Harrison – Legislature wastes time on extraneous bills
The Mississippi Legislature, as it is wont to do, has been in the national news a good bit lately because of its work during the 2013 session.
Just this week Gov. Phil Bryant signed into law a bill passed by the Legislature to prevent municipalities and counties from putting limits on foods, such as limiting the size of a soft drink a restaurant can serve.
It did not matter that no local government was considering such a measure. It just made sense to our state officials to keep local governments from ever considering such a proposition. Similar legislation is pending to prevent local governments from raising the minimum wage.
Just last week, the Mississippi Senate spent a hour arguing about the borders of Israel. One senator pointed out that the members of the chamber might have a difficult time describing the borders of Mississippi so it might be better to leave the discussions of borders of a country thousands miles away to somebody else.
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
3/20/13
Magnolia Tribune
