Jackson Jambalaya

What is the "Investigate State Offices" committee? That one's new to me.

The committee on state security? No idea.

Reference to PEER, maybe?

Who is the new State Aid Engineer?

That committee is a ceremonial committee that only acts if there is an ethic problem so severe that it warrents an investigation by the legislature.

The notable assignment here is Tollison at Education. This could be a major roadblock for a meaningful charter schools bill. Hope Tate is ready to take the blame for the failure of charter schools legislation in MS.

John Horhn chairing Economic Development? Laughable.

I wish I could take my vote back.

I don't think Bryant has the authority to establish Czar positions, e.g. a committee (on investigation) that might usurp the authority of PEER. This sounds sort of familiar.

I wish I could take my vote back.

Reeves might appear to be a good GOP party man but based on this spineless out-of-the-closet move he looks too much like a switch hitter. Scary. Which left-of-center bullshit will he pull next?

Looks like he screwed McDaniel and Watson for supporting Hewes.

4:12. Put your spineless ass in the ring.

I like Gollott & Dawkins in Environment. If you like good shellfish (the fisheries in general) our coastal waters need restrict oversight. Gollott is a driller but he is smart enough to listen to his oystermen & shrimpers too. Tea Party groups want to reinstate a defunct cold war entity called the "General Legislative Investigating Committee" See CL Oct 17, 2010 1B Horhn will be a fixer re: UMC expansion, education, & JSU stadium. He is one Dem not tarnished by the failed beef plant.

The appointments are fine. Hewes got beat. Tough shit.

Horhn is a pretender who would place Jackson under an extra-municipal yoke. Save your adulation for other fools.

I'm scratching my head over Simmons as chair of Highways & Transportation........

The Lt. Governor's Office must have been in a hurry when this list was finalized.....lots of typos on the names....hope they got the appointments right.

How can he not have McDaniel in either Jud A or Jud B?

Strange.

And eveyone thought the dems did not field a candidate

Tater is a good man, just you wait and see. Out with the old...

I would give Hewes better than even money on winning the election today!

He gave everyone a slot- dems, liberals, conservatives, log cabin republicans. I'm just glad David Archie is not in the senate. Watch this Pro-Tem he selected run circles around him and show him who is boss. I never knew I was voting for this. :(

It's a lot easier to start in the center and move to the right than it is the other way around. Those who wanted Tate to play hardball with the Senate Democrats might be disappointed, but I'm waiting to see the kind of bills that these committees produce. If the legislation ends up being short of what we expected we'd see with Tate in charge then we can righteously take him out in 2015, but I think this is exactly the right move to get the changes made that are necessary for our state to prosper in the times we face. Give him a chance and I think Tate will be just fine. Bill Billingsley

Problem is Bill he didn't start in the center and move right. He started in the center and moved left. Few here @ JJ were advocating that Reeves play, as you put it, "hardball" which is an exaggeration on your part. But, bottom line, some of those assignments are sorely disappointing. You look up Horhn's CV, for instance, and tell us where in the world he became qualified to head up Economic Development. I don't think the guy has spent one day of his post collegiate life in the private sector. This doesn't look like comity. This looks like Reeves' age and lack of real world experience.

Exaggeration? Hardly. I know plenty of people, me included, who would have been pleased if Tate hadn't appointed a single Democrat to chair anything, but there are just too many committees. I don't know about Horhn's qualifications, but I think he's capable of heading that committee. I think things will be fine. BB

I think the make up of the Senate will keep Horhn in line, but I am not expecting anything out of that committee that does ot include the Dem base.

The Tate haters (aka Bryant camp) can't stand that Tate is making his own choices and being a real leader. Thank heavens we didn't end up with Hewes as an extension of the circus that will be our Governors office for next four (hopefully only four) years.

I believe you can multiply whatever you thought the number of Tate haters by a huge number. Absolute power corrupts absolutely

I don't know about Horhn's qualifications, but I think he's capable of heading that committee.

Using Bill's criteria of 'not knowing' Horhn could also do neurosurgery.

Those of you disappointed in Tate's choices should prepare yourself for disappointment with Gunn.

Evidently you folks think that a 31-21 advantage is all you need to run over the minority. That's ignorant and proves you don't know the first thing about governing.

I didn't vote for Tate in the primary but I can tell you he made excellent appointments with the exception of the retribution against the Hewes boys. But that is politics and they knew what they were signing up for when they backed Billy. I have trouble feeling sorry for them.

If Gunn is smart, and he is, you will see similar style in the house with regard to chairmanships. Rs will retain the money committees, Jud A, Public Health, and Education.

Those of you wanting the scorched earth approach of McCoy must not have seen what a circus the House was the past four years. A simple majority + all majority chairs = a cluster. Thankfully, Gunn and Tate get this.

The only thing disappointing was your retread comment. Where did you get your material, David Hampton?

John Horhn's 3-year average BIPEC grade is a "D" and Reeves thinks he qualified to lead the EconDevelop committee. Right. Guess Billingsley is also anti-business.

No doubt January 9, 2012 4:57 PM that Tater's vetting of Horhn fell well short of exhaustive.

11:54,

It's simple math. Sorry you can't grasp that. My material was from me... Watching the chambers work - and not work. I'm all ears to your preferred method of appointment and running the chamber from that point.

Show me how a simple majority can effectively run a chamber.

Or just call me Hampton. Whatever.

4:57...michel was Econ dev. Chairman last 4 years. How many bills did he bring out?