And the point is? :noidea:
Jackson has been opulated by little black boys and girls for the last 14 years of black Mayors from the same ole click. Tell me how Jackson has benifited from electing the same ole do nothing mofos from the Mayors Chair to the City Council with facts please.
Start the list here:
I'll be waiting a long time for a str8 answer.
You don't have to wait that long. Here are a few and I emphasize A FEW of Johnson's accomplishments:
-Mayor Johnson brought forth a resolution to issue up to $7 million in Tax Increment Financing for the District at Eastover project. This 23-acre development will contain over 640,000 square feet of retail, restaurant, office, hotel and residential uses, including a state-of-the-art multi-screen theater and grocer.
--Helped to get Virginia College reopened and moved to North Jackson with 6,000,000 dollars grant funding.
--Murder rate dropped under his tenure as did other violent crimes.
--Fortification Street development and repavement costing 10 million dollars.
-Helped to open the Metro 24 Bowling Center Arcade & Grill, located near JSU's campus
--Mayor Johnson to break ground on the 1.5 million gallon elevated water tank at the intersection of Mill Street and Fortification Street in West Jackson. Since 1997, the City has invested a
quarter of a billion dollars into water and sewer system upgrades. The project is expected to be completed in June 2014.
--The City will also award State Street BBQ located at 906 State Street a Storefront Improvement Grant (SIG) and University Place Bar and Grill located on the Jackson State University campus at 1100 JR Lynch Street a $7,500 SIG
--Thalia Mara Hall Announces $5.5 Million Renovation Plans under Johnson which will increase tourism.
--The Jackson Convention Center, whom Johnson helped to create, just released its Annual Report for 2012. The Complex had a $27.4 million economic impact on the city with at annual attendance of 141,464 people for 295 event days last year.
--Over the last several years the City's awarded about $900,000 in small business grants, creating or retaining about 900 jobs. Jackson's small business grant programs were also recognized as a "Best Practice" by the U.S. Conference of Mayors.