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Jail Bills, Concert Dreams and a Renaissance Fair
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A single unpaid bill can turn into a full-blown test of how local government works, and that’s exactly what’s happening between the City of Columbus and Lowndes County. We walk through the jail fee standoff step by step: the original per-inmate agreement, the Mississippi Attorney General opinion that undercuts it, and the city’s claim that it “overpaid” and should be able to withhold new payments as credit.
To lighten things up, we shift to the Columbus amphitheater, a new construction timeline that points toward a real opening next spring, and what…
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