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January 19, 2012

A Sid Salter column you won’t see linked on Cottonmouth

Curbs on AG’s hiring counsel have historical precedent Claims from Democratic lawmakers that Republican legislation aimed at changing the state’s outside counsel process for the attorney general’s office is “retaliation” against Attorney General Jim Hood’s stance on former Gov. Haley Barbour’s controversial pardons ignore a substantial amount of Mississippi legal and political history. State Rep.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 19, 2012

MAJORITY – Sunshine Legislation A Long Time Coming

Sunshine Legislation A Long Time Coming In trying to squeeze every ounce out of Haley Barbour’s pardons for their political benefit, the Mississippi Democrats recently sent out a press release labeling legislation that would put limits on the attorney general when it comes out hiring outside counsel as retaliation against “the only statewide official who…