http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/22/193623/523 When you live in a city riddled with crime and swimming in drugs, you look to civic leadership for a way out.  So it goes for the citizens of Jackson, Mississippi.  They looked to their mayor for a way of waging war against the drug dealers and violence which accompanied them.  His honor, Frank Melton, answered the call with a no-nonsense, kick-ass sense of mission.  Going on drug raids, conducting roadblocks, donning police garb and packing a gun, he became the scourge of the Jackson dr en-us Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:05:35 EST Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:57:17 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/22/193623/523#7 <a href="http://searchsewv.biuroprawne.szczecin.pl">search engines with videos</a> <a href="http://websitewdh.agreg.cn">website development hosting</a> <a href="http://kaffeekh.augustyn.pila.pl">kaffee hamburg</a> <a href="http://architektad.cedos.cn">arch Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:57:17 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/22/193623/523#6 <a href="http://herefordhtml.poker866.info">hereford texas mortgage loans</a> <a href="http://new-nonnfpl.poker866.info">new no fax payday loans</a> <a href="http://massachusettsmmrl.poker66.info">massachusetts mortgage refinance loans</a> <a href="http:// Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:38:41 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/22/193623/523#5 <a href="http://mainzms.ziana.com.ar">mainz schiff</a> <a href="http://kaffeekw.pouff.com.es">kaffee werbung</a> <a href="http://zinn-azaph.hpes.com.ar">zinn a peoples history</a> <a href="http://wohnungenwbf.dialo.com.ar">wohnungen berlin friedrichshain</ Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:54:44 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/22/193623/523#4 Man Of The People Or Elected Thug?<p> Sadly, the two aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.   Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:28:16 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/22/193623/523#3 I guess what I'm presuming is that the people who elected Melton were hoping for a civic leader and not a vigilante.  Especially a vigilante who looks to spend an awful lot of time in court defending himself against charges he could easily avoided by Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:31:39 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/22/193623/523#2 You are presuming that the citizens disapprove. I read a story in the NYT (too lazy to link) about local judges locking people up without trials, and commiting all sorts of civil liberty abuses. The judges are elected, and despite (because of?) their incom Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:05:23 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/22/193623/523#1 Because, if they do, this is what the citizens of Jackson ought to do.  It's one thing to be an elected official who is a braying loudmouth about getting tough on criminals.  It's quite another to become a judge, jury, and wrecking crew who deter Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:48:24 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/