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		<title>AG: Mississippi near deal in suit over beef plant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JACKSON, Miss. &#8211; Mississippi could soon settle its 2007 lawsuit against the firms that built the financially disastrous beef plant in the Yalobusha County town of Oakland. Jan Schaefer, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Jim Hood, said the state and Georgia&#8217;s Facility Group, which was hired to oversee construction of the plant, have reached agreement [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://staceypickering.com/2012/04/06/ag-mississippi-near-deal-in-suit-over-beef-plant/</link>
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		<title>Commercial Appeal: Southaven mayor&#8217;s campaign fund paid for $30K car, counseling, credit card</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — Southaven Mayor Greg Davis used campaign money for a $30,000 car, treatment at an Arizona stress clinic and $75,000 in personal credit card payments. The spending, legal in Mississippi, showed up in campaign finance reports, The Commercial Appeal said (http://bit.ly/GPkrts). Nothing in Mississippi law forbids personal use of campaign money — a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://staceypickering.com/2012/03/25/commercial-appeal-southaven-mayors-campaign-fund-paid-for-30k-car-counseling-credit-card/</link>
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		<title>Hood files suit, Pickering issues demand against supervisor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood has filed suit against Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham, demanding he repay money state auditors say he earned double-dipping while on the clock at his former city job. Auditor Stacey Pickering’s office contends Graham, between 2004 and 2007 as a Jackson police spokesman and 911 dispatch supervisor, earned almost [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://staceypickering.com/2012/03/02/hood-files-suit-pickering-issues-demand-against-supervisor/</link>
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		<title>Auditor Files Suit Against Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Jackson, Miss.) State Auditor Stacey Pickering filed a civil lawsuit and has served Robert Graham, a member of the Hinds County Board of Supervisors and former City of Jackson employee, with the necessary paperwork. The State Auditor’s Office issued a demand against Graham on May 26, 2011 for wages he received from the City of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://staceypickering.com/2012/02/29/auditor-files-suit-against-hinds-county-supervisor-robert-graham/</link>
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		<title>Auditor looks at Southaven Mayor Greg Davis&#8217; utility fund stipend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Mississippi Auditor&#8217;s Office is investigating the $35,000 utility fund stipend that Southaven Mayor Greg Davis until recently received as part of his salary, and auditors also plan to ask aldermen for a second review of charges by Davis on his city-issued credit card. &#8220;We are checking to see if he has to repay that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former clerk Latricia Cornelson arrested in Greene County on embezzlement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GREENE COUNTY, Mississippi &#8212; Former Greene County Chancery Clerk Latricia Ann Cornelson was arrested today accused of embezzling more than $55,000 from the county&#8217;s general fund from 2005 until 2007, state Auditor Stacey Pickering said. Cornelson, 47, is currently an administrator for the Greene County Board of Supervisors and was arrested at her office earlier [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://staceypickering.com/2012/02/14/former-clerk-latricia-cornelson-arrested-in-greene-county-on-embezzlement/</link>
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		<title>Former School Employee Indicted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Officials with Newton City Schools Friday addressed the recent arrest of a former district employee. Billy Lamont Johnson of Newton was recently charged with uttering forgery, and has since been indicted. The now former Newton middle school employee is accused of cashing a check that did not belong to him. For several years, district administrators [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://staceypickering.com/2012/02/09/former-school-employee-indicted/</link>
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		<title>Rankin County Schools lawn care provider sentenced to five years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The former lawn care provider for the Rankin County School District was sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to fraud. Malcolm Sanders pled guilty to two counts &#8212; fraudulent statement submitted and wire fraud &#8212; in Rankin County Circuit Court, according to State Auditor Stacey Pickering. Sanders was arrested in April [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://staceypickering.com/2012/02/01/rankin-county-schools-lawn-care-provider-sentenced-to-five-years/</link>
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		<title>Work on 2 private Gautier properties being investigated by state auditor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GAUTIER, Mississippi &#8212; A spokeswoman at the state auditor&#8217;s office confirmed Monday an agent is investigating the amount of taxpayer money spent enhancing private parcels on Pat Drive and Brown Road and the circumstances surrounding the work performed by city employees. &#8220;The main thing we are trying to determine is who executed the transactions,&#8221; said [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://staceypickering.com/2012/01/31/work-on-2-private-gautier-properties-being-investigated-by-state-auditor/</link>
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		<title>Southaven Chamber also paid Mayor Greg Davis&#8217; credit card bills</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Already the target of an FBI probe for abusing a travel and entertainment account with the city, Southaven Mayor Greg Davis also was charging large sums to the Southaven Chamber of Commerce, according to an investigation by The Commercial Appeal. The newspaper found the chamber reimbursed Davis for as much as $48,000 in one year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://staceypickering.com/2012/01/12/southaven-chamber-also-paid-mayor-greg-davis-credit-card-bills/</link>
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