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[Jackson Free Press] PSC Refuses Bill of Rights Vote

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:14:00 -0400

by Adam Lynch
August 5, 2009

Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley lashed out at fellow commissioners Lynn Posey and Leonard Bentz after the two refused to vote on a proposed Mississippi Ratepayers' Bill of Rights at a Tuesday regular public service commission meeting.

[Jackson Free Press] Mayor to Study Highway 80 Potential

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:13:00 -0400

by Adam Lynch
August 5, 2009

Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. is putting the Highway 80 corridor on his agenda this year. The mayor announced a $500,000 study of MetroCenter Mall and the U.S. Highway 80 corridor at a news conference yesterday, in the company of developers and interim Planning and Development Director Corinne Fox.

[Yall Politics] YP - Fox commentator McGlowan commits political suicide over morning appearance on Gallo

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:03:00 -0400

This morning, regular FOX NEWS contributor Angela McGlowan, author of Bamboozled, made an appearance on Paul Gallo's show. As someone who serves as a voice in the wilderness for African American conservatives from Mississippi, she is a sought after speaker and pundit. In the middle of her segment this morning, the topic turned to gun control, which McGlowan basically said she was for. Specifically, she stated her support to have guns registered with the government. As someone who has been mentioned on the far periphery for a MS-01 candidacy, presumably as someone who had interest in running in a Republican primary, McGlowan certainly shot herself in the foot (pun intended).

[Yall Politics] AG Jim Hood announces another child porn bust

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:25:00 -0400

A Hattiesburg man has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today. Branden Howard Henley, age 20, of 18 Lee Lane in Hattiesburg was arrested on Monday, August 3, 2009. The Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit of the Attorney General's Office led the investigation and was assisted in the execution of a search warrant by the Lamar County Sheriff's Office and the Hattiesburg F.B.I. Henley is charged with knowingly, intelligently and illegally having images in his possession of children under the age of 18 in sexually explicit poses. "We finally have software that enables us to see who is downloading child porn in this state," said Attorney General Jim Hood.

[Jackson Free Press] AG Sues Barbour Over Veto

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:30:00 -0400

August 5, 2009

Citing the Mississippi Constitution, which does not allow the state's governor the power of line-item vetoes, Attorney General Jim Hood filed a lawsuit against Gov. Haley Barbour Monday for his partial veto of Senate Bill 2041 during the last legislative session.

[Yall Politics] POLITICO - Club for Growth and DNC target ads in MS-01

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:39:00 -0400

Recess advertising blitz This recess just keeps getting louder. The Democratic National Committee and the conservative Club for Growth both announced Tuesday that they plan to turn up the volume on health care reform over the break, largely in districts represented by vulnerable Democrats. The two groups have lined up on opposite sides of the ring – and it looks like it’ll be bruising for the members in the middle. The DNC has purchased radio advertising in 23 districts, thanking members of Congress for supporting health care reform or President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package. The spots “will begin as early as [Wednesday] and run into next week,” according to a DNC release.

[Yall Politics] YP - I can’t stand it - a riff on ASS-CLOWN-LOCAL

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:25:00 -0400

I really hate when I have to do this. But when someone says "bring it" and then paints a perfect bullseye on their forehead, I cannot resist. See if you can follow this. Today, Ms. Donna Ladd, of Jackson Free Press Fame, came out with a growling retort to a Clarion Ledger blog post on her earlier feature print piece about shopping local. That seems harmless enough, huh? Truthfully, it's a bunch of nyah nyah that no one really cares a lick about. But here's the rub. In Ladd's rather snarky retort, she states, One more, this one from the caption under the cover of our local issue he has reproducted on his site: Big stores, such as Lowe's & Walgreen's are as much part of local communities than any small mom & pop type store.

[Clarion Ledger] Johnson plans Metrocenter study

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:00:00 -0400

City Council President Frank Bluntson and state Sen. Alice Harden swapped impressions of Metrocenter mall on Tuesday as they waited for the start of Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr.'s news conference.

[Yall Politics] MAJORITYINMS - Gene Taylor (D) Townhall meeting on 8/3/9 in Waynesboro

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:59:00 -0400

hattip Majority in MS
8/3/9

[Clarion Ledger] Mississippi Briefs

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:14:00 -0400

Man stable after lightning strike