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Article: Is negative publicity affecting Jackson County business?
- Article from:
- The Mississippi Business Journal
- Article date:
- March 23, 1998
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CopyrightCopyright Mississippi Business Journal Mar 23, 1998. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Tucked into he southeastern corner of Mississippi, Jackson County is a portrait of pork barrel, a Gulf Coast domain cut from the marshes and transformed into an industrial giant by the largess of powerful politicians.
Over the years, Jackson County's friends in Congress channeled billions of dollars in military contracts to the massive Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula while local leaders shuck their own curious deals. Like mineral deposits collecting in a waterspout, a network of interests was building up by the steady flow of government money.
Though it is Mississippi's most industrialized setting, Jackson County as the reputation of being run by a "good ole boys" club, reflecting an who's ...