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TUPELO • Mayor Jason Shelton is criticizing a candidate seeking to replace him for supporting a sales tax increase to pay for a new county jail.
Tupelo voters say 'yes' to Major Thoroughfare Phase VII MGN Online Posted: Feb 2, 2021 9:08 PM Posted By: Emily Leonard TUPELO, Miss (WTVA) -- The votes are in, and the City of Tupelo will renew its Major Thoroughfare Program. Voters decided 1132 to 132 to renew the program; however, absentee ballots are still being counted. That's almost 90 percent of voters. The election was for the seventh phase of Tupelo's Major Thoroughfare Program The seventh phase includes many projects to include the widening of Eason Boulevard and Jackson Street. The approval also includes agreeing to pay another ...
The voting machine at the Ward 1 voting precinct awaits the vote of Amanda Angle at the Tupelo Furniture Market Tuesday. More than 90% of those who voted in Tuesdayâs elected did so in favor of continuing the Major Thoroughfare Program. THOMAS WELLS | BUY at PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM
Tupelo voters choose to keep local tax for road construction February 3, 2021 GMT TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Residents in a Mississippi city have voted to keep a local tax that pays for road construction. The election Tuesday renewed Tupelo’s Major Thoroughfare Program for a seventh time. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that the tax will continue for five more years. “I’m relieved that we get to continue the progress that we have made and proud to live in a community that is this progressive and community minded,” said Greg Pirkle, chairman of the Major Thoroughfare commit...
TUPELO • For 30 years, the city’s Major Thoroughfare Program has paved the way for a raft of far-reaching road construction projects, but voters get the final say Tuesday about