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Harvey Johnson Accuses John Horhn of 'False Attack' on Him

Former Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. just responded to a Sen. John Horhn attack ad with https://www.facebook.com/harveyjohnsonformayor2014/posts/1402802429994486">this statement posted on his Facebook page. It is repasted here verbatim:

STATEMENT OF HARVEY JOHNSON CONCERNING FALSE AND MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENT OF JOHN HORHN Senator John Horhn mailed and passed out to voters a postcard falsely stating that I was responsible for increasing water bills by 100% while in office. The truth is this: During my last term as mayor the City imposed a modest water rate hike of 12 percent in 2011, the first increase in six years. After I left office last July, the Mayor and the City Council increased water rates by 29 percent and sewer rates by 108 percent. If I had been in office last year I would not have increased rates that dramatically at one time. Just two days before the mailer was dropped, Senator Horhn, at a mayoral forum conducted by the Working Together Jackson organization, pledged to refrain from attacks on his opponents. Clearly, he should have come clean at that event by admitting that his next order of business when he walked out the door would be to launch a false attack on me.

In a separate flyer, Horhn promotes himself as a "fit, strong and robust black man who's ready to take this city forward" and criticizes his various opponents. That one is posted below as well as the flyer mentioned above.

http://jacksonfreepress.com/users/photos/2014/apr/07/16845/">https://jacksonfreepress.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2014/04/07/Screen_shot_2014-04-07_at_1.11.08_PM_1_t500x293.png?c44c67385218106203c5d4bf99748a7f4be6a293" alt="Horhn flyer 1">

https://jacksonfreepress.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2014/04/07/Screen_shot_2014-04-07_at_1.11.08_PM_1_t500x293.png?c44c67385218106203c5d4bf99748a7f4be6a293">Horhn flyer 1 by Donna Ladd

http://jacksonfreepress.com/users/photos/2014/apr/07/16846/">https://jacksonfreepress.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2014/04/07/Screen_shot_2014-04-07_at_1.10.23_PM_t500x324.png?fe9276f0385f4bb6afe1c6104d3cfd6e7509d2d0" alt="Horhn Flyer 2">

https://jacksonfreepress.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2014/04/07/Screen_shot_2014-04-07_at_1.10.23_PM_t500x324.png?fe9276f0385f4bb6afe1c6104d3cfd6e7509d2d0">Horhn Flyer 2 by Donna Ladd

http://jacksonfreepress.com/users/photos/2014/apr/07/16847/">https://jacksonfreepress.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2014/04/07/Screen_shot_2014-04-07_at_1.10.46_PM_t500x315.png?c235676577db7a4133955435986f593fbb99b886" alt="Horhn Flyer 3">

https://jacksonfreepress.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2014/04/07/Screen_shot_2014-04-07_at_1.10.46_PM_t500x315.png?c235676577db7a4133955435986f593fbb99b886">Horhn Flyer 3 by Donna Ladd

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