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October 5, 2015

PENDER: Elected school superintendents pose “clear and present danger”

PENDER: My semi-annual elected superintendents column I’d like to interrupt the intense debate over school funding and Initiative 42 for a moment to bring you my semi-annual column on how daft it is to elect our school superintendents. State Superintendent Carey Wright and Board of Education officials at the recent state budget hearings said changing…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 5, 2015

Democrat @AGJimHood glossing over party affiliation

In Mississippi, ‘last Democrat in Dixie’ fights to survive Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s campaign messaging highlights his passion for hunting and his ties to the state’s popular Republican governor. But the prosecutor sometimes called the “last Democrat in Dixie” glosses over his own party affiliation. He has good reason: Republicans now control nearly all…