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Budget tap dance to begin
By BILL CRAWFORD - Contributing Columnist
Thu,09/09/10-1:00PM , 142 Reads
MERIDIAN — One year Mama made me take Betty Lutz’s tap- dancing class. Yuk!

But I suspect a number of today’s politicians wish their mamas had been so forceful.

As legislative leaders gather to begin the great budget tap dance for fiscal year 2012, there is good news ... and there is bad news.
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Safety net curbs civil unrest
By BILL CRAWFORD - Contributing Columnist
Thu,09/02/10-1:00PM , 171 Reads
MERIDIAN — Mark Twain wrote, “Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.”
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Mississippi needs every job
By BILL CRAWFORD - Contributing Columnist
Thu,08/26/10-1:00PM , 34 Reads
MERIDIAN — Gov. Haley Barbour's announcement of 1,000 potential new jobs could not have come at a better time. In another bad sign for Mississippi's economy, our unemployment rate jumped to 11.5 percent in July.
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Is Moak running for House speaker?
By BILL CRAWFORD - Contributing Columnist
Thu,08/19/10-1:00PM , 162 Reads
MERIDIAN — Go online and Google “Bobby Moak.” You may be surprised at what you pull up.

At the top of the list is “Welcome to BobbyMoak.com.” Yes, the state representative from Bogue Chitto, population 533, has his own website. There’s more.
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