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August 27, 2008

City budget: Priority is clear, hire more police!

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/27/8 As throughout his administration, Jackson Mayor Frank Melton has shown himself inadequate to the task of presenting a meaningful budget. The City Council, again, is going to have to step in and build a budget from scratch. It’s nothing new, though. The first year Melton was in office, you may recall,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 27, 2008

Thompson: No Clinton-Obama rift among Miss. delegation

The Clarion-Ledger, 8/27/8 Rep. Bennie Thompson, the only Mississippi delegate who is a federal elected official, had a moment on stage at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday as he participated in a Congressional Black Caucus tribute to Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, who died last week. “To be a trailblazer you have to be strong,” Thompson…