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March 7, 2013

BOBBY HARRISON: Resilient Robert Johnson doesn’t give up

BOBBY HARRISON: Resilient Robert Johnson doesn’t give up In January 2008 on the opening of the legislative session, Rep. Robert Johnson, D-Natchez, entering his second term in the Mississippi House, went head-to-head with Rep. Ed Blackmon, D-Canton, a legislative icon, and lost. Blackmon was the choice of Rep. Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, to serve as the…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 7, 2013

Pickering after Circuit Clerk who surpassed state law with $400,000 salary

Pickering after Circuit Clerk who surpassed state law with $400,000 salary State Auditor Stacey Pickering has issued a demand letter for $661,751 to Warren County Circuit Clerk Shelly Ashley-Palmertree. Pickering says in a news release that $402,033 is attributed to Palmertree’s salary exceeding the fee cap set in state law. He says another $163,700 is…