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TUPELO â¢Â If Republican nominee Todd Jordan is elected Tupeloâs next mayor, then Lee County voters will face a special election to fill the District 3 seat on the Board of Supervisors. Camille Roberts Dulaney, the Lee County circuit clerk, told the Daily Journal that if Jordan vacates his county office, then a special election will be held this upcoming November. The special election would be for the remainder of Jordan s term, which is up at the end of 2023. But state law also allows supervisors to temporarily appoint someone to fill a vacancy until a special election. So the potential vacancy still leaves an important question: If Jordan wins the mayor s race on June 8, who would, at least temporarily, fill his open seat on the county board until a special election could be conducted in November? ....
Tupelo is extremely fortunate to still have a locally owned print newspaper, and I have the utmost respect for everyone at the Daily Journal. If the Editorial Board sees it as divisive for me to use my personal social media platforms to express my personal opinions, then I accept that as true and certainly apologize. My entire tenure as mayor has been one designed to promote unity in our wonderful All-America City, and I certainly do not wish to cause division. While the posts on my personal page reflect my personal opinion, it is not my intent to divide and, as such, I will refrain from speaking publicly about the election again. I decided not to seek re-election for reasons previously stated, and it is up to the citizens to decide who should lead our wonderful city for the next four years. ....
TUPELO â¢Â Todd Jordan and Jason Shelton once again traded personal barbs at one another on social media â this time over each otherâs responses to Sundayâs tornadic storm, which damaged around 90 properties in Tupelo. Shelton, the cityâs outgoing mayor, and Todd Jordan, the Republican nominee vying to replace him, have previously criticized each other. But the sharp rhetoric has grown particularly acute since Jordan won the Republican nomination. At around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, the two-term Democratic mayor wrote on his personal Facebook account that as the city is experiencing another natural disaster, heâs certain that the next mayor should be someone who is âcompetent, capable, and qualified.â ....