Barbour Abandons Delta While Continuing to Fundraise There

The Delta Democrat Times has an editorial describing their attempt to allow Barbour to give his plans for the Delta. Hint: He doesn't have any. Here are some excerpts:

Twice in the last four days, he has been asked specifically, by the Delta Democrat Times, what his plans for the Mississippi Delta are.

In both cases, he responded by saying, “I am more concerned with Southwest Mississippi right now.”

It's one thing to have told that to a media gathering in Biloxi Friday, but Barbour also said that Monday at a Republican fundraiser at the Greenville Golf and Country Club.
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But a quote from Barbour's state of the state speech shows that he is aware he should be willing to work on more than one region of Mississippi at a time.

“Our incentives must be flexible enough to serve every area of the state. In a state as large and diverse as ours, one size does not fit all in economic development.”

However, he continues to leave out the Mississippi Delta.

Haley Barbour likes to talk about all that Mississippi has given America. Maybe, just maybe it is time that we worked to find an economic solution for one of our most culturally important parts of the state; the Delta.

The Delta Democrat Times Article