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Ignorance can be just as destructive as malice, which is why we are sorely disappointed by the reaction of our local legislative delegation to the Mississippi Ethics Commission’s final report that exempts the legislature from the state’s Open Meetings Act.
Area lawmakers seem split on a recent Mississippi Ethics Commission decision to uphold the right of political caucuses to meet in private. Their positions don’t necessarily fall along party lines.
The owner of an Oktibbeha County bar and his landlord claim the business’ revenues have dropped dramatically due to actions by the county, and one is threatening legal action if the board of supervisors moves forward with a plan to limit operating hours for all resort status establishments.
Four Oktibbeha County supervisors violated the Open Meetings Act in February when they met with engineers in a series of sub-quorum meetings, according to a preliminary ruling by the Mississippi Ethics Commission.
Supervisors on Monday reneged on part of its funding commitment to the East Oktibbeha Wastewater District, potentially jeopardizing a multi-million dollar sewer infrastructure expansion project.