October 5, 2011
The sudden and extremely belated concern about TCI doing a convention-center hotel deal with the city would be amusing if it weren't so frustrating to realize how little some people pay attention to vital city business.
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[Barbour] - [City/County] - [development] - [Melton] - [King Edward] - [Pearl River] - [Editor’s Note] No More Sugarcoating
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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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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[City/County] - [Melton] - [Politics] - [Editor’s Note] Frank Melton is No Barack Obama
by Donna Ladd
April 29, 2009
It’s déjà vu all over again. Four years ago this week, I was writing a column calling for—no, begging—Jacksonians not to vote for Frank Melton as mayor in the Democratic primary. I had spent several months researching, reporting, following, tracking,…
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April 29, 2009
It’s déjà vu all over again. Four years ago this week, I was writing a column calling for—no, begging—Jacksonians not to vote for Frank Melton as mayor in the Democratic primary. I had spent several months researching, reporting, following, tracking,…
by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 04/29/09 at 04:41 PM Comments (11) -- Read More...
[City/County] - [Melton] - [Politics] - [Editor’s Note] Want My Endorsement? Where to Start.
by Donna Ladd
March 25, 2009
The Jackson Free Press is so far from choosing a candidate to endorse for mayor that it’s not even funny. This is a good place to be, considering that this time four years ago, we simply had no choice: Candidate…
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March 25, 2009
The Jackson Free Press is so far from choosing a candidate to endorse for mayor that it’s not even funny. This is a good place to be, considering that this time four years ago, we simply had no choice: Candidate…
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[City/County] - [Crime] - [Melton] - [Publisher’s Note] Ledger Admits Guilt on Melton
by Todd Stauffer
February 25, 2009
Last weekend, David Hampton, editorial director of The Clarion-Ledger, wrote what could have been an important first step for the newspaper that did a fair bit to help get Frank Melton elected.
by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 02/25/09 at 06:05 PM Comments (1) -- Read More...
February 25, 2009
Last weekend, David Hampton, editorial director of The Clarion-Ledger, wrote what could have been an important first step for the newspaper that did a fair bit to help get Frank Melton elected.
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[City/County] - [Melton] - [Editor’s Note] Tearing Down the Wrong Walls
by Donna Ladd
February 11, 2009
Out of all the disturbing things emerging in Mayor Frank Melton’s trial this week, the worst to me has been Michael Taylor’s testimony that he lived with the mayor for a year and a half or so when he was…
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February 11, 2009
Out of all the disturbing things emerging in Mayor Frank Melton’s trial this week, the worst to me has been Michael Taylor’s testimony that he lived with the mayor for a year and a half or so when he was…
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[City/County] - [Melton] - [editorial] - [Editorial] Of Melton’s Health and ‘Failures’
December 31, 2008
Jackson Mayor Frank Melton called his administration’s work on lowering the crime rate in the city a “failure” twice during a Dec. 30 press conference, but followed up each confession with a caveat. The first was an admonition that his failures stemmed from the…
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Jackson Mayor Frank Melton called his administration’s work on lowering the crime rate in the city a “failure” twice during a Dec. 30 press conference, but followed up each confession with a caveat. The first was an admonition that his failures stemmed from the…
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[City/County] - [Melton] - [Editor’s Note] A Long, Long Road
by Donna Ladd
December 31, 2008
“Donna, you know what? I run Jackson,” declared Mayor Frank Melton, scrunching his face up into one of his trademark snickers that are cute and creepy at the same time. “I do it in a weird way, but I run…
by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 12/31/08 at 04:44 PM Comments (2) -- Read More...
December 31, 2008
“Donna, you know what? I run Jackson,” declared Mayor Frank Melton, scrunching his face up into one of his trademark snickers that are cute and creepy at the same time. “I do it in a weird way, but I run…
by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 12/31/08 at 04:44 PM Comments (2) -- Read More...
[City/County] - [Melton] - [Johnson] Hear No Evil
by Brian Johnson
December 31, 2008
More than two years after Mayor Frank Melton and police bodyguard Michael Recio destroyed a duplex on Ridgeway Street, they may finally answer for their crimes in federal court.
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December 31, 2008
More than two years after Mayor Frank Melton and police bodyguard Michael Recio destroyed a duplex on Ridgeway Street, they may finally answer for their crimes in federal court.
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[Melton] - [Editorial] Mr. Melton, Please Step Down
November 12, 2008
On the national level, we’re watching an extraordinary process—the American government is making a peaceful transition of power between two very different presidents, administrations and political parties.
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On the national level, we’re watching an extraordinary process—the American government is making a peaceful transition of power between two very different presidents, administrations and political parties.
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[Melton] - [Editorial] Feds Need to Get ‘Er Done
July 16, 2008
The U.S. Constitution probably breathed a sigh of relief last week when the U.S. Department of Justice announced indictments of Mayor Frank Melton and his two bodyguards for the alleged Aug. 26, 2006, attack on a Ridgeway Street duplex.
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The U.S. Constitution probably breathed a sigh of relief last week when the U.S. Department of Justice announced indictments of Mayor Frank Melton and his two bodyguards for the alleged Aug. 26, 2006, attack on a Ridgeway Street duplex.
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[Melton] - [Editor’s Note] The Wrong Kind of Daddy
by Donna Ladd
June 23, 2008
Mayor Frank Melton is at it again—making big promises to kids who need help, while setting a very poor example for them.
by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 06/25/08 at 05:02 PM Comments (0) -- Read More...
June 23, 2008
Mayor Frank Melton is at it again—making big promises to kids who need help, while setting a very poor example for them.
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[Melton] - [Editorial] Monitor Melton’s Mentoring
June 18, 2008
Mayor Frank Melton’s eleventh-hour call this week for the city to pay $1 million for young people to work for private businesses should put a vital issue front and center for the city of Jackson: Is the mayor’s obsession with young people healthy for…
by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 06/18/08 at 08:20 PM Comments (0) -- Read More...
Mayor Frank Melton’s eleventh-hour call this week for the city to pay $1 million for young people to work for private businesses should put a vital issue front and center for the city of Jackson: Is the mayor’s obsession with young people healthy for…
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[Melton] - [Editor’s Note] Good Times with Recio & the Gang
by Donna Ladd
October 10, 2007
Michael Recio was big and hulking and provided decent cover for a reporter who wasn’t used to walking up to people’s homes unannounced in the middle of the night. I may have looked SWAT-chic, in the bulletproof vest the mayor…
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October 10, 2007
Michael Recio was big and hulking and provided decent cover for a reporter who wasn’t used to walking up to people’s homes unannounced in the middle of the night. I may have looked SWAT-chic, in the bulletproof vest the mayor…
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