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I mean not really. You're expecting them to change infrastructure that's failed in a few days when the time involved in manual labor alone would take more than

I mean not really. You're expecting them to change infrastructure that's failed in a few days when the time involved in manual labor alone would take more than just a few days without even assessing the situation on why it failed and what's the best way to fix the solution.

timcavel 4y ago
Spooky23 4y ago
This stuff isn’t super complicated, but it needs to be funded. My spouse was in a leadership position in a municipal water utility for several years. You have to make capital investments to maintain pumps, filtration systems and have operational funds to perform testing and repairs. Municipal government often struggles with capital investment, especially in states that tightly regulate the ability of cities to bond or wherever the governor has the ability to control municipal authorities. There’s a “starve the beast” philosophy in some quarters that creates issues like this. Money is usually the root cause. Incompetence is usually the result. Another common dumb move is selling the water system to a private entity. Because governments are both more efficient and have a lower cost structure for raising capital, in the long run that leads to higher utility rates and deferred investment.
- Bloating 4y ago
  $ fixes everything
- briandear 4y ago
  It is funded. But the corrupt government of Jackson squandered it. https://www.wapt.com/amp/article/jackson-mayor-accuses-city-council-members-of-taking-bribes/39265863 https://www.wapt.com/amp/article/jackson-mayor-accuses-city-... Chattanooga, TN has a similar size and no water crisis. As does dozens of other similarly sized towns. Other towns in Mississippi also don’t have the issue. Water is entirely a municipal responsibility and Jackson is a horribly run city. https://www.mississippifreepress.org/26791/no-efforts-to-recruit-epa-says-jackson-failed-to-address-water-system-needs https://www.mississippifreepress.org/26791/no-efforts-to-rec...
  - cma 4y ago
    The first article is about trash collection. It might show accusations of corruption, but otherwise doesn't seem related to water. The second article never alleges corruption. It does say Governor Reeves "[never spoke] to the mayor directly about the ongoing crisis." I'm not sure if the whole crisis is about the number of water operators, which it focuses on.
- briandear 4y ago
  Governments aren’t more efficient and don’t have a lower cost structure. Anyone that believes otherwise has never been involved with government projects.
TaylorAlexander 4y ago
I think they are just expecting the title of the post to be accurate. If the issue cannot be resolved in 24 hours the post should not say it was resolved in 24 hours.

timcavel 4y ago

Spooky23 4y ago

This stuff isn’t super complicated, but it needs to be funded. My spouse was in a leadership position in a municipal water utility for several years. You have to make capital investments to maintain pumps, filtration systems and have operational funds to perform testing and repairs. Municipal government often struggles with capital investment, especially in states that tightly regulate the ability of cities to bond or wherever the governor has the ability to control municipal authorities. There’s a “starve the beast” philosophy in some quarters that creates issues like this. Money is usually the root cause. Incompetence is usually the result. Another common dumb move is selling the water system to a private entity. Because governments are both more efficient and have a lower cost structure for raising capital, in the long run that leads to higher utility rates and deferred investment.

Bloating 4y ago
$ fixes everything
briandear 4y ago
It is funded. But the corrupt government of Jackson squandered it. https://www.wapt.com/amp/article/jackson-mayor-accuses-city-council-members-of-taking-bribes/39265863 https://www.wapt.com/amp/article/jackson-mayor-accuses-city-... Chattanooga, TN has a similar size and no water crisis. As does dozens of other similarly sized towns. Other towns in Mississippi also don’t have the issue. Water is entirely a municipal responsibility and Jackson is a horribly run city. https://www.mississippifreepress.org/26791/no-efforts-to-recruit-epa-says-jackson-failed-to-address-water-system-needs https://www.mississippifreepress.org/26791/no-efforts-to-rec...
- cma 4y ago
  The first article is about trash collection. It might show accusations of corruption, but otherwise doesn't seem related to water. The second article never alleges corruption. It does say Governor Reeves "[never spoke] to the mayor directly about the ongoing crisis." I'm not sure if the whole crisis is about the number of water operators, which it focuses on.
briandear 4y ago
Governments aren’t more efficient and don’t have a lower cost structure. Anyone that believes otherwise has never been involved with government projects.

TaylorAlexander 4y ago

I think they are just expecting the title of the post to be accurate. If the issue cannot be resolved in 24 hours the post should not say it was resolved in 24 hours.