Frontage road probe: Pittman uniquely qualified to consider ethics issues involving road project

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Frontage road probe: Pittman uniquely qualified to consider ethics issues involving road project from Reeves’ neighborhood


Edwin Lloyd Pittman is among a handful of Mississippians to have served in elected office in all three branches of state government – judicial, legislative and executive.

He also is one of two retired justices on the Mississippi Supreme asked by Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood to review the report his office conducted on the $2 million frontage road that was planned to provide easier access to busy state Highway 25 in Rankin County from Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves’ gated neighborhood.

Hood released the report Wednesday.

The issue came to the forefront last summer when media reports surfaced, first in the Jackson Clarion-Ledger, of accusations that Reeves and/or staff members were applying pressure for the road to be constructed even though internal documents from the Mississippi Department of Transportation indicate that the project was not needed for safety concerns.

When asked if the issues surrounding the frontage road, based on the Hood report, led him to believe Reeves violated Section 109 (the ethics clause) of the state Constitution, Pittman said it was a close call.

Read more: https://mississippitoday.org/2019/09/15/frontage-road-probe-pittman-uniquely-qualified-to-consider-ethics-issues-involving-road-project-from-reeves-neighborhood/

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