by Associated Press Published: August 22,2012
Tags: audit, auditor, bench, city, courts, executive, financial, funding, garnishment, infrastructure, judge, mayor, misappropriation, municipality, park, road, salary, state agency, street, tax, taxpayer, transportation, travel
SOUTHAVEN — Southaven is getting $850,000 to link the city’s two largest parks with a bike path and walking trail after learning state officials have released the funds that had been frozen because of Mayor Greg Davis’ financial problems. The Commercial Appeal reports aldermen learned yesterday the enhancement grant for the nearly three-mile trail between [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 17,2012
Tags: city, election, executive, garnishment, government, mayor, misappropriation, municipality, paycheck, Politics, salary, state agency, state government, state law, tax, taxpayer, vote, voter, Voting
SOUTHAVEN — Mayor Greg Davis will get his paycheck after a Hinds County Chancery Court judge issued a stay preventing Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering from seizing Davis’ salary — for now — to recover disputed debt. The Commercial Appeal reports attorneys for Davis sought a temporary restraining order to stop Pickering from garnishing the mayor’s [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 15,2012
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SOUTHAVEN — Mayor Greg Davis is seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering from garnishing his paycheck to recover disputed debt. The Commercial Appeal reports the temporary order is part of a counter suit filed by Davis that also seeks to force Southaven to restore a $35,000 stipend the mayor had [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 8,2012
Tags: bench, board of supervisor, county government, courts, embezzle, embezzlement, judge, judicial, judiciary, misappropriation, plea, public funds, supervisor, tax, taxpayer
LEXINGTON — Former Holmes County Supervisor Norman Cobbins has pleaded guilty to submitting false invoices to get county money for his own use. U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis says in a news release that Cobbins will be sentenced Oct. 26. He faces a maximum penalty of ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 22,2012
Tags: alderman, aldermen, audit, auditors, board of aldermen, chambers of commerce, credit card, entertainment, executive, investigation, mayor, misappropriation, restaurants, review, scam, scheme, sex
SOUTHAVEN — A Southaven alderman says he and fellow aldermen spent nearly six hours in a closed-door session Tuesday reviewing thousands of dollars in charges to Mayor Greg Davis’ since-canceled city credit card. Alderman Ronnie Hale said the state auditor’s office, which has already ordered Davis to repay more than $170,000 in personal charges, requested [...] [...]
SOUTHAVEN — The attorney general’s office has told a citizens’ group in Southaven that nothing in state law allows for the removal of a municipal official. The Commercial Appeal reports Concerned Citizens of Southaven has collected about 1,000 signatures demanding the removal of Davis, under fire for allegedly misspending thousands of dollars in public funds. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 2,2012
Tags: classes, county government, demand, education, law enforcement, lawsuit, misappropriation, state agency, state government, supervisor
JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood has filed suit against Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham, demanding he repay money state auditors say he earned double-dipping while on the clock at his former city job. Auditor Stacey Pickering’s office contends Graham, between 2004 and 2007 as a Jackson police spokesman and 911 dispatch supervisor, earned almost [...] [...]
SOUTHAVEN — Southaven Mayor Greg Davis has attended his first board of aldermen meeting since he became a target of an investigation into his alleged misuse of city money. A number of people who spoke urged the embattled mayor to step down, but that’s something the city’s board of aldermen already failed to get him [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 19,2012
Tags: audit, mayor, misappropriation, municipal government, pay, salary, SCANDAL, stipend, taxes, taxpayers
SOUTHAVEN — A $145,000 annual salary already makes Southaven Mayor Greg Davis one of the highest-paid public officials in Mississippi. But the city also has been paying the mayor a little-known $35,000-a-year stipend for supervising water and sewer operations. The Commercial Appeals reports Mayor Pro Tem Greg Guy moved swiftly yesterday to ax that stipend [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 16,2012
Tags: audit, auditors, misappropriation, municipal government, repayment, SCANDAL, sex, state government, taxes, taxpayers
SOUTHAVEN — The Mississippi Auditor’s Office has reduced the amount of money that Southaven Mayor Greg Davis must pay as part of an investigation into the misuse of city funds. Davis has been under scrutiny since November when Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering told him to pay about $170,000 for allegedly improper billings, penalties and interest. [...] [...]
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