Welcome! This is the homepage of the Harrison County  Democratic Executive Committee (HCDEC) of Mississippi.  Our next meeting will be 9:00 AM on Saturday, July 11^th,  2009 at 2514 19^th Avenue in Gulfport.
Map: http://tinyurl.com/5hlqpo

The 4^th CD Democratic Caucus will meet Thursday, July  16^th, 6 pm (to eat) or 7 (to meet) at Western Sizzlin in Wiggins, just south of Wal-Mart on Hwy 49. Map: http://tinyurl.com/kt9b76
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Fresh fried catfish and Democratic politics will  be served at the forth annual "Fry in the Park".  Presented by the Harrison County Federation of  Democratic Women and the Harrison County Democratic Committee

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Mississippi corporate welfare costs millions and with no taxpayer safeguards the true cost of this welfare remains hidden while the benefits are exaggerated.

Harrison County assembled a subsidy package put at $2.3 million for a Wal-Mart Supercenter in D'Iberville that opened in 1999. $363.5 million subsidy package for the Canton Nissan plant, $330 million for Toyota in Blue Springs. $71 million for the failed Mississippi Beef Processors plant in Oakland, MS.

Oreck Manufacturing left south Mississippi as the plant’s 10-year property tax exemption ran out. State and local subsides totaled more than $20.3 million for the Oreck plant. Even Mississippi jails are being operated by private companies under tax-exempt status.

For all this free money to corporations over the last 20 years MS is still 49th in economic development despite spending far more per capita on economic subsidies than other states. We're not getting the results we should for tax dollars spent. Below is the full report prepared for the American Federation of Teachers on this tragic waste of resources.

AFT report on Economic Development Subsidies in Mississippi
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This website is owned and operated by the Harrison County Democratic Executive Committee. The HCDEC includes the cities of Biloxi, D'Iberville, Gulfport, Long Beach and Pass Christian. Send email to info@hcdec.net  webmaster: Renick Taylor Last modified: June 20, 2009