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OUR VIEW: Tight budget could give cover to cuts in government oversight

MBJ Staff — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 06:06:33 +0000

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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Editorial: Mississippi needs more openness in government

Associated Press — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:00:11 +0000

When it comes to citizen access to meetings and records of local and state elected and appointed bodies, Mississippi’s law says: — “The formation and determination of public policy is public business and shall be conducted at open meetings.” — “Providing access to public records is a duty of each public body and automation of [...]

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Meridian Star files ethics complaint against supes

Associated Press — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:36:20 +0000

MERIDIAN — The Meridian Star has filed a complaint with the Mississippi Ethics Commission against the Lauderdale County supervisors’ discussion of garbage fees during a closed meeting called to personnel matters. Supervisors have contended the conversation was an innocent one and unplanned. They say the intent wasn’t to hide the discussion from the public. Violations [...]

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Q&A: Tom Hood, Executive Director/Chief Counsel, Mississippi Ethics Commission

Wally Northway — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:00:44 +0000

Chief of Ethics Hood oversees changes at Ethics Commission In 2003, Tom Hood arrived at Mississippi Ethics Commission, and it didn’t take long for him to make an impression. Three years later, he was named executive director and chief counsel of the organization charged with weighty responsibility of ensuring high ethics in government law. During [...]

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Managing ethics when no one else is looking

MBJ Staff — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 06:00:11 +0000

Mississippi Power Company attorney, Ben Stone, of Balch & Bingham’s Gulfport office, should seriously examine his role as Chairman of the Mississippi Ethics Commission. Stone said in a hearing last week (Sept. 14) at the Mississippi Public Service Commission that he did not disagree with the Attorney General’s opinion that according to state statute, public [...]

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