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Magnolia Political Report
April 5, 2002
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Legislative Redistricting
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Representative Tom Cameron (I-Greenville) called it, "the biggest bunch of horse manure ever invented in this Capitol." Senator Barbara Blackmon (D-Canton) said it treated black citizens like "pawns" as if "they are not equal citizens." And while Republicans suffered, Senator Hob Bryan (D-Amory) claimed, "I think it's very difficult to argue that this is anything other than fair from a partisan standpoint."

While only eight senators and fourteen representatives voted against the legislative redistricting plan, it was far from uncontroversial. The following legislators lost their districts by the collapsing of their precincts into other districts: Rep Tom Cameron (I-Greenville), Rep Andrew Ketchings (R-Natchez), and Rep Keith Montgomery (R-Clinton). Senators Tim Johnson (R-Madison) and Charlie Ross (R-Brandon) had their districts combined; Johnson will not run and is deferring to Ross. Representatives Gary Chism (R-Columbus) and Rob Roberson (R-Starkville) also had their districts combined.

The DeSoto County area gained a new Senate and two new House Districts. The Rankin/Madison area gained a new House district and the Gulf Coast gained a House District. All these lean Republican demographically.

The U.S. Justice Department must approve the redistricting maps before they take effect for the 2003 legislative elections.

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Judicial Campaigns
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SUPREME COURT - CENTRAL DISTRICT: Rankin County attorney Gregg Harper is considering a challenge to Musgrove appointee James Graves for the Central District Supreme Court seat. Harper is Chairman of the Rankin County Republican Party and State Chairman of John Kasich's New Century Project. Ceola James of Vicksburg has also qualified for this race. However, neither this race nor the Northern District Supreme Court seat held by George Carlson of Batesville, will exist if the full House and Senate pass Senate Bill 2289 and it is signed, as expected, by Governor Musgrove. This bill, which has been agreed to in conference committee, allows some appointed judges to the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals to serve out a term without standing immediately for a special election.

SUPREME COURT - SOUTHERN DISTRICT: Jess Dickinson, a Gulfport attorney, has filed to run in the Southern District Supreme Court race. Dickinson has secured support for his campaign from leaders in the business community and is a well known Coast social conservative. Incumbent Justice Chuck McRae has yet to file for reelection, but all indications are he will do so. Hattiesburg attorney Tony Mozingo has also qualified to run for this post.

CHANCERY COURT - 16th DISTRICT: Chancery Judge Glenn Barlow of Pascagoula announced his candidacy for re-election to the 16th Chancery Court position, Place 3. Barlow practiced law from 1965 until his election to the Chancery Court, which includes Jackson, George and Greene counties. He served as Jackson County attorney from 1968 until 1976.

CIRCUIT COURT - 7th DISTRICT: Hinds County Judge Bobby DeLaugter of Terry will run for the District 7 Circuit Court Judge post in Hinds County. This seat is open following the retirement of Judge Breland Hilburn. After serving as an Assistant District Attorney for 12 years, DeLaugter became a county judge in December of 1999. Jackson attorney Marcy Fyke has also qualified for this seat. As DA, DeLaughter successfully prosecuted Medgar Ever's killer Byron De La Beckwith, and was played by Alec Baldwin in the 1996 movie "Ghosts of Mississippi."

CIRCUIT COURT - 12th DISTRICT: Former Assistant District Attorney Bob Helfrich will challenge 23 year incumbent Dickie McKenzie for District 12 Circuit Court Judge post in Forrest and Perry Counties. Helfrich has served as Public Defender and Prosecutor in this district for twelve years. As Assistant DA, Helfrich was lead prosecutor in the successful case against former Imperial Wizard of the Klux Klan, Sam Bowers, who murdered Vernon Dahmer.

CIRCUIT COURT - 14th DISTRICT: Keith Starrett of McComb has filed for reelection to the 14th Circuit Court. Starrett ran for the Supreme Court against incumbent Justice Oliver Diaz and Jones County Circuit Judge Billy Joe Landrum in 2000. He carried his three-county district by 71% in that three-man race and is not expected to have competition for this circuit court race. Landrum, who carried his home of Jones County with 59% of the vote, also has yet to draw an opponent for his CIRCUIT COURT - 18th DISTRICT post.

CIRCUIT COURT - 19th DISTRICT: Pascagoula lawyer Robert "Bob" Krebs announced his candidacy for the 19th Circuit Court District post, which serves Jackson, George and Greene counties. James W. Backstrom who will not seek re-election currently holds the seat. Krebs has served as assistant district attorney and past president of the Jackson County Young Lawyers Association and Jackson County Bar. Edwin C. Hardin of Leakesville and Tim Jones of Pascagoula have also qualified for this post.

WARREN COUNTY JUDGE: Warren County Judge Gerald Hosemann has not indicated if he will run for reelection in November, but he will have competition if he does. In the midst of charges later renounced by the victim, Hosemann resigned his post and then retracted his resignation. Attorneys Clarence A. Whitaker and Robert Arledge, as well as Warren County Prosecutor Johnny Price, all intends to seek the post.

HINDS COUNTY JUDGE: Clinton Municipal Judge Mike Parker has announced he will campaign to fill Bobby DeLaugter's current post as Hinds County Judge. He has served as Clinton's municipal judge for seven years. In private practice for 16 years, Parker is a partner in the law firm of Scanlon, Sessums, Parker and Dallas in Jackson.

ALL RACES: The deadline to qualify for judicial campaigns is May 10.

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Pickering v Shows in the Third District
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FUNDRAISING: Vice President Dick Cheney is scheduled to visit Jackson Friday morning to headline a fund-raising breakfast for Congressman Chip Pickering. The $1000 per person breakfast at the Jackson Crowne Plaza Hotel is part of a four-state fund-raising swing by Cheney this week for Republican House and Senate candidates. Senator Thad Cochran, Congressman Roger Wicker, MSGOP Chairman Jim Herring and other Republican supporters will be in attendance. This event comes on the heals of another fundraiser held Wednesday night on the Gulf Coast. Speaker of the House Denny Hastert was the special guest for a $5000 per person private roundtable discussion at the Gulfport Hancock Bank Building to benefit the Mississippi Republican Party's Victory 2002 Fund. Hastert, along with Senator Trent Lott, then attended a $1000 per couple Pickering for Congress Fundraiser at the Great Southern Club.

STATEWIDE LIVE: Chip Pickering and Ronnie Shows appeared in their first debate on Mississippi ETV's Statewide Live March 28. Pickering stressed the importance of this election to the control of the House of Representatives. He warned that Democrats in control could lead to leadership incompatible with Mississippi conservatives. "Do we have a conservative leadership, a Mississippi-based leadership? Or will we have a national Democratic Party that is, in many cases, hostile to Mississippi values, hostile to pro-life, hostile to Second Amendment?" Shows countered that those criticisms do not apply to him saying, "Ronnie Shows is a Mississippi Democrat. I'm not a Northeast, liberal Democrat. I cross the party line a lot of times to make those votes." They also discussed healthcare issues and the battle over Pickering's father's nomination to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Pickering said he was hurt that Shows did not do more or come out sooner in support of his father. Shows said he did all he could and then claimed himself a victim. Shows said the Pickering family and the Republican Party didn't offer him public support during his 2000 Congressional Campaign. "My last race was pretty bad. I never heard one of them stand up for me, not one of them," Shows explained. In 2000, Republican nominee Dunn Lampton ran an aggressive campaign against Shows. Lampton had the support, of course, of the Republican Party and Chip Pickering.

THE ISSUES: The Mississippi Business Journal is running a series of articles on the Pickering-Shows Campaign. In the second article, they asked Shows to describe the differences between himself and Pickering. [From, Mississippi Business Journal: April 1, 2002] "Mississippi Business Journal: You and Congressman Pickering agree on hot-button issues - opposing abortion and gun control - and vote alike more often than not on other major issues. Business leaders in Mississippi have commended both of you for pro-business stances. What differentiates you from the other candidate? " "Ronnie Shows: The biggest difference besides our age and where our families live is our position on trade. I am very much in support of free trade, but it must be fair. Rural America is taking a beating because of trade bills that only help certain regions of our country. We must go back to the bargaining table and rethink our approach to trade. America has the strongest economy in the world, but we have negotiated agreements that will eventually make us a consumer nation. America cannot compete with countries that pay little to no wages for the production of their goods. Our businesses cannot compete if the playing field is not level."

DEBATES: The Pickering campaign made a wise move in calling for Shows to debate in each of the 28 counties in the new Third District. Conventional wisdom holds that political debates can serve four main purposes: first to give a challenger to an incumbent the opportunity to become a legitimate threat by gaining exposure; second to give the underdog an opportunity to upset the leader with nothing to lose and everything to gain; third to set the tone and agenda of a campaign; fourth to benefit the better of the two debaters. Since both are incumbents and the race is evenly matched, one would assume the Pickering campaign is looking at the last two strategies. Pickering is thought to be the more media comfortable and debate oriented candidate while Shows is better one on one. The large number of debates, though, provides for an opportunity to do both types of campaigning; but they do it together. The Pickering campaign believes that when seeing the contrast between the two candidates, the voters will break toward Pickering. If the Shows campaign feels the same about their man, they will accept in large measure the challenge, but will respond with settings favorable to the Democrat in an attempt to establish the debate agenda.

FINAL WORDS ON NATIONAL HELP

"While not surprised the national GOP leaders are coming to the state, 'We're from Mississippi and running a Mississippi race,' said Shows spokeswoman Cassie Sheldon when asked about the Cheney and Hastert appearances. 'We will focus on our issues. We will bring everybody to the table.'" - Clarion Ledger: April 2, 2002

"Shows will tap his Blue Dog colleagues for help. [Rep. Charles] Stenholm [D-Texas], the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, has agreed to come to Mississippi to do a farm event with Shows. Other conservative Democrats are helping Shows raise campaign-cash - Rep. Marion Berry, D-Ark., is hosting a political action committee fund-raiser next week." - Gannett News Service: March 17, 2002

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Campaign 2002
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Clinton LeSueur continues his campaign for the Republican nomination for the Second Congressional District. "Who is Clinton LeSueur" signs have sprouted up in the Jackson area. Dr. Freda Bush and Mr. Lee Bush are serving as LeSueur's campaign chairman and treasurer respectively. Bennie Thompson's opponent in the Second Congressional District's Democratic Primary on June 4, George Irvin, has picked up support from Democratic factions opposed to Thompson, as well as traditionally Republican sources. Bill Minor mentions this peculiar alliance in his column this week and quotes Irvin saying about the Republicans, "They concede it is a Democratic district, but they see my potential as a Congressman who will reach out to persons of both races and parties."

The Columbian Progress reported that Marion County resident Steve Turney, one of the candidates seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge US Senator Thad Cochran this November. Turney was picked up on a "writ to take custody" that states Turney is "alleged to be mentally ill." The writ was signed March 19 by Chancery Judge Sebe Dale and ordered Turney to be taken to the Marion County Holding Facility. Turney has said he was using his candidacy as a platform to question the government's involvement in the development and testing of an Anthrax vaccine.

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Campaign 2003
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Pascagoula's Mississippi Press editor Dan Davis recently wrote a column discussing a potential Mike Moore bid for the Governor's Mansion. He suggested that other Coast politicians potentially looking at that race are Republicans Curt Hebert, former FERC Chairman, PSC Commissioner and legislator; and Senator Trent Lott (given certain Washington scenarios). Moore told the Biloxi Sun Herald that he would decide within the next few months whether or not to challenge incumbent Governor Ronnie Musgrove for the Democratic nomination. He also suggested he may look at running for Lott's US Senate seat in 2006 or US Senator Thad Cochran's seat if he retires before 2008. Brian Perry writes in the Madison County Journal that in addition to those names mentioned above and Haley Barbour, Republicans Dave Dennis, Dick Hall, and Bill Hawks are all keeping an eye on the governor's race.

Sam Hall, editor of the Natchez Democrat, notes that with the elimination of his senate district in legislative redistricting, Republican Senator Tim Johnson may be looking at the race for lieutenant governor. [Some have also mentioned Johnson for the Madison County Tax Collector's special election coming up this November.] Wayne Burkes, Commissioner of the US Surface Transportation Board and former Central District Transportation Commissioner, continues to be a consideration as a Republican for lieutenant governor as well. In a similar position to Johnson, Keith Montgomery's name is being considered for a higher office following the collapse of his Clinton based district, perhaps Insurance Commissioner.

If Moore opens up the Attorney General's Office in a run for governor, there will be no shortage of candidates for this post. Republicans have advanced attorney and former Kirk Fordice chief of staff Andy Taggart as a strong candidate. Democrats expect current State Treasurer Marshall Bennett to run for this position, thereby freeing up the Treasurer's Office. A new name under consideration for Republicans in an open Treasurer's race is conservative Representative Carmel Wells-Smith of Pascagoula.

DeSoto County Supervisor John Caldwell (R) continues to make the rounds, speaking to community groups and Republican organizations in his bid to defeat Democrat Northern Transportation Commissioner Zach Stewart.

Some residents of the Byram area, seeking municipal status, are hoping that Senator Richard White (R) will consider becoming the city's first mayor instead of seeking reelection.

Merle Flowers (R), District Manager for Congressman Roger Wicker, is likely to run for the newly created DeSoto state senate seat. Chris Wilson (R), currently Southaven's city administrator, has been mentioned as a possible replacement for the retiring state Rep Valeria Robertson (R - Olive Branch) and reportedly is strongly considering the run.

Ole Miss College Republican President Lin Floyd is considering a race to replace Senator John White (D-Baldwyn) who is not seeking reelection.

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On the Web
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The extensive content and resources of mscounties.com is up for sale by the owner. If you haven't checked out the site before, it is full of links to local Mississippi web pages, as well as a treasure of information and data. Visit http://www.mscounties.com/sale.cfm if interested in purchasing the site.

The Secretary of State has posted maps of the new Congressional, State House and State Senate districts in jpg and acrobat format. The color maps can be found at http://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/redistricting_maps.html and are presented in a very user-friendly format.

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Quick Notes
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--After Judge Charles Pickering's rejection by the Senate Judiciary Committee, one thing did not happen; President George W. Bush did not withdraw the nomination. Congressman Chip Pickering suggested to the McComb Enterprise-Journal that if Republicans retake control of the Senate in 2002, Judge Pickering may have an opportunity before the entire Senate after all. Other Mississippi names floating about for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals post include Federal District Judge Henry Wingate, Mississippi Appeals Court Judge Leslie Southwick, and Republican attorney Mike Wallace.

--Haley Barbour will be speaking at Super Bulldog Weekend at MSU this Saturday at a reception for the Barbour Scholars in Political Science at the university. Beginning at 10 a.m. in the John Grisham Room of Mitchell Memorial Library, the informal gathering is sponsored by MSU's John C. Stennis Institute of Government, political science department and Office of Development.

--The annual Thad Cochran Old Waverly Golf Tournament fundraiser will be held this Saturday.

--There is some talk that Pascagoula lawyer Richard Scruggs may receive an appointment from the Bush Administration on the level of an ambassador, perhaps to Ecuador. While almost exclusively a supporter of Mississippi Democrats, Scruggs has in the past contributed to the PAC of his brother-in-law Republican Senator Trent Lott. Scruggs' law firm was the largest Mississippi soft money contributor during the 2000 Election giving $250,000 to Republicans and only $20,000 to Democrats. Scruggs also came to the defense of Bush nominee Judge Charles Pickering, conflicting with fellow trial lawyer Democratic Senator John Edwards of North Carolina.

--Former Gov. Kirk Fordice confirmed he's a possible candidate for the head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the post recently held by former Mississippi congressman Mike Parker. For 40 years before serving as Governor from 1992-1999, Fordice was an engineer and owner and operator of Fordice Construction Company in Vicksburg.

--The American Prowler reported on March 22 that Senator Dick Durbin's (D-IL) vote against Judge Charles Pickering could cost him a pet project. "For several years Durbin has been pushing big federal financial guarantees to help fund the expansion of O'Hare International Airport outside Chicago. It is a pet project of Mayor Richard Daley and former Clinton-Gore crony William Daley. The airport expansion has been fought by Illinois Republican Sen. Peter Fitzgerald. The Bush administration had expressed a desire to help Durbin and the Daleys get the funding. But while dining with the Daley brothers in Chicago during St. Patrick's Day festivities last weekend, Bush told them that Durbin's refusal to support Pickering may very well doom their sky-high airport plans. 'Durbin wouldn't even speak to Lott about the Pickering matter,' says a Republican leadership source. 'This is personal now, and the Pickering thing is going to have some far reaching effects on pet legislation on the Democratic side.' Fitzgerald has struggled in the past to keep the airport financing deal off the books, but has been told by Lott that this year's fight won't be half as hard. Republicans won't the let the deal go through. Across the Capitol, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, a fellow Land of Lincoln resident, has similarly agreed to keep O'Hare expansion backing off the books to spite Durbin's and the Daleys' dreams."

--RollCall recently reported that Trent Lott wants to get the Singing Senators back together. But it will take Congressman John Thune (R-SD) defeating incumbent Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) in the November South Dakota election. Thune, a tenor, would replace Jim Jeffords (I-VT) in the lineup. Lott would still have to find a baritone to replace John Ashcroft (R-MO), now serving as US Attorney General.

--Lott's office had a little fun at the expense of Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) who recently prepared his first budget resolution. According to RollCall, "Lott's office released a fake copy of Conrad's plan with a cover sheet that said 'MY FIRST BUGET,' writing the 'R' backwards."

--Former Governor and Mrs. Kirk Fordice were seen eating with Haley and Marcia Barbour at Jackson's new restaurant Chars. Fordice was an early public supporter of Barbour's possible run for governor in 2003.

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Magnolia Report Notes
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We have added a feature on the Headlines and some of the links pages called "Open links in a New Window" that does just that. Once checked, clicking on any links on that page will open another window for the link.

All of the feedback for the April Fool's Day edition of the Magnolia Report Headlines, titled Magnolia Resort Shredlines, was positive. Thanks for your sense of humor.

The Rumor Mill 2003 page has been enhanced with a web link of everyone mentioned there. Some links have more extensive information than others, but we searched to find at least one web page that would fit and give some information on every potential candidate listed.

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Movers and Shakers
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--Prominent trial lawyer Joey Langston was named Prentiss County Outstanding Citizen for 2002 in March at the annual Junior Auxiliary Charity Ball in Booneville.

--Governor Ronnie Musgrove appointed William C. Deviney, Jr. and Randy Mize to the Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Commission for five-year terms. Deviney is Chairman and CEO of Deviney Utility Services, which includes Deviney Construction Company, Magnolia Tree Company, Deviney Equipment Company and Rolling Hills Ranch. Mize is the South Delta Division Sales Manager for Helena Chemical Company.

--Marcus Ward has left his position on Trent Lott's Senate staff for a position as personal assistant to the Republican Leader, in this case, still Trent Lott.

--Brad Prewitt (R-Greenville), who served as a senior aid to Senator Thad Cochran, will head up Cochran's 2002 reelection campaign.

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E-Bytes
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"I know it's unpopular to raise taxes, but it's what we have to do to provide for our citizens." - Senator Willie Simmons, Bolivar Commercial Appeal: March 18, 2002

"In fact, you could argue it would be nearly as hard in 2002 to get the votes in the Mississippi Legislature to reduce black representation as it was in 1972 to increase black representation. That's because people who have power generally try to keep it, regardless of race, ideology or party. So the concern of African-American lawmakers in 2002 has been retrogression. Black leaders here want most of all to preserve the gains of the past decade. Perhaps this is a watershed moment, a maturation of Mississippi's political process. Undoubtedly it would not have evolved without the often-maligned Voting Rights Act and federal court intervention. But now, it seems, African-Americans not only have a measure of trust in the political system, they are a growing part of it." - Reed Branson, Commercial Appeal: March 19, 2002

"'A first-grade child could have done a better job,' said Rep. Tom Cameron [on legislative redistricting], I-Greenville, whose district would be wiped out because of population shifts in the state." -Clarion Ledger: March 20, 2002

"I realize that there are many factors contributing to the debate with tort reform. But in my opinion, the next major crisis this state will face will be in medicine. It's like a time bomb waiting to go off." - Insurance Commissioner George Dale, Times of South Mississippi: March 20, 2002

"The NAACP is an irrelevant wasteland." - Matt Friedeman in Clarion Ledger: March 21, 2002

"Ford used his monarchical power to protect and improve Democratic power in the House (an understandable prerogative given the fact Ford is a Democrat). But by gerrymandering many districts in South Mississippi, he and other key House leaders prolonged South Mississippi's step-child status in the Legislature for 10 more years." -Rich Campbell, Hattiesburg American: March 26, 2002

"Attorney General Mike Moore, State Auditor Phil Bryant, Madison County District Attorney Rick Mitchell and, in particular, The Clarion-Ledger, all have Steve Duncan's blood on their hands, and, not to mention (but maybe I will later), two other politicos who were working behind the scenes to smear Duncan into the ground." -Jim Prince, Madison County Journal: March 28, 2002

"I will call a special session (on tort reform) if the legislative leadership is willing to consider some changes in the system." -Governor Ronnie Musgrove, conference call with Mississippi newspapers: March 29, 2002

Dr. Kenneth Stubbs said he was "extremely honored and pleased that the governor was there to listen," but that was the extent of his praise of the state's top elected official. "He seemed to express the idea that he could not do anything about our cause, that we would have to get the leaders of the (state) House and Senate to get anything done...It seems to me a truly dynamic governor would not sit back and wait to see what others will do. A truly dynamic governor would take the case to others and put some pressure on them and change some minds...That tells me he's really not interested...It was nice window dressing is all it was." -Natchez Democrat, March 29, 2002

"The House plan contains 36 districts that are 1,000 people under the target. The majority of these (23) are located north of I-20. (Six are located along I-20 and seven are south of I-20.) There are also 36 districts that are 1,000 people over the target. Nearly half of these (17) are located south of I-20. (Eight are located along I-20 and 11 are north of I-20.) Interpreted another way, House districts in the South, on average, contain 148 more people than the target population. Conversely, House districts in the North, on average, contain 102 fewer people than the target population. The result? By packing more people into districts south of I-20 - and simultaneously reducing the number of people in districts north of I-20 - the redistricting committee artificially inflated the number of representatives from North Mississippi - at the expense of our region. Though members of the Senate redistricting committee used a higher population target (54,705) and a slightly lower maximum deviation (4.67 percent), they, too, applied the deviation unfairly - again to the benefit of North Mississippi and the detriment of our region." - Hattiesburg American Editorial: March 30, 2002

"With Chief Justice Ed Pittman nearing the end of his career, McRae is the next judge slated to lead the state's highest court. McRae's activist track record on the bench makes the outcome of the Waller suit even more important to both business groups and the trial lawyers. Strange how Waller's military status hasn't troubled anyone until the pot began boiling on tort reform. Isn't that a remarkable coincidence? Now if someone could just get Waller interested in riding Harleys and wearing leather rather than wearing the uniform of his country." -Sid Salter, Clarion Ledger: March 31, 2002

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Final Words from the Club
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Sen. Barbara Blackmon, D-Canton, said she became irritated by the fact that...she has been told by black people in [Senator Neely] Carlton's district that Carlton had not accepted their invitation to come to some events. "And last week she was standing back here talking to Sen. Simmons and told her what those people said and she told me, 'well, you tell them if they have their functions at the country club, I will attend.' If they want to communicate or if they want their senator to attend they got to go to a country club they can't even get in the door at and I think that is wrong." - The Mississippi Link: 3/28/2002

While Cheney is helping Pickering raise campaign money, Shows will be giving a breakfast for senior citizens from around the district to talk about the budget and other issues, Sheldon said. The event will be at the University Club in downtown Jackson. - Clarion Ledger: 4/2/2002

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