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Recent Commentary
What Will the Legislature Do with the Additional Revenue from Online Use Taxes?
The big question is what will the Legislature do with the additional revenue from online use taxes? There are calls to apply it to infrastructure such as roads and bridges. Right now, the use tax revenues mostly go to the general fund. What about municipalities?
Read More MS Bureau of Narcotics Unveils Civil Asset Forfeiture Database
Mississippi took a small step toward transparency this week as the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics unveiled its new online civil asset forfeiture database.
Read More JROTC and STEM – Turbo Charging Mississippi’s Public Schools
Are there expansion opportunities for JROTC in Mississippi? Yes indeed, and they need to be pursued. JROTC works. It works because it brings the right capabilities and a tough love commitment to critical tasks that are vital to the long-term future of education in Mississippi.
Read More Year of the Mississippi Craft Distillers
In recent years, the Legislature has helped the craft brewing industry, authorizing the sale of high gravity beers (those with higher alcohol content) and allowing sales of beer to those who visit breweries. This year, it was the turn of the craft distillers and the Legislature's ability to pass legislation to help small business owners seeking to make their living in distilling and brewing should be saluted.
Read More Bureaucrats All the Way Down
Bureaucrats default to the 1928 Mississippi River and Tributaries Project flood control plan even though it causes record floods. They ignore the bottlenecks, declare 900,000 acres flooded inside the levees a non-event, default to dredging and raising levees — and hope no Black Swan (a rare event with extreme consequences) happens on their watch.
Read More BPF Intervenor Filing on Integrated Resource Planning Rule 2018-AD-64
Bigger Pie Forum was approved Friday to participate in a docket with the Mississippi Public Service Commission that will decide how the commission reviews the future generation needs and capacity of the state's two investor-owned utilities, Mississippi Power and Entergy.
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Published back in 2012, "It Worked for Me" is as timely as ever for leaders in business, government, the military and especially aspiring politicians.
The author, Colin Powell, had an extraordinary run in leadership positions at the highest level of American government culminating as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of State.
The core of the book and what makes it relevant over time is the 13 rules that Powell collected or formulated over his distinguished military and diplomatic career — rules that can be applied no matter where in the chain of command you may find yourself.
BPF Book Review - It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership – Bigger Pie Forum
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Published back in 2012, It Worked for Me is as timely as ever for leaders in business, government, the military and especially aspiring politicians. The core of the book and what makes it relevant ove...