State Representative Michael Janus played a significant role in authoring the bill this year  which dedicated a stretch of Highway 90 in honor of civil rights leader Dr. Gilbert Mason, Sr.  Janus also serves as Senator Cochran’s South Mississippi Field Representative for the campaign. 

View video footage below of State Rep. Michael Janus.  Janus was invited to make remarks at the ceremony along with Senator Cochran.

Senator Cochran plans to speak at the MDOT dedication ceremony honoring Dr. Gilbert R. Mason on Saturday.  A portion of U.S. Highway 90 will be dedicated to Dr. Mason, a noted civil rights leader on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.  Dr. Gilbert Mason was a dedicated physician who worked tirelessly to promote equality and to provide quality healthcare to all Mississippians no matter racial or ethnic background. 

Michael Janus, State Representative and South Mississippi Field Rep. for Cochran, will also speak at the ceremony.  Janus played a significant role in helping pass legislation to designate the portion of Highway 90 to honor Dr. Mason.  Read House Bill 207 below.

Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr.

In the 2008 session of the Mississippi Legislature, House Bill 207 was passed designating a portion of U.S. Highway 90 as “Dr. Gilbert R. Mason Sr. Memorial Highway.”

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. (1) That portion of U.S. Highway 90 in the city of Biloxi beginning at Rodenberg Avenue and extending easterly to Porter Avenue, is designated and shall be known as the “Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr., Memorial Highway.”
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.