Well, they don't have anything to do right now, so I guess they decided to fix the escalators.
No airport would survive without massive Federal grants and PFC money. Very few capital projects don't involve one or the other.
Goes along with the theme of everything else in Jackson that doesn't work: the libraries, sewer system, water meters, Thalia Mara Hall, police dept, judges, mayor, Hinds County jail, city council, county supervisors, convention center. I'm sure I missed some stuff but that's a start
Correct. The grants themselves are typical and yearly. The problem with JAN is that they don’t maintain anything to the point that the grants can actually help.
i've talked to several of the hinds county supervisors at our conferences. That is the most inept bunch of folks running a large population county in the state. and it isn't even close. the new one that took david archie's place just walks around with a bag around his neck collecting vendor give away junk. even holmes county has a better board
City of Jackson has always run that airport. They built it (with grant money). Difference is, for many years it was competently run. That changed.
these are the same folks who reelected babychok in a landslide and will reelect him again in a landslide (if on the ballot).
They owned it, but it was run by a separate board. The Jackson Municipal Airport Authority. In 2016, control was given to the city of Jackson after a court fight.
JMAA board has always been appointed by the mayor. JMAA still runs the airport. State tried to take it over in 2016, but 7 plaintiffs sued to stop the takeover. The case has generated a lot of legal fees and is still ongoing with apparently no end in site. Control of the airport has not changed. What has changed is the quality of board members appointed to the JMAA board.
Wow, so this is exactly how you pretend to know what you’re talking about, but literally have ZERO idea what you’re talking about.
He qualified at the last minute Friday. Here is "Hizhonor" as he was dressed to qualify at City Hall
Every. F'n. Reeves. Ruling. In. The. Case. Has. Been. Reversed.
I think there is still some question if he will be on the ballot. He hasn't filed campaign finance reports for several years and those are "required."
Well, he's not being reversed now because he's an idiot. He's not even trying to apply the law but just doesn't like that the city can have control of the airport taken from them.
As long as the black nationalists like Lamumba/Thompson/Stokes/ETC continue to shun non-black participation in governance, there will never be cooperation in any meaningful respect. Current "cooperation" is a complete sham. The CCID is a giant middle finger to Lamumba and his ilk. The federal takeover of the water system is not "cooperation." There is no "cooperation" with those fools.
I have a similar story about the JMAA's drinking water wells from about 15 years ago. The well screens failed and was pulling in a bunch of sand and JMAA refused to fix it. I do not know if it has been fixed, but I wouldn't drink their water, either.
Kim Wade filed to run. If he won, maybe "somethin' will finally get did" in Jackson.
I agree about the governance of the airport and city, I think we all do. But it's no different than Birmingham or Atlanta, as far as being a city-appointed board. While I love the idea of a regional board, I just don't see how you can simply take away their asset with one fell swoop. Seems to me like the City either needs to be bought out, or the board should just create some new positions, and transition to a stand-alone entity with the backing of whoever that is (City, Rankin County, etc.). But to do that, Rankin County would need to bring their checkbook to the table.
Not sure about GTR but GPT got a lot of cash influx after Katrina. They seem to be well managed since then. If you completely redid JAN with federal money and then gave control to Rankin County, they’d probably still be a nice small airport for the next 15-20 years also.
You're funny. This from the guy who has been so wrong so many times that he has had to change his user name eleventy billion times.
