OUR VIEW: Tight budget could give cover to cuts in government oversight
by MBJ Staff
Published: January 5,2013
Tags: Joint Legislative Budget Committee, Mississippi Ethics Commission, Tom Hood
Let’s hope that the Mississippi Ethics Commission is correct in thinking a proposal to take an 18 percent bite out of the watchdog agency’s budget grew out of a misunderstanding with the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. Otherwise, good government in the Magnolia State is about to sustain a serious wound. In fact, a “devastating” one, [...]
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