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June 20, 2008

Melton and Council Still at Odds over Summer Jobs

WLBT, 6/19/8 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton says his summer jobs program is back on track, though the city council would disagree. The City of Ridgeland has paid Jackson $1.2 million in arrears for service from the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, and the mayor wants to use some of that cash to employ 300 teenagers.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 20, 2008

Council rejects Melton’s jobs plan

The Clarion-Ledger, 6/18/8 In an emotionally charged atmosphere Tuesday night, Mayor Frank Melton accused City Council members of callous indifference to the plight of young people, and council members bickered over the financial strength of the city. But after more than an hour of debate and political grandstanding, the mayor’s plan to spend up to…