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TUPELO â¢Â Rosezlia âRosieâ Jones, a candidate running for the Tupelo City Council s Ward 7 seat, has missed a second deadline to file campaign finance reports, again violating the stateâs ethics laws.
State law requires all candidates involved in a runoff election to file a report by 5 p.m. on April 20 detailing who has donated to their campaigns and how theyâve spent their campaign dollars.
Out of the six candidates who will appear on the ballot for runoff elections next week, Jones was the only candidate who did not file a campaign finance report.
Jones is competing in the wardâs Democratic runoff against incumbent Councilman Willie Jennings. She told the Daily Journal that she has not filed the report because she works during the day and does not have adequate time to file the form at City Hall.
Tupelo voters in three wards will return to the polls Tuesday, April 27, to decide runoffs for city council. These are important elections, with council members holding sway over key decisions that impact day-to-day life in our city.
One role of the media is to inform our voters about the candidates and to provide a platform by which those running for office can share their ideas and even debate their opponents over the issues that are most important to voters and communities.
The Daily Journal has always taken seriously its duty to help create as informed an electorate as possible. As a locally owned business filled with employees and their families who work, live, worship and entertain here, these elections impact us as much as anyone. We want to see capable, responsible, professional officials leading our city, people with a vision to push us to the forefront of growth and innovation with progressive business ideas and well considered social policies that reflect a commitment to
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TUPELO â¢Â Multiple candidates running for the Tupelo City Council - three of whom have since been defeated - failed to properly submit forms detailing who has donated their campaign on how theyâve spent their campaign dollars, violating the stateâs campaign finance laws.
State law requires all municipal candidates running in a contested primary election to submit campaign finance forms to the municipal clerkâs office by 5 p.m. on March 30.
TUPELO â¢Â Todd Jordan, a Lee County supervisor and a realtor, on Tuesday night won the Republican primary for mayor, upending the local political status quo and cementing a rapid rise through the ranks of power.
TUPELO â¢Â Multiple candidates running for the Tupelo City Council - three of whom have since been defeated - failed to properly submit forms detailing who has donated their campaign on how theyâve spent their campaign dollars, violating the stateâs campaign finance laws.
State law requires all municipal candidates running in a contested primary election to submit campaign finance forms to the municipal clerkâs office by 5 p.m. on March 30.
In the cityâs Ward 3 Republican primary, only the incumbent candidate running for re-election, Travis Beard, turned in his campaign finance report on time.
His Republican opponent, Bradley Gillespie, has not filed any forms, including the required statement of economic interest, despite having several campaign signs displayed in town.