What’s the condition of Jackson? Mayor Horhn delivers his first State of the City address

In a city with historic, persisting challenges – from infrastructure woes to a dwindling tax base – how do you measure the success of a new mayor’s first 100 days in office?

“Whether we get things done,” Jackson Mayor John Horhn said after his State of the City address Tuesday. “ I think there’s a visible difference in how the city is starting to look. Things are cleaner. They’re not totally where we want to be by far, but we’re starting to see signs that the city is pushing itself up. Our homicide rate is down. It’s not down to where we want it to be, but it’s 40% down from this time last year. We have investors that are looking at Jackson in ways that they haven’t looked at it before.”

In his speech at the downtown Mississippi Museum of Art garden, Horhn praised his “crackerjack staff”