The Jackson City elections go wild!
Is there any out-of-office Democratic politician in Jackson who failed to qualify for the city elections down there? We have a situation here that may give more meaning to the “embarrasment” part of...
View ArticleCourtney Stadd’s indictment in the Mississippi State-Earmark case
Here’s the indictment against Courtney Stadd in the Mississippi State-NASA earmark consultant case. It’s fascinating reading, and raises real questions about what the folks at Mississippi State...
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Willie King has died at 66
Scott Barretta has just told me that his friend, blues singer and civil rights activist Willie King of Prairie Point, Alabama (just across the Mississippi state line south of Columbus) has died of a...
View ArticleBloomberg notes there are interrelations among Stanford management…
Interesting story on Bloomberg about the interrelations of the folks at the top of Stanford: Stanford, 58, a graduate of Baylor University, a Baptist school in Waco, Texas, recruited his college...
View ArticleLaura Pendergest-Holt knows how percentages work!
Thanks to her handy math degrees from MUW and State, Laura Pendergest-Holt was truly prepared for the work she was to do at Stanford Financial. Lotus linked in comments an article from Reuters about...
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Ole Miss and Presidential Luggage: The Chancellor’s Handoff
Folks will recall the post with a Time Magazine photo depicting the president’s luggage being carried off Air Force One, with a logo quite familiar to Oxford area residents. Here’s how it happened… H/t...
View ArticleZach Scruggs: Halfway home…
Paul Quinn at the Clarion Ledger is reporting that Zach went back to the halfway house in Tupelo as of noon today: Zach Scruggs was released from the Lafayette County Detention Center Monday back to a...
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Alabama’s entrance in the bad-judge sweepstakes–The sordid tale of Judge...
“The thing with Thomas was he was one of the most active judges, but he would abuse the privileges,” Cochran said. I’m really not sure that’s how I would have worded that if I were Sheriff Cochran. It...
View ArticleToday’s Mississippi Supreme Court decisions list
In an ongoing series, I’ve been commenting on the Mississippi Supreme Court’s decisions since the advent of new members, with a particular focus on divided opinions. I’ve missed two decisions lists,...
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