‘Out of the animal shelter business’: Vicksburg Mayor recuses himself from planning of new animal shelter – The Vicksburg Post

Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs Jr. said he has recused himself from anything to do with the City of Vicksburg Animal Shelter and its new facility.

Flaggs took answers from the public at his 100 Days open mic question-and-answer session Wednesday night. When asked about progress on the updated animal shelter, the mayor said he is no longer working on it after the criticism he received online and after members of the community got the aldermen to change their mind on the location of the building.

In the fall, the mayor and aldermen Michael Mayfield and Alex Monsour said the proposed shelter location’s price at Rifle Ridge Road was out of range for the city. The board became aware of the 14.3-acre Rifle Range Road property in August, which at the time was estimated to cost more than $1 million for the purchase of the property and construction of the facility.

However, last night Flaggs said Mayfield and Monsour have changed…

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