Mayor Frank Melton has changed his old phone number, 601.206.3116, "to an unlisted number," according to a recording on the old number. Assistant Editor Maggie Burks learned about the number change when she tried to call for a response to the change in police chief guard.
Previous Comments
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- 96674
- Comment
Didn't someone say in another story that he changes his phone number frequently?
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- LatashaWillis
- Date
- 2007-11-02T17:05:45-06:00
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- 96675
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Yeah, I thought even councilpersons had to call Blunston to get a hold of Melton or whatever number he was using that day? Heard it on the radio.... Guess where?
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- pikersam
- Date
- 2007-11-02T17:09:10-06:00
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- 96676
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However, the fact that Melton uses phone numbers like street level drug dealers should, again, tell people a little something about the man, and his paranoia!
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- pikersam
- Date
- 2007-11-04T10:56:51-06:00
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- 96677
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It's just a symbol of how unaccountable Melton thinks he is. He unpublishes the very number that he has told media to use for him. He is SO a piece of work. It would be hilarious if it weren't so damned tragic. I remember when he was calling me constantly, trying to get me to go on more ride-alongs ("Donna, we gone roll tonight!"). He would just dial over and over again if I didn't hear the phone. One time I had 15 missed calls from him.
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- DonnaLadd
- Date
- 2007-11-04T17:47:22-06:00
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- 96678
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15????? calls. You gotta be joking. The lil guy melton "ain't right"
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- JMK
- Date
- 2007-11-04T22:39:06-06:00
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- 96679
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Somebody just e-mailed that there is outrage in the wingnut-o-sphere that I published Melton's old phone number above—the one that he just changed, and no longer works. Eh? Can anyone explain the logic behind such outrage to me? Maybe I'm a bit dense today, but I'm feeling that this a victimless crime and that yuckville is getting a bit desperate to find something, anything to say on the Melton front. Sigh. It's remarkable, though, to see some of the people who still believe in Melton, though. People should take lessons from Jeff Good and learn how to be gracious when they are wrong.
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- DonnaLadd
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- 2007-11-05T10:54:25-06:00
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- 96680
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It's remarkable, though, to see some of the people who still believe in Melton, though. I know a lady who is faithfully behind Melton, as if he can do know wrong. I ask her what is she seeing that I'm not and she says he's trying to do something about crime and I tell her that crime is up. She responds by saying something like, "He's trying to do something but people are always trying to stop him." She also goes to the race card by saying that Melton's doing the same things that white folks did way back when, but it's a problem with a black man in power.
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- golden eagle
- Date
- 2007-11-05T11:18:00-06:00
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- 96681
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I understand where that lady is coming from. I voted for Frank Melton and wanted him to succeed. He seemed to cheer up people in West Jackson (where I lived not too long ago) who, from what I could observe, have long felt in a state of siege from the drug trade. But it has been clear for a long while now that the man is psychologically unfit for public office. Maybe it was clear before; many of you certainly thought so. It is a cautionary tale, the night before Election Day: be careful who you vote for, they might win.
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- GenShermansGhost
- Date
- 2007-11-05T18:24:10-06:00
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