A Final 42 Thought

Exactly how many Mississippians is 200,000?

It's 6.8% of Mississippi's approximate population.

It's fewer people than voted for Johnny Dupree in 2011 in the general, and slightly more than voted for either he or Bill Luckett in the 2011 Democrat Primary or Runoff.

It's smaller than the population of Hinds County, and slightly more than the population of Harrison County.

It's roughly the number of Methodists in the state.  There are about a million Baptists, by the way.

So when they tell you it's a big number, it is.  It's just not as big a number as you think.  It's an old advertising trick, and a good one.  Plus I doubt many of them signed anything more deeply described than "More Money For Education!"

42...Strangely, Not the Answer to Everything

I'm perplexed that it's even come to this.

It's pretty obvious to anyone who's watched the 42 debate that the main purpose of the initiative is not to fund schools (with no budget cuts or tax increases, y'all!!!!) but to fund the Ronnie Musgrove Betterment Fund, and the Trial Lawyers.  At least to anyone who isn't a 42 supporter or a Clarion-Ledger writer-but I repeat myself.

Seriously, when Sid Salter is writing articles BEGGING people not to vote on 42, how much more of a red flag do you need?  I could go into all his reasons, but he puts it really well.  It is a straight up violation of the separation of powers, and creating an education czar (as if we don't have enough!) in the Hinds County courts.

Vote against 42.  Both 42s.