Reily’s ramblings

If MPC wants to build coal plant, it should do so with private financing

In the grand scheme of things, it’s hard to be critical of a company that is trying to grow, create more jobs and make America more energy independent. Unfortunately, Mississippi Power Company (MPC) doesn’t have all of its ducks in a row in regard to building a $2.4-billion lignite coal plant in Kemper County at the [...]

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Avatar takes over as The Blind Side drops to No. 3 at the box office

The new smash hit Avatar is No. 1 at the box office this week. Amazingly enough, however, two of the top three and three of the top six movies still have strong Mississippi connections. At No. 2 is The Princess and the Frog. One of the main characters uses the voice of a Jackson girl, Elizabeth Dampier. [...]

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Is the King Edward Jackson’s Alluvian game-changer?

To take a look back at downtown Greenwood 10 to 15 years ago, you would have found a place most Mississippians wouldn’t have traveled to. There were empty store fronts, homeless wandering the streets and a general sense of hopelessness abounded. Viking helped change all of that by building the Alluvian Hotel. To go along with [...]

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Mayor must take on responsibility of CEO

Before anyone leaps to their keyboard to write that they have read this column before, let me assure you this will be the second column I have written about moderating a mayoral debate in Indianola. In the Democratic primaries, longtime Indianola businessman Steve Rosenthal routed his opponents with 62 percent of the vote, leaving him to [...]

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