Campaign fundraisers for Jackson mayor?

[411dawg]

Any of you guys fortunate enough to go to some of the fundraisers for Mayor Yarber?

Sounds like they were quite lively.

http://www.wapt.com/news/central-mi...paign=16 WAPT News Jackson&Content Type=Story

 

[thatsbaseball]

No but I would make a donation for copies of the depositions that will soon take place. Those are going to be pure gold.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

The decent tax-paying citizens really need to start taking back some of these cities. I am as guilty as anyone, as my name implies, I too live in the suburbs of a southern metro area. I wish it were an easy fix.

 

[xxxWalkTheDawg]

Geez. Metro Jackson is really an official lost cause isn't it? Are you folks even getting utility bills mailed on time yet?

 

[rugbdawg]

What's a real shame about Jackson is that the best restaurants in the state, one of the top 40 private schools in the country, and one of the top 10 historical neighborhoods in the country are all in the city limits. Jackson has SO much to offer.

Believe it or not. It's a BEAUTIFUL city. If folks would start working together and stop trying to line their own pockets, progress really could be made. There is NO middle class living in the city limits anymore. You're poor or loaded. Either way, you are always locked and loaded.

 

[The Peeper]

He'll be hosting fund raisers for his legal fund soon, or at least a Go Fund Me

 

[Cow College]

Do you think they left good tips at the fundraisers?

 

[Spiderman.sixpack]

The decent tax-paying citizens really need to start taking back some of these cities. I am as guilty as anyone, as my name implies, I too live in the suburbs of a southern metro area. I wish it were an easy fix.

the decent taxpayers are outnumbered by the non taxpayers. So it won't be changed.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

What's a real shame about Jackson is that the best restaurants in the state, one of the top 40 private schools in the country, and one of the top 10 historical neighborhoods in the country are all in the city limits. Jackson has SO much to offer.

Believe it or not. It's a BEAUTIFUL city. If folks would start working together and stop trying to line their own pockets, progress really could be made. There is NO middle class living in the city limits anymore. You're poor or loaded. Either way, you are always locked and loaded.

It's the biggest city in the state, it cannot be abandoned. But to get it back, sacrifices will have to be made, by someone. There will have to be a great number of people willing to move in, gentrify, and live among the bad element until it's changed.

 

[Shmuley]

There's a solution. It's called Chapter 9. The legislature can enact the workaround to make it happen. By removing the short-sighted pighead racists, white and black, from the equation, most of the politics disappears. One highly qualified, authoritarian, cut-throat, court-appointed CFO/manager and one lifetime appointment protected bankruptcy judge would completely turn this ******** around. And it would take less than three years to do it.

 

[rugbdawg]

Your solution has a big problem. The legislature.

We have one of the worst legislatures in Mississippi history. That's saying something.

 

[Shmuley]

Not going to argue about the short-sighted legislature. But I know for a fact that there is serious discussion about passing legislation that places "da bowl new sittay" into receivership. May not happen, but it should.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

There's a solution. It's called Chapter 9. The legislature can enact the workaround to make it happen. By removing the short-sighted pighead racists, white and black, from the equation, most of the politics disappears. One highly qualified, authoritarian, cut-throat, court-appointed CFO/manager and one lifetime appointment protected bankruptcy judge would completely turn this ******** around. And it would take less than three years to do it.

In 2016, that's coming more from one side than the other. I guess they get a turn too. Maybe 50 years from now it'll be the way it should be.

 

[Bdog9090]

Geez. Metro Jackson is really an official lost cause isn't it? Are you folks even getting utility bills mailed on time yet?

I own a house in NE Jackson. I have not received a water bill since November. I assume as some point within the next 9-24 months, I will receive one and it will be for about 4K. There isn't really much I can do about it. They say that the new system generated new account numbers and that I don't currently have one.

 

[Xenomorph]

Is having one of the best private schools in the country really a feather in the cap?

 

[ShrubDog]

What's a real shame about Jackson is that the best restaurants in the state, one of the top 40 private schools in the country, and one of the top 10 historical neighborhoods in the country are all in the city limits. Jackson has SO much to offer.

Believe it or not. It's a BEAUTIFUL city. If folks would start working together and stop trying to line their own pockets, progress really could be made. There is NO middle class living in the city limits anymore. You're poor or loaded. Either way, you are always locked and loaded.

No one is going to start working together. It is a democrat run city and that is one of the main problems. They cant get along amongst themselves. They are running a racket with water meters, cops are soliciting prostitutes, DA is corrupt, city councilman calls for violence against cops, pot holes swallow buses, there are no big businesses and its 100% dangerous.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

Not going to argue about the short-sighted legislature. But I know for a fact that there is serious discussion about passing legislation that places "da bowl new sittay" into receivership. May not happen, but it should.

Out of the loop obviously, but what is this? Surely you aren't talking about Chockwe's New Afrika or whatever.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

No one is going to start working together. It is a democrat run city and that is one of the main problems. They cant get along amongst themselves. They are running a racket with water meters, cops are soliciting prostitutes, DA is corrupt, city councilman calls for violence against cops, pot holes swallow buses, there are no big businesses and its 100% dangerous.

Seems to me like a total lack of intelligence.

I have heard some people voice a need for a regional-type governing body similar to Nashville. But my question is, how are the predominately white suburbs going to get along with the predominantly black city? No one wants to talk about this. Nashville does not have that issue.

Every city in the south with similar demographics as Jackson has the same issue. Birmingham, Memphis, Atlanta.....all the same. Just on a bigger scale.

 

[ShrubDog]

You have a democrat controlled leadership with a non tax paying population. It is a vicious cycle that is almost impossible to break. Neighborhoods that were predominantly middle class 20-30 years ago are gone. So how can you move those people out and bring back the middle class? It aint going to happen.

And these leaders have degrees and phd's and all they care about is themselves. All the education in the world would not improve their mindsets. What the 17 has Bennie Thompson done for his people.

Nashville is not a good comparison to Jackson. Detroit may be a better comparison.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

You have a democrat controlled leadership with a non tax paying population. It is a vicious cycle that is almost impossible to break. Neighborhoods that were predominantly middle class 20-30 years ago are gone. So how can you move those people out and bring back the middle class? It aint going to happen.

And these leaders have degrees and phd's and all they care about is themselves. All the education in the world would not improve their mindsets. What the 17 has Bennie Thompson done for his people.

Nashville is not a good comparison to Jackson. Detroit may be a better comparison.

Middle class people have started to move back to Birmingham and Atlanta, but it's typically singles. As soon as they want to have a family ie stake in the game, they are gone to safer areas. So yeah in generally it is not changing, ever, from my vantage point. The safety issue will eventually overrule any idealistic reason for gentrifying a city.

Many churches try to revitalize areas of downtown, and couples will move down there, etc. But when they start having kids, that's when they hit the brick wall. They talk about building up and influencing schools, but putting their kids into those schools (the ultimate sacrifice) generally never happens.

 

[John Lorry]

Absolutely.

There's a solution. It's called Chapter 9. The legislature can enact the workaround to make it happen. By removing the short-sighted pighead racists, white and black, from the equation, most of the politics disappears. One highly qualified, authoritarian, cut-throat, court-appointed CFO/manager and one lifetime appointment protected bankruptcy judge would completely turn this ******** around. And it would take less than three years to do it.

This is the only viable, long-term solution.

The debt markets have contracted considerably as of recent downgrading of GO debt and water/sewer bonds to junk (Baa2 and Baa3, respectively). When the "credit card" is taken away, the city won't have any other choice. Considering the legislature could pin it all on the inept city government, I wouldn't think it would require too much, if any, political capital to pass a Chapter 9 authorization (or even directive if the city government is defiant).

 

[John Lorry]

I've heard the same regarding the receivership. I think it isn't likely to materialize, not because of an obstinate legislature per se, but because it's almost certainly unconstitutional in light of the preemptive effect of Chapter 9.

Even if a receivership were available, Chapter 9 would be still be a much better option for the reasons identified by Shmuley. Plus, the bankruptcy courts have the infrastructure and guidance of recent Chapter 9 filings by municipalities, counties, etc. - e.g. Detroit and Jefferson County, and other examples from California.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

Is having one of the best private schools in the country really a feather in the cap?

It's not ideal, but in some cases, is the only realistic solution.

Jackson is 80/20 black/white. Do you really think those 20% are just too racist to send kids to public school with the other 80%? Or is the environment created in the public school simply not conducive to learning?

What's your solution?

 

[Xenomorph]

Well.. I wasn't really purporting to have a solution. Just pointing out that having great private schools might be more of a symptom of the problem rather than an accolade.

 

[DonDon.sixpack]

Wonder where the Mayor got all that money to build a mansion in Madison County?