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 [...] [...]
GREENVILLE — A federal judge has again denied a petition from Washington County tax collector Patricia Lee, who is trying to get back pay for a period when she was under suspension. The Delta Democrat Times reports Lee had asked U.S. District Judge Michael Mills to reconsider his ruling in June that the county was [...] [...]
HANCOCK COUNTY — The U.S. Department of Labor says International Security Management Group will pay more than $282,000 in back wages to 46 security employees at the Stennis Space Center in Hancock County. Labor Department officials say in a news release that the agreement was reached after an investigation showed the company had failed to [...] [...]
After the salary of the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership’s president and CEO was recently published, the organization’s compensation committee members have made it known they believe their leader is “worth every penny” of his nearly $380,000 salary. Committee member Walter S. Weems said he acknowledges that CEO Duane O’Neill’s compensation is “a significant number,” but [...] [...]
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