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June 30, 2009

B. Thompson – Jackson must ‘step up,’ and earmarks aren’t bad

Jackson must ‘step up’ “You can’t run away from Jackson, you have to stay here and invest in Jackson,” he said. “Mayor (Harvey) Johnson’s gonna need all of our help.” Thompson was the featured speaker at the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership’s membership luncheon at the Jackson Convention Complex. Over the course of his speech, the…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 30, 2009

MINOR – ‘The Delta Strategic Compact’: plan to help poor

‘The Delta Strategic Compact’: plan to help poor At least a few civic-minded Mississippians are determined to reverse the state’s 18-county Delta region from being perpetually branded as the “poor who will always be with us.” Where other attempts have failed over the past five decades, an ambitious, broad new long-range plan to lift the…