City considers amnesty day
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By JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor
City leaders are working through the final details to allow those owing certain unpaid fines to have a little leniency in an effort to collect money.
With almost $500,000 in the books for unpaid fines to the police department, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen began brainstorming a few weeks ago at ways to bring in the money.
The police department has tried several things in the past including releasing a list of those with unpaid fines to be published in The Yazoo Herald.
The board even tossed around the idea of allowing an amnesty day during its last board meeting. Sarah O’Reilly-Evans, board attorney, presented a proposal to the board Monday of how they can handle the mountain of unpaid fines.
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Dear Editor:
In the 6 April 2013 edition of The Yazoo Herald you published a letter from Cynthia Fuller, "Thanks to (Van) Foster for helping get bridge replaced."
After reading this lettter, I had the impression that the bridge was completed and traffic was moving along normally.
Wrong! Last Sunday I was on my way to homecoming at Providence Baptist Church. I turned north onto old 49 and saw the signs that the bridge was out. I assumed that they hadn't gotten around to removing the signs. I expected to cross Thompson Creek on the new bridge. When I approached the creek the road was barricaded and construction equipment was down in the creek.
Perhaps The Herald can keep us updated as to the progress being made on the new bridge.
Nan Harvey
Jackson, MS
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