Jackson Jambalaya

Good Lord, how much vaguer could it be? Zero transparency...nor justification. Who do you think is behind it folks?

100% pork in repayment for political support on other things. Doesn’t have to be a band. All those infrastructure projects put in bond bills have nothing to do with merit. They are political repayment.

Does Richard's have a band?

Credible Messenger Hallelujah Chorus and Thug Choir.

Quid pro quo, southern version.

Does Richard's have a band?

Pretty sure they do and I believe Hizzoner plays the kazoo.

Please expose those responsible. Particularly those who introduced and sponsored this pork barrel bill.

@7:41 AM - he also plays the swinette.

Gotta pay his M-Bar bosses.

Glad republicans are in charge.

7:58, they are ALL responsible. There’s a lot more in the bond bill every year than this. Millions flow out to favored supporters.

This is Trey Lamar’s pork for Magnolia Heights academy, if I had to guess

I don't know exactly how to research this, but I am about 99.743% sure that somewhere in Mississippi there is a 501(c)(3) organization that is/has a band and music program, and the organizer(s)/leadership of that organization are political friends of whoever wrote this into the bill.

I would bet that a very large chunk of that $200,000 goes directly into the pockets of those political friends in the form of compensation or consulting fees.

Did anyone go read the whole thing? There is no context to the blurb above. The line numbers don't match so this is probably from an early version. It's for the Mississippi Center for the Arts. Ans the third party entity that they hire for a band project has to provide matching funds.

Stick a mic in their face Kingfish. Lol, you are doing great by giving the people these tidbits but at some point the gloves have to come off.

BS. The line numbers do match. Read the SECOND conference report.

The way the rules are set up you can't find out who stuffed this in the bill. Conference committees are closed to the public and exempt from public records laws. That is where the real damage is done for obvious reasons.

901 don't know how you can determine this is for MS Art's- they are included in another section of this very small (18 page vs normal 1800 page) bill.

Might be, but ain't nuttin' here that says so, and it would have been easy to include them as part of the deal in the language

And KF is right, you need to check your line numbers

If we would ever wake up and vote ALL of these career politicians out of office we could be certain we eliminate the author.

You want to hide, we clean house.

Be transparent, we will vote based on your record.

I am a conservative and I am SO sick of all of this and I am not naïve enough to think it will ever change.

Where is the spendthrift Speaker Gunn?

I have on good authority that it is something for Magnolia Heights, the private school of Rep. Trey Lamar.

Trey Lamar also inserted $150,000 in this bill for renovations at Magnolia Heights.

Lamar also inserted language from the recommitted foster care bill to the pregnancy crisis center bill that allows tax credits for donations to eligible private schools. Magnolia Heights got the program maximum of $250,000 last year. Way to look out for your personal interests, I mean constituents!!

Trey Lamar is a POS bullshit artist. He wouldn't last 10 minutes outside Mississippi or his mommy/daddy's shadow. A doofus no-talent hayseed.