Jackson mayoral candidate Regina Quinn explains 2 bankruptcies
Regina Quinn, who is attempting to become the city’s first female mayor, filed for bankruptcy in 1997, and then again in 2006, because of various personal and business-related debts she couldn’t pay. Both debts are now paid off, according to documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
Quinn, an attorney and a developer, said she was self-employed when she filed the first time but later filed again when she was general counsel for Jackson State University when unpaid income taxes piled up.
“We just had to take the tough medicine and go ahead and file,” Quinn said, recalling how she used to advise reluctant businesses to do the same thing. “Nobody wants to do that obviously.”
Clarion Ledger
3/8/13
