Override?

The legislature might call the toy bill up for an override veto today.

Big Business over children

First, it was destroying the nationally-recognized program to prevent children from smoking. Now the governor wants to let big companies sell harmful products to our children.

Governor Barbour vetoed House Bill 1240 yesterday because he felt it went against our great tort reform laws.

The bill would allow families with children injured or poisoned by toys to file claims under the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act instead of the products liability statues.

The lame Republican excuse of tort reform for most everything dealing with lawsuits is getting very old, very fast. If children are injured or poisoned by toys, especially when the manufacturer knowingly and willfully allowed these products to be on the market, then the families are due some compensation.

All Barbour cares about is big business - not the people (or children) of Mississippi.

Click here to read the article in The Sun Herald.