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November 10, 2008

Council to vote on $35M contract

The Clarion-Ledger, 11/10/8 Pennsylvania-based Severn Trent Services, after several delayed votes, is expected to be Mayor Frank Melton’s recommendation to continue running the city’s wastewater system. City Council members – for the sixth time in seven weeks – today are scheduled to vote on the contract. “They (council members) are going to have to vote…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
November 10, 2008

Prosecutor old hand in regard to civil rights violation cases

The Clarion-Ledger, 11/10/8 When Jackson Mayor Frank Melton and his former bodyguard go on trial this week in federal court, they will face a seasoned Washington lawyer with a track record of aggressively prosecuting law enforcement officers accused of abuse. Mark Blumberg is deputy chief of the criminal section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s…