Comments by MSroots
Page 1 of 2 | Next
Posted on September 27 at 3:15 p.m.
(This comment was removed by the site staff.)
Posted on April 22 at 9:29 p.m.
It's good to see leaders collaborating together. My family and I are preparing to relocate back to southwest MS and economic development is a key issue for us, as it is for others. I encourage all of you to pull together to support your leaders and not be so negative, cynical and critical. The leaders aren't perfect, but they're putting forth the effort and energy to try to make a difference,...a positive difference. When teams (communities) work together they achieve the best result.
Posted on April 10 at 5:07 p.m.
It's sad commentary for Natchez when the first post on the largest economic development for Natchez since the first planting of cotton is a negative, sarcastic comment.
Rentech is a good, profitable company stepping far out on a limb, working hard to develop their technology, to secure sales contracts and to secure permits and funding to make this a reality. I wish them the absolute best.
Support them,...please for the good of the community. Sure they make a profit. They are entitled to since they take the risk. Sure there's some negative that will come with the positive. That's always the case. The key will be how they manage the whole envelop, not just one small issue.
Nothing in the business world is easy or simple right now.
Posted on January 31 at 7:43 p.m.
I am from your local area (next town east) and work for a new technology plastics company in the midwest making plastic from the starch found in corn. Our businesses, just like Rentech, take quite a while to grow to maturity. The people in Natchez are not used to this journey, as the typical company that has been in Natchez is all mature technology,...pulp/paper, box, oil & gas, tires, lumber. I would encourage all of you to be patient, supportive, to quit throwing stones at something you are unfamiliar with and to pull together to support any and everything these guys need to get this business off the ground. Natchez area will reap rich rewards for decades to come when/if they get this business going. The local town where our company exists is incredibly supportive and helpful in every way and it is truly a partnership. Simply gut check yourself every time you want to say something critical and stop.
Posted on January 12 at 8:46 p.m.
Any of you folks heard of an outlaw named "Jackie" Gordon from Livingston Parish. He hunted the Franklin Co portio of the Homochitto Nat'l Forest. The game wardens around there knew him. I lived in BR and had him and his crew of 'head lighting' bandidos do some framing on a house I built in Central. I didn't know it at the time he bid on the house that he was such an outlaw. When at his home I noticed several rack bucks on the wall with little plaques saying "Shined by Bubba, shot by Jackie". What a crook! He had a hidden compartment in his truck for his light and gun under the dash. Dash was hinged.
Posted on August 8 at 7:30 a.m.
Folks,
Rentech has stated from the beginning that their Colorado facility is a pilot scale facility whereby they will develop and prove the technology. The fact that they are producing 10 gal/day with a complete pilot scale process is great news. Your silly analogies to Enron and how many miles this will drive a truck are a poor reflection on your understanding of what it takes to develop a technology. Pilot scale facilites are small, expensive to build and incredibly costly to operate on a per pound basis, but they are absolutely necessary to deliver a new technology or product to the market. It may very well take them another year to work out all the gaps in performance, such that their economics for building the Natchez plant become viable. Without this "proving" work they will never get investors to fund a $4.5B investment. Instead of lobbing ignorant sounding accusations at Rentech and the people taking the huge risk to develop something that would have incredible impact on Natchez, try supporting them with encouraging words and attitudes.
Posted on May 20 at 6:09 p.m.
Karen,
I only had the opportunity to meet your husband once or twice in the Grove at Ole Miss when Doug was playing, and it was a pleasure to know him albeit briefly. I have kept up with you folks through the Franklin Advocate and other means over the years. He certainly has left a legacy as a good man, evidenced by the messages above and the character of his sons that will carry on for generations to come. I just want to encourage you in the coming days and months. "Casting all your cares up on Him"
Carey A. Buckles
Posted on April 20 at 8:51 a.m.
MS friends & relatives,
It is a good thing to see their board meeting in Natchez. A land deal of this magnitude, as Ramsbottom so well puts it, is filled with difficulty and nuances that must be worked through. I would encourage you to stop the barrage of negativism and work together to pull on this thing. Their Colorado pilot plant is small (10 bbls/day), designed to prove the technology, so don't misinterpret that information. Remember, be positive and project a positive message about the good things in Natchez and in Mississippi.
Posted on April 7 at 7:29 a.m.
I attended Franklin County High School and graduated in 1978. I had three teachers that had a huge impact on my life, namely Mrs. Ethel Dillon (English), Mrs. Brenda Laird (Sciences), Mr. Humphrey (math). All three were excellent teachers being demanding in their expectation, challenging in their style and caring in their actions. They prepared well those students getting ready for college, as well as those that were not going to college. There were other teachers that did an outstanding job also, but these three really made an impression on me.
On Do you remember a specific teacher who changed your life?
Page 1 of 2 | Next
Posted on October 18 at 2:31 p.m.
This summer I was fishing in Biloxi Bay, anchored next to a nice boat with a middle aged couple. We chatted about fishing and the weather for a few minutes. Then I asked them where they were from. They said "Tylertown",....I pulled up anchor and left. In the 70's I played on FC teams that lost 2 doube OT basketball games by 2 points and two football games by < 6pts point, one on the last play of the game. If the whole town was on fire, I would stop to p___ on it to put it out.
On Winning streak continues for Franklin County