Opinion
Thanks for your service
I am a daughter, a niece, a sister, a sister-in-law and a cousin of a Veteran from WWII to the most current Wars! I am the sister-in-law to Wayne Hunt the Vietnam Veteran that pulls the Flag draped "coffin" during the Veteran's Day Parade. He has pulled the Flag draped "canton" for the past 24 years in the Meridian Veteran's Day Parade.
He lost several friends during the Vietnam War and it took him years to be able to get just a little peace from what he saw in Nam!
This is a very solemn and humble way for him to remember and give respect to all Veterans in all Wars, past and present!
He would never do anything to dishonor A Veteran of any War!
And since there is no parade on Memorial Day, he chose Veteran's Day to show his love, respect and appreciation to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms which so many take for granted!
Thank you Wayne Hunt for your service to our Country!
Sherry Adkins
Meridian
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Super Saints
Hell has frozen over. Pigs are flying, and when the sun rose over Bourbon Street this morning, it came up out of the west. An entire city called in sick because the party is still going on. The Saints are in the Superbowl.
I have been a Saints fan all of my life. I have been a Saints season ticket holder for years. Many years. I’ve stuck by them through thick and thin, through one-win seasons, through last minute fumbles and interceptions, through ill-advised trades, and through amazingly poor draft decisions. All the while I’ve kept the hope alive while watching a professional football franchise display every conceivable way a game can be lost. I never wore a bag, but I have hung in there for years, many years. That is, except this year. -
State tax hike waits at the end of the standoff
While the state budget standoff continues, the fact remains that regardless who "wins" the current argument it's clear that special funds or "one-time money" and existing revenues sources won't be sufficient to carry Mississippi through the next three years of fiscal woes.
House Speaker Billy McCoy and the Democratic leadership of the House, Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant and the Republican leadership in the Senate and Gov. Haley Barbour are all on the record as seeing any new tax revenue as a political non-starter this session.
Given that fact, the options left to state government are pretty slim. Cutting spending is already on the table as Barbour has whacked some $437 million from the original 2010 fiscal year budget. - Sumrall's situation is a shame
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East Central Mississippi belongs on the Civil War map
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