Instead of expending time and energy dissecting Billy Guice’s press release in The Mississippi Pravda, we refer you to our native sons Messrs. James Buffett & LC “Mac” McAnally. This blog, Slabbed, The Sun Herald, WLOX, and WXXV-TV have already reported on much of what was in the release. What is becoming clear is that …
Imagine you have worked for 30 years, just paid off the mortgage, and are ready to retire and enjoy the life you’ve built in that sleepy little town of Pascagoula. Not long after you settle into your golden years, a new family moves in next door along with their teenage son. One day you come …
Monday the Board of Supervisors stated that “We will be making no other comments today to any news outlet or any other media pending the release of the story in the Mississippi Press.” Troy Ross will be on WXXV-TV’s newscast tomorrow with his view of the Singing River pension problems. Might this also mean that …
Editor’s Note: Last week SRHS Watch broke down several pieces of fiction being propogated by the Board of Supervisors. This Monday brings us yet more fiction. Not wanting to be questioned on the contrivances, the BoS will be telling their story to only one media outlet, one they hope will serve as a mouthpiece: The Mississippi …
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SRHS Watch will return to regular posting after attending to duties in our nation’s capital. The Board of Supervisors continues to build a fiction around the relationship with the Singing River Board of Trustees and also as to any possible resolution. SRHS Watch will again be dismantling this fiction.
During Monday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, John McKay gave this response to a retiree: “We cannot pass a tax increase to support the pension plan. We can pass one to help the hospital in some ways, but we can’t raise taxes to support” a private plan. We’ve already unraveled McKay’s fiction that the Singing River …
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Joanne Anderson, reporting on Gautier’s city council meeing, had this nugget in The Mississippi Press: City Attorney Josh Danos who has left the firm of Dogan and Wilkinson to form a new partnership with former Chancellor Chuck Bordis was chosen to retain his position with the city following a mayor and council decision to terminate …
Monday, Barry Cumbest was quoted in The Sun Herald: “I’ve heard it brought up before” about Yancey’s possible conflict, “but Paula doesn’t even represent the board on SRHS.” See the whole document here.
In yesterday’s Sun Herald, Karen Nelson quoted John McKay: “We cannot pass a tax increase to support the pension plan. We can pass one to help the hospital in some ways, but we can’t raise taxes to support” a private plan. A “private” plan? Is that how he really described it? A few hours later …
The Sun Herald and WXXV report today that retirees spoke out at the Jackson County Board of Supervisors meeting, asking supervisors to remove board attorney Paula Stennett-Yancey. Karen Nelson with the Sun Herald writes: