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October 8, 2008

City likely won’t pay legal bills for Melton

The Clarion-Ledger, 10/8/8 Mayor Frank Melton and his two former bodyguards did not get the financial help they were seeking Tuesday from the city to pay their attorney fees from a 2007 state trial. And they likely never will. Council member Margaret Barrett-Simon was absent from Tuesday’s City Council meeting when members deadlocked 3-3 on…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 8, 2008

Presidential candidates trade barbs, tread water

The Clarion-Ledger, 10/8/8 Mississippians split on whether Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama came out ahead in the second presidential debate Tuesday, but some political analysts said neither candidate lost. Debate-watch parties were held statewide to see the candidates discuss foreign and domestic policies at Belmont University in Nashville. The second face-off came almost…