low it's really not worth talking about. <br /><br />Yes, the Federal government does give "poor and poor working folks a break, but that's done in a color blind fashion as well. There are more poor and working poor White folks than Black folks in a similar situation Blacks. Of course you wouldn't know it from the local media. Need proof? Go to the South Jackson "Wal-Mart" early on Saturday morning. Truly eye opening!<br /><br />ANON SAYS: Mickns' primary issue is with society. He sees himself and others who look like him as disadvantaged, trampled upon, used up and tossed aside, de-valued and spurned. Held back and not given a chance to release and deploy their talents. And they are all certainly owed all the government can heap upon them in whatever form they can get through whatever avenue they can manage.<br /><br />FM SAYS: Tru Dat!<br /><br />This will be my last post on this site other than to respond to comments I may receive from my previous posts.<br /><br />I have more than enough "vitriol" for my book. Thanks to all of you ANON posters. I will neither have to get your permission to use your comments nor pay you any royalties!<br /><br />I will also clean up around and paint my house!<br /><br />I will also continue to support Kingfish financially with my meager donations. He is truly a valued contributor to our State.<br /><br />Six Two and Even. Over and Out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303329830190586644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-1490896298958201182018-04-30T10:23:36.531-05:002018-04-30T10:23:36.531-05:00"the State of Mississippi, through MDA, offer..."the State of Mississippi, through MDA, offered COSTCO "cash support", plus tax incentives, to locate in Madison rather than Jackson."<br /><br /><br />So there's a second Costco going up in Madison too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-46696874238130097462018-04-30T09:35:39.535-05:002018-04-30T09:35:39.535-05:00The Doctor you hired says you've got cancer an...The Doctor you hired says you've got cancer and if you don't do surgery now, you are going to die. Kennuf Stokes says the doctor is killing me and I need to get rid of him. Mr. Priester seems to be saying maybe we should at least consider what the doctor is saying since cancer CAN kill and we are not doctors. Maybe a second opinion is needed. Kennuf says he's got a second opinion...mine. Other council members say, surgery sure will hurt and we don't want to hurt. Kennuf say's stop being a sissy cancer happens all the time and it's probably just indigestion anyway. In the meantime... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-79944980605871094522018-04-30T08:53:35.961-05:002018-04-30T08:53:35.961-05:00WHERE ARE YOUR EYEBROWS KENNETH ?WHERE ARE YOUR EYEBROWS KENNETH ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-10383246466724774302018-04-30T08:25:47.852-05:002018-04-30T08:25:47.852-05:00So two murders on Sunday and a third victim in cri...So two murders on Sunday and a third victim in critical condition and this is what the leadership of Jackson is spending their time on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-42507854343438585132018-04-30T07:46:10.116-05:002018-04-30T07:46:10.116-05:00The problem with the city of Jackson is... the cit...The problem with the city of Jackson is... the city of Jackson!! Mayor's office and the Council are ultimately responsible for the conditions the city is in. Not the white man because the city IS majority African-American and has been for many many years. I think it's sad at what the city is now and what it once was! Moving the zoo to the museum/park area is a great move... and guess what it's still IN THE CITY!!!! Jackson lost out on a lot of BIGGER projects because the way the city is/run. The City did it to itself... and Kenny is one of those to blame! Why do you ask??? He is one of the longest seat wearing out member of the council (even when his wife took his seat). I understand the city is in Wards but until the Council makes decisions for the city as a whole and not just their little kingdom/ward the city will remain the same. It's time the citizens hold the Council to the high standard they expect, want, and definitely need! Don't hate because other communities can do better than you. WAKE UP JACKSON!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-3144339844520860392018-04-30T06:29:30.250-05:002018-04-30T06:29:30.250-05:00@ 7:54,
I'm not familiar with the station 97.7...@ 7:54,<br />I'm not familiar with the station 97.7 FM... I can only imagine what the radio host was claiming as facts though. Probably had stokes on for the fact checking. I would say 97.7 urban radio has very little political advise apart from the plantation mentality and it's all the white peoples fault. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-75232576716169396562018-04-30T04:31:56.275-05:002018-04-30T04:31:56.275-05:00With each new post, Mickns proves himself more out...With each new post, Mickns proves himself more outlandish. It's as if he's in a padded cell, bouncing off walls, with a laptop and they can't catch him to medicate him. He's the new Ernest T. Bass running around and jumping and tossing rocks through the windows, constantly. <br /><br />Then there's this: "Hey ANON Do you have folks in your family on Social Security, Disability, Food Stamps, subsidized home health care, getting VA Veterans benefits, special needs education at a public school, going to a state supported college or university, riding on a public road? If any of these scenarios are true, and I agree with you. let's throw the freeloaders out."<br /><br />Well...the 'freeloaders' in my family have always paid tuition to state supported universities. And those tuition payments racked up student debt instead of student grants and handouts. <br /><br />And those who received Social Security were merely getting back a portion of the government had confiscated over fifty years of their working lives. A few died after collecting their money for one year or not at all. <br /><br />I pay taxes to ride on public roads. Many in Jackson do not pay taxes - They just low-ride. <br /><br />Mickns' primary issue is with society. He sees himself and others who look like him as disadvantaged, trampled upon, used up and tossed aside, de-valued and spurned. Held back and not given a chance to release and deploy their talents. And they are all certainly owed all the government can heap upon them in whatever form they can get through whatever avenue they can manage. <br /><br />Frank! Your wife is correct. Get off the damned internet and paint the house! Or prune your petunias. And drink some prune juice. It's Me It's Me It's Frank T. Bass!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-49408198479475654922018-04-29T22:38:32.766-05:002018-04-29T22:38:32.766-05:00This is peanut and banana BS. This is peanut and banana BS. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-47721901862378955472018-04-29T22:05:04.607-05:002018-04-29T22:05:04.607-05:00Wrong, Frank. The developer applied for the rebat...Wrong, Frank. The developer applied for the rebate as one could have in Jackson. Kingfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-78449979841020654162018-04-29T21:42:40.924-05:002018-04-29T21:42:40.924-05:00April 29, 2018 at 5:04 PM Anonymous said...
"...April 29, 2018 at 5:04 PM Anonymous said...<br />"Talk about everything leaving Jackson... Jackson dropped the ball with Costco being built on Lakeland!!!"<br /><br />Jackson dropped the ball when the State of Mississippi, through MDA, offered COSTCO "cash support", plus tax incentives, to locate in Madison rather than Jackson.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303329830190586644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-76649401963425121152018-04-29T21:33:21.104-05:002018-04-29T21:33:21.104-05:00"April 29, 2018 at 5:03 PM Anonymous Anonymou..."April 29, 2018 at 5:03 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...<br />mickns - your latest mistake is in claiming there are 'limited resources'. Resources are not limited. But the willingness to invest personal time (work) in pursuit of them is limited. Folks like you would rather hang around and wait on the porch for (more) reparations."<br /><br />Well if you really think that the concept of limited resources is false, you need to look up the definition of the study of economics. If resources of personal time, and raw materials were not limited, then we all should have everything we need with no investment of time or mode exchange. Living in paradise as it were. Picking food off the trees for free.<br /><br />But let's say I agree with you. If you cannot afford to pay for what you need why should others, who are working, support you? <br /><br />Hey ANON Do you have folks in your family on Social Security, Disability, Food Stamps, subsidized home health care, getting VA Veterans benefits, special needs education at a public school, going to a state supported college or university, riding on a public road? If any of these scenarios are true, and I agree with you. let's throw the freeloaders out.<br /><br />Of course what you are really saying, especially when you use the word <br />reparations", is that Black folks shouldn't get public support. <br /><br />Fact is, the vast majority of folks getting public support are White! <br /><br />Most of Mississippi's White folks lived one step away from poverty and ignorance until those rich and progressive White folks in the North, through the Federal government, subsidized all of those poor, White, porch sitting free loaders. Rich White folks in Mississippi did very little for their fellow, less rich, or poor, White cousins.<br /><br />Just saying.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303329830190586644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-83727897719687511362018-04-29T21:12:24.851-05:002018-04-29T21:12:24.851-05:00April 29, 2018 at 2:41 PM ANON
I know for a fact ...April 29, 2018 at 2:41 PM ANON<br /><br />I know for a fact that River Hills Country Club got a TIF (Tax Incremental Financing) because I know several of their board members. I said that these projects got tax abatement and/or TIF's. Whole Foods, and/or their landlord probably got some form of tax abatement.<br /><br />For those who don't know, using River Hills as an example, a TIF is an agreement where the City will make needed improvements on City owned property, usually roads and sewage, drainage, etc. infrastructure improvements on the schedule required for the private entity. The improvements to the private entity property, not owned by the City, should increase the value and therefore the additional taxes paid by the entity. These additional taxes, in theory, should, over time pay for the City infrastructure improvements.<br /><br />I never said West Jackson should go after a TIF.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_increment_financing<br /><br />ANON makes the often espoused erroneous statement that implies that some folks, specifically "those folks" in Jackson, don't pay property taxes. Property taxes are usually the vehicle to pay off bond issues. He erroneously assumes that renters don't pay property taxes, while of course they do. Landlords ALWAYS eventually pass increases in the property tax they pay by increasing rents. Some landlords who exchange a limited level of rent control when they accept Section-8 rent subsidy vouchers, for a steady and predictable supply of renters. A steady supply who reduce the largest risk landlords face, vacant properties.<br /><br />As for politicians not raising taxes, I said NINE TIMES that for the very specific example I presented the politicians won't raise taxes specifically to pay for "community maintenance expenses".<br /><br />ANON which politicians control your vote? Please explain how a politician controls votes. I can authoritatively say, and you will agree if you think about it, that politicians didn't control votes. It's quite the opposite. They get elected based on how successfully they can convince voters that they will do what the voters already want done.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303329830190586644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-68161486857153949112018-04-29T19:54:53.065-05:002018-04-29T19:54:53.065-05:00Who is the radio host on urban station today aroun...Who is the radio host on urban station today around 3 pm... it's 97.7 fm... this guy is a total joke of information and acts as if the zoo was actually leaving the city. He obviously considers this area of NE Jackson too white and we only pay the majority of taxes in the entire city so hey we can't be considered a part of the city. He thought we were in flowood. Man is lacking knowledgeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-59936084283419876232018-04-29T19:50:53.806-05:002018-04-29T19:50:53.806-05:00@ 6:01
It was eastover neighborhood that caused Co...@ 6:01<br />It was eastover neighborhood that caused Costco to pullout of that area for consideration. You know the wealthy jackholes that have weekend condos in Oxford or a beach house l. Let's not forget the ones with houses on Martha's vineyard for over $23 million.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-28317666732475669562018-04-29T18:01:05.641-05:002018-04-29T18:01:05.641-05:00Jackson got played by Costco. Costco was never go...Jackson got played by Costco. Costco was never going to locate in Jackson. Costco only used Jackson as leverage to extract what they needed from Ridgeland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-22834676847304343562018-04-29T17:50:34.861-05:002018-04-29T17:50:34.861-05:00US vs THEM was......never mind!US vs THEM was......never mind!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-25047363371760325912018-04-29T17:04:47.064-05:002018-04-29T17:04:47.064-05:00Talk about everything leaving Jackson... Jackson ...Talk about everything leaving Jackson... Jackson dropped the ball with Costco being built on Lakeland!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-43168772898364469942018-04-29T17:03:40.404-05:002018-04-29T17:03:40.404-05:00mickns - your latest mistake is in claiming there ...mickns - your latest mistake is in claiming there are 'limited resources'. Resources are not limited. But the willingness to invest personal time (work) in pursuit of them is limited. Folks like you would rather hang around and wait on the porch for (more) reparations. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-57537451558655553872018-04-29T16:59:28.928-05:002018-04-29T16:59:28.928-05:00I'm confident Stokes will begin his crusade to...<br />I'm confident Stokes will begin his crusade to save the Zoo with a huge personal donation.<br /><br />Of course his donation will be matched by "Here comes the judge" Lorita.<br /><br />Money will soon be falling out of the sky as everyone follows the Stokes' example!!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-22112558127094970872018-04-29T14:48:09.382-05:002018-04-29T14:48:09.382-05:00April 29, 2018 at 2:23 PM Anonymous John Grisham s...April 29, 2018 at 2:23 PM Anonymous John Grisham said...<br />After trying to read the book F mickns posted, I kept nodding off, so I will wait for the movie."<br /><br />True-Dat.<br /><br />You sound just like my wife.<br /><br />All she says is, "Frank stop blogging, clean up around HERE and paint the GD house!<br /><br />And yes there will be a book. I can aways count on the Kingfish bloggers to spot fallacies and holes in my logic so please keep the critical comments coming!<br /><br />What I've learned from ANON@2:23 is too many words without an interesting slant and engaging style will not be read!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303329830190586644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-42272980197082512852018-04-29T14:41:53.255-05:002018-04-29T14:41:53.255-05:00John Grisham, you didn't miss much - the movie...John Grisham, you didn't miss much - the movie will have to be much better a novel. F Mickens fiction for fact wasn't even interesting to try to read. Lots of taking from the "rich" (anybody white or in business) and giving to continue to subsidize the rest of Jackson. Pretending that bond issues pass because people support them rather than recognizing that those that control the votes don't pay taxes to pay the bonds. Pretending that the politicians in Jackson don't raise taxes because the voters will not put up with it - again, totally failing to recognize that the politicians (City Council and Mayor) have raised the city taxes almost yearly, and without fear - again, because voters who have to pay taxes have very little voice in the outcome of the elections.<br /><br />He also tried again to discuss a subject he obviously has no understanding - TIFs. Just as in his post on the last subject, he thinks west Jackson should be getting TIFs like (as he said) River Hills and Whole Foods received - neither of which benefited from a TIF. Also misunderstands that the TIF causes taxes to go up on others; again missing the fact that his "others" aren't paying taxes, and the TIFs don't raise anyone's taxes.<br /><br />But, as you said, wait for the movie. Don't bring much popcorn, because even as a novel, its not going to keep anyone's interest very long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com