Jackson Jambalaya

I was in school with Trey Lamar. The fact that he's in the legislature in the first place, much less someone who can apparently influence something, is proof that Mississippi will forever be last.

No need to tell me to leave if I don't like it. I was born here, raised here, and made my money here (by myself, which means much less than if daddy or granpappy gave it to me), but my youngest only has 3 years left in school and then my wife and I are gone.

Mississippi may not have Louisiana's reputation for corruption, but no one can beat us when it comes to cronyism, nepotism, and the incompetence of our elected officials.

Ironic when you consider that one of Lamar's pre-election arguments in opposition to Bomgaars MedDope end run was that the effort moved MedDope beyond the oversight reach of either the Legislature and/or the Governor's office.

Getting this out of committee is one thing, getting it past the House will be another. Democrats are going to sit back and enjoy watching this internecine battle while Lamar brow beats House Republicans into argumentative knots. Let's see how much damage Gunn tolerates.

Trey Lamar. Primary Opponent. Coming up.

The separation of powers is getting a little murky. Supreme Court appeal in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

If Joel can almost single handedly push a marijuana initiate through to change the constitution, why can't he start one to shrink the legislature to one house with 82 seats and no SLRP?

I must be missing something: Why does a closed hospital need $2M? I smell a rat.

Dear Rep. Lamar and other members of the state legislature... Pride comes before the fall.

It doesn't matter what someone has done to you... you (all of you) as a self-proclaimed Christians are called to do better and be better. The sleezy game you're playing is thinly veiled.

Knowing our good ole boy system the rule requiring expertise in "healthcare" for all members will likely mean the member was a patient at one time or another.

This bill is indeed a direct response to Tate’s veto of the hospital funding. That it is likely to pass is 100 percent due to years of the little man currently serving as governor acting like a pissed off toddler, and going out of his way to smash everything that wasn’t his idea. Onward, Mr. Lamar!

Maybe Rep Lamar thinks if he can get Medicaid put under a Commission authority, as it was in the 60s and 70s (which he stated we needed to go back to those times) and by illegally giving his buddy, the Speaker two appointments - then he could get the new Medicaid Commission to pay his closed hospital for $2 million in Medicaid claims that the hospital may do sometime in the future.

Kinda like the closed Tate County Hospital was going to incur COVID expenses sometime after the county "sold" it with the $2 million cash infusion.

This is why a two party system is important.

12:19 No argument with your issue with Lamar, but the county nor city owned the hospital. It was bought out of bankruptcy from a private firm by a completely different operator than the one that spun up the idea of the $2 million. Lamar thought he could kick in $2 million of state money to sweeten the deal to an operator to open it. The original interest backed out when it became apparent the money wasn't going to happen. It's now been bought by an operator that doesn't need it--they just want to run a hospital. I'm sure he's still taking credit, though.

10:11
He has never had an opponent. I would wager it would be the most expensive House race in history to beat him.

I wonder was Lamar going to get any kind of fee if the deal had closed? Like an agent fee? Somebody who knows please tell.

Taxes owed on hospital:
$99,457,16 for 2018
$74,259.00 for 2019

State dollars would have gone for this!

Girard seems to like Lamar since he refers to him as 'My good friend Trey Lamar'. Of course every elected official who comes on with Gerard is 'my good friend'. If he every has Bennie on, that'll probably change.