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Comment on Ole Miss, MSU to hold minority vendor job fair as part of IHL outreach program by Jim Finley

Jim Finley — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:39:50 +0000

This is an excellent opportunity for minority/small businesses to market/sell their products/services to Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning via Where2Go411.com!

Kudos to IHL for contracting with a minority/small business (Where2Go411.com) to manage the registration and quote process for vendors and buyers.

Comment on Regulator: Day’s departure due to his withholding Kemper information by Rob Worden

Rob Worden — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:18:02 +0000

My my my the chickens are coming home to roost. This is now and always has been a farce of the worst kind. It starts off with balloons and fried chicken and ends with perp walks and ‘outraged’ politicians.

This type of good ol boy project always blows up eventualy. Kemper is just going to be bigger than most

Comment on Regulator: Day’s departure due to his withholding Kemper information by DC

DC — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:44:40 +0000

The last sentence stating that the bonds are outside PSC jurisdiction is incorrect. The PSC must issue an order approving the $1B cost overrun. That order will then be used as security to finance the bonds. Additionally, the PSC, in their settlement agreement, is allowing Mississippi Power to recover $2.4B for the plant, plus the cost of the mine and pipeline, etc. (approx. $700m). The total the PSC will be put in rate base, with a return, will exceed $3B. When you add on the $1b in cost overruns bonds you have a total recovery from ratepayers of approximately $4B. When this project started 5 or so years ago, it was sold to the public as a $1.2B project. It then went to $1.8B, then $2.4B, then $2.88B, and now in excess of $4B.

You have to also remember that this is not even a large power plant, only approx. 580MW. For comparison, Georgia Power Company, another subsidiary of Southern Company, recently completed a 2500MW state-of-the-art efficient combined cycle gas plant for $2B!! That’s right, a plant was just completed in Georgian that is five (5) times larger than Kemper at one-half the cost.

While Commissioner Bentz is having priate conversations (is that legal?) with the CEO of Southern Company to figure out how to deal with this mess, he should also explain to ratepyers how he is going to vote on the cost overrun bonds without violating his statements to the public that he will not approve any cost for the plant above $2.4B.

Comment on Regulator: Day’s departure due to his withholding Kemper information by Ed

Ed — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:29:12 +0000

Remember that Posey and Bentz made this all happen in the first place. I think he doth protest to much. Maybe they will listen to Presley for change. ( I doubt it.)

Comment on Regulator: Day’s departure due to his withholding Kemper information by bckcast

bckcast — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:53:58 +0000

Bentz is a good man trying to do the right thing. I believe
the Southern Company is getting ready to feel the terrible sword
of his righteous indignation.

Comment on Regulator: Day’s departure due to his withholding Kemper information by Daniel-Mississippi

Daniel-Mississippi — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:10:21 +0000

Bentz is a Southern Company stooge.

Comment on U.S. Senate bill seeks to lower craft brewery excise tax by JDee

JDee — Tue, 14 May 2013 22:34:59 +0000

People who imbide already shoulder a disproportionate tax burden as consumers. Governments have always gone after the alcohol industry and its consumers for extra tax revenue. In a just world, alcohol related revenues should be limited strictly to taxing instances where consumption directly costs society, such as DUIs and alcohol-related crimes.

Comment on Oxford mayor Patterson calls Wade’s conflict of interest challenge ‘political malarkey’ by msu_scrappy

msu_scrappy — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:11:56 +0000

Owning private real estate does not prohibit a candidate from being Mayor. For example, see Dan Camp when he was Mayor of Starkville. Camp owns most of the Cotton District. The idea that a Mayor owning private real estate is a conflict of interest in a Mayor’s race is absurd. One, most Mayoral candidates (and alderman/city council candidates) tend to own a house. Does that preclude them because that might make them bias to their particular neighborhood or section of town?

If there is a legitimate conflict of interest issue when it comes to a vote in any governmental process, the typical process is to recuse yourself as it pertains to that particular instance (e.g. the private property in this case), not the Mayoral race as a whole.

Comment on MSSC Justice Randolph blasts DOJ in Manning execution dissent (Updated) by Daniel-Mississippi

Daniel-Mississippi — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:19:41 +0000

“Justice” Randolph sounds more like a politician than an unbiased judge.

Comment on MSSC Justice Randolph blasts DOJ in Manning execution dissent (Updated) by Tara

Tara — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:54:58 +0000

Thank the Lord! EVERYONE deserves to be proven guilty, not just alleged to be guilty.