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Former Jackson mayor: I wish Mississippians valued their capital city more - Mississippi Today

Note: This is the first in a new series of interviews for Mississippi Today Ideas about the city of Jackson and its future. Check out Mississippi Today’s complete Jackson coverage at this link. Former Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson recalls a moment in the early 2000s when he was stopped by a man about the Olympic cycling T-shirt he had on. The man wondered if Johnson was an enthusiast. The mayor shared that Jackson was actually a site of Olympic c…