by Marty Wiseman Published: May 31,2013
Tags: Marty Wiseman, Memorial Day, Politics
Sadly, it appears that all of the divisiveness and disdain for one another that has become a part of our daily routine is here to stay. Our opinions on all manner of social and political issues are no longer regarded as simply the ideas of thoughtful and well meaning individuals who may simply differ from [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 30,2013
Tags: city government, elected official, election, mayor, mayoral candidate, political party, politician, Politics, poll, public official, vote, voter, Voting
MERIDIAN — A candidate for mayor in Meridian has joined with the Lauderdale County Democratic Party in asking the U.S. Department of Justice to monitor the June 4 Meridian election. A party spokesman and mayoral candidate Percy Bland both told the Meridian Star they had made the request. Bland said he wants to make sure voters [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 29,2013
Tags: attorney, elected official, election, lawmaker, lawyer, legislative, legislator, political campaign, politician, Politics, public official, state government, vote, voter, Voting
DIAMONDHEAD — Gulf Coast attorney Patricia Willis has won the state House of Representatives District 95 special election. Complete, but unofficial, returns show Willis received 52.4 percent of the vote in yesterday’s election to defeat three other candidates. The 60-year-old Willis, from Diamondhead, is an attorney and Waveland city prosecutor. House District 95 includes parts [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 29,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, county, county government, elected official, pay, pay raise, politician, Politics, public official, raise, salary, supervisor
LIBERTY — Amite County supervisors have voted themselves a 15 percent pay raise. The Enterprise-Journal reports the action came this past week. Supervisors say it the first one for the board in nearly a decade and is allowed by state law. The board voted unanimously for their increases, which come to $5,700 for each of [...] [...]
by Ross Reily Published: May 24,2013
Tags: Associated Press, Barack Obama, Bill Waller, IRS, Justice Department, Politics, Ross Reily
My kids, all three of them, are really big fans of President Obama. It has nothing to do with their political affiliation, mind you, considering they are all 8 and under. My 7- and 8-year-olds got to meet him and shake his hand when he was running for president back in ’08, and, from then [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 21,2013
Tags: alderman, bench, city, city government, court, decision, election, judge, judicial, justice, law, legal, municipal, municipality, politician, Politics, poll, ruling, runoff, vote, voter, Voting
WEST POINT — A federal judge has denied a request to block today’s runoff elections in West Point. Alderman Jasper Pittman and four other residents filed suit Friday to have the city’s May 7 primary thrown out and Tuesday’s runoff stopped. Pittman, who was seeking re-election, fell one vote short of getting into a runoff [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 20,2013
Tags: appeal, court, election, judicial, judiciary, justive, lawsuit, legal, politician, Politics, racial discrimination, redistricting, ruling, upheld, vote, voter, Voting, voting district
JACKSON — Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is celebrating a victory in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the redrawing of the state’s voting districts. The Mississippi NAACP had challenged the state’s 2011 state elections because the Legislature did not immediately use the 2010 census to draw new district lines in 2011. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 20,2013
Tags: alderman, bench, case, city, city government, court, elected official, election, judge, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, municipal, municipality, politician, Politics, poll, primary election, public official, trial, vote, voter, Voting
WEST POINT — A West Point alderman is suing in federal court to block his loss in a primary election. Jasper Pittman, the incumbent alderman in West Point’s Ward 5, missed forcing a Democratic primary runoff against Gary Dedeaux by one vote, according to final tallies. Pittman alleges in a lawsuit that the body that [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 16,2013
Tags: executive, federal government, judge, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, letter, poison, politician, Politics, President, ricin, Senator, terror, terrorism, terrorist
TUPELO — Newly released documents say the man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Obama and others appeared to try to evade authorities just days before his arrest. James Everett Dutschke of Tupelo was charged April 27 with making ricin, the substance mailed to Obama, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and Lee County judge Sadie [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 15,2013
Tags: civil liberty, freedom of speech, legal, letter, political campaign, Politics
DIAMONDHEAD — The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi has sent an open letter to the Diamondhead Property Owners Association (POA) on behalf of several residents of the City of Diamondhead who have complained that the POA’s rules, regulations and covenants do not permit them to display political yard signs or engage in door-to-door campaigning. [...] [...]
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