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Mississippi Dems: While Cutting City Departments, Republican Davis Got Himself A New, $28,000 Vehicle At Taxpayer Expense
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April 16, 2008
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The Mississippi Democratic Party issued the following news release:
At the same time Southaven Mayor Greg Davis was cutting back in city departments and wouldn't support city employee raises, he asked city aldermen to buy him a new vehicle.
Davis, the Republican running in the Tuesday, April 22, special election for the 1st District U.S. House seat, got the Southaven Board of Aldermen to buy him a new, $28,628 GMC Yukon he said was needed for city business in 2001.
"That's not the kind of political leadership North Mississippi residents need and deserve in Washington. Voters don't need someone who carelessly and recklessly spends taxpayer money," said Wayne Dowdy, chairman of the ...
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