Something's Afoot

As we all know the Mayor is having some unfortunate health problems. A few things look kinda funny. For one the Mayor's attorney instead of his doctor has been making all the public announcements regarding the Mayor's health. The Clarion Ledger reported today that Robert Walker and Goldia Reevies had said the Mayor did not wish them to make any announcements at this time regarding the problem.

It seems on the surface as if we are in for another bumpy ride. Without a doubt the Mayor has real health issues, but the handling of this latest situation by Danks instead of his city staff makes me wonder if there won't be a change in the top office of the city pretty soon.Today Ben Allen was seen going into the offices of Dale Danks in downtown Jackson. Now surely there are reasons for Ben Allen to go there since he is after all the new head of Downtown Jackson Partners, but if you look at recent events there is surely enough for a conspiracy theory.

First Ben Allen quits the council for health reasons saying the job is too stressful, but he's healthy enough to take a job heading up DP.

Then the Mayor appoints Sheriff Malcolm McMillin to the position of Chief of the city.

Many of his first acts, designed to improve JPD also have the effect of setting people who are friendly to the likes of Ben and Dale into positions of authority.

The Governor (with Chief McMillin standing by) announces three million in grant money for the development of metro task force. Hmmmmmm.......

Robert Schuler Smith who is definitely an Ed Peters person has already made moves to get rid of many people in the DA's office who might shed light on any shennanigans that go on.

Mayor Melton doesn't even seem to be communicating with his best friend Frank Bluntson. That really is unusual.So if something happens to Mayor Melton or he needs to resign for health reasons, who do you think might actually become the interim Mayor? How soon would they hold a special election?

The picture is growing stranger by the day and while all of this may work to the benefit of the city as a whole, I can't help but wonder how many old cronies will get even richer off the backs of Jacksonians while the streets of South Jackosn continue to go unpaved and developments are slated for every area of Jackson except South Jackson. After all you can rest assured none of the folks mentioned above, reside in or really care about the residents of South Jackson.