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here in Memphis on Channel 3 just a moment ago. Search - WREG
Mississippi to Close State Park - WREG
Sounds like they are feeling the heat a bit....
We need to turn up the fire ! They interviewed Rep Warren McBride out of Courtland Ms he is trying to come up with a way to keep it open. Just an FYI !
Trish
I will make some more contacts tommorrow.
That is what we need more of , people getting involved in this project to stop it from happening. The more heat that is put out there the less chance of it closing.
Here are the 4 Commisioners for MDWFP.....we need to contact them....
John C. Stanley-Chairman. Corinth
Bryan Jones-Vice Chairman, Jackson
Jerry Munro, Ocean Springs
Charles Rigdon, Columbus
If anyone has email links to these please post them.Quote:
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Bill Deviney and Deviney Construction is another commissioner.
From the news3 story, State Representatives Warner Mc Bride and Tommy Reynolds. Also, the executive director of State Parks, Dr. Sam Polles. Better add these guys to list to "squeak" at.
Just got off the phone with Ramey Ford, Director of State Parks. He enlightened my knowledge of state parks. Cossar is the leading loser of all state parks. The biggest problem is that the park land is owned by th COE. The state leases the land and must maintain everything. They are working on other avenues to maybe keep the park open. He also said that the senate just cut his 2012 budget 23%. They are trying.
They need to learn how to figure losses and not count in the campground sites that are only used for the OVERFLOW. The cabins were rented 2600 times last year @ $75.00 a day = 195,000.00 no to even count in the campsites @ 20.00. Some one needs to refigure the LOSS?
I am afraid that Mr. Ford is not presenting a true picture here. True the State does lease the park from the COE....but everytime that I have been there all the cabins are rented and the campground is full. I have also heard this from other folks that camp there on a regular basis. It is one of the States most popular parks.
I would really like to see where he or they came up with the LOSS figgers!
Contact your elected officials via the link below
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or 1-800-FED-INFO
It seems our government can fund to the sum of $800,000.00 to teach African men how to clean their genitals but can't find the money to fund a state park.???????
"Feds Spent $800,000 of Economic Stimulus on African Genital-Washing Program
CNS News ^ | September 13, 2010
Posted on Monday, September 13, 2010
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), spent $823,200 of economic stimulus funds in 2009 on a study by a UCLA research team to teach uncircumcised African men how to wash their genitals after having sex. The genitalia-washing program is part of a larger $12-million UCLA study examining how to better encourage Africans to undergo voluntary HIV testing and counseling – however, only the penis-washing study received money from the 2009 economic stimulus law. The washing portion of the study is set to end in 2011...
Because AIDS researchers have been unsuccessful in convincing most adult African men to undergo circumcision, the UCLA study proposes to determine whether researchers can develop an after-sex genitalia-washing regimen that they can then convince uncircumcised African men to follow...
The study’s lead investigator Dr. Thomas J. Coates was the fourth highest-funded researcher in the country in 2002 and is currently conducting HIV research on three continents. CNSNews.com asked both Coates and NIMH the following question: “The Census Bureau says the median household income in the United States is $52,000. How would you explain to the average American mom and dad -- who make $52,000 per year -- that taxing them to pay for this grant was justified?” "
Or they can do this...
111 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING 55 JOBS 2 MILLION DOLLARS+ PER JOB ---------------------------
BUT WAIT THERE IS AN EXPLANATION....
Two Los Angeles departments have received $111 million in federal stimulus funds yet have created only 54 jobs so far, according to a pair of reports issued Thursday by City Controller Wendy Greuel.
The reports conclude that the agencies, Public Works and Transportation, moved too slowly in spending the federal money, in part because of the time it takes to secure approval of government contracts. The two agencies plan to create or retain a combined 264 jobs once all the money is spent, according to the reports.
SO EVENTUALLY 111 MILLION DOLLAR WILL CREATE 264 JOBS -------OK ----WELL THAT'S GREAT !!! ------THAT'S BETTER-----------THAT'S ONLY $420, OOO.OO PER JOB--------FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO CREATE ONE JOB
And they always seem to be able to vote themselves a pay raise!!!! But they can't find the funds to keep a revenue generating state park open...????? And the golf course they built here in Grenada is a joke!!!!!!.......it had something like a $3-400,000.00 loss just a few years after opening....
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African Genital-Washing Program
DD, is this that school you were talking about going to?
I forgot one thing he said- All state parks are losing money. Cossar is losing more than the others. Cossar has lost over 1 million in the last three years. He did say that if they had the week-end business during the week, they would be tickled pink. The fall and winter months is where they get hammered. He also said that the corp built a park across the lake and were charging cheaper prices which has hurt.
YOU NEED TO COPY AND POST THAT AND SEND THAT TO THE REAL MEN IN CHARGE !!!! I SWEAR !! :p
That's the problem we don't have any REAL MEN in charge.Quote:
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You got it right there...creekslick!!!!!
I have already sent e-mails to my representatives, congressmen, senators, and some others...they know what I think about the "whole situation"...so I hope some of you guys might can help with bail if I need it...?? :D :rolleyes:
Hey that stuff is public info, all you have to do is search a little...If you feel the need to "put it on" some of the "in charge" ....knock yourself out!! ;)