BREAKING: Approaching Storm in Demolitions Filings?

Chief Administration Officer Robert Walker explained that city legal is now going over the list in detail before sending the docket to the clerk’s office, which slowed the process.

OK, Walker... Where is the detail? Let us see it! If there was detail, there wouldn't be as many questions. It would be in the docket!

Much better description than what was on the news last night. Good job. It is time that the Council lowered the boom!

Interesting. Wasn't there a previous story about the crew hired and that one of the houses burned/demolished had asbestos in it? Is the city possibly claiming in CDBG and DEQ papers that a certified company/crew is doing this work? What certification does one need to do CDBG and DEQ funded demolition work?

Well, initially, didn't Melton have his young men knocking down houses with sledgehammers? Remember that footage on WLBT with him walking with two of the teens up to a house, and Melton was carrying a gun straight down in his hand?

I'm curious how they're picking the houses.

So.. the city attorney signed off on something and didn't know whether it had actually happened or not? Wow. Ineffective counsel for sure.

I would be concerned, but since no one in Jackson, the Council, the Mayor's office, or the justice system seems worried about the lack of instutional control, I won't either.

Just curious...is the contract city attorney liable personally for items she signs, versus the city being liable if she were a city employee?

Deputy City Attorney Michele Purvis has opined that city legal cannot be held legally liable for the dockets, only City Council. You can imagine how delighted council was by that counsel.

So, Frank can do what he likes knowing City Council will either clean his mess up or go to jail for it.

Figures.

Surely, the contractor/contractors hired to do demolition have signed a statement of substantial completion with the date completed. This, to me, constitutes a legal document. Someone with the City should be inspecting the job completion and signing off on each one after inspection and prior to approving payment. No one should ever be paid by the City without an approval by appropriate City personnel.

Right, Chris. That would be in a normal city under a normal mayor. Do you get any sense that this administration cares about legalities such as those? Any sense?

And, lest we forget, after statements like that, Ms. Purvis believes the public should put enough trust in her to be *district attorney*, of all things. Ahem.

Deputy City Attorney Michele Purvis has opined that city legal cannot be held legally liable for the dockets, only City Council. You can imagine how delighted council was by that counsel. brian

The fact that City legal is making such a point says they know there is wrong doing being done by the administration. Things are not good. The water is getting deeper.

I am glad that Councilman Allen is helping to get to the bottom of this by joining the other three. I think he recognizes that Melton is bad for this City. Even Larry, the radio host, said to his "friends" (i.e. NJam'ers & MP'ette's) that they need to realize that none of the problems we are having are because the media or critics are complaining about Melton. It's not because the Council as some like to say. No. It is Melton who is doing this. It is Melton who is the problem. I was glad to hear it. Like all complains about Melton, it had to be prefaced with a complaint about Johnson; but it's a start.

BTW: If someone gets the tape, there is a great clip of Charlie Ross saying, "Mississippi has a lot of obese (pause), 'fat' children..." on Kim Wade today.

What? Obese wasn't descriptive enough?

I prefer lardbutts myself.

I prefer lardbutts myself.

I meant instead of using the term obese or fat on the air.