by Associated Press Published: January 30,2013
Tags: agency, audit, auditing, auditor, case, city government, civil trial, elected official, executive, funds, mayor, misappropriation, money, municipal, municipality, politician, public official, SCANDAL, sex, state government, taxpayer
SOUTHAVEN — Mayor Greg Davis’ civil trial in Jackson has been continued until May, but there are discussions that the judge in the case has urged both sides to settle the matter before then. At the end of yesterday’s hearing, The Commercial Appeal reports a Hinds County chancellor called attorneys for both sides into his [...] [...]
JACKSON — Mississippi officials are adopting a national system created by the Pew Center for the States to measure how much benefit a dollar of public spending creates. The system is first being set up to measure the effectiveness of criminal justice and corrections programs, but could be expanded to other areas in the future. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 16,2013
Tags: bank, banker, banking, city government, Commercial Real Estate, community development, economic development, finance, financial insitution, financing, municipal, municipality, outlet mall, retail, retailer, retailing, tax, taxpayer, tourism, tourist, visitor
SOUTHAVEN — Officials have extended the time frame of the $15-million tax increment financing plan for the proposed outlet mall in Southaven. The Commercial Appeal reports Mayor Greg Davis made clear the amount of funding was not changing, just the time period for the plan was being extended from 15 years to 20 years. Tax [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 16,2013
Tags: bank, banker, banking, board of supervisors, bond, county government, default, elected official, finance, financial institution, health care, hispital, home, homeowner, homestead exemption, house, mill, millage, public official, residence, resident, supervisor, tax, taxpayer
NATCHEZ — Natchez Regional Medical Center wants to take Adams County’s taxpayers off the hook as cosigners for its revenue bond. The Natchez Democrat reports the Mississippi Development Bank in 2006 required the hospital to show collateral before it would reissue the revenue bond. Adams County pledged a 5-mill standby tax that would not be [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 16,2013
Tags: appeal, appropriate, appropriation, bench, case, city government, court, funding, infrastructure, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, spending, taxpayer
STARKVILLE — A lawsuit challenging how the city of Starkville is paying for infrastructure improvements is making its way to the Mississippi Supreme Court. The Starkville Daily News reports local resident William McGovern has appealed a chancellor’s ruling in favor of Starkville’s municipal facility construction plan to the Supreme Court. Chancellor Jim Davidson threw out [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 14,2013
Tags: appropriation, biull, budget, capital projects, construction, funding, government, law, lawmaker, leghislature, legislation, legislative, legislator, state, tax, taxpayer
JACKSON — Mississippi would spend $72.6 million in cash on various capital projects under a bill approved Friday by the state House. The move appears to concede to Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves’ wish that Mississippi begin paying for some needs out of its ongoing budget instead of borrowing through bonds. “Lt. Gov. Reeves is encouraged [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 18,2012
Tags: electred official, embezzlement, executive, fraud, indict, indictment, law enforcement, mayor, misappropriation, politician, Politics, public official, tax, taxpayer
SOUTHAVEN — A North Mississippi mayor has been indicted on three charges related to his alleged misuse of taxpayer money. Southaven Mayor Greg Davis was indicted today on one count each of embezzlement, false pretense and making fraudulent statements. Davis has been under scrutiny since November 2011 when the Mississippi Auditor’s office told him to [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 6,2012
Tags: audit, auditor, board of supervisors, county, elected official, fine, government, misappropriation, public official, repayment, supervisor, tax, taxpayer
LEAKESVILLE — State Auditor Stacey Pickering has returned $70,280.72 to Greene County following an investigation into supervisors’ misuse of funds used as part of an illegal kickback scheme carried out through a contract for Katrina debris removal and legal expenses. These funds represent $64,030.72 in principal and $2,146.08 in interest and investigative costs. Pickering previously [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 12,2012
Tags: audit, auditing, auditor, bond, crime, criminal, elected official, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, investigation, law enforcement, money, public official, refund, repayment, state agency, steal, stealing, tax, taxpayer, theft, thief
BROOKHAVEN — Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering has closed his office’s investigation into embezzlement by a former Lincoln County Circuit Clerk. Pickering last week delivered a check for more than $61,000 to Lincoln County Supervisors. The Brookhaven Daily Leader reports the check represents the last of the money the auditor’s office says Terry Lynn Watkins had [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 5,2012
Tags: acquisition, audit, auditor, buy, land, property, purchase, real estate, sale, sell, state agency, state department, tax, taxpayer, taxpayer money
BILOXI — Federal auditors question $12.6 million of $14 million approved by the state Department of Marine Resources to buy and conserve coastal property using money from offshore oil leases. DMR paid 16 times the county tax appraisals for some land, and 25 times the amount on county tax rolls for one parcel, auditors from [...] [...]
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