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May 29, 2015

DeSoto Times says Pickering has “real opposition” in State Auditor race vs. Hawkins-Butler

State Auditor’s race heating up For the first time, Pickering has real opposition in the candidacy of Hawkins-Butler, the longtime mayor of the City of Madison. Madison is the affluent suburb of the state capital of Jackson whose growth has mirrored DeSoto County in recent years. “The Auditor’s Office is to ensure that tax dollars…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 29, 2015

PERRY on Bill Minor: Minor was an astute journalist; but he is terrible at political hackery

BRIAN PERRY/On Minor Errors I have a lot of respect for the journalism of Bill Minor. For nearly thirty years he served as a watchdog on Mississippi government reporting news and deciphering the politics of the day with courage and wit for the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Later he was editor and publisher of the now…