Jackson churchgoers found this flyer on their windshields after services on Sunday. Click the image to enlarge it.
Church-goers in Jackson found a fake flyer on their windshields after church Sunday, pretending to be from former Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr., who is in a runoff with Councilman Marshand Crisler for re-election Tuesday. The flyer asks, "Am I the Right Man for the Job?" and then makes several promises, clearly designed to discredit the former mayor.
The flyer promises that "Johnson" will "form a blue ribbon commission to find a new police chief in a nationwide search"; "look to privatize Jackson's water system that will only increase your water bill $8 to $12 per month"; and the most absurd, "establish a city wide 9 p.m. curfew on weekdays and 10 p.m. on Friday & Saturday. Plus make sure the parents financially responsible for any damage their kids do.
The fake flyer is supposed "Paid For by Friends & Supporters of Harvey Johnson. W.B. Handy Chairperson."
At a press conference Monday morning in front of City Hall, Crisler disavowed all knowledge of this fake flyer, as well as one posted on his Facebook page Sunday that accused Sen. John Horhn of selling his endorsement to Johnson, credited to "Committee for a Safer Jackson," and one sent out to certain ZIP codes Friday by the Better Jackson PAC misrepresenting crime in Jackson under Johnson's tenure. The Jackson Free Press learned that attorney Wilson Carroll, an ardent support of Frank Melton in 2005, is the secretary of the Better Jackson PAC, but he would not reveal other members or donors. Neither group is registered with the Mississippi Secretary of State's office, and the Jackson City Clerk is searching for a registration in that office's files.
Today in Jackson, Johnson received a number of new high-level endorsements. One of them came from Doug Anderson of the Hinds County Board of Supervisors who said that the weekend flyer blitz convinced him to take a position in support of Johnson.
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