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Receipts show spending at gay sex shops by Southaven mayor

by Associated Press Published: December 16,2011

Tags: audit, DeSoto County, education, FBI, federal government, Greg Davis, Haley Barbour, investigation, Leland Speed, manufacturing, misappropriation, Mississippi Development Authority, municipal government, Phil Bryant, Politics, Stacey Pickering, taxes, taxpayers

Receipts show Southaven Mayor Greg Davis, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2008 on a family-values platform, charged the city $67 for a purchase at a gay sex shop in Canada. The Mississippi auditor on Nov. 2 demanded Davis pay back more than $170,000 for personal expenses billed to taxpayers. There are no [...] [...]

Auditor demands Southaven mayor repay $170K

by Associated Press Published: November 3,2011

Tags: audit, auditors, mayor, municipal government, state government, taxes, taxpayers, travel expenses

SOUTHAVEN — The Mississippi Auditor’s Office is demanding that fourth-term Southaven Mayor Greg Davis pay the city more than $170,000 for travel, stress counseling and other personal expenses billed to taxpayers. Davis told The Associated Press he’s not sure how he will pay. “To me, it’s an expensive but valuable lesson learned,” said Davis, 45. [...] [...]

MDOT changing policy on travel expanses

by Associated Press Published: June 10,2010

Tags: state agency, taxpayers, transportation, travel expenses

JACKSON — Top highway officials said they stopped letting the road-building industry pay for their trips to meetings at luxury hotels in tourist hot spots — a change lawmakers and the state’s top ethics official applaud. Taxpayers now pick up the tab for Southern District Transportation Commissioner Wayne Brown, Central Commissioner Dick Hall and Northern [...] [...]

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