JACKSON • Former Mississippi Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall was already retired from public service by last year, but he continued spending a significant chunk of campaign cash accumulated over a
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Apr 28, 2021 | 12:32 PM
NATCHEZ, Miss – The Board of Aldermen voted Tuesday to increase the fine for littering as Natchez officials express alarm about so much trash being strewn around town.
“It’s a problem,” said Mayor Dan Gibson, who got the board to approve a $500 fine on litterbugs caught by police. “We need to have an amount that will get people’s attention.”
While the fine is being raised, it can only be imposed if police officers witness someone littering, said Natchez Police Chief Joseph Daughtry. The mayor said those caught could get off with just a warning.
Gibson said 20 new signs will be posted throughout the city notifying the public that littering is illegal and that those caught doing it can be fined $500. The old fine was $150.
TUPELO
⢠Around a dozen candidates running for Tupelo municipal office have missed a deadline to properly disclose sources of their income and other financial interests, running afoul of state ethics laws.
Mississippi requires candidates for public office to file a statement of economic interest with the State Ethics Commission within 15 days after the qualifying period ends. The qualifying deadline was Feb. 5, which means the deadline for candidates to submit their economic interest forms was on Friday, Feb. 20.
Even though theyâve missed the statutory deadline, candidates still have around a year to submit their disclosures to the Mississippi Ethics Commission before they could possibly face a fine for their inaction.
The filing deadline to run for a municipal election in Coast cities has now passed. As of 5 p.m. this afternoon, those who are interested in running for municipal elections were required to have all of their paper work submitted to a municipal clerk with their $10 filing fee. The state Attorney General’s Office has […]
People interested in running for office for 2021 municipal elections have until Feb. 5 to turn in qualifying paperwork. Amory, Gattman, Hatley, Nettleton and Smithville are on this yearâs election cycle.
Whereas candidates in Nettleton were quick to pick up qualifying papers the first week for all elected seats, they trickled in a little slower in Amory. For Hatley and Smithville, not enough people had picked up documents as of last week to fill all the townsâ elected positions. For Gattman, the sitting mayor and board members typically just roll over from term to term.
âIâve been here since 1970, and weâve had one election,â said Hatley Mayor George King.