Special Chancery Court Judge Larry E. Roberts ruled on July 8, 2022, that Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba cannot veto a no-vote of the city council. The ruling is the latest in the ongoing face-off between the mayor and the city council regarding setting up a garbage-disposal contract for the City.
On March 9, 2022, Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba asked the Hinds County Chancery Court to define the limits of the powers of the Jackson City Council with regards to his declaration of a garbage-disposal emergency.
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