MBJ: MDOT chief arrested for public drunk

The Biloxi Police Department confirmed to the Mississippi Business Journal that a Larry L. Brown, Sr., 67, was arrested at the Beau Rivage Resort at 6 a.m. Friday and charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct.

That’s the same name and age as Mississippi Department of Transportation Executive Director “Butch” Brown.

Reached on his cell phone Friday afternoon, Brown confirmed that he had “just left” the Beau Rivage. He said he had attended a planning session and had spoken to a group of economic developers.

Brown denied, however, that he had been arrested. “I haven’t been involved in anything drunk or disorderly,” he said.

A mugshot provided to the Mississippi Business Journal by the Harrison County Jail appears to be Brown, based on a photo of Brown on www.transportation.org, the website for AASHTO, a non-profit, non-partisan association that represents highway and transportation departments in the U.S. Brown is the president of AASHTO.

Calls to the Beau Rivage were not immediately returned.

Mississippi Business Journal

Republican Candidate for Governor swings through Flora

A Republican Candidate for Governor, Dave Dennis, stopped into Flora for a discussion of issues he believes the state faces in the upcoming years, and issues he hopes to address during the upcoming campaign for the GOP nomination on Friday morning. Mr. Dennis says that at this point in the states history, Mississippi needs a businessman to be the states CEO and "not a career bureaucrat."

Mr. Dennis discussed a variety of subjects, including budget problems, Oil Spill recovery, Immigration Enforcement, and how federal tax laws are contributing to a prolonged lack of economic recovery.

Dennis discusses his belief in the need for a businessman as the states CEO, his own company, and the ongoing problems related to the Oil Spill on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Mr. Dennis is a resident of Pass Christian.




Dennis discusses the states budget woes, and his belief that when it comes to cuts, everything must remain on the table.



Dennis discusses Immigration in Mississippi




Dave Dennis discusses how the current federal tax laws are harming the economy




Dave Dennis discusses how he hopes to encourage a new type of public service