Article for Gulf South Free Press:

The city in Mississippi, south Mississippi, has a new mayor and one of his first big deals is to eliminate unneeded cost from the city budget.  A lofty endeavor, indeed.

The word going around the city is that the new mayor will cut $3+ million from the city budget by eliminating 22 positions.  Sounds good right?  It will be a considerable savings for the city.

Okay here is something to think about…..the city of Gulfport according to the 2006 census has a population of 64, 316 people.  right, it is not a large city, but a growing one.

Now my question is what 22 positions will be eliminated and how in the hell did these people earn an average of $136,000 each?  What is the mayor’s salary?  If there are that many people earn that kind of money, then no wonder the city is always in financial chaos.

Now I ask how long has this been going on….how long have the citizens been paying outrageous salaries for little or no work completed?

Maybe the promisesd of the mayor during his campaign about working for the people of the city may be true…personally I think not…but give him the benefit of the doubt….at least he is not accused of defrauding the government….that is something.