杰克逊市议会因议员失当言语中断，会议改期11月5日
杰克逊市议会11月3日的会议因议员肯尼斯·斯托克斯在会上对一名女性使用侮辱性言语而中断，现场响起要求将其驱逐的呼声，议会随后以四票对三票表决休会一小时，会议最终被推迟。争端发生在斯托克斯提出两项颇具争议的条例之后，一项是把梅德加·埃弗斯大道的一段改名，以纪念遇害的塞纳托比亚儿童科恩·威利，另一项是废除杰克逊市的数据中心暂停令。
许多居民本来就对在选举日开会感到不满，又对这两项条例表示反对，现场气氛因此更加紧张。数据中心的反对者质疑，市议会在相关监管规则尚未完成之前就考虑解除暂停令，程序上操之过急。
此前在9月，已有90名居民联名提交请愿书，要求处分斯托克斯早前对待居民的言行，包括谴责与罚款。休会一小时后，议员们返回会场，并把会议改期至11月5日上午十点举行。这一插曲再次把市议会的议事规范和公众参与问题推到台前：居民希望在涉及街道命名和大型项目监管的决策中获得充分发言机会，而议员在公开会议上的言行同样受到公众监督。
Jackson City Council Meeting Derails Over Councilman's Slur, Rescheduled to November 5
The Jackson City Council meeting in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, was interrupted on November 3 after Councilman Kenneth Stokes used an insulting slur toward a woman in the chamber; calls of 'kick him out' rose from the floor, members voted 4-3 to recess for an hour, and the meeting was ultimately postponed. The dispute followed Stokes's introduction of two controversial ordinances, one renaming a segment of Medgar Evers Boulevard to honor Kohen Wiley, a slain child from Senatobia, and another repealing Jackson's data center moratorium. Many residents were already unhappy about meeting on Election Day and opposed both measures, heightening tensions.
Opponents of the data center measure questioned whether the council was moving too quickly to lift the moratorium before related regulations are finished. Earlier, in September, 90 residents had signed a petition seeking discipline over Stokes's conduct toward residents at a prior meeting, including censure and a fine. After the one-hour recess, members returned and rescheduled the meeting for 10 a.m. on November 5. The episode again put council decorum and public participation in the spotlight: residents want a full voice in decisions on street names and major project rules, and the conduct of elected members in public meetings is itself under public scrutiny.
(Source: Mississippi Clarion Ledger)
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