Update on the Pete Perry tax situation

I received word today that Pete Perry had cleared up his delinquent taxes referenced in one of Ryan's posts last week.  Mr. Perry's Neshoba County Fair cabin had been listed for tax sale in the local paper, and is currently listed as being up for tax sale on the Neshoba County website as well.

So I called the Neshoba County Tax Collector, Mike Lewis, and asked him if Mr. Perry had paid his delinquent taxes.  Mr. Lewis confirmed that Mr. Perry had, in fact, paid the 2012 taxes that were causing his property to be listed for sale.  However, Mr. Lewis stated that Mr. Perry had not paid his 2013 taxes, which were due February 1, 2014.  So if you're looking at buying a tax deed to Mr. Perry's Fair cabin, you're out of luck this year.

Pete Perry's Courthouse Tour Continues

Hinds County Republican Party Chairman Pete Perry was in the paper for not paying property taxes on his Neshoba County Fairgrounds' cabin. We know Perry was paid a hefty sum by pro-Thad Cochran groups for his assistance during the Republican primary and runoff in June. It's odd that for someone paid so well suddenly does not have the money to pay his taxes.

Perry has had plenty of courthouse appearances this year; first for helping Tea Party intruders in the Hinds County Courthouse on June 4, then his speeding and DUI incident a few weeks later, and now this issue over his property taxes.

We know Perry isn't a lawyer, but he surely knows how to read the fine print.

UPDATE 8/22/14 - Mr. Perry has paid the taxes referenced above.  Click here for the details.

MBJ's Mosby sounds the alarm: Gov. Bryant may have messianic complex

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I can't recall a time when I've seen an editorial this strident in a mainstream publication. Echoing a line from Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth", the Mississippi Business Journal's Ray Mosby takes Gov. Phil Bryant (R) to task for a professed messianic complex in "Paranoia Strikes Deep with Phil Bryant in Neshoba Speech." 

Normally, I extract a few core sentences from an article and then encourage you to go read the rest.  I'm not going to do that here.  Just click the link to Mosby's piece and read the whole thing yourself.  It's brilliant.