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February 26, 2009

Jackson mayor’s trials taking their toll

The Clarion-Ledger, 2/26/9 From firebrand TV commentator to iconoclast mayor, some might say Frank Melton has a larger-than-life persona. Yet while spending much of the past week waiting for a federal jury to decide his fate, the 59-year-old Melton appeared almost smaller than life. Then, suddenly – as it often does – a spark reappeared.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 26, 2009

Mayor announces $300,000 employment plan

The Clarion-Ledger, 2/26/9 Mayor Frank Melton used his first full day back on the job Wednesday to announce a new, unfunded plan that would allocate taxpayer money to pay residents to work in private-sector jobs. Melton, who has spent much of the past month standing trial on federal civil rights charges, said the program would…