Tennessee: After council turns down ordinance, citizens may use ballot measure to pass it
The Jackson City Council turned down a curfew ordinance earlier this year, but some residents are trying to bring it back ”” potentially as a ballot initiative. Lambuth Area Neighborhood Association President Scott Conger said he thinks the curfew is a tool in combating youth crime in Jackson that should not be denied because city leaders found that most youth crimes happened outside of the curfew hours ”” 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. most nights of the week ””that would have been set by the rejected ordinance.