Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Did the House & Supertalk declare war on Tate?

Mr. Supertalk himself, our favorite paisan, one Paul Gallo, included this message in his email to Supertalk listeners yesterday afternoon:

"6:00 a.m. First hour wrapup of the overnight headlines. Another revealing article on the Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves. Columbus Packet journalist, Sarah Fowler states, "....... according to multiple sources in Jackson, Reeves is quickly becoming known for his unwavering political stance, with Democrats and Republicans alike beginning to refer to him as 'Hitler.' " Check out the article at..."

Just could not wait. The first hour. Just the thought of Tate sends Paul into TDS- Tate Derangement Syndrome. It's similar to rabbititis. The victim starts seeing spots, then froths at the mouth, while experiencing a frenzied ardor for all things Bill Minor. He even said Jeff Smith "had the most bonding experience" out of anyone in the state.   Take a look at this "article" written by the associate editor of the Columbus Packet:

"The controversy surrounding the state’s failed bond bill began back in February when a bond bill totaling $260,500,000 came out of the Ways and Means Committee and onto the House of Representatives floor. When the bill was on the floor, Rep. Robert Johnson added another $20,000,000, making the bill a proposed $280,500,000. The bill – titled HB 1631 – passed the house and was then sent to the senate for approval.

According the Rep. Jeff Smith, who also serves as the Ways and Means chairman, the house wanted to keep the amount of the 2013 bond bill below the amount of debt that was being paid off. The amount of bonds being paid off for the 2012 session totaled to $284,035,000.

Traditionally, both the house and the senate will create a bond bill. After each side passes their version of the bill, it is exchanged across the capitol, meaning the house sends their version to the senate and the senate sends their version to the house.

However, in the 2012 legislative session, the senate failed to create a bond bill. Led by Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, the senate held a firm stance that they would not be creating or approving a bond bill.
.."

Well, Ms. Fowler, not so fast, my friend. The Senate said it would pass a bond bill but one that was $120 million. A far cry from nothing.  However, Ms. Fowler does not disclose the nature of her newspaper's relationship with Jeff Smith.  Nothing much, he is just the attorney for the Columbus Packet. What do ethics matter when one is called by a higher purpose: taking down the Lieutenant Governor for her lawyer.

Packet Media LLC owns the Columbus Packet. Want to guess who wrote the letter to the Secretary of State establishing the LLC in 2010? Jeffery C. Smith, Attorney at Law at Sims & Sims. Even was nice enough to write it on Sims letterhead. (See page 3 in the documents posted below.) However, back to Ms. Fowler's epistle:

"Chairman Smith states that he tried “numerous times” to get in touch with Senate Finance Chair Joey Fillingane, but Fillingane always responded that he “had no authority.”


HB 1631 was passed in February, and Smith stresses that he repeatedly tried to contact Fillingane through the remaining two months of the session to little or no avail. No conferees were ever named, and Smith and Fillingane never officially met to discuss the bond bill."

We get it Sarah. Mr. Smith really really tried to get a good bond bill through but the Senate would not play nice with him. Ms. Fowler wants to make sure you get that point about her attorney. She then blames the state bond debt on Tate Reeves:

"Furthermore, a look at Reeves’ record during his eight years as treasurer shows that he may be partially responsible for Mississippi’s $4 billion of bond debt.

Mississippi has $4,148,110,000 in bond debt. Of that $4.1 billion debt, $3,438,045,000 was issued by the bond commission from 2004 to 2012. In order for a bond to be passed, it has to be approved by The Mississippi Bond Commission. The Mississippi Bond Commission is made up of the governor, state treasurer and attorney general
."

Guess she missed the part about the Legislature approving all bond bills and then the Governor signs them. Send this reporter to a civics class taught in a charter school before she does any more damage to herself. Only then does the Bond Commission enter the scene.  One little fact left out by Ms. Fowler: the state still has $1.2 billion in bond debt that is authorized by the legislature but not approved by the Bond Commission- yet.  However, Ms. Fowler is not done as she moves from Kenneth Stokes civics lessons to using a favorite trick of the liberals: comparing a Republican to Hitler. Yup, Jeff Smith's client compares the Lieutenant Governor to Hitler. Not even Cottonchicken is this bad, or Ricky Cole, and he can engage in some serious histrionics. Here it is:

"Known for his frugality, Reeves served two terms as the state treasurer and based his campaign for lieutenant governor on his financially conservative record. Reeves ran against opponent Billy Hewes on the platform that he would not issue any bonds. However, according to multiple sources in Jackson, Reeves is quickly becoming known for his unwavering political stance, with Democrats and Republicans alike beginning to refer to him as “Hitler.Rest of article

The funny part about this quote is the opinion of all the lobbyists, journalists, and politicians at the capitol is that the Lieutenant Governor was the one who had his act together and ran a tight ship, while the House at times well, wasn't quite so organized or knew what to do at all times. However, one can hardly expect Ms. Fowler to know this as she enjoys the good life in the Golden Triangle and probably relied on one source: Jeff Smith.

It's not hard to figure this one out.  Jeff Smith, the Chairman of Ways & Means under Speaker Phillip Gunn, went to his client, the Columbus Packet.  The newspaper then aims its literary barrels at Tate Reeves and fires a bunch of quotes and information fed by its lawyer. Only problem is, the hit piece was disjointed, left out key facts, and violated some ethical canons. Throw in some Hitler references and voila, you've got a piece that a victim of TDS such as Paul Gallo cannot resist.  Someone should tell him the war is over and Billy lost. Sorry Paul, but you are not Bluto, although you and John Belushi do have matching girths and mouths. Next time guys try not to be so sloppy or obvious. This took all of sixty seconds online to figure out. 


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By the way, if you want to purchase some real estate in the Columbus area,  Ms. Fowler can sell it to you, because in addition to working as the associate editor, she is also a realtor in Columbus. Yup, Ms. Fowler is attempting to become the Orly Taitz of the Golden Triangle. Check out this video:



Hmmm.... we might have to include her in our hottest reporter poll. 

61 comments:

Anonymous said...

doubtful that Jeff put her up to this. she's a pretty loose cannon and has written some pretty wierd articles about herself, her divorce, and her child. if you look at Jeff's long legislative career, this kind of confrontational media moves aren't his preferred SOP. he's really more of a backroom deal guy. the Golden Triangle has benefitted from the bond programs and is booming, not because of Jeff, but because of intersecting four lane highways, the TennTom waterway, and MSU think tanks all attract the industries moving in there. also, there is plenty of land available and plenty of TVA power.

Anonymous said...

Humm---Wonder who has made a bundle doing bond closings in the Golden Triangle and may be compromised in making rational decisions on finance?

Anonymous said...

Since the GOP has taken over Gallo really has nothing to fuss about. He has to make up stuff to stay in business. He really has gotten more crazy lately. But I think his time has come and gone.

Anonymous said...

The funny part about this quote is the opinion of all the lobbyists, journalists, and politicians at the capitol is that the Lieutenant Governor was the one who had his act together and ran a tight ship, while the House at times well, wasn't quite so organized or knew what to do at all times.

Maybe the ones you might have spoken with but it is a mighty big stretch to claim "all".

The Hitler reference wasn't appropriate but Reeves' reputation from the recently completed session as being dictatorial has been made and is open to debate.

At the other end of the spectrum there seems to be little, if anything, that Reeves has/has not done with which you have found fault.

Your zealotry to protect the Lt. Gov matches Gallo's to get him. The difference, a big one, is reach. Gallo's is unmatchable.

Kingfish said...

I was waiting for this one. Allow me to retort before I start quoting Ezekiel to you.

Did it ever occur to you I might actually agree with his positions? Charter schools? Got a good bill out of the Senate, twice. Held the line on bonds. Immigration and fetal heartbeat bill, I agreed with sending it to Hob Bryan's committee. Thought it was clever as I opposed those bills. Redistricting? Ran it better than his predecessor and Hob Bryan didn't dominate the process as he did earlier although I didn't like Buck Clarke getting Gluckstadt area. I talk to all but one or two of the top lobbyists. They all say the same thing. I talk to a pretty good cross section of politicians in and around the capital and those dealing with the legislature say the same thing as well. Passed some good bills that helped the Rez area out only to see them die in the House.

Where I think Tate and the Republicans dropped the ball this year was PERS reform. The study commission made some good recommendations and brought up some problems that need to be addressed but such was not to be discussed this year. Its a shame as for once we had a Lieutenant Governor that actually understands this stuff much better than most politicians. I also thought they screwed up allowing the AT&T bill to pass. They are going to regret taking the reins off of AT&T one day.

Kingfish said...

Last comment not approved, you broke one rule. Take out that one word and it gets posted.

Actually I am going through the House bill right now and making a list of the projects. Later today I'm going to go through the Senate bill and make a similar list so we can really compare. I think that is fair. If we are going to have a discussion on this, we will have a real discussion, not the one side crap published in Columbus yesterday.

Bill Dees said...

The failure of the Senate to pass ANY bond bill is shameful, when the capital needs at our colleges and universities is at a critical stage. Tater's posturing might be good politics, but it's shameful governing.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for letting us know you support illegal aliens unlawfully entering our country.

Anonymous said...

Gallo's time will have only "come and gone" when he is off the air. The premise otherwise is a hopey dopey pipe dream.

Kingfish said...

Nice try. I said I opposed THAT bill, not allowing illegals to enter the country at will.

as for Bill Dees, I'm sure you never saw a bond bill you didn't like. In your world, the debt never gets paid down, there will always be a list of needs that gets longer every year, and its always the fault of the rich.

Anonymous said...

I talk to all but one or two of the top lobbyists.

Bullshit.

Anonymous said...

That's a dodge on the immigration bill.

Show us where you've taken any of Mississippi's federal representatives to task for our porous borders.

Anonymous said...

KF, 9:09 AM comment is a great idea. Would be very helpful to see a list from H and from S to compare the two.

Kingfish said...

I'm sorry but unlike Roy Nicholson, immigration does not dominate my thoughts. If that is all you care about, this is not the website for you. Don't like it? Get over it and we are not hijacking this discussion over that subject. In case you haven't noticed, there are three topics we don't really discuss on this site: abortion, illegal immigration, and guns. Kim Wade once told me if you want to generate phone calls on a talk show, bring up those topics. Well, I want to bring up other subjects and generate interest in other areas. I'd rather discuss PERS than illegal immigration any day of the week. Period.

Anonymous said...

Nobody is hijacking anything and nobody brought up Nicholson other than you. This isn't about immigration, that is just one example of legislation Reeves' killed. This is about you and the water you are carrying for Reeves. You are no different than Gallo. By the way, where is the long form column taking Reeves to task for not reforming PERS? Haven't seen it.

Kingfish said...

HB 1631 is the place to start.

Anonymous said...

Was my comment not approved because of "one word" or because it was critical of the exalted Kingfish?

Anonymous said...

Since when does filing an LLC formation with the Secretary of State mean that there is an ongoing attorney-client relationship?

Anderson said...

I think we've discussed guns before, as in, "which gun is best for you?" and "WTF does Donna Ladd think she knows about guns?"

However, it may be necessary to rule out the subject of feral cats.

Anonymous said...

Since you mentioned the charter school bill, KF...wondered if you saw the 60 Minutes piece on Harmony charter schools? 32 in the country, high performance...headed though by a reclusive iman that brings in foreign teachers, mostly Turkish.
Wondered what you thought of the piece.

Anonymous said...

When you are grasping for straws May 15, 2012 9:57 AM any thread of a connection will do.

Anonymous said...

Why have you alined with the chubby cheeked one?
Josh wont let you near the big table?

reximus said...

Speaking of Super Talk, can someone tell me how that mouth breather JT has a job in broadcasting? You can actually feel your IQ dropping when listening to that guy.

Anonymous said...

Appears that an Islam and race-card baiting lib has wandered over here.

The white House Donkeycrats worked overtime to get their sympathetic media to stir the race and religion hating pot but that story never got any traction.

Stupid Donkeycrats never learn. Tell you what 10:48, why don't you share with us what you think of the Cosmos Foundation first.

Anonymous said...

Then why are you listening to him rex?

bill said...

The legend is that Bob Seger and Don Felder were driving around LA one day and a Cowsills song came on the radio. They laughed at the bubble gumminess of the Cowsills and talked about how they were such better musicians and so much cooler. The giggles died down and they sat in thought for a minute before one told the other the obvious truth: the Cowsills were on the radio and Seger and Felder were not. Say what you want about JT, but he's on the radio, and unless your screen name is some sort of Latin code for Limbaugh or Hannity, you're not. Bill Billingsley

Kingfish said...

Ten years ago Mr. Smith was a secretary/director of an earlier incarnation, the Columbus Packet Inc. Yup. just a random thread.

Funny how some of you are attacking me, attacking Mr. Reeves but yet aren't attacking the $120 million in bonds he proposed or the decision not to pass a bond bill.

As for Josh, why would I get mad about such a thing? Josh IS the table. ;-)

Anonymous said...

But the whole purpose of your original post was to backstop Reeves by attacking Gallo, Smith, the Packet and Fowler. You didn't set this up as a discussion of the bonds. Any criticisms of Reeves are only an understandable outgrowth of your initial efforts.

Anonymous said...

KF, how does anybody know you and Tate are being attacked when you keep censoring the comments?

Kingfish said...

One word. Remove that word, the first word, and it goes up.

Kingfish said...

Backstop? No. I found it interesting one of the leading chairmen in the House orchestrated or appeared to orchestrate a hit piece against a Lieutenant Governor from the same party and also watching Gallo pick it up and run with it. I don't see Bryant or Reeves or Haley doing stuff like this so that is why it was interesting. My first thought of a headline was "Republican Civil War?"

Anonymous said...

Damn, KF is beyond reproach.

Anonymous said...

KF, you keep referring to Tate's $120M package (which he also references). However, I don't think he was looking at more than $80M in bonds and the rest coming from increased revenues (that he alone is projecting) and reserves sitting at MDA. Is that your understanding from top lobbyists?

Anonymous said...

Republican civil war?

It can't be....jeff smith is a democrat

WHunt73 said...

I take great offense to you personally attacking Ms. Fowler. I am from Columbus. As far as "living the good life", YOU need to get your facts straight. She is a very hard working woman. She wasn't born with a silver spoon in her mouth and doesn't get handouts from anyone. She has worked extremely hard to get where she is. She has gotten there because she is good at her job, not because she is just another pretty face, getting by on her looks. I have known Ms. Fowler to try and find the facts of the case and present them in the interest of the public. Shame on you for digging through the internet and attaching her real estate commercial. If you did your reasearch, you would have found she has been out of real estate several years! Ms. Fowler is a credit to her community and her state.

Kingfish said...

So why don't y'all start telling me which projects should have been funded with bonds? Come on, don't be shy, you can do it. Instead of attacking me, why don't you start telling everyone what you think should have passed and why.

Mr. Hunt, just about everyone I know "living the good life" worked hard for it and earned it. Sorry but Ms. Fowler is a big girl. The article was convoluted, quoted anonymous sources, and there was no disclosure of Mr. Smith's relationship with the paper. I wrote about Judge Weill and Judge Green spat a few days ago. I disclosed at the end I had produced a website for Judge Weill's campaign. Ms. Fowler decided to jump into state politics and take up the side of someone who has represented the paper in the past. The story is fair game.

Since you have never read this website before, take a look at the top. It says "Jackassery". Since you didn't realize it, this post was an opinion piece filled with some humor and satire. Posting the video was jackassery and apparently you missed the orly taitz/jon stewart reference.

Anonymous said...

It is guilt by association Hunt. The narrative needed a story line.

jeff smith said...

I wrote a comment after lunch, why was it not published or posted?

Jeff

Curt Crowley said...

Is anyone really surprised that fat hack Paul Galtelli continues his ridiculous attacks on Tate Reeves? That's what Paul Galtelli does. His specialty is hit jobs and ambushes on republicans who challenge republicans who are butt-buddies with his boss. All under a fake name, of course.

And we the taxpayers fund Galtelli's nonsense. Without the massive corporate welfare super talk gets from the State, Galtelli would have to do something he's never done before: get a real job.

The short little angry guy from the coast lost. Get over it.

Anonymous said...

9:15 AM You are wrong. And your call of bullshit is unfounded and frankly wrong. Either you don't read here much, or you find Eichleeggbert your savior.

Kingfish said...

Mr. Chairman, it never showed up. This is the only one I have seen. Now two people I know have tried to post comments and they didn't appear. I went into the black box where comments go and they weren't there either. If you are making a long comment, do it in notepad first, then paste it here. Very sorry. No one is trying to censor.

KaptKangaroo said...

Tate did the best with what he had to work with in the House. Personally, I think the entire MS R party let the social issues hang them up and they lost focus on growing this damn state's economy and future (via education).

Unfortunately, the House was unable to align down any semblance of agenda priorities. Let's chalk that up to poor organization and inexperience. The performance was so bad, it made the Dems look like they know how to play chess.

I've said it before, wait until next session. Alignment will be tighter, if not, it will fall on leadership at the LT and Guv levels. Dropping it at Tate's feet is a bit over the top - leadership starts at the top. But, from what I hear and read - Gallo wouldn't be allowed to talk about that.

Anonymous said...

Is there a way to politely say, "FUCK Gallo"? His brand of pure BS made me want to puke listening to him on SuperTalk for the last 18 months or so. And I'm not alone since for the last year or so many of my colleagues came to the same concluson. He's attempting to sell BS and a lot of it.

KF: Please put a poll up about who is absolutely over Gallo and "SuperTalk" and his particular brand of BS.

Wannna bet how it goes?

Shadowfax said...

As an aside, I've read the blog owner over and over saying "Take out that one word and it gets published" or "Leave out the first word and it goes up." I've been told that myself a number of times and see the same statement made to others. What the hell is up with that. Please, no bullshit about "I own the site. Go elsewhere if you don't like it." I've seen every 'word' known to sailors published here. What the hell is the dreaded 'one word'?

Anonymous said...

You nearly vomited for 18 months and kept listening?

Anonymous said...

Is that you Kingfish posting anonymously @ May 15, 2012 9:47 PM?

Kingfish said...

Nice try. Nope. Eicheleggbert? Not my style.

Anonymous said...

Since Rep. Smith likes to comment on here...I have a question. You said this morning -

"we all thought Tate would blink"

Do you still think that??

Shadowfax said...

Which word in my post needs to be removed this time?

Anonymous said...

Then how would 9:47 PM know that 9:15 AM was wrong when 9:15 AM was responding to your claim of being some type of super insider @ 9:05 AM?

KaptKangaroo said...

Because I know.

Anonymous said...

Why are people attacking Tate Reeves? He just does what Haley Barbour (through henry and austin) tells him to do. (of course, the Governor does too. Like being in Russia instead of Putin, we have Haley running everything. Has any Republican stood up to haley?) The phrase "peter principle" comes to mind. Tate is just another rich Milsap kid trying to convince us he understands how to work hard.

http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2010/11/report-says-mississippi-prepaid-college.html

Anonymous said...

Why are people attacking Tate Reeves? He just does what Haley Barbour (through henry and austin) tells him to do.

Lotta truth there. No doubt some of KeyLimePieReeves actions are payback for certain others gettin' in the way of the coronation for Charlie Ross.

Anonymous said...

You are right 12:27 the great round one does not want to leave.
He had his minion Arnie H. working in the Tate campaign and so were others in the state party head quarters, they are are not employed anymore.
If Hewes wins the Barbour boys income is reduced.

Anonymous said...

2:12 - and others. Believe you are missing the point here. Arnie H and others were politically involved before the rotund one was Gov and will remain so - in their on right - afterward. Yes, maybe they were involved in Tater's campaign, but they were not "in the state party headquarters" at the time.

Their involvement for Reeves is no different than say a Josh G. who was "involved" with the Hewes campaign - also a former part of the "headquarters" and also into making money from his activities.

The list could go on and on, with respect to the LG race and others - and on both sides of the aisle. Many folks were involved in the LG race and some of them have a business interest in it as well as a personal opinion. Holds true for the Governor's race and others.

One often mentioned while on the subject - you think those folks involved in AG Hood's race were all altruistic? Believe that has been documented to be wrong, and there with the legality of the involvment being questioned.

The issue from this post, however, is Supertalk and Davenports "financial interest" in his support for Hewes - or better said, his opposition to Reeves. His minion Gallo has been and continues to do anything, literally anything, to try to sully Reeves. Why? Cause he wasn't the annointed one from ST's 'conservative' talk radio.

Conservative is the joke here. Want to spend more money? Where's the Tea Party on this one? All ST wants is to keep on getting their $3 million in state taxpayer dollars for "advertising". And their plan was to have their boy in the Gov's office and his handpicked successor heading the Senate and BD's 'boy' staying at Appropriations. Too bad that plan didn't work quite like they planned it.

Anonymous said...

3:03
You are either misinformed or you are part of the rotund clans group.
AH and his spouse sent emails during his tenure as chair.

Anonymous said...

Conservative is the joke here.

Nope. The joke that has been exposed is Tate Reeves and the games he played with regards to this bill and others.

The gig is up for the Lt. Gov. He can micro-manage the Senate until he is blue in the face because next session he'll be exposed in real time.

Kingfish can perform all the CYA for Reeves that he wants but his connectivity inside the Capitol (and leaks from Reeves' staff) isn't, no matter hard loud Kingfish boasts, nearly as comprehensive and expansive as he deludes his readers to believe.

Bring it (and your little blog) Fish!

Anonymous said...

Dens are running scared. They pulled out every favor and trick. They spent a lot of equity throwing ainsley wrench into this session.

Good luck next time around; the political favors are spent and leveraged.

Go Tate!

Anonymous said...

Correction "monkey wrench"

Kingfish said...

yawn.

Anonymous said...

So much for party unity...

Party positions/ideas/vision is unimportant,I guess. Who has the power and thus the ability to divide up the political spoils once the party has power quickly becomes all consuming.



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