Comments on: Hood blasts Barbour on pardons; defends staff member

By: Your Brother

Your Brother — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:11:35 +0000

The AG is making this a political football. The fact is the Mississippi Constitution does not address this issue. Any AG should know this. The AG may not like that the Gov. released these inmates, but the fact is the current AG does not like the ex-Gov., nor does he like the conservative movement in Mississippi. This is getting headlines, making Mississippi look bad, but the AG is looking out for the AG. Attorneys will hash over this and drag it out, but the 1890 state constitution does not put any stipulations on the Gov., that’s the bottom line.

By: Charlie Stogner

Charlie Stogner — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:11:20 +0000

This is only one more example of the reason attorneys working for various state agencies need to be employed directly by the particular agency or department they work for and not receive their paycheck from the AG.
It’s beyond reason to assume the AG won’t in some way exercise control over these attorneys. Take the funds from the AG’s budget allotted for payment of attorneys assigned to agencies, give it to the agency and let them employ the attorney they desire, not one sent there by the AG.