The Lieutenant Governor issued this press release yesterday:
JACKSON – Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves issued the following statement today after reading the opinions from Attorney General Jim Hood stating the Department of Public Safety did not have the authority to raise gun permit prices.
“My first thought when I learned of this bureaucratic cash grab was that the Obama Administration mindset had taken over the Department of Public Safety leadership,” Lt. Gov. Reeves said. “The commissioner’s action clearly violates state law, demonstrates a lack of leadership and makes it appear he wants to be in the gun control business. Mississippians are tired of government reaching deeper into their pockets to justify agency overspending. I expect the DPS Commissioner to follow the law immediately and offer refunds to law-abiding gun owners who have been overcharged for their right to carry a concealed weapon.”
Apparently changes took place yesterday. The Clarion-Ledger reported:
Attorney General Jim Hood has issued an opinion saying the Department of Public Safety did not have the authority to increase concealed carry gun permit fees by $6 without approval from the Legislature...Looks like some of you are going to get some money back. That and five more dollars might get you into a movie.
DPS Commissioner Albert Santa Cruz issued a statement on Monday: “The Department of Public Safety has already been working to refund the $6 photograph fee and comply with the Attorney General’s opinion. We work hard to expedite concealed carry permits and this charge was simply to cover our costs of producing physical permit cards. And any other political posturing is misguided.”
DPS officials said the laws establishing most other licenses and permits the agency issues — including driver’s licenses and sex offender registry cards — include a clause that allows the agency to increase fees to cover costs for photographs.
DPS Spokesman Warren Strain said the agency ceased charging a $6 photo fee on gun permits on Monday, as soon as it received Hood’s opinion, and that officials are pondering how to provide refunds. Strain said the agency had added the $6 fee in July, after the vendor it uses to make the permits increased its charge to DPS. Since July 1, DPS has issued 5,196 permits, meaning it would have to refund more than $31,000. Article
21 comments:
Bad blood between Tate Reeves and Albert Santa Cruz. This is the beginning of a battle between Bryant's boys and the Tater Tots for the Governor's office. Already people are being encouraged to run against Reeves if he decides to stay where he is. Lynn Fitch is the one person they want to run for Lt. Gov. It is getting ready to heat up. They will shred that bogus budget increase presented by Santa Cruz and make a fool out of him.
Yep - George Malvaney (Santa Cruz lives with him when he's in Jackson)is a big supporter of Fitch. In fact, he was one of the major sponsors at a fund raiser for Fitch at Scott Walker's house - next to joe Cloyd! Another spon sor of that fund raiser was Bill Walker of DMR. What a bunch of crooks. They're are tied in together - Bryant, Gregory, Malvaney, Fitch, Walker, Pickering!
http://photos.gulflive.com/mississippi-press/2012/05/jolly_fitch_1.html Great picture at this link that says a thousand words.
Fitch cant handle the job she has now.
8:54 you knew where to find this 2012 photo of a charity event that was not accompanied by a news story, and has attracted no comments in about 18 months?
A little obsessed, are we?
A picture worth a MILLION words...Tate has always been Barbour's puppet. Link people to Malvaney and the Walkers all you want but the one major person with DMR and Katrina fraud on his hands is the very person Tate is all snuggled up next to. Barbour, his buddies and all his family made millions while he was Governor. How much of that did Tate get?
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/outgoing-mississippi-gov-haley-barbour-pardoned-200-people-including-convicted-murderers-article-1.1004398
Talk about beat a dead horse! You keep trying to tie Fitch to this DMR debacle and no one is listening and no one cares. You post the same stuff over and over. It is so OBVIOUS! She had that fundraiser long before anyone had a clue what was going on with them. Hell, people thought it was Governor Scott Walker that was coming down for it. Let it go dude!
The picture looks like three fleas on a dogs behind. If I were Lynn Fitch I would pay that newspaper to take it down. Look at that grin Bill Walker has on his mug. Was not long after this event they were all FUNraising over at Scott Walker's house down in Ocean Springs next door to the very place Stacey Pickering had a FUNraiser a little later. Politics is a dirty business and proof of this is the people behind these politicians.
Since you enjoyed the picture of Walker,Fitch and Malvaney here is another you are sure to like 10:45. http://photos.gulflive.com/mississippi-press/2012/05/jolly_walker_solangi.html
@12:39 I imagine she has better things to do with her time, like oh I don't know, clean up the mess he left behind at the Treasury. I knew that MPACT was too good to be true. He spent millions flashing his mug across the state simply to self promote to higher office, all the while the thing was tanking. At least she knows her employees names. Tate wouldn't even speak to them as he passed in the hall. Much like the way he is in the public arena. Zero personality.
Speaking of fleas, Good job there Watchdog! The only watchdog he had at the treasury was this wanna be politico he paid a STATE SALARY to just to sit around and monitor everything Phil and Billy did during their campaigns. And he wants to be Mr. Big Shot and not waste taxpayer dollars. What a hypocrit! She ousted this guy right out the gate and I am convinced that is what started this war between the two of them. She found the rat!
So back to the issue here folks.... When is the Governor going to do something with this DPS administration? The Commissioner, the Colonel and the Chief of Staff need to cut their ties and take it to the house. Let's get some leaders in there and keep our troopers safe! If these 3 were my Executive team at my business, they would have been terminated the day of the budget hearing.
1:12 & 1:15 back away from your computer in the Treasurer's office and get back to work. Just like the post above of the picture being called out for BS. Nobody even knows what you mean unless you work up there. I'll call your names/name if you like. You guys are a joke.
Anybody who thinks Tate is running for Governor has lost their mind. Everybody is running for reelection. I do hear Phil is trying hard to get Dean Kirby to run against Chaney but I'm guessing it won't happen. What is a fact is that a group of "capitol" repubs has put together a plan to take Fitch out in 2015. She is on record for doing everything we knew she would do in 2011 but swore she'd be a repub. Huge increases in her budget request, new office furniture, new office space, new staff slots gone wild, and most importantly bad broken campaign promises to people. She may be toast and not an issue after the 15 primary.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/06/16/96025/reformed-klansman-plays-leading.html
Malvaney is a former Klansman and Federal convict.
1:26,It is very hard to fire anyone that has been your driver for so long and did the same for other govs. A lot is overheard about deals being made with this one or that one.
Y'all are getting way off topic here. Knock it off.
I do not think they are off topic. It's all political incest and all the perps are being named. Dps not only has a leadership issue it has an who issue. They did not prepare for the budget hearing and raised this few illegally because they believe they don't have to follow the rules whether it's driving the speed limit or getting legislative approval to increase a free.
I agree with 11;23 When a public official surrounds himself with questionable people questions will be ask that are part of the total picture. The culture of "in your face we do it our way" has got to stopped or continue to be exposed. On the other hand Tater's press release on the refund was a little much. The battle is underway between these two for sure.
on this issue...
Reeves is right, Cruz is wrong, Bryant is MIA, and Fitch is irrelevant.
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