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April 24, 2013

Ethics Comm Dir. Tom Hood embarasses Brandon Jones and Bobby Moak over dinner at Capitol

Speaker criticized for holding private dinner at Capitol Tom Hood, director of the state Ethics Commission, said he knows of no ethics laws Gunn’s meeting “would even involve, much less violate.” Hood, in the interest of full disclosure, noted that Powell, one of Gunn’s guests, is a member of the Ethics Commission. Hood said that…
Opinion  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 23, 2013

In ‘unprecedented’ preening for the press, former Rep. Brandon Jones looks desperate for relevance

Speaker’s Monday night use of Miss. Capitol questioned by Democrats A spokesman for Gunn says the meeting was just that – a meeting with some of Gunn’s top advisors and supporters. But Brandon Jones, of the Mississippi Democratic Trust, said the meeting was using the public Capitol “for an awards banquet for top Republican donors.”…