Post by pavel on May 5, 2016 22:27:04 GMT -6
Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill Wednesday that would create a regional authority over the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport.
Senate Bill 2162 passed the Senate on a party-line vote in April after much push back from Jackson and airport officials, who claim the state is attempting to steal the airport from the city.
"It's a move a school yard bully would make," Sen. John Horhn, D-Jackson, said on the Senate floor during debate. "You are doing it because you can, not because it's needed."
Sen. Josh Harkins, R-Flowood, the bill's author, denied those claims, offering that under the new leadership, Jackson would still appoint five out of nine board members.
Read more: www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2016/05/04/governor-signs-airport-takeover-bill/83945596/
Senate Bill 2162 passed the Senate on a party-line vote in April after much push back from Jackson and airport officials, who claim the state is attempting to steal the airport from the city.
"It's a move a school yard bully would make," Sen. John Horhn, D-Jackson, said on the Senate floor during debate. "You are doing it because you can, not because it's needed."
Sen. Josh Harkins, R-Flowood, the bill's author, denied those claims, offering that under the new leadership, Jackson would still appoint five out of nine board members.
Read more: www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2016/05/04/governor-signs-airport-takeover-bill/83945596/