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Sun Herald publisher Ricky Mathews is heard in this Thursday morning report by MPB radio on efforts to improve access to civil courts for the state’s poor and impoverished.

Eric Strinfellow: Some people believed Melton would adapt and do an outstanding job; others thought the nonconformist would implode. With the mayor engulfed in multiple criminal investigations, it looks like the debate is close to being settled - and might pose another huge issue for Jackson.

Sid Salter: Let’s see, Mayor Melton needs advice on how to conduct himself as mayor from Dale Danks, Charles Evers, Jim Hood and still he doesn’t understand concepts like due process of law, separation of powers, qualified law enforcement officer and other minor details.

Gary Pettus: Go ahead, Seuss me.

David Hampton: Since Jackson Mayor Frank Melton is acting like an unruly teenager, he should be treated as such. The City Council needs to take away his ride.

C-L Editorial Board: The Jackson City Council appears to remain politically divided on what to do about the serious allegations against Mayor Frank Melton, but there could be some resolution by the end of the week.

Letter to the C-L: Much like the ACLU’s coddling of criminals for fear of violating their rights, The Clarion-Ledger is coddling criminals by its anti-Melton movement. You can’t have your cake and eat it, too. Either citizens are willing to put up with crime, or willing to let Mayor Melton do the job they elected him to do.

The Clarion-Ledger reports this morning on the latest in the professional nosedive of Jackson Mayor Frank Melton who, among a slew of other high-profile embarrassments over the course of his first year in office, now stands accused of being present at – and possibly taking part in – the destruction of a dwelling a couple of a weeks ago. The same night, officials are now investigating the Mayor’s presence at a city night club where the manager claims he was roughed up by goons in the Melton entourage.

Meanwhile, the attorney for the property owner of the house the Mayor’s posse allegedly took sledgehammers to, says he’ll file suit against the the mayor and the city.

The Christian News and Media Agency is reporting on what it calls a “vulgar sex column” in the student-run campus newspaper at Southern Miss. Last week The Student Printz published what CNMA (aka WDC Media) called a graphic “how to” article…titled “Pillow Talk: College a Time to Experiment.” The paper’s executive editor, David McCraney, says “Pillow Talk” will be a regular column and “will probably get racier by degrees each edition.”

This week’s chapter is a piece on safe sex and finding “the right condom.” We suspect the CNMA will not be pleased.