Mississippi Business Journal » sweetheart deal http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Ex-DMR board member asked Trust to buy land from boss’ son http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/25/ex-dmr-board-member-asked-trust-to-buy-land-from-boss-son/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ex-dmr-board-member-asked-trust-to-buy-land-from-boss-son http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/25/ex-dmr-board-member-asked-trust-to-buy-land-from-boss-son/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:51:01 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=70208 BILOXI — The head of the Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain says a board member employed by the state Department of Marine Resources asked the trust if it would buy land from her boss’ son, if the department provided some money. The proposal came from Tina Shumate, who resigned early in February as [...]

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