One great idea to save the Delta
The old political joke used to be that late-in-life conservatives are just liberals who have been pick-pocketed. There’s definitely some truth to that old saw, but I don’t know what it means when a lifelong conservative finds himself agreeing with a liberal! That’s the situation I’m now in after reading Arkansas Democrat-Gazette editorial page editor Paul Greenberg’s recent column on federal funding in the Delta.
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Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale holds grand opening
Media and celebrities attend opening
BY ROBERT MCFARLAND, JR. Delta Business Journal
Clarksdale attorney, Bill Luckett, and actor Morgan Freeman have done it again. The duo have unveiled their latest business venture, a blues club in the heart of downtown Clarksdale called Ground Zero. This time, the duo brought in a third partner, Howard Stovall, Clarksdale native and executive director of the Blues Foundation in Memphis. Luckett and Freeman’s first outing was opening the high end restaurant, Madidi, also located in downtown Clarksdale
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Delta Development
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July 1, Issue
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Ben Lamensdorf
Serving the future through Delta Council leadership
 BY NANCY COTTEN HIRST DBJ Contributing Editor
Ben Lamensdorf, Cary farmer and businessman, has assumed the reins as President of the Delta Council with an eye toward the future. Not so much for himself as for his children, grandchildren, and the host of other Deltans who would like to see their families continue to thrive in this rural and small town tradition.
Joining the ranks of outstanding leaders who have preceded him, Lamensdorf says that he feels honored in this company. “If I just carry on the work of Kenneth Hood and the other previous presidents, it’ll keep me busy,” he says. “People don’t realize that the Delta Council is behind so many of the good things that happen in the Delta. They tend to work behind the scene. I think our Council helps the area, not just in agricultural concerns, but in education, economic development, and so many other things, more than any other Council in the country.
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Egalitarianism and envy fuel need for tort reform
Mississippi now seen as Mecca for tort suits
ANALYSIS BY JACK CRISSDBJ Executive Editor
The following is an updated version of an article which was originally published in 1995
Many eyes in the legal profession are now on Mississippi. What the state is being watched for, however, is not the type of issue the Chamber of Commerce can be proud of, unless attracting trial lawyers is our main goal.
As first mentioned in the June 2001 Delta Business Journal (“A legal black eye for Mississippi” by Scott Coopwood, “From The Publisher”), Mississippi is now becoming known as the nation’s haven for outlandish lawsuits with huge judgments, especially in poorer, rural counties. Whereas Alabama was once referred to by Time magazine as “Tort Hell”, Mississippi has now moved into the lead in terms of multiple-plaintiff lawsuits directed at companies and corporations seen as having deep (and guilt laden) pockets.
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