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Jilly_in_VA

(11,116 posts)
Mon Oct 24, 2022, 09:03 AM Oct 2022

'Absolute and total incompetence': Governor slams mayor at turkey-pardoning ceremony

Gov. Tate Reeves pardoned a turkey at a ceremony Thursday at the Governor’s Mansion, only moments later to turn a flamethrower on Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba.

The governor was no-holds-barred when asked about the city’s decision to issue its own request for proposals for water system manager this week, days after the state issued its own request for qualifications for a firm to take over management of Jackson’s water system.

“As long as the state, over the last 52 days, is doing little things to make sure the water system is operated, the mayor was perfectly fine with it,” he said. “But when it comes time to put your thumb on the scale for a contractor, just like he did in garbage... he decided, ‘Hey, not only do I want to have a seat at the table, I want control of this,’” he said.

“Because if you go back and look at the two documents that come out this week, 95 to 99 percent exactly the same. You know what’s different? Who chooses vendor. Who chooses the contractor.”

https://www.whsv.com/2022/10/20/absolute-total-incompetence-governor-slams-mayor-turkey-pardoning-ceremony/

Tater Reeves is SUCH an assclown.

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