Miss. governor: Economic special session postponed
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Wednesday he’s postponing a special legislative session he intended to call this week for a project that promises up to 500 jobs in the economically struggling Delta.
Barbour said the $300 million manufacturing plant is still planned, but the company needs more time to prepare. He said the session is being delayed because of a “technical issue.”
“It is this administration’s policy not to present projects to the Legislature until all details are finalized, even if the unresolved point is not between the company and the state,” Barbour said in a news release.
The governor said last week that he expected to call lawmakers to the Capitol this Thursday or Friday for a brief session to approve incentives for a company to build a “very sophisticated, advanced manufacturing” operation.
Barbour and Mississippi Development Authority officials have not publicly named the company, in keeping with their practice of withholding information about industrial projects until a company is ready for an announcement.
AP
10/27/9
Magnolia Tribune
