Is what is happening in Jackson MS a RW move against B. Thompson for his role in J6 investigation?

[Samrob]

This was the first thought that came to my mind when I heard about the water situation in Jackson.
I don't put anything past the RW.

[Ocelot II]

1. You should buy stock in Alcoa. No, it's the result of years of mismanagement

and neglect of a town that's majority Black. Nothing to do with getting even with Benny Thompson.

[SCantiGOP]

2. I don't think they could cause a 1,000 year flood

n/m

[elleng]

3. No, too long in the making, 'just' historical discrimination.

[Recursion]

4. Unfortunately this is just normal Mississippi priorities

Any extra money the state gets goes into the Highway Patrol slush fund or to Brett Farvre. Infrastructure all over the state is neglected, it's just Jackson is large enough that the cracks broke (literally in some cases).

[SheltieLover]

9. +1,000!

[Better Days Ahoy]

5. Oh, good grief!

Perhaps we can leave the conspiracy theories to the right wing nuts?

[Haggard Celine]

6. I have friends in the Jackson area who I visit now and then.

I watch the news with them when I visit, and Jackson has a LOT of problems. The water situation has been serious for a long time. State officials don't want to give the money to Jackson, not only because of partisan politics, but because they don't trust Mayor Lumumba. I don't know how this problem is going to be solved, but Jackson is on the verge of becoming a dying city. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they moved the capital out of Jackson. It would cost a hell of a lot of money to do that, but it would make a lot of people happy.

[Samrob]

7. This is what I was alluding to. The state withholding funds for needed infrastructure. It happens

to mostly black Mayors of major cities across the nation. It's real systemic racism that is an inconvenient truth for some.

[Kaleva]

8. That might be a concern if that was the first thought that came to your mind.