Today is Sunday and I will save any serious news to the last. I will catch you up on what I have been doing. Yesterday I took my pollen covered car to the best invention that ranks high on my list. I put it up there with a digital camera. Gone are the days of washing your own car and I certainly am happy about that. I can't reach the top without a ladder and the center of my windshield was always dirty because of the broad hood that I had to reach across.

I'm Next!

Our weather hasn't stabilized since Katrina. There has been so little rainfall that we remain in a perpetual drought. Our winter was unusually cold. Combine those two elements and there will be dead trees, lawns and plants. Knowing that, I decided to go buy lots of plants with the thought that if I planted all kinds that perhaps a few will survive.



After a visit to my daughter and my sister, who gave me many more plants, I came home and began cleaning out flower beds with a watchful eye that there weren't snakes just hanging around waiting for me to turn on the sprinkler. It was hot and humid but in my determination to get some of the many plants into the hard ground, I persisted. I turned on the sprinklers and watered a few areas for a couple of hours and then called it a day. Several hours later the sky fell out and it rained all night long. I read an article that said it won't do us any good as we are too far behind. I believe that the rain was beneficial so I will continue planting the flowers today. To give up hope would be more of a disaster than the disaster.


All news seems to come to an abrupt halt on weekends but there are some things that came to light during the week. One of them is the Chevron dilemma. Pascagoula receives revenue from Chevron and all businesses as well as residents within the boundaries of the school district. Since 1961 this agreed upon arrangement with Cheron has been in effect. Pascagoula would be the most affected by any hazards that Chevron could subject the people to who live in the area.

Currently, only the Pascagoula School District receives tax revenues from Chevron. Under legislation entered by State Sen. Tommy Robertson, R-Moss Point, revenues from future expansions at Chevron, including a proposed LNG plant, will be split among the county's four school districts.

My daughter and four of my grandchildren live in close proximity to Chevron and I lived with them for two years. Every morning when we went outside we had grit covering our cars. On many occasions we could smell the fumes from Chevron. An equitable split doesn't seem fair. The saddest thing is the State of Mississippi did this to Pascagoula. It is setting a precedence that one district can take from another district what is rightfully theirs. By the same token, why can't citizens with the casinos surrounding them demand revenue or if Ocean Springs has a big industry come in, Pascagoula should get revenue from that too. There seems to be a bigger picture here and we aren't getting the facts of the repercussions.

No news on the strike at Northop Grumman ... maybe next week.