Ward 1 ballot box left unlocked in registrar's office Wednesday cdispatch.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cdispatch.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Editorial: Get medical marijuana right
When the Mississippi Supreme Court stirred up a hornetâs nest by scrapping both medical marijuana and the initiative process through which it was legalized, it handed the Legislature two different problems.
One is easy to solve, but there is no rush to do it immediately.
The other is tougher, but there is reason to do it quickly.
Letâs take them one at a time.
Who knows why the Legislature, when it created the initiative process in the 1990s, didnât envision the chance that Mississippi would lose a congressional district one day? But that lack of foresight, according to the Supreme Courtâs majority, should have ended the initiative process 20 years ago when the state went from five congressional districts to four, creating a mathematical impossibility for meeting the signature requirements.
Our View: An election where nobody wins cdispatch.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cdispatch.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Letter: Agrees with columnist: Plans would help voters choose among candidates with similar goals
By Bill Gillmore 3 hours ago
Leslie Sorrell missed the point of Slim Smith’s column entirely, or so it seems to me. The columnist asserted a correlation between voter involvement and a choice of detailed programs to address our common problems. He did not attack the candidates, nor did he denigrate anyone. He goes so far as to write, “after the June 8 general election, those who form our city council may turn out to be great leaders and effective representatives.” Rather, he decried the lack of proposed programs from which to choose.
Columbus sees new council candidates in Wards 1 and 3 cdispatch.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cdispatch.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.