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I suspect there are some in the legal profession that bemoan the fact that the general public just doesn’t get it. I would submit after reading the comments to the breaking story that MDOT Executive Director cut a deal on his public drunk charge that the public gets it and then some. For our newer … Continue reading “Let’s make a deal! MDOT Executive Director Butch Brown takes a plea.”
It’s official, drunken MDOT Executive Bully Butch Brown’s career is over as the axe was delivered while Butch was at MD Anderson getting treatment for his cancer. The bad news for the coast is that we are now on the wrong end of the historical 2-1 split at MDOT. I wonder if they’ll be moving … Continue reading “File this one under you live by the sword you die by the sword….”
We’ve covered the ongoing stories of 2 good examples of how not to behave in political hack Scott Walker of Ocean Springs and executive director Butch Brown of MDOT and there is news regarding both men here in the local press we must highlight for the Slabbed Nation. Let’s begin with Brown, who was found sleeping at … Continue reading “Slabbed Mississippi political news miscellany: Drunken domestic abuse edition.”
It seems as though MDOT Executive Director Butch Brown has a gambling problem to go along with his drinking problem folks. Michael Newsom and Geoff Pender have the story for the Sun Herald. Brown, 67, was arrested early Friday morning at Beau Rivage casino. According to Biloxi Municipal Court, a Beau Rivage representative asked the court Monday to drop … Continue reading “Slabbed news miscellany: Another politician checks into the drunk tank. The Waveland Citizens Fund is shut down. The Sun Herald takes a crack at Simpsongate.”
All the coverage we’ve given to the flooding in North Dakota linked SLABBED to Retrieverman’s weblog. This is a golden retriever that I’m sure you’ve all seen on the news. The dog’s name is “Annie,” and she belongs to a resident near the Red River of the North in Fargo, North Dakota. Fargo is expecting … Continue reading “The Daily Slab – March 27”
Exactly what it is that makes Mississippi this nation’s armpit, Numero 50 baby! It started with a group of de-slaved nabobs in the Delta determined to hold on to their morally bankrupt pre-civil war way of life, where tactics like political disenfranchisement (as in the rest of the State) were excellent ingredients for keeping the … Continue reading “We have a lot of out of state readers who no doubt wonder…”