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 by Ward Schaefer and Adam Lynch
February 18, 2010
City's letter to Jennifer Sutton (PDF)
The Ridgeway Street duplex that figured prominently in a federal civil rights case against former Mayor Frank Melton must be cleaned up or torn down, according to Jackson's…
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 by Ward Schaefer
January 21, 2010
Michael Recio and Marcus Wright, the former police bodyguards for the late Mayor Frank Melton, must pay $10,000 each in restitution for their roles in the 2006 warrantless demolition of a private home on Ridgeway Street, a federal judge ruled…
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by Adam Lynch
December 1, 2009
The Jackson City Council agreed to finally pay attorney's fees for former city employees Marcus Wright and Michael Recio today. Former bodyguards of deceased Mayor Frank Melton, both men were with Melton when he oversaw the illegal demolition of a…
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 November 30, 2009
On tomorrow's agenda for the Jackson City Council is the question of whether to pay former Mayor Frank Melton's legal fees and those of his two bodyguards. City Attorney Pieter Teeuwissen and Councilman Kenneth Stokes are bringing the question to the council Tuesday, according…
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by Ronni Mott
October 2, 2009
Controversies surrounding two Jackson nightclubs have put the clubs in the center of separate lawsuits, one as a defendant, the other as the plaintiff.
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 by Ward Schaefer
September 29, 2009
Two former Jackson police officers are disputing the amount that federal prosecutors say they must pay in restitution for the 2006 demolition of a Ridgeway Street duplex. Marcus Wright and Michael Recio, both former bodyguards to the late Mayor Frank…
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by Ward Schaefer
September 10, 2009
Michael Recio, who served as a Jackson police officer and bodyguard to the late Mayor Frank Melton, will serve one year of probation for his role in the 2006 warrantless destruction of a Ridgeway Street duplex. Recio's sentence, which includes…
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by Ward Schaefer
September 9, 2009
A federal judge has sentenced former Jackson police officer Marcus Wright to one year of probation for his role in the 2006 warrantless destruction of a private home on Ridgeway Street. The incident attracted controversy as an example of the…
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 by Ward Schaefer
July 7, 2009
Marcus Wright, former bodyguard for the late Mayor Frank Melton, is set to face sentencing Sept. 4 for his role in the 2006 demolition of a private home. Wright pled guilty in Oct. 2008 to misdemeanor conspiracy, ending a lengthy…
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 by Donna Ladd
May 26, 2009
Mayor Frank Melton told the Jackson Free Press in February that he was concerned enough about the costs of lawsuits to him personally that he had set up a blind trust to protect his personal fortune.
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Also see: Full JFP Melton Blog/Archive/Trial
Former mayoral bodyguard Michael Recio has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for his role in the 2006 demolition of a Ridgeway Street duplex, according to WAPT and a federal attorney with knowledge of the case. Recio was the last remaining…
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by Ward Schaefer
May 13, 2009
Also see: Full JFP Melton Blog/Archive/Trial
The civil rights trial of Jackson police officer Michael Recio will proceed next week, despite requests by federal prosecutors for a postponement after the death of Mayor Frank Melton. Prosecutors…
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May 12, 2009
WAPT will offer a live video stream of the noon memorial for late Jackson Mayor Frank Melton at Thalia Mara Hall.
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May 8, 2009
Mayor Frank Melton's memorial service is scheduled for noon Tuesday, May 12, at Thalia Mara Hall. On Monday, his body will lie in state at City Hall from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Melton's graveside service will take place at the Houston Memorial Gardens…
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 Full JFP Melton Blog and Archive
May 7, 2009
The Associated Press is reporting that Jackson Mayor Frank Melton has died. Shortly before polls closed Tuesday evening around 7 p.m., the mayor went into cardiac arrest at his…
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Ridgeway Duplex #7
Damage to a duplex on Ridgeway Street in Jackson after Mayor Frank E. Melton and associates allegedly entered the building with sledgehammers and other tools.
(Photo by Adam Lynch.)
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Read Adam Lynch's breaking story that first revealed Mayor Frank Melton's Aug. 26 alleged rampage on Ridgeway Street in Jackson—the accusations that led to felony indictions of Melton and his bodyguards two weeks later on Sept. 15. Adam's story first appeared the afternoon of Sept. 1, 2006. You can…
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JFP Editor Donna Ladd writes about Mayor Frank Melton's shenanigans for Reason Magazine. The piece starts:
Last September, my newspaper reported that on August 26, 2006, Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Frank Melton had taken an entourage of police officers and teenagers (some with criminal records) to a…
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by Donna Ladd
May 13, 2009
Mayor Frank Melton and I disagreed on many things, especially the way he ran the city and his style of “crime-fighting,” but we met in the middle on a few things.
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by Adam Lynch
June 24, 2009
During a June 16 City Council meeting, the council voted—without issue or debate—to pay the late Mayor Frank Melton’s $37,500 attorney fee in connection with his federal trial for demolishing a home on Ridgeway Street. Stokes, who was a witness…
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 by Donna Ladd
December 30, 2009
In the afterglow of the King Edward's re-opening and as we've prepared this "Most Intriguing" issue, I've been thinking a bit about Frank Melton. After spending the last several months untangling from all the emotions and frustrations of covering…
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Mar 21, 2010One Lake Instead of Two?
gwilly: I live in NE Jackson and I am not at all fearful of river access. I want river access. I want a trail to come right to my back yard (I live on a creek that feed the river). I want to see Mississippians ...
Mar 21, 2010
Barbour Leads Anti-Health Reform Rhetoric
CliftonR: The likely behind closed doors rhetoric of the "tea baggers" sloshes out into public view: http://bit.ly/9TtboY
Mar 20, 2010
[Pass The Mic] Auto-Tune: A Rant
DrumminD21311: What about T-Pain?
Mar 20, 2010
Barbour Leads Anti-Health Reform Rhetoric
Brian C Johnson: Browse down on this page to see the latest outrageous signs from the teabaggers. We have Obama emerging from a donkey's rear, above a sign reading "Warning: If a Brown can't ...
Mar 20, 2010
St. Paddy's A Boon for the City
Barnes Thomas: I'd love to know more about this. The design looks good. Any word on the possible branding of the hotel? I'm still thinking that Westin or Hyatt would be a solid step forward in terms ...
Mar 20, 2010
St. Paddy's A Boon for the City
NewJackson: Ben Allen is this the actual design of the convention center hotel http://www.downtown-jackson.com/index.php/developments/development-info/101/, if it is it will be a nice additioin to ...
Mar 20, 2010
Barbour Leads Anti-Health Reform Rhetoric
CliftonR: They opposed social security in a similar manner: washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/19/AR2010031902636.html
Mar 19, 2010
Barbour Leads Anti-Health Reform Rhetoric
CliftonR: That quote was reported from his speech in VA today! Richard Nixon: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=3757&h=b6290fbcba60ce3a55d9d34e692cca2b
Mar 19, 2010
Barbour Leads Anti-Health Reform Rhetoric
CliftonR: "Teddy Roosevelt, a Republican, was the first to advocate that everybody get healthcare in this country. Every decade since, we've had presidents, Republicans and Democrats, from ...
Mar 19, 2010
Barbour Leads Anti-Health Reform Rhetoric
ladd: BTW, we just added in this *very* vital information to the story above; please do not believe the myth that this legislation would apply to businesses with fewer than 50 employees unless ...