tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post8170060270625865241..comments2024-03-29T04:48:55.778-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: The ________ are still SLRPing awayKingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-40373322472409635032016-01-16T08:17:56.299-06:002016-01-16T08:17:56.299-06:00Nearly every Legislator who lives within an hour d...Nearly every Legislator who lives within an hour driving time of Jackson commutes in on a daily basis during the session. Many who live even farther out do also. Pay them mileage and stipend for lunch but not the full per diem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-67719040395672971472016-01-15T22:53:37.888-06:002016-01-15T22:53:37.888-06:00One of the legislators told me how much he gets pe...One of the legislators told me how much he gets per diem for food. It wasn't really all that much but he was sure proud of the fact that he doesn't have to spend any of it. Said there is always a party, buffet or some free event the legislators go to eat. <br /><br />They will all tell you they work so much harder than part time too. Having to deal with their voters and all back home. Say its a full time job and they earn it. Then they have the nerve to call what they do "public service". Laughable. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-47805966685064622482016-01-13T19:57:13.435-06:002016-01-13T19:57:13.435-06:00It would make a great investigative piece for the ...It would make a great investigative piece for the national media...they love this kind of thing. Certainly someone around here has friends in high places with connections to the media.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-18128292756686561982016-01-13T19:00:33.287-06:002016-01-13T19:00:33.287-06:00Has there been any attempt to eliminate this?Has there been any attempt to eliminate this?Fed-up Conservativenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-37977130200845954712016-01-13T12:43:04.371-06:002016-01-13T12:43:04.371-06:00Why don't we trust our elected officials? They...Why don't we trust our elected officials? They do work much harder than we do especially at Char, Table 100, Ticos, and their newer favorite hangout Seafood Revolution. That is to say they work hard at<br />getting all of the free meals, and drinks all around the town. But they are looking out for us and "the children".Lenitto Juareznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-16845083786114953412016-01-13T12:05:43.529-06:002016-01-13T12:05:43.529-06:00Changes needed for Mississippi Legislature:
-Stat...Changes needed for Mississippi Legislature:<br /><br />-State House of Representatives need only be at most 100 members, not 122. Most states with much greater populations have 100 or fewer House members.<br /><br />-State Senate could be 40 to 50 members, not 52. Google state legislatures in most other, and larger states, get the point!!!<br /><br />-Build the existing members, or rent or find space, for them to all have a regular office near the Capitol Building with at least one full time paid staffer, a legislative assistant, Chief of Staff so to speak, to help handle their office-type duties.<br /><br />-Raise their regular yearly pay to at least 25k to 30k per year, eliminate the "in-session" per-diem pay, and allow only a reasonable mileage re-imbursement for expense pay. Make it illegal for them to except any paid-trips from outside and private sources other than the actual state of Mississippi itself paying for some type of educational conference, etc.<br /><br />-Eliminate any form of pension pay other than regular employment status as a state employee in PERS.<br /><br />-Give the Legislature a maximum of 60 to 75 days per year for being "in session"<br /><br />-Cap all campaign contributions at reasonable levels per individual and per corporation and per PAC. Similar to Federal rules. Outside PACS are still outside PACS and can spend freely.<br /><br />-THIS IS JUST A START!!!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-49473298666029796762016-01-13T09:15:00.864-06:002016-01-13T09:15:00.864-06:00Never pass a benefit law that doesn't benefit ...Never pass a benefit law that doesn't benefit you. Should be one of Murphy's Laws.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-73451885463693961842016-01-13T01:18:56.571-06:002016-01-13T01:18:56.571-06:00How do you expect people to get involved in a disc...How do you expect people to get involved in a discussion of something they don't understand? Seriously. Kingfish only rolls out a little topwater information about SLuRP with a sprinkling of critical remarks and a few snide remarks and expects the traffic count to skyrocket. <br /><br />Not one in ten can even tell you what the acronym stands for, much less what the moving parts are. <br /><br />It was intended that members of the state legislature be private citizens, part timers, with full time occupations back home. None of this should carry a retirement benefit anyway. They should have a retirement program associated with their 'real' job. <br /><br />When you are allowed to vote on your own pay, benefits and retirement, you have a front row seat at the hog trough. <br /><br />(Cue the clip of nineteen pink pigs in a mud-bog fighting over a bucket of corn, all with the face of Steve Holland)Gimme Gimmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-57565196555190287552016-01-13T00:53:50.662-06:002016-01-13T00:53:50.662-06:00I am apathetic to this because NOTHING will change...I am apathetic to this because NOTHING will change. We (the people of our state) keep electing the SAME no goods who preach the same rhetoric. I went to the Governor's inauguration event today. It was the same typical BS from the same blow hards. They all want to preach conservatism & looking out for the great state. The above shows that's nothing but bullshit. They don't care about anyone but themselves. Phil preaches conservatism and values and guns and...anything that appeals to his audience. All the while he lines his pockets & gets richer & richer. Tate stands up there with the same bullshit. The truth-he's an ego maniac who wants money and power. He would step on his dying momma's chest if it meant he could get a step up. I want to care. I want to believe. I want to hope for a better future in our state. The reality-that will never happen in our state. We keep electing and repeating the same mistakes. It's the sad truth. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-55865555878611654272016-01-13T00:03:44.053-06:002016-01-13T00:03:44.053-06:00Kingfish - please write an op-ed for the Clarion L...Kingfish - please write an op-ed for the Clarion Ledger on this issue. Use 8th grade language and examples so the legislature's constituants can understand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-64530782346592223572016-01-12T23:45:05.758-06:002016-01-12T23:45:05.758-06:00KF I do think people are interested I just think w...KF I do think people are interested I just think we don't know what to do and we are afraid we will be targeted by officials if we speak our mind. Please someone make some good suggestions of what to do about this SLRP situation. We all know it's greedy and wrong but we need some constructive ideas on how to eliminate or combat . Please suggest ,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-79953663813304283052016-01-12T21:46:44.130-06:002016-01-12T21:46:44.130-06:00The only people that oppose elimination of this sc...The only people that oppose elimination of this scam are the legislators themselves. Find me one citizen (not closely related to a legislator) that thinks they should get "additional" retirement compensation over regular state employees. My guess is that any one posting opposition on this site should instead be focused on doing their job (instead of knocking back drinks and eating free steaks at ticos and char.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-11758300580581070522016-01-12T21:21:43.826-06:002016-01-12T21:21:43.826-06:00...and all they have to do is get elected for ONE ......and all they have to do is get elected for ONE term to become vested...whereas teachers must work eight years FULL TIME to become vested...they think the acronym "SLRP" is humorous...it would be if it weren't so indicative of this state's mentality...talk about a arrogant sense of entitlement...sheeshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-83507043048272887412016-01-12T21:06:53.655-06:002016-01-12T21:06:53.655-06:00SLuRP is the biggest boondoggle in the history of ...SLuRP is the biggest boondoggle in the history of our state. Literally, the politicians are taking money out of our pockets and putting it into their pockets. Yet, we ignore this ongoing graft every day. Good job for taking up the topic KF. Perhaps, we can "imagine" a day when our elected legislators take their hands out of our pockets and stop playing shell games to distract our attention. What say you Phil, Tate, Phillip? Wanna cut government waste? Stop taking from us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-89411141360653610412016-01-12T20:40:05.584-06:002016-01-12T20:40:05.584-06:00"How about I don't cover this at all? Act..."How about I don't cover this at all? Act like a spoiled brat and I will treat you as one."<br />Really? Kind of thin-skinned aren't we? <br />Apparently you think that tossing playground insults and threats back and forth is the way to go.<br />Either way, your response says a lot about you.<br />I don't expect you to post this, and really don't care if you do, or don't, but, I did expect more from you than that.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-55956373537949530022016-01-12T20:17:58.626-06:002016-01-12T20:17:58.626-06:00KF, I totally agree with 5:33's comment. Peop...KF, I totally agree with 5:33's comment. People do care, but we have no idea how to make the legislature reform SLRP or PERS...pp systems from which they, these lawmakers, receive much unmerited $$$ benefit. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-11259960413464423722016-01-12T19:54:15.436-06:002016-01-12T19:54:15.436-06:00Since being a legislator is a part-time job, why a...Since being a legislator is a part-time job, why are they even eligible for retirement benefits? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-88130275297124461872016-01-12T17:59:57.366-06:002016-01-12T17:59:57.366-06:00"Screw you traffic counter"
How about I..."Screw you traffic counter"<br /><br />How about I don't cover this at all? Act like a spoiled brat and I will treat you as one. Kingfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-16798640625665853422016-01-12T17:43:39.123-06:002016-01-12T17:43:39.123-06:00Screw your 'traffic counter'. Look back to...Screw your 'traffic counter'. Look back to Charlie Capps, Sonny Meredith and that group of neanderthals for the placement of blame for this thievery from the public treasury. Stand Up And Be Counted!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-8587638030551459812016-01-12T17:33:48.372-06:002016-01-12T17:33:48.372-06:00KF, I don't think that its not that we don'...KF, I don't think that its not that we don't care, it's the reality that nobody in the legislature has the courage to confront real reform. Folks already know that SLRP is a scam, so there's nothing new here. <br /><br />Find a legislator who wants to initiate reform of the system, and you'll see many more clicks and comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-46883913732906794522016-01-12T17:24:40.365-06:002016-01-12T17:24:40.365-06:00Ok, some of you ask why no one covers this subject...Ok, some of you ask why no one covers this subject? I'm watching my traffic counter. Not even 500 hits on what is a good traffic day. The UMMC post got double the number of hits and that is a rather mundane boring story. The media doesn't cover this issue because you, the readers, don't read about it nor do you demand that they do so. The truth is, hardly any of you care about SLRP and that is why nothing is done about it. <br /><br />You get the government you deserve. Kingfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-46412290095902280202016-01-12T17:17:16.264-06:002016-01-12T17:17:16.264-06:00@ 3:28p.m. SLOW GOLF CLAP......dead on correct.
...@ 3:28p.m. SLOW GOLF CLAP......dead on correct. <br /><br />@ 4:09p.m., I agree with your thoughts, but I think some major house cleaning needs to occur in MHP first, and I also think language need to be written in for instances such as Chris Epps in that if convicted of criminal activity, monies get seized Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-4977235816601531222016-01-12T16:09:51.870-06:002016-01-12T16:09:51.870-06:00I advocate for one retirement system in the state ...I advocate for one retirement system in the state with two categories of employees, law enforcement and civilians (including legislators, elected officials and administrative positions within law enforcement agencies), with the only difference being the length of time required for eligibility. 20 years for ALL law enforcement (not just our beloved troopers) and 25 years for civilians - imagine how this schema would stabilize the troopers retirement, provide the opportunity to compete for real talent and eliminate duplicative overhead. I would also tighten restrictions on contract employees and "double dippers" there are too many antique troopers dragging on the state's payroll. <br /><br />It would be interesting to see which self anointed "fiscal conservative" has the integrity (READ: balls) to file the bill to eliminate SLRP. That being said, SLRP is probably the closest we'll ever come to eternal life on this planet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-54075560732616999042016-01-12T15:29:32.505-06:002016-01-12T15:29:32.505-06:00Love when our local legislators talk about how sic...Love when our local legislators talk about how sick people are of "do nothing government" employees as if we are not referring to them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-74757436718762136262016-01-12T15:28:17.072-06:002016-01-12T15:28:17.072-06:00It really amazes me how much credit our legislatur...It really amazes me how much credit our legislatures give themselves for their service. I know more than a few of them and with very few exceptions these men and women are not very bright and likely could not make a living using their own efforts. Instead they rely on campaign donations, favors, kickbacks and inside information to make a living while getting marching orders from their party or major donors. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com