My experience is that state capital cities are always first in line when it comes to writing legislative budgets. And the farther away you are from the capital, the more the voters get shorted.
So for Jackson to fail this badly says that graft & corruption are way above average levels.
That Mississippi is horribly corrupt beyond measure is a given. I’ve been there twice and it’s a sad sight all around.
I would start any investigation with this Mayor and his entire cabinet. Then move on to his family. The Governor should utterly embarrass him.
Hartford had its 450million dollar debt assumed by the state recently and quietly during a late session. The city government had long been a patronage dump for the dems.