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Don Johnson

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  1. Don Johnson

    RIP Coolio

  2. 3:00. Will be televised by LHN
  3. I bet Charles serves for 5 years or so and then abdicates.
  4. I want to see them pull this off in 2022
  5. Tate Reeves is a clown that most Republicans don't like. As for the water, its 100% Jackson's fault. This isn't some natural disaster that just happened. They've avoided any upkeep for years and don't even collect their bills. The EPA has been all over their ass for years and the Mayor has ignored it. Its every bit as bad or worse than Flint Michigan. And like Flint, a state takeover is probably the only fix. But Jackson leadership, for obvious reasons, has pushed back on that for years. https://www.epa.gov/ms/jackson-ms-drinking-water A March 2020 EPA report revealed a history of non-compliance dating back to 2015, when lead levels began exceeding the acceptable range for three consecutive six-month periods. In February 2016, Mississippi health officials issued a compliance plan to Jackson PWS. The plan required Jackson to remediate a series of violations and come into compliance by 2019. In January 2020, MSDH issued a violation for failure to adhere to the compliance plan. The March 2020 EPA report noted that Jackson had been forced to issue 750 boil-water notices to residents since 2016 and identified a litany of defects in the system, including uncalibrated monitoring systems for pollutants and fabrication of water samples, non-functioning raw-water screens dating back to 2017, UV systems used to disinfect water supply being offline for extended periods, no developed lead service line replacement plan, and too few Class-A water operators dating back to 2016. The EPA issued additional non-compliance notices in May 2020 and April 2021, before, on July 1, 2021, entering a new consent order which required Jackson to produce both a comprehensive staffing and repair plan, along with consistent monitoring and reporting on the system. The system has continued to be plagued with problems, with new boil-water notices being issued starting in June of this year and increasing pressure from the EPA to demonstrate compliance. Now, its a billion dollar problem and Jackson doesn't have the money to fix it. Would be nice if they even bothered to collect their bills. https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2021/07/13/jackson-mayor-unveils-past-due-water-bill-forgiveness-plan/7936924002/ One source of funding frustration is the system for water-bill collections itself. For years, Jackson has been plagued with customers reporting that they either do not receive bills or that they receive astronomical bills unrelated to actual water usage. City officials acknowledge this problem and say it will not be fixed until 2024. One report last year estimated the city had over $100 million in unpaid water bills.
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