Posted on 08/30/2022 12:41:33 PM PDT by EBH
The drinking water system in Jackson — Mississippi’s largest city and home to more than 160,000 residents — is failing, state officials announced on Monday. Thousands of Jackson residents already have no or little water pressure, and officials cannot say when adequate, reliable service will be restored.
The city water system has been plagued with problems for years, including tens of thousands of residents losing water between one and three weeks during a 2021 winter storm.
At a press conference Monday night, Gov. Tate Reeves said the city’s largest water treatment plants may be completely down.
“The O.B. Curtis plant is not operating anywhere near full capacity,” Reeves said. “We may find out tomorrow it’s not operating at all. We’ll have better visibility on that when we get in there tomorrow.”
Reeves announced he would sign an emergency declaration for the capital city’s water system and create an “incident command center” to distribute water to the city’s residents beginning Tuesday morning.
“Until it is fixed, it means we do not have reliable running water at scale,” Reeves said. “It means the city cannot produce enough water to fight fires, to reliably flush toilets, and to meet other critical needs.”
(Excerpt) Read more at mississippitoday.org ...
Probably been raping the maintenance budget for years and pocketing the money…. Got to be Trumps fault….. the people who vote these folks in get what they deserve!!
Mayor of Jackson, MI.
Chokwe Antar Lumumba , did he make his name up
30 years of “deferred maintenance” and suddenly it’s eveyrbody else’s problem, too?
Cut all the rest of the city services and pour money and manpower into the water system until it’s fixed. Maybe confiscate the property and money previous mayors and city councilors.
His father was also mayor from 2013-2014 and died in office.
You can bet he takes care of himself and his friends
But the good news is, it is easy to get killed there.
Who knew that Johnny Cash was really singing about no water in Jackson?
We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout,
We’ve been talkin’ ‘bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out.
I’m goin’ to Jackson, I’m gonna mess around,
Yeah, I’m goin’ to Jackson,
Look out Jackson town.
Well, go on down to Jackson; go ahead and wreck your health.
Go play your hand you big-talkin’ man, make a big fool of yourself,
You’re goin’ to Jackson; go comb your hair!
Honey, I’m gonna snowball Jackson.
See if I care.
When I breeze into that city, people gonna stoop and bow. (Hah!)
All them women gonna make me, teach ‘em what they don’t know how,
I’m goin’ to Jackson, you turn-a loose-a my coat.
‘Cos I’m goin’ to Jackson.
“Goodbye,” that’s all she wrote.
But they’ll laugh at you in Jackson, and I’ll be dancin’ on a Pony Keg.
They’ll lead you ‘round town like a scalded hound,
With your tail tucked between your legs,
You’re goin’ to Jackson, you big-talkin’ man.
And I’ll be waitin’ in Jackson, behind my Jaypan Fan,
Well now, we got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper Sprout,
We’ve been talkin’ ‘bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out.
I’m goin’ to Jackson, and that’s a fact.
Yeah, we’re goin’ to Jackson, ain’t never comin’ back.
Well, we got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout’
And we’ve been talkin’ ‘bout Jackson, ever since the fire went...
Leftist democrat politics lead to Third World Government.
Ms. Jackson if you’re nasty!
[They are saying it is due to 30 years of deferred maintenance. (seriously!)]
I bet the money’s been going somewhere for 30 years.
Similar story in Boston where the guy in charge of the Metro train system got a $90K bonus for the last two years.
Meanwhile, the Orange Line is shut down for a month for maintenance. Nobody rode the trains during covid for two years. Now, they shut it down.
Half a trillion for student loan socialism is much more important.
Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba.....Democrat activist.....city falling apart....I’m shocked!
I got one thing that says Daniel Mahoney is Mayor of Jackson MI.
I got one thing that says Chokwe Antar Lumumba is Mayor of Jackson MI.
79% African according to the 2020 census.
Jackson Michigan (MI) vs Jackson Mississippi (MS)
Idiocracy is upon us ahead of schedule.
Hmm..wonder where did all the money budgeted for it go?
And the Democrats under Obama and Biden spent how many TRILLIONS on INFRASTRUCTURE ???
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