WLBT 3: Mayoral Race Draws Big Donors
WLBT 3 reports:
Campaign contirbutions for Jackson mayoral candidates are reaching the $1 million mark.
WAPT 16: Poll Shows Crime Should Be Mayor's Top Priority
WAPT 16 reports:
When asked which issues would most influence their vote in the mayoral election, a majority of voters, 43 percent, said crime and public safety.
C-L: Voters will weigh candidates' leadership, business sense
In economic development, mayors are as critical as bankers in making things happen.
The Clarion-Ledger reports:
David Hampton: Must choice be governance ‘or' glitter for mayor – not both?
Style vs. substance seems to be choice politicians offer these days.
David Hampton at the Clarion-Ledger writes:
[Fraiser] What's a Northsider to Do?
Recently, instead of hearing, "I really do hate/love your columns in the Northside Sun," I've been hearing, "What's your take on the Jackson mayoral election?" That's apparently on everyone's minds, …
Barbour Signs Ten Commandments Bill
[verbatim statement] April 21, 2005—Governor Haley Barbour yesterday signed Senate Bill 2486, that authorizes the display of "In God We Trust," the Ten Commandments, and the Beatitudes at public buildings …
[Barbour] Education Funding Going Up, Not Down
April 12, 2005 You may not know it, but some people say that if you favor giving our public schools a 4% increase in funding to serve the same number …
Planet Weekly: Blogging the Mayor
Alan Lange's mayoral Web site is written up in the Planet Weekly this week. It's interesting that quite a bit of time is spent trying to show that Lange is …
Unions vs. Harvey Johnson
April 20, 2005 Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. gave a smile when International Association of Fire Fighters President Harold Schaitberger signed a proposed labor agreement April 11 in City Hall. With …
Mayoral Forum: ‘Acting Like Teenagers'
April 20, 2005 An April 14 candidate forum hosted by the Jackson Association of Neighborhoods was bereft of Democratic mayoral candidate Frank Melton. Melton was to have joined incumbent Harvey …
