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January 28, 2008

UPDATE: Chip Pickering says ‘no thanks’ to Senate consideration

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/28/8 Mississippi Congressman Chip Pickering on Friday asked Gov. Haley Barbour to remove his name from the list of possible appointees as the state’s next U.S. senator. In a statement, Pickering said: “It has been a privilege to serve Mississippi in Congress for these past 11 years. I am extremely…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 28, 2008

Auditor: City not responding to suggestions

The Clarion-Ledger, 1/28/8 An employee hired by Mayor Frank Melton to assess Jackson’s fiscal situation says she is fed up with Melton and his department heads for not responding to her recommendations to fix the city’s bookkeeping problems. Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Valerie Nevels, a former Internal Revenue Service criminal investigator, said the mayor has…