Ellington

JACKSON, Miss. -- Vernon Price voted for Harvey Johnson Jr. for Jackson mayor in the past two elections. Price gives Johnson a strong overall job rating, despite his opinion that the mayor has done too little for poor neighborhoods.

The 51-year-old hospital maintenance worker said he's worried about crime, and because of that, he'll vote for Democratic challenger Frank Melton, a tough-talking former TV executive and one-time director of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics.

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