Mayor George Flaggs Jr. on Friday spoke again about a recent city sponsorship that has come under fire after the Board of Mayor and Alderman (BOMA) voted 2-1 Monday to spend $1,000 for two tickets to a Jackson State University NIL fundraising event.
“Let me clarify this NIL and $1,000, because I got hit real hard in my state of the city,” Flaggs said during Friday’s regular BOMA meeting. “The $1,000 was for a sponsorship. The tickets are only $45. They’re $500 per table for this event. We did a sponsorship package.”
Flaggs’ comments are in reference to Monday’s agenda item, which presented a $1,000 sponsorship for Ken Clark on behalf of Friends of KC-1400 Inc. dba KC-1400 Collective for NIL Jackson State Football Fundraiser pursuant to Section 17-3-1 and Section 17-3-3 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended…