July 5, 2007

4th straw poll

 Everett Dutschke, GOP candidate for House of Representatives District 16, ran a straw poll on the 4th. Below are the results he sent in an e-mail.  A couple of notes about this poll: It is very unscientific. Folks voted in Ballard Park early, until about 6:30 p.m. All names were on one ballot, meaning no [...]

July 5, 2007

Toyota execs and summer stumpin’

Heard from one of those who dined at the Tupelo Automobile Museum on the 4th that they were joined by executives from Toyota. Later, everyone went to Ballard Park to watch the fireworks.
The late-night fireworks seemed about the best the 4th event had to offer. Many candidates paid $100 to speak, but the crowd proved [...]

July 5, 2007

From the Charlie Ross camp

From a recent Charlie Ross press release: Inside ALEC, a conservative policy magazine recognized the state senator as the author of Mississippi’s 2004 tort reform legislation
“Mississippi’s business and medical communities and consequently its citizens have benefited significantly from the 2004 reforms.”
The article links Gov. Haley Barbour and Ross as working closely on [...]