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September 26, 2008

Passing Ronnie Musgrove as conservative “is like trying to pass Jabba the Hutt off as an anorexic”

Incumbents Face Tough Vote Amid Bailout Backlash Politically the bailout vote gives Mr. Musgrove a chance to play up the populist pitch he already was using. On a recent campaign stop in front of an abandoned factory in Pontotoc, Miss., he told workers: “Now we’re seeing the value of our retirement funds, of our stocks,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 26, 2008

Melton says he got permission to go on trip

The Clarion-Ledger, 9/26/8 Mayor Frank Melton said Thursday he got permission from U.S. Probation Services before leaving the state to attend a board meeting of Broadcast Music Inc. in Nashville this week. “If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t be talking to you,” he said, with a laugh. Moreover, Melton said there is no deal in the…