John McKay, represented by tax payer funded attorney Billy Guice, asked the courts to stop him from having to testify in the Singing River pension case. McKay’s request was granted by special master Britt Singletary. The timing is significant as Mr. McKay avoids having to answer questions under oath before elections. With no money currently …
Before there was ever mention of a special election, members of a group called “OneCoast for Jackson County Committee” began making media appearances to support the new 2% hotel tax. Donna Brown appeared on WLOX in March. At the time, the committee wasn’t mentioned. Brown simply talked about how the new tax would benefit her …
For you Sunday morning early birds, have some good old muck raking while the Sunday Long Read bakes. Josh Eldridge, candidate for Chancery Clerk, has a new campaign commercial out that has some local observers asking questions. The commercial was shot entirely inside Jackson County’s recently built administration building. Eldridge is currently comptroller for, and …
District 4 Supervisor Troy Ross finally submitted his Statement of Economic Interest yesterday. The filings covered 2011-2013, with the 2011 filing coming over four years late. The filings are not currently available until the Mississippi Ethics Commission reviews them and releases them to the public. The process usually takes a few business days.
Editor’s Note: Retiree Cisco Aguilar has been a thoughtful and reasoned observer and critic of the Singing River Health System pension debacle. Mr. Aguilar shares his thoughts on the most recent developments between SRHS and the Jackson County Board of Supervisors. In a July 7th press release and again during the July 20th Board of …
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One of the unique benefits of Chevron’s retirement programs is a very generous retirement savings matching plan. If an employee contributes 1% of his pay, Chevron will kick in 4% of his pay to match. If he contributes 2%, Chevron will kick in 8% of his pay. The interesting thing about Chevron’s plan is that …
“Never stop because you are afraid – you are never so likely to be wrong.” “Never keep a line of retreat […] it is a wretched invention.” “The difficult is what takes a little time. The impossible is what takes a little longer.” “The history of the human race is a continual struggle from darkness …
Are elected officials allowed to use county owned fax machines and e-mail addresses for partisan campaign activities? Of note: the Mississippi Ethics Commission website still shows no Statements of Economic Interest filed for Ross from 2011-2013. The 2014 report has not been updated to add deficient information.
The JCBOS and various supervisors have made statements regarding the veracity of The Sun Herald’s reporting, attacking the paper for having a bias aginst the board, and claiming that The Mississippi Press is the only media outlet that can report the facts correctly. SRHS Watch has long observed the sporadic nature of which The Mississippi Press publishes …
Former SRHS Trustee Morris Strickland is set to be deposed in the pension plan litigation tomorrow at 9 a.m. SRHS Watch has undertaken a review of Strickland’s business ventures in search of potential conflicts. Some background on Strickland from a 2007 biography in The Sun Herald: