Editor’s Note: When covering City Council meetings, our goal is to provide a recap/overview, including citizen comments for those residents and interested parties who cannot attend or watch the meetings. We encourage everyone to watch the meetings themselves for additional information or context. DESOTO – Place 6 Crystal Chism and Place 7 Letitia Hughes were not in attendance at Tuesday night’s city council meeting.
Hughes was on a virtual call and able to comment and vote as necessary. At the opening, Place 2 councilmember Pierette Parker wanted residents to be aware of a virtual public meeting on August 22 to discuss road construction off Parkerville and Hampton Road in the southern part of the city. Resident Arthur Anderson spoke in public comment and said he had appeared before the council several times and was still waiting on answers he asked on April 16 and May 7.
He said he has documented written correspondence “which has been routinely ignored.” Anderson said, “We have a pattern of injustices being committed in DeSoto now with accountability and the lack of integrity on full display for the entire city. The officials who are responsible for serving the people ignore and deflect with no commitment to justice.
Too many people in DeSoto have experienced injustices, and one of them is Dr. Dinah Marks, who is the rightful mayor pro tem.” Anderson said, “Today, though, I want to address a repeated issue of people in this city being above the law and weaponi.