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August 18, 2005

SALTER – Guess who has a helicopter? Yep, it’s MDOT

Guess who has a helicopter? Yep, it’s MDOT Suppose a state agency spent half a million dollars on a helicopter and didn’t ask the Legislature? That’s what Jackson Mayor Frank Melton said happened during his tenure as director of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics. Melton said in an e-mail after reading my last column on…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 18, 2005

CL – Mayor cannot shirk responsibility

Mayor cannot shirk responsibility Mayor Frank Melton is new to the job, so maybe it’s understandable that some glitches might occur early on. But when the administration presents a budget to the City Council, that’s the mayor’s budget. It shows his priorities. The mayor is responsible for day-to-day operations; the Council is the policy-making board.…