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March 25, 2009

RoM – Jamie Franks vs Barbara Blackmon

RoM – Jamie Franks vs Barbara Blackmon Chairman Jamie Franks says everything that happened at the meeting is null and void and orchestrated by a “rogue, radical group.” He says Sam Hall is executive director and Ike Brown is not on the committee. Vice-Chairman Barbara Blackmon says the meeting was legal and binding. She says…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 25, 2009

CL – Steve Patterson seen going into Grand Jury – Miss. judicial bribery probe expands

Miss. judicial bribery probe expands A federal grand jury investigating the expanding judicial bribery scandal questioned witnesses today about political operative P.L. Blake — who earned $50 million from the state’s tobacco settlement by clipping newspapers and assessing political activity for chief negotiator Dickie Scruggs. “I assume prosecutors have been eyeing Mr. Blake as a…