Bill Marcy vs. Bennie Thompson

October 26, 2010: A week from today the most important election of our lifetimes will take place. Voters will decide senate and house races that generally pit conservatives vs. liberals and far-left ideologues. Locally, the race of most interest is that of Representative Bennie Thompson (D) vs. Bill Marcy (R). Their websites are located here http://www.benniegthompson.com/db/ or http://www.facebook.com/pages/Congressman-Bennie-G-Thompson/99445089418, and here http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=131091683595164&notes_tab=app_2347471856 (Facebook).

Would you like to sound off on the candidates?

Mississippi Tea Party

Several Vicksburgers have organized a Tea Party group. Join here, at the main Mississippi Tea Party site:

http://msteaparty.ning.com

Vicksburg Tea Party July 4

Read one story about upcoming plans for a July 4 "Tea Party" here:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=97144

We in Vicksburg should have one on July 4 as well. Get involved!

Vicksburg Tea Party - April 15

Vicksburg will have its own "Tea Party" on April 15 to protest the way the government is spending our tax dollars. The event will take place on the courthouse steps 5 PM. Greenwood, Jackson, Tupelo, etc., are also planning their own:

http://taxdayteaparty.com/teaparty/mississippi/

Entergy - Vicksburg's source for electricity

From Entergy's website:

"Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, and it is the second-largest nuclear generator in the United States. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.7 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of more than $13 billion and approximately 14,300 employees."

Entergy owns and operates two large power plants near Vicksburg, the Baxter Wilson plant in Warren County, and the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Claiborne County, each with a capacity of approximately 1,300 megawatts.

Though Entergy has reliably supplied electricity to Vicksburg and Warren County for years, Mississippi State Attorney General Jim Hood has filed suit against the company, claiming that Entergy has been overcharging Mississippi customers. A similar suit in Louisiana forced Entergy to return some seventy million dollars to customers in that state.