Friday, January 6, 2012

Lt. Governor announces chairmen

Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves announced announced his slate of committee chairmen this morning. Here are the major committees:

Appropriations: Bucke Clark
Finance: Joey Filingane
Highways & Transportation: Willie Simmons
Judiciary A: Briggs Hobson
Judiciary B: Hob Byran (yes, you read that right)
Legislative Reapportionment & Congressional Redistricting: Merle Flowers
Public Health & Welfare: Dean Kirby

Here is the press release sent out by his office:

(Jackson, MS) – Flanked by Senators in the Capitol rotunda today, Lt. Governor Tate Reeves announced his committee chairmen.

“I am very proud of the leadership team we have assembled. It’s bi-partisan, inclusive, and represents all areas of the state,” Reeves said. “I am ready to get to work, and I have full confidence that there will be a cooperative spirit among these leaders to serve the citizens of Mississippi well.”

The following is a list of the Lt. Governor’s Committee’s listed in alphabetical order including the Chairman and Vice Chairman:


Accountability Efficiency and Transparenc
y
Nancy Collins Chairman
J.P. Wilemon Vice Chairman

Agriculture
Billy Hudson Chairman
Russell Jolly Vice Chairman

Appropriations
Buck Clarke Chairman
Terry Burton Vice Chairman

Business and Financial Institutions
Gary Jackson Chairman
J.P. Wilemon Vice Chairman

Compilation, Revision and Publication
Derrick Simmons Chairman
Dean Kirby Vice Chairman

Congressional Redistricting
Merle Flowers Chairman
Chris McDaniel Vice Chairman

Constitution
Michael Watson Chairman
Will Longwitz Vice Chairman

Corrections
Sampson Jackson Chairman
Lydia Chassanoil Vice Chairman

County Affairs
Nickey Browning Chairman
Billy Hudson Vice Chairman

Drug Policy
David Jordan Chairman
Michael Watson Vice Chairman

Economic Development
John Horn Chairman
Steve Hale Vice Chairman

Education
Gray Tollison Chairman
Nancy Collins Vice Chairman

Elections
Chris McDaniel Chairman
David Blount Vice Chairman\

Energy
Merle Flowers Chairman
Giles Ward Vice Chairman

Enrolled Bills
Alice Harden Chairman
Kelvin Butler Vice Chairman


Environmental Protection Conservation and Water Resources
Tommy Gollott Chairman
Deborah Dawkins Vice Chairman

Ethics
Bennie Turner Chairman
Gary Jackson Vice Chairman

Executive Contingent Fund
Robert Jackson Chairman
Gray Tollison Vice Chairman

Finance
Joey Fillingane Chairman
Merle Flowers Vice Chairman

Forestry
Melanie Sojourner Chairman
Giles Ward Vice Chairman

Highways and Transportation
Willie Simmons Chairman
Perry Lee Vice Chairman

Housing
Hillman Frazier Chairman
Chris Massey Vice Chairman

Insurance
Videt Carmichael Chairman
Rita Parks Vice Chairman

Interstate and Federal Co-op
Kenny Wayne Jones Chairman
Sampson Jackson Vice Chairman


Investigate State Offices

Albert Butler Chairman
Videt Carmichael Vice Chairman


Judiciary A
Briggs Hopson Chairman
Bennie Turner Vice Chairman

Judiciary B
Hob Bryan Chairman
Chris McDaniel Vice Chairman

Labor
Kelvin Butler Chairman
Robert Jackson Vice Chairman

Legislative Reapportionment and Congressional Redistricting
Merle Flowers Chairman

Local and Private
Perry Lee Chairman
Tony Smith Vice Chairman


Municipalities

J.P. Wilemon Chairman
Bill Stone Vice Chairman

Ports and Marine Resources
Brice Wiggins Chairman

Public Health and Welfare

Dean Kirby Chairman
Hob Bryan Vice Chairman

Public Property
David Blount Chairman
Sally Doty Vice Chairman

State Library
Deborah Dawkins Chairman
Albert Butler Vice Chairman

Tourism
Lydia Chassanoil Chairman
Sean Tindal Vice Chairman

Universities and Colleges
Terry Burton Chairman
John Polk Vice Chairman


Veterans and Military Affairs

Haskins Montgomery Chairman
Philip Moran Vice Chairman

Wildlife Fisheries and Parks

Giles Ward Chairman
Angela Hill Vice Chairman

34 comments:

Anonymous said...

What is the "Investigate State Offices" committee? That one's new to me.

Kingfish said...

The committee on state security? No idea.

Anonymous said...

Reference to PEER, maybe?

Anonymous said...

Who is the new State Aid Engineer?

Anonymous said...

That committee is a ceremonial committee that only acts if there is an ethic problem so severe that it warrents an investigation by the legislature.

The notable assignment here is Tollison at Education. This could be a major roadblock for a meaningful charter schools bill. Hope Tate is ready to take the blame for the failure of charter schools legislation in MS.

Anonymous said...

John Horhn chairing Economic Development? Laughable.

Anonymous said...

I wish I could take my vote back.

Shadowfax said...

I don't think Bryant has the authority to establish Czar positions, e.g. a committee (on investigation) that might usurp the authority of PEER. This sounds sort of familiar.

Anonymous said...

I wish I could take my vote back.

Reeves might appear to be a good GOP party man but based on this spineless out-of-the-closet move he looks too much like a switch hitter. Scary. Which left-of-center bullshit will he pull next?

Anonymous said...

Looks like he screwed McDaniel and Watson for supporting Hewes.

Anonymous said...

4:12. Put your spineless ass in the ring.

Anonymous said...

I like Gollott & Dawkins in Environment. If you like good shellfish (the fisheries in general) our coastal waters need restrict oversight. Gollott is a driller but he is smart enough to listen to his oystermen & shrimpers too. Tea Party groups want to reinstate a defunct cold war entity called the "General Legislative Investigating Committee" See CL Oct 17, 2010 1B Horhn will be a fixer re: UMC expansion, education, & JSU stadium. He is one Dem not tarnished by the failed beef plant.

Anonymous said...

The appointments are fine. Hewes got beat. Tough shit.

Anonymous said...

Horhn is a pretender who would place Jackson under an extra-municipal yoke. Save your adulation for other fools.

Anonymous said...

I'm scratching my head over Simmons as chair of Highways & Transportation........

Anonymous said...

The Lt. Governor's Office must have been in a hurry when this list was finalized.....lots of typos on the names....hope they got the appointments right.

Anonymous said...

How can he not have McDaniel in either Jud A or Jud B?

Strange.

Anonymous said...

And eveyone thought the dems did not field a candidate

Anonymous said...

Tater is a good man, just you wait and see. Out with the old...

Anonymous said...

I would give Hewes better than even money on winning the election today!

Anonymous said...

He gave everyone a slot- dems, liberals, conservatives, log cabin republicans. I'm just glad David Archie is not in the senate. Watch this Pro-Tem he selected run circles around him and show him who is boss. I never knew I was voting for this. :(

bill said...

It's a lot easier to start in the center and move to the right than it is the other way around. Those who wanted Tate to play hardball with the Senate Democrats might be disappointed, but I'm waiting to see the kind of bills that these committees produce. If the legislation ends up being short of what we expected we'd see with Tate in charge then we can righteously take him out in 2015, but I think this is exactly the right move to get the changes made that are necessary for our state to prosper in the times we face. Give him a chance and I think Tate will be just fine. Bill Billingsley

Anonymous said...

Problem is Bill he didn't start in the center and move right. He started in the center and moved left. Few here @ JJ were advocating that Reeves play, as you put it, "hardball" which is an exaggeration on your part. But, bottom line, some of those assignments are sorely disappointing. You look up Horhn's CV, for instance, and tell us where in the world he became qualified to head up Economic Development. I don't think the guy has spent one day of his post collegiate life in the private sector. This doesn't look like comity. This looks like Reeves' age and lack of real world experience.

bill said...

Exaggeration? Hardly. I know plenty of people, me included, who would have been pleased if Tate hadn't appointed a single Democrat to chair anything, but there are just too many committees. I don't know about Horhn's qualifications, but I think he's capable of heading that committee. I think things will be fine. BB

Anonymous said...

I think the make up of the Senate will keep Horhn in line, but I am not expecting anything out of that committee that does ot include the Dem base.

Anonymous said...

The Tate haters (aka Bryant camp) can't stand that Tate is making his own choices and being a real leader. Thank heavens we didn't end up with Hewes as an extension of the circus that will be our Governors office for next four (hopefully only four) years.

Anonymous said...

I believe you can multiply whatever you thought the number of Tate haters by a huge number. Absolute power corrupts absolutely

Anonymous said...

I don't know about Horhn's qualifications, but I think he's capable of heading that committee.

Using Bill's criteria of 'not knowing' Horhn could also do neurosurgery.

Anonymous said...

Those of you disappointed in Tate's choices should prepare yourself for disappointment with Gunn.

Evidently you folks think that a 31-21 advantage is all you need to run over the minority. That's ignorant and proves you don't know the first thing about governing.

I didn't vote for Tate in the primary but I can tell you he made excellent appointments with the exception of the retribution against the Hewes boys. But that is politics and they knew what they were signing up for when they backed Billy. I have trouble feeling sorry for them.

If Gunn is smart, and he is, you will see similar style in the house with regard to chairmanships. Rs will retain the money committees, Jud A, Public Health, and Education.

Those of you wanting the scorched earth approach of McCoy must not have seen what a circus the House was the past four years. A simple majority + all majority chairs = a cluster. Thankfully, Gunn and Tate get this.

Anonymous said...

The only thing disappointing was your retread comment. Where did you get your material, David Hampton?

Anonymous said...

John Horhn's 3-year average BIPEC grade is a "D" and Reeves thinks he qualified to lead the EconDevelop committee. Right. Guess Billingsley is also anti-business.

Anonymous said...

No doubt January 9, 2012 4:57 PM that Tater's vetting of Horhn fell well short of exhaustive.

Anonymous said...

11:54,

It's simple math. Sorry you can't grasp that. My material was from me... Watching the chambers work - and not work. I'm all ears to your preferred method of appointment and running the chamber from that point.

Show me how a simple majority can effectively run a chamber.

Or just call me Hampton. Whatever.

Anonymous said...

4:57...michel was Econ dev. Chairman last 4 years. How many bills did he bring out?



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