Any thoughts about this new Belhaven tax?

[Smoked Toag]

Some say it will give the city an excuse not to give them any money, but they weren't going to do that anyway.

I also noticed the Museum bike trail has opened. Belhaven/Fondren has a chance to become really cool. But I can't help but wonder when the first jacking will occur on that. Two JA students got jacked the other night in the presbyterian church parking lot on Ridgewood Road.

 

[natchezdawg]

If they use the money to build something...

akin to the Berlin Wall and Checkpoint Charlie, it might help. Otherwise, they are just pissing into the wind.

 

[Smoked Toag]

akin to the Berlin Wall and Checkpoint Charlie, it might help. Otherwise, they are just pissing into the wind.

You live in Natchez? I was there a few weeks ago and I think it's on the come-up. Saw Patti Labelle making a movie. Not saying downtown was bustling or anything (was a Sunday afternoon) but there was foot traffic, from a lot of different places.

 

[johnson86-1]

akin to the Berlin Wall and Checkpoint Charlie, it might help. Otherwise, they are just pissing into the wind.

That's a little pessimistic.

They could also use it to build an arsenal and/or hire mercenaries and engage in an armed war for independence from the City of Jackson and Hinds County. And there are maybe some other, non-obvious options too.

 

[maroonmadman]

If all the surrounding communities keep voting to NOT allow medicinal marijuana sales, then Jackson is probably going to make a **** load of money selling weed legally for a change.

 

[dudehead]

akin to the Berlin Wall and Checkpoint Charlie, it might help. Otherwise, they are just pissing into the wind.

A friend of mine lives in a downtown neighborhood here in Meridian and said that his neighborhood was considering organizing a "self taxing district" (for lack of a better term), and that the real bang for your buck with these arrangements is spending money on 24/7 security that patrols solely within the neighborhood.

 

[Smoked Toag]

A friend of mine lives in a downtown neighborhood here in Meridian and said that his neighborhood was considering organizing a "self taxing district" (for lack of a better term), and that the real bang for your buck with these arrangements is spending money on 24/7 security that patrols solely within the neighborhood.

That's probably the goal. And maybe a few minor road repairs and/or some landscaping/beautification.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

Are they taxing bat flips?*

 

[dudehead]

Are they taxing bat flips?*

No, kicking them out of the 'hood.

 

[The Peeper]

They've been doing that for years in Eastover and Country Club and they eventually went gated. Those guys don't care about security guards

 

[WilCoDawg]

Soooooo spending money on things their tax dollars should already be doing? Hmmmm

 

[johnson86-1]

They've been doing that for years in Eastover and Country Club and they eventually went gated. Those guys don't care about security guards

That's kind of what I was thinking. Not sure a rent-a-cop is going to deter the worst of it. Plus, as long as Jackson does catch and release, I'm not sure how much it will stop the petty crime either.