by David Brown | Jan 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Fasten your seatbelts, folks, Mississippi’s medical marijuana program is finally fueled-up and revving the engines! Yep, it’s true, after years and years of misfiring and an emotionally exhausting last 14 months of wrestling with ‘the people’s’ Prop 65, the state...
by David Brown | Aug 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
August 2021 and what a bizarre time it is. More than three months ago on May 14, 2021, the Mississippi State Supreme Court published their opinion in the case of In Re Initiative Measure No. 65: Mary Hawkins Butler v. Michael Watson, Secretary of State. Henceforth,...
by David Brown | Jun 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
It is done! Governor John Bel Edwards has now signed the “flower bill” (HB 391) that so many Louisianans helped support with calls, emails, social media posts, and in-person lobbying at “The People’s House” (Louisiana State Capitol). Hard...
by David Brown | May 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
On Wednesday, May 19th, the Louisiana Senate is set to debate HB514. It would tax, for the first time since 2003, a medicine. The state Constitution unambiguously forbids a sales tax on prescription drugs. Proponents of this regressive and indefensible tax on medical...
by David Brown | May 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Ever heard of the “Doctrine of Absurdity”? Probably not, but it’s a real thing. It also applies very fittingly to Mississippi and their Supreme Court’s absurd decision inexcusibly handed down on Friday, May 14th in the case of (Madison, MS...
by David Brown | May 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
What’s missing in Mississippi today? Any sense of justice. In its place, at least for now, is a persistent sense of cowardice, injustice and even evidence of malignancy for forms of political corruption that have overtaken too many public officials and entire...
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