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Newshawk: Jim
Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/5hqbdfOe
Pubdate: Mon, 07 Jun 2010
Source: Clarion-Ledger, The (Jackson, MS)
Copyright: 2010 The Clarion-Ledger
Contact: http://mapinc.org/url/cHy7vhe4
Website: http://www.clarionledger.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/805
Author: Chris Joyner
JACKSON COMMITTEE OKS CRACKHOUSE DEMOLITION PLAN
An ordinance creating steps for the city of Jackson to tear down
suspected drug houses passed a key committee vote today, but some on
the council wondered whether the process is worth it.
The procedures in the proposed ordinance are mirrored in a 2008 law
giving cities the power to tear down vacant houses used for drug
activity, but leaves the decision up to a circuit judge. That's a
higher legal burden than the city's normal procedures for tearing
down blighted buildings, a fact that had some on the council concerned.
"I don't see a whole lot of help here," said Council President Frank
Bluntson. "It's still going to be left up to the courts."
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MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart
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