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    Am I consuming too much news

    My board of directors told me to send some of my staff home. I refused and told them they could fire me if they wanted. I told them we were going to stay open, stay fully staffed, and we were going to serve our customers with better service than anyone in this state. I told them I had a job...
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    Am I consuming too much news

    Teachers aren’t essential. They proved that when they all went home during the pandemic instead of staying and teaching kids.
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    Jackson and Siemens water meters

    If the NFL is giving out 64 cornerback positions, and not even a small percent is going to white guys, then isn't it a given that either there's some discrimination going on, or there's a lack of representation in business by a class of people that obviously needs some assistance to achieve it...
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    Jackson and Siemens water meters

    Jackson doesn’t have enough qualified people. And they certainly lack qualified leaders and department heads. One issue with the Siemens contract was the high turnover rate among Jackson employees made training on the new system almost impossible. Jackson forced many of the minority...
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    OT- Update on the Jackson water situation

    The state auditor is involved. But neglecting to bill because you don’t know how to bill or how to operate the billing system isn’t a crime. It’s incompetence, but not criminal. All state agencies in the city should receive a water bill and should pay the bill. Their service should be...
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    OT- Update on the Jackson water situation

    Often times the money simply wasn’t collected. You have to bill and collect. You can’t give water away for free. Accountability? Look at the last several mayors and public works directors. It’s a clown show. Bob Miller had some skills, but he wasn’t there long. They keep electing the...
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    OT- Update on the Jackson water situation

    It’s a mess, but adults are in charge now. I’ve been involved a little. The people of Jackson should be thanking the state and federal governments for helping solve a city function that the incompetence of city leadership and employees totally neglected. The truth is that the city leadership...
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