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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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Utility Authority board not appointing interim director

Associated Press — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:00:07 +0000

BILOXI — The Harrison County Utility Authority will move quickly to hire a new executive director. The authority’s board met yesterday for the first time since last week’s firing of longtime director Kamran Pahlavan. He was dismissed because of conflict of interest concerns involving a car purchase and financing the deal through a utility authority [...]

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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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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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Keesler AFB slashing another 38 civilian jobs

Associated Press — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:23:56 +0000

BILOXI — Keesler Air Force Base is scheduled to lose another 38 civilian jobs in 2012 as the Air Force continues it move toward eliminating about 9,000 such workers. The announcement comes two months after Keesler said it would eliminate 68 positions from the civilian work force in the 81st Training Wing and 403rd Wing. [...]

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Hearing dates set for former airport administrators

Associated Press — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:15:58 +0000

TUPELO — Job discrimination lawsuits filed by two former administrators at Tupelo Regional Airport will be heard in federal court in 2013. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports former airport executive director Terry Anderson and former operations director Reid Dawe have sued the airport. Anderson’s case is set for April 8, 2013, in federal court [...]

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Former city manager drops lawsuit over firing

Associated Press — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:14:20 +0000

GAUTIER — Former Gautier city manager Sidney Runnels has dropped the court challenge to his firing by the city council. Runnels tells The Mississippi Press his health is one of the reasons for dropping the case. Runnels says he had triple bypass surgery within a week after the 4-3 vote to fire him by the [...]

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