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GCN ARCHIVE
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 "Slippery
Business" - HCDC Special Reports
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Slippery Business Part I - What's Going On
With the Harrison County Development Commission - A GulfCoastNews.com
Special Report -Filed 11/10/03
Slippery Business
- Part II
Editorial Calls for "Bickering" to Stop in Harrison County Development
Commission Controversy 11/24/03
Slippery Business III-Development
Commission Submits Inaccurate Documents, Isolates Commissioner-GulfCoastNews.com
1/26/03
Slippery Business IV - Judge Rules HCDC Violated Open
Records Laws - GulfCoastnews.com 2/11/04
Related Clarion Ledger Story related:
Clarion Ledger Editorial Commends Harrison County
Judge James Persons on HCDC Public Records Ruling-
Slippery
Business V - HCDC Steps in it - Again -
GCN Special Report 6/15/04
Slippery
Business VI - An Agency in Crisis -Taxpayers Losing Out on Sales
of HCDC Property - A GCN
Special Report 8/9/04
Slippery
Business VII - HCDC's Commerce Park, Economic Development
for a Few - GulfCoastnews.com 9/28/04
Guest
Opinion -
Out of the
Darkness - A Call
for Accountability at the HCDC - by Reilly Morse
Guest Opinion -
Letter to Harrison County
Supervisors Regarding the HCDC
- by Royce Hignight
Related GCN Guest
Opinion - Mississippi's
Open Wound -
Archaic
Government Must End for Coast and State to be Successful in Economic
Development- Analysis and Opinion
- by Royce Hignight Retired FBI
Guest Opinion -
Supervisors Need Public
Support for Good Government
- by Royce Hignight
GCN Editorial -Why the HCDC is Important - a GCN
Editorial - 8/14/04
News -
20-Year Veteran of the Harrison County Development Commission
Resigns - Sun Herald 8/16/05
News -
HCDC Continues Appeal
of Lawsuit Regardless of Supervisor's Concerns, Irks Citizen -
GCN
News -
Harrison County Supervisors Order Study to Determine Value of
HCDC - WLOX.com
News -
New HCDC Director Close to
Being Hired - GulfCoastNews
8/3/05 Supervisors
ask HCDC to Drop Appeal - Sun Herald - 8/7/05
News -
HCDC to Contribute $500,000 to Hancock County's Stennis
Shared Services Center - Sun Herald - 6/29/05
News -
HCDC
Cannot Find a Director - WLOX.com -
6/15/05
News -
HCDC's Top Choice for Director
Withdraws Application - Sun Herald
- 6/3/05
News -
HCDC Selects New Director, Harrison County Supervisors Must
Approve - Sun Herald - 6/1/05
News -
HCDC Legal Fees Dropping, From $8,000 a Month to $3,500 a Month
- The Sun Herald -
5/11/05
News -
A Changing HCDC Says Industrial Park Business Owes Rent - The
Sun Herald - 2/23/05
News -
Newspaper Says HCDC and Supervisors Back on Track - The Sun
Herald - 1/16/05
News -
Changes at HCDC Bodes Well for Troubled Agency - The Sun
Herald
Related
News -
HCDC Tries to Make Up With Supervisors - The Sun Herald
12/22/04
News -
HCDC Begins to Make Changes, Temporary Director to Stay Till
February-The Sun Herald
News -
HCDC May Discuss Ethics Ruling - The Sun Herald
News -
HCDC President Says Agency is in Limbo, Conflicts Keep
Agency in Crisis - The Sun Herald
News -
More Questionable Business Practices from the HCDC, Rent Free
Leases - Supervisors Receive Proposal for Auditing the HCDC -
The Sun Herald
News -
HCDC's Newest Member Outlines Changes for the Trouble Agency -
The Sun Herald
Related: Full Text of Changes
News -
Ethics Commission Issues Decision on HCDC Land Sales Issue-The
Sun Herald
News:
Louisiana's Economic Development Secretary Michael Olivier,
Formerly of Harrison County, Criticized for Cuba Trip - The
Times Picayune 12/6/04
News:
HCDC Critic Appointed to
the Commission - GulfCoastNews.com
Related 11/22/04
News -
Land Appraisals Ordered by County Supervisors Net Gain for HCDC
- The Sun Herald 10/12/04
Related
News -
Interim Director Named for HCDC, Another Employee Leaves - The
Sun Herald
News -
Supervisors Block HCDC from Selling Land Without an Appraisal -
The Sun Herald 9/28/04
News -
Harrison County Supervisor Cut
HCDC Budget to Bare Bones - GulfCoastNews.com 9/23/04
News -
HCDC's Finances to be Scrutinized, Supervisors Reject Three HCDC
Actions - The Sun Herald 9/13/04
News -
Additional Audits of the HCDC and Headhunter Contract Approved
by Supervisors-Sun Herald 9/8/04
News -
Pass Christian Man Turns Up Heat on HCDC - The Sun Herald
News -
Harrison County Gets Approval to
Conduct Special Audits of the HCDC - GulfCoastNews.com
9/2/04
News -
Another Key HCDC Official Resigns from Troubled Agency - The Sun
Herald 9/2/04
News -
Supervisors Question HCDC Contract for Headhunter - The Sun
Herald 8/24/04
News -
Progress Only Viable Option for HCDC - The Sun Herald/Opinion
8/22/04
News -
HCDC Chooses Tupelo Firm to Find New Director - The Sun Herald
- 8/19/04
News -
Industrial Park Blocked by Woman's Effort - The Sun Herald (HCDC related)
News -
State Auditors Finish Probe of HCDC - The Sun
Herald 8/13/04
News -
State Buys Salesman's Line - The Times Picayune - HCDC Related
(May Require Free Registration)
News -
Former HCDC Director Olivier Spared No Expense as Recruiter -
The Times Picayune - 8/8/04
News -
Hattiesburg's Economic Developer Resigns After Only 100
Days-Hattiesburg American - HCDC/Olivier
Related (Ed.) 8/8/04
News -
HCDC Resists County Demand to Turn Over Fund Surplus - The Sun
Herald 8/5/04
News -
HCDC Attorney says Agency will Fight County - The Sun Herald
8/3/04
News -
Board of Supervisors
Vote to Take Over HCDC Finances - GulfCoastNews.com
8/2/04
News -
HCDC In Hot Water Again with County Supervisors Over Road - The
Sun Herald 7/27/04
News -
Interim HCDC Director Resigns Post As Expected - The Sun Herald
7/21/04
News -
HCDC: No Record Of Keith
Burton Contract; No Record Of Work By Burton - GulfCoastNews.com
7/17/04
News -
Harrison County Supervisors
Go on Offensive with Development Commission -GulfCoastNews.com
Related
News -
Former HCDC Director Olivier Sets Economic Initiatives in
Louisiana - The Advocate.com
News -
HCDC Marketing Chief Resigns for New Job - The Sun Herald
7/15/04
News -
Resignations Follow Olivier Appointment in Louisiana - The Sun
Herald 7/15/04
News -
Harrison County Supervisors
Go on Offensive with Development Commission -GulfCoastNews.com
Related
News -
News Coverage of Former
HCDC Director Heats Up in Louisiana - GulfCoastNews.com
7/7/04
News -
Tearful Olivier Says Goodbye to Supporters on the Coast - The
Sun Herald 7/7/04
News -
GCN Owner Issues Formal
Demand for Apology from HCDC and Former Director - GCN
News -
Newsman Challenges Allegations - theAdvocate.com 6/29/04
Related
Story
News -
Blanco Avoids Senate Review of Olivier - Advocate.com
6/25/04
News -
Questions Raised Over Economic Director's Appointment in
Louisiana - The Sun Herald 6/27/04
News -
HCDC's Olivier Leaving
Quickly - GulfCoastnews.com 6/24/04
News -
Olivier's New Job Just in Time, Current Job at HCDC Was at Risk
- The Sun Herald 6/24/04
News -
Louisiana Governor Says Olivier's Troubles Not a Problem in
Selection - Times Picayune 6/24/04
News -
HCDC Director Michael Olivier to Take New Job in Louisiana - The Times Picayune
6/23/04
News -
Questions
Arise in HCDC Director's Contract with Harrison County- GCN
6/23/04
News -
HCDC Considers Consultants to Help it Become a Public/Private
Agency - The Sun Herald 6/23/04
News -
Radio Station Owner Says Supreme Court Judge Had Conflict in
HCDC Lawsuit Decision- The Sun Herald
News -
Sun Herald Editors Challenged on HCDC Saucier Development
Opinion-Sun Herald - 6/22/04
News -
HCDC Director in Running for Job in Louisiana - The Sun Herald
6/17/04
News -
Supreme Court Reverses Judgment in Lawsuit, Favors HCDC - The
Sun Herald 6/11/04
News -
HCDC Wants to Improve Public Communications - The Sun Herald
6/10/04
News -
HCDC Seeks Guidance for a New
Direction - GulfCoastNews.com related-Sun
Herald story
News -
HCDC Loses Appeal on
Violating Open Records Laws - GulfCoastNews.com
4/12/04
News -
Supervisors May Hold Workshop on HCDC's Problems - The Sun
Herald 4/13/04
News -
Collateral Damage in HCDC
Investigation - Auditors Issue Demand Letters -GCN
Updated 4/9/04
News -
HCDC Seeks AG Opinion on Incentive Pay for Director - The Sun
Herald 4/8/04
News -
More Trouble for the HCDC-State Auditors Issuing Repayment
Letters to Former Development Commission Directors - The Sun
Herald 4/4/04
News -
HCDC to Change Focus on Its Activities - The Sun Herald
3/24/04
News -
HCDC Director Michael Olivier Inline for Job Interview for State
Economic Job in Louisiana - The Times Picayune 3/20/04
Related - Sun Herald Editorial on HCDC - Feb. 22, 2004
Related -
Review Recommends Public/Private Funding for HCDC - The Sun
Herald - 2/18/04
Related - Links
to the Sun Herald's The Development Game Series on Economic
Development and the Harrison County Development Commisson and
Commentaries by Royce Hignight 2/8/04
GCN
Message Board Open Letter on HCDC - Publius
11/26/03 updated with Response 11/29/03
Related -
GCN Guest Opinion
-
Sacred Trust -It's a Free
Press that Keeps America Free -
Is it any
wonder that more and more of the general public get their news
from “alternative” sources? - By Perry Hicks
11/29/03
News -
Commissioner Resigns From Harrison
County Development Commission Cites Improper Procedures and Lack of
Reform - GulfCoastNews.com 10/29/03
News -
Development Commission Responds
to Allegations - GulfCoastNews.com 10/29/03
Related -
Secret Vote by Development Commission Improper - The Sun Herald
10/31/03
Related -
Another
Agency Tries to Vote by Improper Secret Ballot, Caught - The
Clarion Ledger 12/18/03
News -
Gutierrez Says
Development Commission President Owes Her Apology - GulfCoastNews.com
11/4/03
Related - WLOX Story
on Development Commissioner Misses Important Facts and Misleads
the
Public - GCN - Filed 11/18/03
News - Development
Commission Votes Openly -
However Reverses Direction on Legal
Representation - GCN - Filed
11/26/03
Related
Development Commission At Odds with Developer - The Sun Herald 12/1/03
News - Harrison
County Supervisor Connie Rockco Denied Board President Position over Her
Stand Against Development Commission - The Sun Herald - Filed 1/06/04
News -
Supervisor
Connie Rockco Says She Will Not Be a Victim After Being Rejected for Board
Presidency 1/07/04
Guest Opinion Article 1:Harrison County's Development Commission Needs Reform - By C.
Paige Gutierrez, Ph.D.-HCDC Commissioner
Guest Opinion
Article 2: State Law Requires
Reform of Harrison County Development Commission Policies - By
C. Paige Gutierrez and Richard Bennett |