Most gubernatorial elections deal with such hot-button issues as state budgets, immigration control, same-sex marriage, abortion rights, and gun ownership.
According to the Council of State Govern-ments, a new one has surfaced for candidates for governorships: How to handle disasters, and not just natural ones such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and fires. Also coming into play now - obviously - are man-made disasters like BP’s momentous, horrendous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
by Mac Gordon, Gazette's SOWEGA Bureau Chief
on September 3, 2010, 12:12 pm
The Gazette's longtime Political Consultant Sonny Clower of East Fork now monitors the political winds of America via the wireless internet! His best friend Barnacle Bill is known to come by and use his computer frequently!
on August 30, 2010, 1:50 pm
MISSISSIPPI ENTERTAINER’S BIRTHRIGHT
It has been at least twenty years since the idea of a Mississippi Entertainment Hall of Fame Museum originated. In the meantime, Tennessee has cashed in on Mississippi-born Elvis Presley, and the rest of the nation does not know that our state leads the other forty-nine states, per capita, of state-born famous entertainers. No, Jimmy Buffett was not born in Alabama. Britney Spears was not born in Louisiana. The list goes on and on.
by Paul Ott, Gazette Contributing Editor
on August 27, 2010, 11:11 am
Past U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson’s (LBJ) 1964 Neshoba County Civil Rights “Event” is again making headlines. The intimidation of Mississippi’s population will be continued by the press as long as we purchase their intimidating message and their articles listed for sale!
The tragic murder of the three Civil Rights workers (Chaney, Schwerner and Goodman) was a barbaric act by a group of thugs, some of whom called themselves Christians. I was 39 years old in the US Navy living in Washington, D. C. when this LBJ EVENT took place.
by Barnacle Bill, Special to the Gazette
on August 12, 2010, 2:53 pm
U.S. Representative Gregg Harper (R–Miss.) opposed two bills today that would lead to a halt in offshore drilling.
“As millions of unemployed Americans search for jobs, the White House and some Members of Congress are determined to advance regulations and policies that will put tens of thousands of those in the oil industry out of work,” said Congressman Gregg Harper. “The White House ignored industry experts, a federal judge, and pleas from Members of Congress when it issued yet another moratorium on deepwater drilling.”
on August 5, 2010, 11:13 am
While the original Boston Tea Party was sparked by a Tea Tax in 1773, the Doctors’ Tea Party of August 7, 2010, is a response to an over-reaching, out-of-control government.
TEA stands for “Taxed Enough Already.” Originally a grassroots organization of private citizens, passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has stirred the sleeping masses of private physicians. These are the doctors who adhere to the original Oath of Hippocrates, preserving the patient-doctor relationship as sacred and confidential.
on July 30, 2010, 9:33 am
Snake Bit
by Paul Ott, Gazette Contributing Editor
on July 15, 2010, 11:11 am
Editor’s Note: Below are the comments made by our editor-in-chief at Sunday’s July 4th celebration on the back steps of the Depot. Read it and get a taste of that wonderful day!!!--ED.
Welcome to Magnolia’s July 4th celebration! What makes a community is when it comes together, and today Magnolia is coming together at its historic heart, the Depot grounds and park.
by Lucius Lampton, M.D., Editor-in-Chief
on July 8, 2010, 1:44 pm
U.S. Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi, left, Senate majority Leader and a staunch support of the Stennis Space Center, meets with Roy Estess, right, the center's director, during and August 1996 visit. Estess, a native of Silver Creek community near progress, died last Friday at his Bogue chitto River house south of Tylertown
on July 1, 2010, 4:50 pm
there is a lot of misinformation out there about what ethanol will do to or for your piston driven engine. Herewith is the straight skinny from www.ethanolinformation.com Get the facts. Mississippi is a prime state for the expansion of the biofuels industry. Go for it!
"A 10% blend of ethanol receives a federal tax credit to 5.1 cents per gallon, savings that can be passed along to the consumers at the pump.
by Barnacle
on June 24, 2010, 2:38 pm
