The Hattiesburg American, 1/14/9
First-term Mississippi Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant will be the lastest state public official to be skewered by the state’s newspaper corps during the Mississippi Press Association Education Foundation Celebrity Roast in January.
The event will be held Jan. 29, 7 p.m., at the Jackson Marriott Downtown. It will be preceded by a 6 p.m. reception.
Bryant was elected Mississippi’s lieutenant governor in November 2007 after serving two terms as state auditor. He was first appointed to auditor’s position by the late Gov. Kirk Fordice in 1996 and subsequently won the office outright in two elections.
He was chosen as the “honoree” of the MPAEF annual roast for his support of Sunshine laws and passage of legislation in the 2008 term of the Mississippi Legislature of a bill clarifying law enforcement reports as public records.
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