Jackson Free Press

Crime:

Lee: Would fire JPD Chief Rebecca Coleman and work on changing the culture of the fire and police departments.

Lumumba: Would involve reorienting the values of marginalized people who might be susceptible to committing crimes; wants to enter quasi-agreements with people who are arrested to refrain from criminal activity in exchange for certain considerations.

Education/Youth:

Lee: Calls for creating free after-school care that includes art, music and sports programs.

Lumumba: Would expand the city’s two-month summer jobs programs to enhance city beautification efforts and instill discipline with respect to attitudes toward work.

Water/Infrastructure:

Lee: Wants to involve regional partners; doesn’t want to raise utility rates or float bonds to pay for projects.

Lumumba: Wants to increase water revenues, then use the funds to pay for infrastructure upgrades.

Jobs/Economy:

Lee: Calls for leveraging development within the medical corridor and taking advantage of federal job training and other programs.

Lumumba: Views giving raises to city workers as stimulus program, which would inject more sales-tax revenue into the city’s coffers.

Development:

Lee: Wants “inclusive” development that makes sense for entire community; lacks allegiance to any particular

development.

Lumumba: Touts the way he handles business issues on the zoning committee by adjusting zoning and permit requirements for certain projects; supports waterfront development.

1-Percent Sales Tax; Commission:

Lee: Does not like the oversight commission, but would move forward with putting the issue to a vote later

this year.

Lumumba: Does not support the oversight commission because it deprives Jackson citizens of the right for their duly elected representatives to make fiscal decisions on the city’s behalf.