Society & Culture
Jackson City Council President Virgi Lindsay is the only woman among Jackson’s elected officials who are facing massive challenges with the capital city’s infrastructure, budget, zoo and loss of residents. In this episode of Let’s Talk Jackson, she spoke candidly about these issues as well as about growing up among rocket scientists, being a woman leader and her time as a Clarion-Ledger reporter back when it won a Pulitzer Prize. She spoke with JFP’s Donna Ladd about the challenges in her ward of the City of Jackson, which extends from her neighborhood Belhaven into parts of west and south Jackson. Here’s Donna. Virgi Lindsay's City of Jackson page: https://www.jacksonms.gov/index.aspx?nid=531