Yet the disaster-caused cooperation had limits – the city requested $47 million to fix its aging water system. It took the water crisis to get the city and state to turn the bill into law. Tate Reeves vetoed a similar bill last year. The state legislature did recently give the city authority to wipe clean some of those debts. Stephan Bisaha Big Apple Inn is one of the few restaurants remaining on Farish Street in Jackson, Mississippi. Not living like they used to live 50 years ago." "So people can live like they supposed to live. "Today the mayor and the governor can come together and fix it," Moore said. That happened to Lucy Moore's sister, who's stuck with a four figure bill as water overflows into her backyard. For years, aging pipes have led to leaks, while faulty water meters caused residents to get bills breaking past a thousand dollars. Yet problems with Jackson's water didn't start with the cold weather or go away when it got warm. "I don't really expect it to provide support for Jackson."Īfter a winter storm ravaged the Deep South, thousands of Jackson residents were left without water for weeks. "I don't see this legislative body as representing me," said Jackson State University Professor D'Arby Orey, referring to the Mississippi Legislature. Jackson leaders say they need more state support and that Mississippi can't thrive while its largest city suffers.įor Jacksonians, it can feel like Jackson the city versus Jackson the capital. Mississippi leaders say Jackson is just one city and can't hog resources to fix problems found elsewhere in the state too.
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State and local governments have made a pastime out of pointing fingers at each other for the city's woes, from crime to potholes to urban blight.
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Then there's Jackson, the 82 percent Black city, run by a mayor wanting to make it "the most radical city on the planet."įebruary's winter storm and water crisis provided just the latest high profile example of the two Jackson's clashing. There's Jackson, the state capital, run historically by white conservatives. This is a tale of two Jackson, Mississippis.