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August 21, 2017

CRAWFORD: Agencie under Gov. Bryant “are callously subverting transparency in government spending”

BILL CRAWFORD: Do governor’s appointees not give a squat about his standards? Then Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant was a champion for passage of the 2008 law creating www.transparency.mississippi.gov, noted Pender. Now Bryant is Governor, but agencies under him are callously subverting transparency in government spending. Not good. MBJ 8/20/17
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 21, 2017

PETTUS on #msflag: “People elect public officials to set public policy”

EMILY PETTUS: Flag, symbols in Mississippi don’t have to go on the ballot The argument about legitimacy ignores the fundamentals of how government works. People elect public officials to set public policy. Subject to approval or veto by the governor, legislators decide how state dollars are spent and write a wide variety of laws, including…