Delta Development

February, 1999 Issue

John F. Kennedy Jr.'s New York based political magazine, George, has recently released it's top 50 listing of the most powerful people in the United States. Yazoo City's own Haley Barbour is included in this list. Barbour's firm, Barbour Griffith & Rogers was also recently chosen by Fortune magazine as the second most influential lobbying firm in Washington, D.C.

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Cellular South
Delta is company’s second largest market in the state
BY ROBERT MCFARLAND, JR.

Last month as Jackson and portions of Mississippi became acquainted with Cellular South through its launch of Digital Mississippi statewide cellular coverage, the company’s promotion was for the Delta and much of the rest of the state yet another in a long line of wireless firsts.

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Meam dispute reflects more issues than money
BY NANCY COTTEN HIRST

Contributing Editor, Delta Business Journal

On the surface, the dispute between the Municipal Energy Agency of Mississippi (MEAM) and the Clarksdale/Yazoo City alliance appears to be about money and contracts. Yazoo City and Clarksdale say they are pulling out of the eight-city energy-supply association because they can provide power to their cities less expensively on their own.

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