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AP: Property taken, Katrina recovery money used for unneeded sewage plants

Associated Press — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:38:16 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — An Associated Press investigation shows officials in Mississippi took private property and spent millions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina recovery money on sewage plants that may not be needed for decades. In one case, a legal battle over a small strip of land between an 86-year-old woman, her family and a county [...]

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Statement election

Clay Chandler — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:00:19 +0000

We might have finally found something Mississippians of every political persuasion can agree on: The use of eminent domain for private economic development is a bad idea. Initiative 31, which will amend the state Constitution to essentially restrict the use of eminent domain to projects of direct public use, earned more than 637,000 votes. The [...]

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One victory won, another battle looms

Clay Chandler — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:00:14 +0000

We might have finally found something Mississippians of every political persuasion can agree on: The use of eminent domain for private economic development is a bad idea. With 97 percent of precincts reporting late last Wednesday afternoon, Initiative 31, which will amend the state Constitution to essentially restrict the use of eminent domain to projects [...]

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Republicans win big, ‘personhood’ defeated

Associated Press — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:35:27 +0000

Attorney General Jim Hood is now the only Democrat holding statewide office as Republicans nearly ran the table in yesterday’s elections. Voters also voted down Initiative 26 (“Personhood”), and voted for voter ID and eminent domain restriction. As of 4:48 a.m., here was The Associated Press’ wrap-up of those elections: • Governor (1,815 of 1,876 [...]

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Residents: Law hindering eminent domain efforts

Associated Press — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:19:26 +0000

ABERDEEN — A group of Lafayette County residents have told a federal judge that Mississippi’s campaign finance law stops them from campaigning as they want to for an eminent domain constitutional amendment. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock heard arguments Tuesday in Aberdeen but did not immediately rule. The plaintiffs [...]

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Secretary of State adds cost of initiatives to ballot

Associated Press — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:27:54 +0000

JACKSON — Key information involving three initiatives on the Nov. 8 ballot was not included so a reprint has been ordered, the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office said yesterday. Pamela Weaver, spokeswoman for Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, said Attorney General Jim Hood contacted their office last week saying he believed the “fiscal analysis” — [...]

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Speed not conceding in fight against eminent domain

Ted Carter — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:00:34 +0000

Things haven’t been going Leland Speed’s way in his court challenges to a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would curb Mississippi’s power to take private property for large economic development projects But don’t look for Speed, a real estate executive and interim Mississippi Development Authority chief, to walk away from the fight. “I’m [...]

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Read the September 19th issue of the MBJ online

MBJ Staff — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:04:32 +0000

In this week’s MBJ, Amy McCullough analyzes the recent saga at Parkway Properties and looks into the potential of its headquarters leaving Jackson. All of this is happening about 100 days after its combination with Eola Capital LLC as Parkway Properties Inc. announced CEO Steve Rogers’ retirement and succession by Eola chairman and Parkway board [...]

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NFIB chapter files eminent domain brief with Supreme Court

MBJ Staff — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:57:50 +0000

JACKSON — The state office of the National Federation of Independent Business says the state Supreme Court has accepted its “friend-of-the-court” brief opposing an attempt by the head of the Mississippi Development Authority, in his individual capacity, to derail a vote on a proposed state constitutional amendment on eminent domain reform. Hinds Circuit Court Judge [...]

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Supreme Court sets deadline for eminent domain briefs

Associated Press — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:00:17 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court has given attorneys until Aug. 12 to file briefs in a challenge to an eminent-domain ballot initiative. The court has not scheduled oral arguments in the case. Jackson businessman Leland Speed appealed a decision by a Hinds County judge that the initiative to restrict eminent domain can go on [...]

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