Legislators meet with GAC members
Members of the state Legislative Budget Committee met with representatives of MPA and its Governmental Affairs Committee Thursday in Jackson to discuss the 2007 session and get updates from lawmakers on what’s happening in their respective areas of the state.
Governmental Affairs Chairman Lloyd Gray, editor of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo, and Sid Salter, Perspective Editor for The Clarion-Ledger, presided for MPA, with Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck, Sens. Billy Hewes, Hillman Frazier, Jack Gordon, Terry Burton and Reps. Diane Peranich, George Flaggs, Johnny Stringer and Steve Holland representing the two Legislative houses.
Lawmakers touched on a variety of issues, including coast recovery and the looming issue of skyrocketing insurance premiums, while Salter championed MPA’s frontburner issue of a uniform incident report for all levels of law enforcement statewide.
A contingent of MPA publishers and editors will meet next month separately with Tuck and Attorney General Jim Hood to further drum up support for the incident report initiative.