Reason Magazine - The Worst Mayor in America

Reason Magazine - The Worst Mayor in America

Find some of our local officials mildly embarrassing? Meet Frank Melton, the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. "He once stopped a school bus on a busy interstate because he 'needed a hug' from the kids inside.... He regularly suits up and leads SWAT-style 'raids' on homes, businesses, and even roadblocks in busy traffic -- without cause or a warrant.... He once bulldozed an elderly woman's house, promising to build her a better one. He then forgot to build it.... He keeps a house full of young men, including minors and/or felons, without having the proper foster-parent credentials.... I watched Melton and his bodyguards -- with submachine guns -- marched into private homes, walking past bewildered-looking tenants too afraid to challenge him."