Lee County supervisors will meet again July 23. That’s District 2 Supervisor Bobby Smith’s birthday. Not sure what will be on the agenda that day. Will update as we find out.
Entries from July 2007
July 16, 2007
Sheriff Johnson’s budget
It shouldn’t surprise anybody that the sheriff’s budget is up. Everything costs more. He wants to add four deputies and cars and guns to cover them.
One thing about Johnson — he’s obsessive about keeping his budget in line. He’s never gone over, and that’s a positive.
More about the budget in the DJ on Tuesday.
July 15, 2007
Settled
Dan Franklin, owner of Franklin Collections, was to have taken the city and the county to federal court today, but the case settled late Friday. Will track down the whys and hows of the situation and give you as much as I can in Tuesday’s DJ. However, settlements generally don’t get talked about by either [...]
July 15, 2007
Helmert gets endorsement
From John Helmert’s campaign for House seat District 13:
The Mississippi Police Benevolent Association (PBA) has endorsed the candidacy of John Helmert for the House of Representatives in District 13. The PBA is comprised of state and federal law enforcement officers from municipalities, counties, and state-wide and federal agencies.
The PBA will ask its members [...]
July 15, 2007
Coming up on Monday
Sheriff Jim Johnson will present his budget to the Lee County Board of Supervisors at 10 a.m.
Check the 9 to 5 blog Monday morning for breaking news.
July 14, 2007
Unity rally
We went to Pratts, and the speaking had ended there. So, we headed on over to Unity. The folks in the Unity community gathered at the Unity Volunteer Fire Department to eat hamburgers and hotdogs for lunch, then walked across the road to a park, where candidates — challengers and incumbents — stumped from [...]
July 14, 2007
Heatin’ up
About to head out to Pratt Community Center. The speaking begins at 1 p.m. I’ll have bits and pieces here to report, especially if there’s some kind of fireworks.
July 13, 2007
Jerry Turner’s big donor
What a surprise we had when we looked at Rep. Jerry Turner’s recent financial filing with the secretary of state’s office. Click on this document to see that Larry Hancock, the opponent’s uncle, contributed $5000 to Turner’s campaign.
What does this say about monolithic family support?
July 13, 2007
Pratt Community
Political speaking begins at 1 p.m. at the Pratt Community Center on Saturday. Some races are beginning to heat up. We’ll get what we can from the speaking and bring it back to you.
