Cottonmouth

Walking out for a lunch break of the Republican budget debacle, I passed Rep. Karl Oliver's parking space, whose truck license plate proudly displays the Confederate flag.  So either someon...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2016/06/karl-oliver-could-care-less-about-flag.html

John Lewis is a hero. He was a hero long before he came to U.S. Congress and he's been a hero since. And in Mississippi, John Lewis was a hero on May 24, 1961 when he was sent to Parchman for u...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2016/06/steven-palazzo-priorities-and-picking.html

This morning Governor Bryant issued a statement declaring May 23-27th "Hurricane Preparedness Week." From NewsMS : > “Eleven years after Hurricane Katrina, we have vivid memories of...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2016/05/a-month-for-confederates-week-for.html

When you consider the sorts of things that matter to Democrats and Republicans in Mississippi government, it's easy to definitively pick out the adults in the room. While Punxsutawney Phil Bryan...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2016/05/adults-in-room.html

From WAPT:  > Republican House Speaker Pro Tempore Greg Snowden is proposing that > the state have two flags: one with the Confederate emblem, which > currently represen...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2016/02/mississippi-republican-introduces.html

Regardless of how many times you say something, it does not make that statement true – even if you say it to the entire legislature, media and citizens of the state. In his 2016 State of the ...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-state-of-state-that-doesnt-add-up.html

Rep. Jay Hughes, the Freshman Representative from Oxford, has made a splash at the start of this session doing something truly outrageous...keeping his promise. Hughes was one of the bright spo...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/new-champion-for-public-education.html

This is Part 4 of a series this week of what to expect from the Mississippi Legislature this session. Republican leadership in Mississippi and the rest of the country has a deep fear of unions...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/what-to-expect-republicans-fighting.html

With the legislature reconvening in Jackson this week, we will finally get an answer to one of the biggest question marks of the 2015 cycle, as the House will decide whether to seat incumbent Rep...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/casting-lots-with-loaded-dice.html

This is Part 3 of a series this week highlighting what to expect from the Mississippi Legislature this session. For the past few years, legislative leaders and business leaders have been sound...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/what-to-expect-mississippi-roads-and.html

This is Part 2 of a series this week highlighting what to expect from the Mississippi Legislature this session. If the very calculated and well-funded defeat of Initiative 42 did not clearly s...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/what-to-expect-new-year-same-tired.html

As we enter the 2016 legislative session, Cottonmouth will be sharing a series of posts on what to expect. This is the first time the Republicans have held both chambers and the executive branch....

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/what-to-expect-republicans-love-low.html

In case you needed more proof of the failure of the Bryant-Reeves administration, WTVA reported today that 24/7 Wall St. ranked Mississippi as the 48th best run state in the country: > To det...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2015/12/in-case-you-needed-more-proof-of.html

Your friends at Cottonmouth are taking some time off during the holidays, but we will be back if a story breaks that we wish to share. Rest assured, we will return for the legislative session in ...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/be-good-to-one-another.html

Earlier today, Rep. Bo Eaton (D-Taylorsville) won the tie-breaker between him and his Republican challenger, Mark Tullos. Certified election results show each candidate receiving 5,489 votes. A d...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-ties-that-tie.html

A RECENT REPORT shows the dire financial situation facing Mississippi's rural hospitals. The report reiterates what has been known for years: hospitals are struggling financially while patients ...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/health-care-on-brink.html

A HEALTH REPORT out today shows alarming numbers for Mississippi. The report shows that nearly 2,300 deaths could be avoided each year if policy makers will fix the problems associated with poor...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/new-report-shows-what-wont-be-addressed.html

Today, Rep. Brad Mayo (R-Oxford) ran this full page ad in The Oxford Citizen, attempting to white-wash his abysmal voting record on the Public Employees Retirement System. Mayo wants his ...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-secret-plan-that-isnt-so-secret.html

A poll is circulating around Mississippi showing a close race between incumbent Attorney General Jim Hood and his opponent. The poll shows Jim Hood leading with 50% to his opponent's 44% with 6% ...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/about-that-jim-hood-poll.html

FLASHBACK (8/11/2013): This morning, The Clarion Ledger's Geoff Pender wrote a few (1) damning reports (2) about state legislators using taxpayer dollars for trips with lobbyists. According...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/is-your-legislator-going-to-destin-on.html

At a Republican campaign rally in Hancock County today, Republicans Phil Bryant, Tate Reeves, Speaker Philip Gunn, Reps. Timmy Ladner and Mark Formby, and party chairman Joe Nosef stood next to ...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/drug-dealers-for-lagasse-and-other.html

Oftentimes, we are taught to listen for the subtle undertones of Republican language, dog-whistles that are meant to break through some of the dreariest days of Mississippi's past. We must do t...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/rep-bubba-carpenter-r-burnsville-caught.html

2013 FLASHBACK Brad Mayo tries to break PERS: Late Sunday night, Representative Brad Mayo (R-Oxford) sent out an email to his constituents trying to save face on some of his recent actions in J...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/rep-brad-mayo-trying-to-save-face.html

The latest ad from Mississippi House Republicans is up, and it's got more fibs than a 5 year-old with his hand in a cookie jar.  You can view this pig prettyin' here: HOW THEY MISLEAD ON UNEMPL...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/ever-seen-someone-put-lipstick-on-pig.html

Last week, the Joce Pritchett for Auditor campaign launched a NEW WEBSITE  highlighting the alleged FBI investigation into State Auditor Stacey Pickering’s misuse of his campaign funds. The we...

http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/whats-in-stacey-pickerings-garage.html