The five members of the Gulfport City Council who voted this week to cut wages and increase fees to reduce the city’s budget deficit are to be commended.
The five members of the Gulfport City Council who voted this week to cut wages and increase fees to reduce the city’s budget deficit are to be commended.
Way back in 1982, the Legislature consolidated various hints, suspicions and beliefs about access to government documents by adopting the Mississippi Public Records Act.
As a doctor for medically underserved children, I see the effects of our broken health care system every day. The majority of children that I see at the community health center where I work are either uninsured or are underinsured even though the many of them have at least one working parent. The economy has impacted the kind of work the parents of my patients are now doing, and how much work they are offered. In many cases the status is part-time which does not allow for full benefits if any at all. When a parent loses or isn’t offered health insurance, many children go without check-ups and necessary medical care.
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At the end of a beach walk, the west wind at my back, I approach a large gathering of shorebirds — gulls and skimmers mostly, but also some terns. The birds stand on the damp sand of the flats, the tide still at ebb. Facing into the wind, each bird’s eyes peer at my intrusion. As I near the roost, the gulls walk away slowly, distancing themselves from me, but all the skimmers, barking their raspy complaints at me, fly away in full retreat. — Diary, winter 2010
Dateline 1912 — And the editor said, “Keep it short!”
