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May 16, 2012

Mississippi a favorite target

Mississippi a favorite target A businessman who often travels, Jim Fraiser said his out-of-state clients used to joke about being surprised to find him wearing shoes. Being barefoot is one of the stereotypes Mississippians face from outsiders who unfairly punish current residents for the state’s past, some say. The solution? Invite the critics to experience…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 16, 2012

Clarion Ledger – NC Govs remarks about Miss. raise questions

Remarks about Miss. raise questions North Carolina’s governor took a shot at Mississippi on the heels of what she saw as an embarrassing victory at the polls of a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman in her state. Gov. Beverly Purdue told a crowd in Greenville, N.C., that people around…