Mississippi Speaker of the House Philip Gunn issued the following press release:
For
the third year in a row, Speaker of the House Philip Gunn will host a
series of non-partisan town hall meetings around Mississippi
for his MS Solutions—an Ideas Tour. Speaker Gunn will make various
stops around the state during the week of September 22, 2014.
The
purpose of the meetings is to provide a local forum for citizens to
share ideas they may have for improving Mississippi. While Speaker Gunn
encourages Mississippians to share any
suggestions they may have, he also encourages them to provide possible
solutions for their concerns.
“Through
the years, people have shared their concerns and opinions regarding
issues we all care about: jobs, healthcare, education,” said Speaker
Gunn. “This year, I anticipate people
again echoing those sentiments, but I do hope they will also present
ideas as to how your elected officials should work toward solving those
issues that matter the most to you.
“Mississippians
have responded enthusiastically the last two years that we have held MS
Solutions—An Ideas Tour,” said Speaker Gunn. “The meetings provide an
outlet for us to hear from
Mississippians all over the State. Not everyone has the opportunity to
come to Jackson and meet with elected officials. So, we essentially
bring the Legislature to the people.”
Each meeting lasts one hour and is open to the public and media.
4 comments:
Snooooooooze!!!!! The biggest joke to lobbyist at the Capitol is Gunn. Described as WEAK, JOKE, let's Ways And Means Chairman Smith walk all over him and talk behind his back and Gunn accepts custom suits from him. Wanna know what is happening at the Capitol then ask the lobbyist who deal with both chambers everyday.
The Bobby Moak album is stuck again.
Here's a couple of suggestions:
Re-write the laws establishing boards and commissions so they have oversight function instead of being advocacy boards and commissions .
Establish zero based budgeting for all agencies and programs that receive state tax dollars.
Create a state purchasing commission that purchases commonly used items for all state agencies so as to take advantage of economies of scale.
Mr Gunn,
For the firs time since reconstruction we have a republican house, senate, Lt gov and gov. The way I see it if you can't get MS of the bottom the party doesn't deserve to be in majority. Fifty years ago when democrats were in charge they were considered conservative - history shows they were what was politically expedient to them no matter what they were called. Likewise today, our repubs are considered conservative - time will tell if they are conservative or just sorry politicians. For example, your house agreed to have this crazy woman become our education commish. Not only is she out of touch, she is vastly overpaid. Now she wants to add to her budget 1,000,000 to investigate cheating on standard tests. This while teachers across out state spend significant amounts out of their pocket for classroom instruction and students line up at stoplights to ask for donations for their respective sports, cheerleading, band, etc. Fix it or lose it.
Post a Comment