Pete Smith
Pete Smith
changed position tax
His position hasn't changed on his tax stance.
gaming key revenue tax topic
Gaming is a key part of Mississippi's tax revenue base. It is a topic that will be discussed.
general house obvious recipes recognizes serious tax
It's obvious the House recognizes the serious difficulties with this whole approach. It would have shortchanged the municipalities, and it would have shortchanged the state's general fund, which are recipes for tax increases.
general house recipes recognized serious state tax
The House recognized the serious difficulties of this whole approach. It would've shortchanged municipalities and shortchanged the state general fund, which are recipes for tax increases.
both comment decide hard moving target until
Everything is such a moving target right now, it will be hard for him to make a comment on everything ... until they both decide on what they want to do on these bills.
bill governor review
The governor will need to review the bill before he makes his decision.
against position raising
The governor's position still stands, that he's against raising anybody's taxes, period.
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The governor has said he is not satisfied with the temporary housing situation as far as getting the trailers out as fast as we possibly can. But there is no one to blame. The governor wants the trailers to be moved as close to the evacuees' property as possible so people can oversee the rebuilding. There is more involved than just getting a trailer to a site and leaving it there.
best governor pick timetable
The governor has not set a timetable on when he will make a decision. He's going to take the time to pick the best person for the job.
believes bill cuts governor numbers revenue sign state time veto whether
The governor believes this bill cuts revenue to the state at a time when it would be irresponsible to do so. Even so, he is having the numbers recalculated as a part of his consideration of whether to veto or sign the bill.
believes governor healthy kids million
The governor believes that this $20 million will be appropriate for his Healthy Kids initiative.
agreed governor lieutenant
The governor and lieutenant governor have agreed on a lot more than they have disagreed on.
alarming although cars increase left people running statistics store taken unattended warming
What was very alarming to us is when we get our end-of-the-year statistics in. Although we are down overall, we see an increase of cars that were taken after being left running unattended ... people warming up cars, people running into a store quickly.
customers drop easily saying
What customers are saying is 'We can't have this anymore'. We want the security, but it has to be transparent. It has got to drop in place, and it has got to be very easily implemented.