Former Magnolia Mayor Anthony Witherspoon moved to Tanzania to start a tourism business. The embattled former Mayor announced the relocation on social media:
Witherspoon left office at the end of 2020. Witherspoon got in trouble last year for allegedly shoving a reporter. He also served time for killing his cousin by shooting him in the back.
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Is this going to be far enough away?
i will miss him.
KF, dig into this fellow's story a little deeper.
This guy submitted his resignation as Mayor last year because "God had called him to open a tourist office in Africa".
Elections are coming up down in Magnolia and a very popular Hispanic lady has qualified to run for Mayor.
(Her's is a fascinating immigration story BTW ).
Her only problem seems to be that she supported Trump.
When this guy heard that, he went ballistic. He said something to the effect, "we can't have a"Trumper" in a town that's 70% Black".
The dude thinks that he can still run in the next mayoral election . . . although he now lives and works 5000 miles away . . . in Africa.
His logic is even funnier.
"He knows White Mayors that have vacation homes in Florida but he still pays for his wife's Pike County car tag."
(She didn't follow him to Africa).
Pike County has nothing on The City of Jackson/Hinds County government elected officials.
Former Tanyika/Zanzibar aka German East Africa.
Will Colom has connections there. The former president of MSCW AKA MUW resigned and moved there with Colom. I doubt that their mission is humanitarian. More like an AFRICOM front.
But, he's back home and running for mayor, again. Says he can't let Magnolia fall into Republican hands. Check the Enterprise Journal. He's pissed they printed the original story.
http://www.enterprise-journal.com/editorial/article_04c21d70-61c1-11eb-9050-1757c3f1e309.html
I wonder if he read "Mississippi-In-Africa" before he left. It's a very interesting book.
One of those interesting querks in our laws - convicted of manslaughter doesn't disqualify you from voting or serving in office, but timber theft is a constitutinal bar.
Good bye Mayor, and don't let the door kick you in the rear on your way out.
When the grift is played out...find a new place to grift.
I’ve had to conduct business in Magnolia with the mayor and Ms Ricks when she was on the board. She had more business sense then as she owns and operates a successful small business (a fantastic Tex Mex restaurant there in town). All the racist mayor knew then how to do was to cry racism, blame others and enrich his friends while he was in office. Mercedes is a leader with a fantastic story. Immigrant who came here for the American dream. The racist mayor doesn’t like her because she supports trump and is a proud & open member of the lgbt community.
I wish he would find jobs for the Jxn City Council members in his new homeland
Hold on! A Trump supporting lesbian immigrant named for a vehicle? This will but Pelahatchie in the shade. Where is John Grisham on this one?
Begs the question: How will Kingfish manage to attend City Council meetings in Magnolia and Pelahatchie on the same days.
I approve of this move.
Inside, but unverifiable by me, information I heard few weeks back was that he moved suddenly to avoid arrest.
As of today, he's not running for mayor. His wife, Senator Weatherspoon, is running. He's going to be her campaign manager.
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