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Wow. Aren't the municipal utility boards in most towns the same as the Boards of Aldermen? I think our aldermen serves as the utility board and make $1000 per month for everything.

What are the names of the current CMU board members?

They also get PERS retirement and health insurance. Along with the monthly pay. Very lucrative.

They are all crooks.

The only way this ends is if the authorities remove the corruption! Start with Daphne Sims. She is a virus on the taxpayers of canton. Appointed her cousin Dorthy Harris to School Board, her uncle Hosea Anderson to School Board and her Uncle Cleveland Anderson to CMU. Oh not to mention she voted to hire her son to work for the City!!! Daphne is corrupt!!

2 meetings a month for 2 hours is all they do. That’s $250/hr. Same as Barbara Blackmon hourly rate she be charging the people of canton. I guess the commissioners feel like since we got our state senator for our attorney the DA, FBI and Auditor won’t bother investigating.

Rev Cleotha Williams, Lanny Slaughter, Issac Jackson (these 3 worship Barbara), Robert Chinn, & Kelvis Nason.

Who are the Board of Alderman and Mayor?

The Mayor is behind this! Truly

This must be a joke? Lake Caroline can’t afford higher utility bills.

Health Insurance? That’s is crazy

Where is Michael Guest DA? Time to stop running for Congress for 5 min and tell us voters here in Madison County that you are aware of these problems and are doing something? Hello?

Michael Guest is too busy in Rankin County to care about what goes on in The land of milk & Honey.

@2:29 That is why John Noble was willing to sell his soul to any bullcrap they wanted to pull at CMU. He was scared of losing the health insurance for himself and his wife. So he went along and was a party to any shenanigans they wanted to pull.

2:36 3:03 that would be State Auditor,Stacey Pickering, job if their is anything afoot, not the local DA.

Nothing will happen.

Nobody cares about Canton and all of the homeboys and sistas know it.

The reporting is to be commended, but its really a waste of time.

More comments about the Canton utility board salary than there are about the MHA scam going on at the legislature. Tells us something about this blog's readers

Canton needs a good house cleaning! Starting with CMU!

Someone needs to file a complaint with the state for all of the corruption going on in Canton!

Agreed 4:09. What's 300 million compared to $1k a month?

3:05 PM, you SERIOUSLY have NO idea what you're talking about. I'd watch that slander.

Don’t worry residents inside the city of canton. All new fees for utilities being discussed at CMU are being paid for by residents that are outside the city limits.

Do y’all realize most of the people living inside canton live below the poverty level. Shame on the leaders at CMU for requesting a raise.

"Your honorable correspondents" states 'it didn't pass'. How about more information:

Was a motion made and by whom?

Was there a second and by whom?

Did the motion die for lack of a second?

Was there discussion after the second?

Was there a vote and what was the vote?

Tells us something about this blog's readers

What does it tell you? Be specific.

Why is it that city after city in Mississippi governed by Democrats are economic messes?

I'm not sure these appointed people are covered by insurance and PERS. How about some clarification on that.

@7:14 clarify all you want. They are covered by PERS and health insurance. Check on it if you don't believe me.

For the dunce at 9:41...I'm 7:14. That's why I asked for clarification. I didn't ask for opinion. But thanks.

Oh....how would you suggest I 'check on it'?

@9:08 Call an ex-board member and ask them if they got PERS retirement while on the CMU board. I called several and they all told me that they got PERS retirement. I know one that is almost 90 and he still draws a small check from PERS for his time spent on the CMU board many years ago. He lives north of Canton on a lake, so that should narrow it down for you.

And go to Sulm's and ask Erin Noble if John got health insurance.

Health Insurance..... Thats only the tip of the iceberg. The actually CONTINUE to get Health Insurance AFTER they are no long on the CMU board. Its crazy what they have gotten away with all these years. However, I think they have pissed of the right person this time and he is going to take them all down.

There is a petition going around in Lake Caroline requesting an investigation into CMU expenditures. Seems the utility bills in Lake Caroline have gotten out of control. I guess so when the Commissioners are paying personal bills with public money. Oh, and have y'all heard about the money CMU paid Kenny Wayne Jones in exchange for his resignation?? Six Figures in severance for 12 months work. DAMN

@1:47pm I'm going to look into that. Who do you know is still getting health insurance even though they are not still serving as CMU Commissioners? John Noble you say? Why let me check that out.

The CMU Commissioners deserve a raise!!!!! Stealing is hard work and high risk. They need hazard pay. Ain't that right Eric Gilkey.

10:53; Not all of us have your contacts and superb investigative skills. Just as somebody above asked who these members are, I have no idea who used to serve on this Board or who among them lives on a lake north of Canton. And if somebody were to ask me about my benefits in a prior job I'd tell them to kiss my ass.

By the way, the PERS office will not answer the question and neither will the people who eventually answer the phone at CMU.