Lawmakers React To Water Investigation

STATE CAPITOL WITH THE LATEST… KARA… THIS INVESTIGATION WAS LAUNCHED AFTER THE NAACP FILED A COMPLAINT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF JACKSON WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING. STATE AND CITY LEADERS SAY, THEY’RE ON BOARD WITH THE INVESTIGATION TO HELP THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS. IN THE LATEST WITH JACKSON’S WATER CRISIS, THE EPA LAUNCHING A CIVIL INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED MISHANDLING OF FUNDS. BOTH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY LISTED IN THE COMPLAINT. THIS ALSO COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE GOVERNOR WITH CHOICE WORDS AGAINST JACKSON MAYOR CHOKWE ANTAR LUMUMBA. RESIDENTS SAYING, THEY’VE HAD ENOUGH OF THE BACK AND FORTH. BETTIE MCLAURIN- JACKSON (6676) :36-:45 “HOW COMPETENT ARE YOU TO RUN THE STATE VERSUS OUR MAYOR RUNNING THE CITY. BECAUSE THERES INCOMPETENCY EVERYWHERE. SO CAN WE POINT FINGERS? NO. (BUTT SOTS) :53-:59 “AS LONG AS WE’RE DIVIDED, NOTHING WILL EVER GET DONE FOR OUR STATE, OR FOR OUR CITY.” STATE LAWMAKERS WITH REACTION TO THE EPA’S INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY, EARLE BANKS “IT TAKES AN INDEPENDENT EXAMINATION FROM SOMEONE NOT IN MISSISSIPPI LIKE THE FEDS TO SAY WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? BECAUSE WE SEE OVER AND OVER THINGS THAT ARE NOT HAPPENING IN JACKSON..” JACKSON CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ASHBY FOOTE ALSO IN SUPPORT OF THE INVESTIGATION. HOPING THAT NO STONE IS LEFT UNTURNED . ASHBY FOOTE (5066)- CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1:05-1:15 “I THINK WE GOTTA LOOK AT EVERYTHING. GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS STUFF FIND THE MONEY THAT’S OUT THERE THAT NEEDS TO BE, THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO SPEND TO FIX SOME OF THESE ISSUES WE’VE GOT.” NEWS OF THE INVESTIGATION ALSO COMES AS PARTS OF SOUTH JACKSON DEAL WITH LITTLE TO NO WATER PRESSURE. RESIDENTS LIKE MCLAURIN, READY TO SEE A CHANGE. BETTIE MCLAURIN- JACKSON (6676) 2:01-2:15 “WE’RE TIRED. WE’VE GONE AROUND PLACE TO PLACE GATHERING WATER . WE’VE DONE THAT FOR OVER A MONTH OR MORE? AND WE’RE JUST NOW EXHAUSTED. BECAUSE WE CAN’T COME HOME AND ENJOY BEING HOME WHEN THERE’S NO WATER PRESSURE.” IN A TWEET THE N- DOUBLE-A-C-P SAYING THIS STEMS FROM THEIR TITLE VI COMPLAINT. NATIONAL PRESIDENT AND CEO DERRICK JOHNSON SAYING, THIS I

Lawmakers React To Water Investigation

Lawmakers React To Water Investigation

Updated: 9:54 PM CDT Oct 21, 2022

Lawmakers React To Water Investigation

Lawmakers React To Water Investigation