April 30, 2021
Councilwoman Virgi Lindsay (left) represents Ward 7, which gets a third of the 1% sales tax spending between 2017 and 2020. Ward 2 got one-tenth of Ward 1’s funds. Former Ward 2 Councilman Melvin Priester Jr. (right) said just tallying 1% sales-tax amounts will not give the right picture. Photos courtesy City of Jackson Photo courtesy City of Jackson
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Ward 7 Gets $22 Million, with $2 Million to Ward 2 in Four Years from 1% Tax
One out of every three dollars that the City of Jackson spent from the 1% sales-tax revenue from 2017 to 2020 went to Ward 7, a Jackson Free Press analysis …
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