Recall petition for Gov Barbour is being circulated ...

[merh]

signed one the other night at F911. Saw a woman on our local weekly talk show talking about the efforts.

[lovedems]

1. What are the reasons for a recall?

Is it picking up momentum? Is Mississippi in play for Kerry this year?

An Illinois democrat curious about what is happening in Mississippi!

[merh]

2. According to the woman, she has been inundated for Petitions where

ever she goes. Mississippi AFL-CIO union just approved a 14 point resolution that demands the immediate recall of Governor Haley Barbour.

http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=1978039
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/local/9061651.htm

Our gov had killed medicare, forcing those who were on it rely on medicaid. Many don't qualify for medicaid, so they are out of luck. Add to that the cuts to the education budgets thanks to the Gov and his repugs in the state senate and house and folks are pissed (and he has only been in office 6 months). (Can't afford to comply with leave no child behind garbage.)

MS is pro* - he took our state and it is predicated he will have no problem in 2004. I hope * comes to try to save him. The support may backfire come Nov.

Kerry needs to come to MS and campaign hard about funding public education and health care. These are hot topics in the state thanks to Barbour, former head of the RNC.

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040627/OPINION/406270340/1200

[AndyTiedye]

3. How did he do that?

> Our gov had killed medicare,

How did he do that? Medicare is Federal program.

[merh]

4. I'm sorry for the confusion - he killed the state medicaid

and said the poor 65,000 on it had to just go qualify for medicare, which a majority of them cannot do.

I twisted the names of the program, sorry.