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Mosque zoning flap reeks of intolerance
By SID SALTER - Political Columnist
Tue,08/04/09-11:00PM , 226 Reads
JACKSON — The increasingly bellicose battle over the efforts of the Mississippi Muslim Association to build a mosque in Madison County is beginning to reek not of the zoning issues claimed by opponents but of religious intolerance and prejudice against Muslims.
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Neshoba speeches geared toward 2011
By SID SALTER - Political Columnist
Tue,07/28/09-11:00PM , 152 Reads
NESHOBA COUNTY FAIR — Veteran fairgoers know the difference between political “off year” fairs and those held during election years.

Third District U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper and his family stopped by the cabin on Saturday. U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and wife Gail dropped by on Sunday afternoon.
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We trusted Cronkite in a larger world
By SID SALTER - Political Columnist
Tue,07/21/09-11:00PM , 207 Reads
JACKSON — Perhaps it is my age, but I have found it disconcerting in recent days to see all the color film and video clips and still photographs of the late Walter Cronkite. In my memories, Cronkite always appears in slightly flickering monochrome.

And that’s the way it is …
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Should the PSC be elected or appointed?
By SID SALTER - Political Columnist
Tue,07/14/09-11:00PM , 152 Reads
JACKSON — Now that Mississippi’s Public Service Commission has a budget, the commissioners have permission to redirect staff to tasks they requested and the new PSC budget wasn’t expanded to pay for the redirected staffers, let’s address the question of elective versus appointive public utility regulators.
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