J. Kane Ditto
John Kane Ditto is a former mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. He was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Ditto proposed a new African studies institute that would foster trade and academic exchange with the continent. Ditto pushed minority-owned and small business venture financing investigations and efforts to expand medical and data-processing facilities near downtown. He wanted a spacious convention center downtown and the re-opening of Lake Hico to citizens for recreation.
On May 25, 2012, he participated in a Focus group as part of the Needs assessment process of the Restorative Care Hospital and the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center by meeting with other community leaders who had direct knowledge of the health service needs of disadvantaged populations in the Jackson metropolitan area.
