Have Democrats become this blatant because they have no fear of prosecution, or is it just ignorance?

Eleanor Holmes Norton

The title of the post on Big Government says Shock Audio. I know when your given the word "Shock" these days its usually just to get your attention and very seldom is it truly shocking. This, however, truly is shocking.

I kept listening for the end when some voiceover would say, "GOTCHA!" But, it didn't happen. Go to the link below and scroll down and listen to House Member Eleanor Holmes Norton make a fundraising call to a lobbyist. What's worse than the call is the fact that she was ignorant enough to leave such a detailed and incriminating voicemail.

Shock Audio: Facing ‘Obligations’ From Leadership, Democrat Congresswoman Leaves Voicemail for Lobbyist Cash

MCJ: Supervisor wants more time to look at budget

Supervisor D.I. Smith

Madison County approved a $70.9 million budget without a tax increase, but at least one supervisor complained that he and the public didn't have a chance to see the numbers far enough in advance.

Overall, the budget is up slightly over last year, but $20 million in one-time bond monies helped inflate the 2009-2010 numbers and forced some department heads to make cuts this year.

District 2 Supervisor Tim Johnson touted the budget, thanking Comptroller Quandice Green and others for their had work balancing the budget and avoiding a tax increase in a hard economic year.

Supervisor Tim Johnson

"It was a tough budget, but we're going to move forward with no tax increase," Johnson said. "There's only one county that has lower taxes than Madison County and that's Tunica. And not that I'm advocating it, but if they allowed us to open a casino on the Pearl River we could probably beat Tunica County too."

The board voted 3-2 to approve the proposed budget with District 1's John Bell Crosby and District 3's D.I. Smith voting against.

Smith said that he was disappointed that he didn't get a copy of the budget until last week and felt the public had no information ahead of time.

"To me it's unconscionable to hold a public hearing when the public hasn't even been given anything to look at," Smith said. "We should be giving an overview of what we're getting in this budget and what we're losing."

Read the entire article at The Madison County Journal

Madison Co. Routes Water From Flora To Help Cover Outage

Water Brought In For Residents

Madison County has restored water to about 250 residents, but another 250 are still without, officials said.

On Tuesday, officials with the Madison County Utilities Board attributed the outage to a pump that stopped in the Kearney Park community. Residents there have been without water for about three days.

The county has also brought in a 6,000 gallon tanker to provide water to residents to use for household purposes. Bottled drinking water has also been distributed to residents, county officials said.

County officials said the faulty pump should be fixed by the end of the week.

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