Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Need to renew your license today? Bad news.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol issued the following press release:


A water main break has forced the closure of the Driver Services Office at the Department of Public Safety Headquarters located at 1900 East Woodrow Wilson. 

Alternative locations are the MHP District Headquarters located in Pearl at 3851 Highway 468 and the Metro Center Mall located at 1101 Metro Center Mall Space #1.

KF note: You can renew your license online as well. 
 

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Water main break? No way. Not in Jackustan.

Anonymous said...

Now this is indeed a situation that requires an emergency contract.

Anonymous said...


Not to start a pissing match...wasn't there a water main break last week in beautiful Madison the city?

Anonymous said...

It would sure help if they weren't exempt from property taxes.

Anonymous said...

There was a boil water alert one evening last week in Madison. Never heard any details, but the Chik-Fil-A was dumping out all their soda machines that used tap water.

Pappy Odaniel said...

I thought the 1 cent tax was supposed to fix all this...I guess Pete Perry is too busy keeping Thad in applesauce and suppositories to get the 1 cent silver bullet working.

Anonymous said...

A water main break in Madison is news because such an event happens so rarely.

Anonymous said...

You have to renew in person every other time (every eight years. I assume it is so you have a relatively current picture. The "photo booth" kiosks make the process quick and painless.

NEXT TOPIC FOR DEBATE: If your driver's license is 7 1/2 years old and doesn't look like you any more, can poll workers prohibit you from voting?

Anonymous said...

Wow. I guess the two people they usually have working got a day off.

Anonymous said...

Wonder if MHP had to fly the helicopter over the area to spot the break.

Anonymous said...

HQ doesn't do commercial licenses (except Class D, I think) anymore either. The only place in the metro area is Pearl, and you have to do them in person.

Anonymous said...

"I thought the 1 cent tax was supposed to fix all this...I guess Pete Perry is too busy keeping Thad in applesauce and suppositories to get the 1 cent silver bullet working."

I'm sorry - remind me again what statutory authority Pete Perry has to appropriate Jackson municipal tax dollars?

Many Mississippi mayors endorsed Sen. Cochran because he has been so resourceful at getting federal money appropriated to destitute cities here, but he has the good sense not to micro-manage the dispersal of those funds.

Anonymous said...

9:41, a more accurate rendering of your comment would read, "federal BORROWED CHINESE money." Thad's been good with that stuff, all right.

Pappy Odaniel said...

Pete Perry sits on the committee that determines which projects the money goes toward. Pete Perry is the Governor's appointment to that commission that was created by the same legislation that permitted the people of Jackson to vote on the increase...Pappy isn't in the business of casting undue aspersions



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