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July 27, 2015

BARKSDALE – Support Initiative 42, ignore scare tactics: Column

Support Initiative 42, ignore scare tactics: Column First, some assert that 42 would require an immediate tax increase and/or an immediate cut of approximately 7.8 percent in all other state agency budgets. This assertion is not correct. The initiative petition specifies, explicitly, that funding increases are to be based on increases in general state revenues.…
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July 27, 2015

@GeoffPender – Regional battle over BP money could be ameliorated

Regional battle over BP money could be ameliorated elatively sludge and tar-ball free, its leaders have already said they want up to $400 million to fix leaky sewerage and such. They figure this would help the Coast based on a Pearl River trickle-down theory. This prompted my counterpart Paul Hampton at the Sun Herald to…