A lot of the players who were either complicit, confederates, or otherwise conniving in the corruption surrounding Singing River Health System and the Jackson County Board of Supervisors are now gone. Retirement saw the departure of Nebo Carter and Mike Crews. A higher paying refuge in Jackson beckoned to Chris Anderson. Downsizing and out of …
OPINION: Vestiges of Corruption Cancer Remain, Must Be Removed Read More »
While all of Jackson County has been paying close attention to the fact that Barry Cumbest has been using elected office to lobby for projects that touch upon lands owned by him and his family, there is another conflict of interest that has been overlooked: he is a member of the putative class in the …
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With the departure of John McKay, Melton Harris appears to have contracted the foot-in-mouth disease that McKay so often suffered from. Harris recently appointed Barbara Dumas-Marshall to the SRHS Board of Trustees, a job she immediately walked away from. Harris incredibly admits to Karen Nelson at the Sun Herald that he made bad choice on …
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With the impending departure of Celeste Reep Oglesby to Tennessee, Singing River is on the hunt for a replacement. Recently Oglesby circulated the below e-mail to local law firms and attorneys. We are told that most of the attorneys being contacted are under the age of 45, the implication being that SRHS is looking for …
Local and social media has been abuzz recently with talk about transparency of the Jackson County Utility Authority. Several city leaders are going to the mattresses against the JCUA claiming that the board has no oversight, no transparency, no accountability, and no way to be reined in. Much of the language and arguments being used …
Dogan & Wilkinson Now Advocating Transparency, Just Not at SRHS Read More »
With all of the responses in to the Mississippi Supreme Court, it’s time to start sorting out what exactly happened. The responses are lacking, but we endeavor to distill truth and fact from what has been presented to the Court. They have a tremendous undertaking before them. We first wish to understand the sequence of …
Swiss Cheese Chronicles: Nailing Down a Sequence of Events Read More »
In reading the responses to the Miss. Supreme Court, the phrase “missing the forest for the trees” springs to mind. It seems that all parties involved have become so focused on the competing federal and chancery cases, they forget the underlying and undeniable facts. Subsequent to the ex parte hearing, six separate orders were entered …
Swiss Cheese Chronicles: Sua Sponte or on Motion of the Parties? Read More »
The Mississippi Supreme Court today ordered Judge Breland Hilburn to explain his reasoning for entering a stay in the Almond case. Judge Hilburn has until noon Wednesday to file his response. Filing responses today were former SRHS Trustee Scott Taylor, SRHS attorneys Kelly Sessoms and Brett Williams, and Jackson County attorney Billy Guice. The responses …
Billy Guice entered Singletary’s office at 2:26 p.m. Guice is alone with Singletary for 52 minutes until 3:18 p.m. when Scott Taylor arrives. 2:26 Billy Guice arrives 3:18 Scott Taylor arrives 3:24 Jim Reeves & Matt Mestayer arrive 3:27 Kelly Sessoms & Brett Williams arrive 3:28 Breland Hilburn arrives 3:37 Steve Simpson arrives 4:04 Everyone …