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State agency continues to lose top executives

Associated Press — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:26:41 +0000

BILOXI — Another top official at the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has announced he’s leaving. The Sun Herald reports Danny Guice, who had been interim director of the agency after DMR executive director Bill Walker was fired in January, announced to the staff last week he would be retiring, effective June 30. The agency [...]

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Authority terminates contract over ethics violation

Associated Press — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:03:42 +0000

GULFPORT — The Harrison County Utility Authority has voted to terminate S.H. Anthony, Inc.’s contract for operation and maintenance of its facilities. Members said company owner Sean Anthony violated board and state ethics policies when he financed a car for then-director Kamran Pahlavan in 2011. Jim Simpson, attorney for the authority, said the Utility Authority [...]

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Downtown group terminates leader — again

Associated Press — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:33:43 +0000

COLUMBUS — The group that promotes commercial development in downtown Columbus has fired it director and will launch a search for her replacement. The Commercial Dispatch reports it’s the second time in less than six months that Main Street Columbus is looking for a new director. The group’s board said in a statement that Nickie [...]

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Fired agency director denies wrongdoing

Associated Press — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:17:07 +0000

BILOXI — A Jackson law firm is representing the fired executive director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, and says he has not done anything wrong. State and federal investigators are looking at spending under Bill Walker, of Ocean Springs, who was fired Jan. 15. The state Commission on Marine Resources said the dismissal [...]

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Supreme Court declines to hear forester’s appeal

Associated Press — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:26:46 +0000

FRANKLIN COUNTY — The Mississippi Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a Franklin County forester fired for opposing a logging plan pushed by the state. The Supreme Court let stand a ruling by the Court of Appeals which last year sided with the Mississippi Forestry Commission. The Appeals Court decision overturned a [...]

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Commissioners terminate state agency’s executive director

Associated Press — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:50:43 +0000

BILOXI — Bill Walker has been dismissed as the executive director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. The decision came today in a unanimous vote from members of the Commission on Marine Resources. CMR vice chairman Jimmy Taylor made the motion to terminate Walker “for cause.” There was no additional discussion before the vote. [...]

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Mississippi Power fires contractors building Kemper plant

Associated Press — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:56:34 +0000

KEMPER COUNTY — Mississippi Power Co. has fired a joint venture of KBR and W.G. Yates & Sons Construction that was building part of the $2.8 billion Kemper County power plant. The project is more than $400 million over budget and has struggled to stay on schedule. The pair was replaced by Performance Contractors of [...]

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Court upholds firing of forester who opposed state logging plan

Associated Press — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:59:25 +0000

FRANKLIN COUNTY — The Mississippi Court of Appeals has upheld the firing of a Franklin County forester who opposed a logging plan pushed by the state. The decision overturned a 2010 order by Franklin County judge who found the Mississippi Forestry Commission’s firing of Stephen Oglesby was wrong. According to court records, Oglesby was at [...]

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