Editor’s Note: This is part of a series on the effort to bring a hotel tax to Jackson County. Previous report can be found here. Taxes – no matter what most politicians say, they love them. Tax money enables the politician to wield influence, enrich themselves, and reward their politically allied business friends. Spending tax […]
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One of the unique benefits of Chevron’s retirement programs is a very generous retirement savings matching plan. If an employee contributes 1% of his pay, Chevron will kick in 4% of his pay to match. If he contributes 2%, Chevron will kick in 8% of his pay. The interesting thing about Chevron’s plan is that
In the fall of 2006 a group of local doctors and Singing River Health System executives were planning on new real estate deal to house the Ocean Springs Imaging Center. Instead of SRHS purchasing the land and constructing the building, they decided to go another route. On October 4, 2006, a group of doctors and
In the course of any campaign, it is necessary to buy supplies and food for fundraisers and other events. John McKay’s 2011 campaign was no different, except that he took his campaign shopping to the tax free Keesler Air Force Base Commissary. The DOD established and maintains commissaries for the subsistence needs of military members
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