re: Different take on Jackson’s water system issues: institutional racism

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.....and many Jackson residents fear ceding control of such a vital service

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And this is why the shite will never change

Talked to a friend in Jackson today. She says they will go months without getting a water bill. The same thing happened in New Orleans a number of years ago. In New Orleans this was a commercial establishment that typically used 40-50,000 gallons of water a day. That represents $7000-7500 a month in water fees and $14-15,000 a month in sewer costs. So it was over $20,000 a month in lost revenue to the NOSWB. This establishment being the responsible entity it is, called wrote letters and repeatedly asked for a bill. They were told to leave it alone.

My theory is that the NOSWB was trying to paint as bad a picture as possible in order to justify federal government grants and subsequent rate hikes due to the cash flow situation at the SWB. Don’t underestimate the evil and criminal intents of what’s happening in these cities. The worse conditions become the greater likelihood the federal or state government will be to “fix” the problem. The excuses will be numerous but at the root it’s criminal intent.

While there is a larger than fair degree of incompetence involved here I suspect an overt criminal intent to defraud the tax/rate payers. Just pay attention to what’s going on in many of these cities. It’s criminal and it’s premeditated.

fricking Dems run the city and allowed this crap to happen. Nobody to blame but their incompetent selves.

Democrats don't run the city. Black nationalists/fascists posing as Democrats run the city.

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I don’t agree with a lot that’s in this article but there is zero doubt that white flight out if the city is a primary cause

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Translation: Whitey ain't there to pay for and maintain it now.

Start paying more attention. There will be more money thrown at water and wastewater issues in the future. It’s an emotional and easily politicized issue. Much of the money is justified, as deferred maintenance and a lack of will to solve out of sight, out of mind, issues don’t get much press and politicians hate to raise water and sewer fees. Politicians don’t get reelected for having the best water and sewer plants in the cities.

By law revenue generated by water and sewer fees must be used for the operation and maintenance of the systems. This includes a fund for long term sustainability of the system. This is how rates are determined. Politicians don’t want to raise rates as that’s directly tied to them. Most water systems are run by political entities. Also, Politicians are notorious for taking these funds and diverting them for more “voter friendly” endeavors like parks, bike paths, etc. It’s unlawful but anybody notice the lack of law enforcement in our current political climate. Rule of law….what?

We have to demand better. Hopefully a critical mass of folks will start to realize the waste of tax and fee income and get involved to a greater extent. I’m not privileged to know exactly how Jackson or the NOSWB got in such bad condition but maybe a good journalist can investigate. Do we have any of those anymore?

Blacks will come up with anything to avoid accountability.

Total bs article

Again, I said I didn’t agree with much of the article but when I starting practicing law nearly every big law firms main office was in Jackson, now I think it’s Bruni or maybe no one. All of the business and basically white people moved to Clinton, Canton etc. Therefore, the city lost a ton of tax money. That’s a simple fact. Why they moved in my opinion was not racism but for better areas. When lawyers are getting robbed going to their cars they are going to leave.

The City’s management is a horror show and really a federal investigation should be launched into the missing millions. it’s basically a third world city. i am not getting banned over this shite so that’s all I am going to say