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That's amazing. I didn't know Anguilla was a town.

If you didn't know Anguilla was a town perhaps you've never owned a state map.

A larger issue, however, is, how is it that Pickering never, ever, EVER involves his office unless there is some slam dunk, pissant case of a clerk stealing money from the cash drawer? Has he not got the ability to actually investigate REAL crimes?

Shadowfax, Do you expect more... Its not like this guy has any real qualifications for serving as the State Auditor...

Its his hair that qualifies him!! Remember he gave a pass to Rudy Warnock and the Madison county board of Supervisors and anything is legal in his eyes if the Board VOTES to approve ANY amount of money--

1. I didn't know there was that much money in that town.

2. You are wrong. He did not give them a pass. He in fact pointed out they owed the engineer another $200,000.

Who is this Stacey Pickering person the article refers to? And what has he done with our state auditor?

Madison County and Warnock?? He at least sent folks there and ruled against his political buddy, Queen Mary.

What he has absolutely refused to do was look into the corruption of Robert Graham and the Hinds BOS with the Airwaves contracts - millions of dollars spent illegally and also, FWIW, for nothing.

No, Pickering doesn't want to step into any of the BOS across the state - afraid it might hurt him in future elections. What he fails to recognize is that his hiding from what he perceives to be controversial items makes him totally unelectable if he should ever run for some other office.

If anyone has his email address, are you bold enough to send him a link to this site?

What is he hiding from?

A truly aggressive state auditor would make national headlines each week. Anguilla is just catching on to what many other towns have been doing for years. I can't believe there wasn't some kind of protest alleging the clerk's civil rights are being violated.

Stacey 'Weak as water" Pickering is going after a funking town clerk of a town no one in MS even new was a town, but he refuses to go after the crooks of a Hinds County,the tom foolery is all in the paper and on the news. Stacey your pathetic really!!!!!

Some of us remember when government officials, most often the Chancery Clerks, were audited for weeks and periodically wound up in Parchman.

I bet that most every "town" like Anguilla is in the same fix...when you let the fox guard the chickens the money will vanish...plus the trend is if asked what is going on they say "personal matter" and none of your damn business! I feel the entire state is corrupt and when pressed for answers they bleet "rasism" and the question "askers" run for cover!!

11:29; It's not a personal matter. It's a personnel matter. And it's not rasism. It's racism. Furthermore, it's not 'question askers', it's 'question axers'.

$5.2 million of taxpayer money is missing in the Retro Metro project. Only one person had access to this money, David Watkins, who is now talking about asking the JRA for $5 million more taxpayers money. When is Stacey Pickering going to go after Mr Watkins for this missing money? Or is $5.2 million to big for Mr Pickering to tackle?

Is Watkins related to Burwell?

1:33, think your numbers are way off. Agree with your sentiment re our auditor, but are you sure of the $5.2 missing? Your comments would be more meaningful if you would quote facts rather than shoot your mouth off with numbers that are not close.