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Uncle Joe

(58,412 posts) Wed Aug 31, 2022, 10:42 AM Aug 2022

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"We Can't Go It Alone": Jackson Miss. Mayor Lumumba on Water Catastrophe in Majority-Black City (Original Post) Uncle Joe Aug 2022 OP

Very true. Question is where has the water authority in the city been? jimfields33 Aug 2022 #1

Wow. Sounds like they need to replace many supervisors jimfields33 Aug 2022 #3

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1. Very true. Question is where has the water authority in the city been?

Wed Aug 31, 2022, 11:54 AM

Aug 2022

They collect monthly checks from every water user and never saw any problems? No inspection?

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2. According to the OP that water plant has been "maintenance deferred" for decades

Wed Aug 31, 2022, 12:00 PM

Aug 2022

and infrastructure money hasn't reached Jackson yet.

One of the poorest cities in the poorest state, it has been short funded.

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3. Wow. Sounds like they need to replace many supervisors

Wed Aug 31, 2022, 01:04 PM

Aug 2022