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So here I am working in the field thinking it would be a slow day on the blog. I reckon there is no such thing as a slow day so here is today’s first nugget. Wanna live on the beach next to Joe Cloyd? Now is your chance folks because Scott and Trinty Walker have … Continue reading “One of those days…..”
Jamie Miller came to the Executive Director’s job at the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources with a reputation as a no nonsense hatchet man and he has lived up the PR in his first 10 months on the job. In true Mississippi political fashion the surviving, politically connected finalist was also hired on with the … Continue reading “Senate Bill 2579 a small step forward for a deeply troubled DMR but is Miller Time a good time for the agency”
First we have a reader question: In the Sun Herald this morning on page 3A under “D’Iberville approves tax break to attract business” Joe Cloyd’s CDBG Long Term Work Force housing Riverside senior apartments is asking the city to abate ad valorem taxes for three years. This is not a business that produces or pays … Continue reading “In Mississippi tax breaks and the gang at Port and Harbor in the news”
I’ve made no secret of the fact I though the Office of the State Auditor was on DMR to run interference on the FBI and OIG. That said I’ve had people in the know tell me that notion was wrong and in fact Auditor Pickering would use the state prosecution of certain former DMR employees … Continue reading “The heat is on Auditor Pickering: Investigation or Coverup??”
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more ~ Shakespeare, Henry The Fifth Act 3 Vital background can be found here and here. I will not repeat the very specific tip I received by email yesterday beyond saying the FBI and/or the Office of the State Auditor should immediately account for every engine purchased for … Continue reading “Protest time at DMR as rumors swirl about taxpayer paid boat motors going into private boats”
Pictures are indeed worth 1,000 words. Here is Bill Walker enjoying the company of his grandson while keeping an eye on the Beach Protest held outside the Stacey Pickering Fundraiser: Small Group of Protesters Picket Pickering in Ocean Springs ~ Warren Kulo As RFP pointed out in comments Warren was kind enough to link Slabbed’s … Continue reading “Small and Mighty: Ocean Springs Beach Protest raises awareness of problems at the State Auditor’s Office”
That’s a softball question in the post title because all of the bucks are stopping over at Joe Cloyd’s house for a celebration funded in part by the no bid, $50,000 contract Cloyd scored to supposedly communicate the results of Jamie Miller’s outside CPA firm review of the “culture of corruption” that is the Mississippi … Continue reading “State Auditor Pickering’s fuzzy math under the microscope: Exactly where are all the bucks stopping?”
After covering a couple three of these criminal investigation thingys my best advice is patience as there is certainly lots happening in the background. For instance political favors are certainly being called etc etc as these things are undeniably intertwined with the criminal justice process. These are reasons that folks like Ray Ray the Chocolate … Continue reading “So the assemblage is calling for Mugshots…..”
Actually some of it is yesterday’s and the day before’s but I am steadily wrapping my mind around this troubled state agency and there are a couple of items which deserve a second look and maybe a bit of analysis. First comment bumped is from Eye-Spy: This is a classic example of waste, fraud and … Continue reading “How about some DMR gossip”
At the end of the day green is the primary reason for being in business. It is the prime directive. Even not-for-profits must be green to survive because economically it is the only way to insure the mission is self-perpetuated in our (supposed) market economy. But now the Gov and the legislature, pandering to the … Continue reading “Green”