Political contributions are the hot potatoes of 1999 for a number of Mississippi candidates and businesses.
Nobody wants to say much about it, even though a new law now requires reports.
The Secretary of State s office passed a new campaign finance law, over the governor s veto, earlier this year because we believe the public has the right to know who is financing the increasingly costly campaigns for statewide office, said David Blount, spokesman for the Secretary of State s office. I m happy the new law was on the books before this year s campaigns started up. More and more people around the state are aware that these reports are being filed and that has generated more interest at the local and state levels. But when supporters were chosen at random to call about political contributions, many were unavailable. But the company cannot be reached by phone.