EDITOR S NOTE: This story is the second in a series highlighting the candidates running for Tupelo City Council. Additional entries will run throughout the week.
EDITOR S NOTE: This story is the first in a series highlighting the candidates running for Tupelo City Council. Additional entries will run throughout the week.Â
TUPELO â¢Â Both candidates vying to fill the Ward 1 City Council seat are highlighting infrastructure policy as a major campaign theme, although they disagree in key ways.
Republican candidate Chad Mims is focusing on quality-of-life issues and recreational opportunities, including his desire to improve the publicly-owned Bel Air Golf Course.
Democrat Geraldine Brinkley is foregrounding road infrastructure and safety, claiming that the Walsh Road area of Ward 1 has fallen behind and needs upgrades.
Both candidates describe the city of Tupelo as a thriving community in need of a City Council representative willing to foster continued improvement and growth.
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Dr. Vernon Rayford, internal medicine/pediatrics physician at
IMA-Tupelo, speaks with Marketta Brown-Watkins. Like many
health care professionals, Rayford has seen the role of heal care
leaders change throughout the pandemic. Now, he believes their
primary role is to communicate the importance of vaccination to
beating the virus.
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North Mississippi Medical Center Dr. Val Serio takes his mask
off shortly within CDC guidelines for this photo.
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Dr. Jeremy Blanchard, Chief Medical Officer of North Mississippi
Health Services, demonstrates how employees are screened for
TUPELO â¢Â Restaurant customers in the city will no longer be able to purchase a to-go cup of a mixed alcoholic drink to take home, but they can still purchase an open container of alcohol in the downtown area.
After temporarily expanding the cityâs Leisure and Recreation District citywide, the Tupelo City Council on Tuesday night voted to revert the district back to its original boundaries in the downtown area. At the same time, it permanently expand the districtâs hours of operation.
This change means that only restaurants in the downtown area can allow an open container of alcohol to be carried outside.
The first round of voting for municipal candidates will take place in a little over a month on April 6 for party primaries. There are three candidates running for mayor and more than 20 candidates running for the Tupelo City Council.Â
With elections only weeks a way, here are answers to some common questions about primary elections. Â
When is a primary election and what will be on the ballot?
Party primaries are elections by the local political parties to nominate candidates for the general election ballot. Winners, or nominees, of the Republican primary and the Democratic primary will compete against one another in the general election, which takes place on June 8.