This week saw a media barrage from the Jackson County Board of Supervisors and their hired gun, Attorney Billy Guice of Ocean Springs. After weeks of not commenting or releasing only vague and nebulous statements, Guice came out swinging on Monday, attacking everyone involved in the pension plan failure, excepting the JCBOS. In an earlier […]
$345,000+ to Billy Guice & LaPorte $500,000+ to Dentons and Dogan & Wilkinson ? to Franke & Salloum ? to Daniel Coker Horton & Bell ? to FTI Consulting FBI Investigation DA Investigation Grand Jury review For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness
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Instead of expending time and energy dissecting Billy Guice’s press release in The Mississippi Pravda, we refer you to our native sons Messrs. James Buffett & LC “Mac” McAnally. This blog, Slabbed, The Sun Herald, WLOX, and WXXV-TV have already reported on much of what was in the release. What is becoming clear is that
Imagine you have worked for 30 years, just paid off the mortgage, and are ready to retire and enjoy the life you’ve built in that sleepy little town of Pascagoula. Not long after you settle into your golden years, a new family moves in next door along with their teenage son. One day you come
Editor’s Note: Last week SRHS Watch broke down several pieces of fiction being propogated by the Board of Supervisors. This Monday brings us yet more fiction. Not wanting to be questioned on the contrivances, the BoS will be telling their story to only one media outlet, one they hope will serve as a mouthpiece: The Mississippi
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During Monday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, John McKay gave this response to a retiree: “We cannot pass a tax increase to support the pension plan. We can pass one to help the hospital in some ways, but we can’t raise taxes to support” a private plan. We’ve already unraveled McKay’s fiction that the Singing River
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In yesterday’s Sun Herald, Karen Nelson quoted John McKay: “We cannot pass a tax increase to support the pension plan. We can pass one to help the hospital in some ways, but we can’t raise taxes to support” a private plan. A “private” plan? Is that how he really described it? A few hours later
The Chancery Court cases are scheduled for hearings on Friday. Just days before this long awaited hearing, Singing River produces a plan for 90% funding. Days before that, Jim Reeves, the one attorney marketing his ability to quickly reach a settlement, was appointed lead counsel in the cases in US District Court. There is very
In 2013, after KPMG had conducted some preliminary field work for that year’s audit (costing Singing River $50,000), Singing River decided, as a cost-saving measure, to hire Horne LLP (“Horne”) to conduct its fiscal year 2013 audit instead. Horne’s field work in preparation for its audit of Singing River’s financial statements revealed that KPMG’s prior
Scott C. Taylor, trustee for Singing River Health System, has indicated that SRHS legal bills have reached nearly $500,000. That puts SRHS’ monthly spend in the neighborhood of $80,000 for defense. The money is being paid by Singing River’s insurance policy and not from SRHS’ own funds. The insurance policy covers up to $1 million
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