Proud to Be A Mississippian (I'm sick of your insane demands.)

Proud to Be A Mississippian

OK, he's not quite from my hometown of Meridian, MS (which has its own ignominious history) but yay! The "worst mayor in America" lives just 90 miles up the road in Jackson!

Among Jackson mayor Frank Melton's greatest hits:

• He once stopped a school bus on a busy interstate because he “needed a hug” from the kids inside.

• He’s been known to strap weapons to his chest and leg that he has no authority to carry or conceal, then wear them in public.

• He regularly suits up and leads SWAT-style “raids” on homes, businesses, and even roadblocks in busy traffic—without cause or a warrant.

• He has tried to close down the city’s strip clubs for moral reasons, despite [having] no authority to do so.

• He once bulldozed an elderly woman’s house, promising to build her a better one. He then forgot to build it.

• He recruited a team of kids to torch a row of dilapidated shotgun houses, without clearance or first turning off the utilities.

• He keeps a house full of young men, including minors and/or felons, without having the proper foster-parent credentials.

• He once hid two of those young men wanted for armed robbery from the district attorney and county sheriff, driving away with one of them in his car after deputies stopped them and tried to serve a warrant on the young man (who later assisted with the duplex demolition).

Awesome!

Posted by ericacbarnett on October 23, 2007 12:54 PM | Permalink

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Comments (12)

flamingbanjo:

He sounds like a character in a musical about a wacky mixed-up backwoods town:
He's a zany, gun-totin', shack-burnin', kid-huggin', bull-dozin', felon-harborin' mayor of the singinest, dancinest town in all of Mississip!

Does he have a heart of gold, perchance? 'Cause if I were writing it, I'd give him a heart of gold.

Posted by flamingbanjo | October 23, 2007 2:19 PM

Posted on October 23, 2007 14:19

Steven Harms:

Waitin for the Alabama sun to go down,
two red dirt girls in a red
dirt town:
Me and Lillian.

Just across the line and a little southeast of
Meridian.

- Emmylou Harris: "Red Dirt Girl"

Posted by Steven Harms | October 25, 2007 11:54 AM

Posted on October 25, 2007 11:54

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