May 9, 2016: Daily Journal: SID SALTER: I see the Mississippi the national media never sees
Dec 2, 2015: Clarion Ledger: Sid Salter: Cochran wins catfish battle
Oct 14, 2015: Sid Salter: DeSoto Times: Competition, economy, tax rate puts gaming tax revenues on the skids
Aug 12, 2015: Madison County Journal: PERRY: 'Silent Knight' for Dems
This stunned establishment Democrats and liberal insiders. The "Rethink Mississippi" Twitter handle from the William Winter Institute accused "electoral gender bias." State Democratic Party chairman Rickey Cole suggested "low information voters." There was talk of some grand Republican conspiracy to manipulate the election. I agree with Sid Salter, "A more plausible explanation is the simpler one - the name 'Gray' comes ahead of the names 'Short' and 'Slater' when arranged alphabetically. The first name on the ballot got the most votes."
This stunned establishment Democrats and liberal insiders. The "Rethink Mississippi" Twitter handle from the William Winter Institute accused "electoral gender bias." State Democratic Party chairman Rickey Cole suggested "low information voters." There was talk of some grand Republican conspiracy to manipulate the election. I agree with Sid Salter, "A more plausible explanation is the simpler one - the name 'Gray' comes ahead of the names 'Short' and 'Slater' when arranged alphabetically. The first name on the ballot got the most votes."
July 28, 2015: Clarion Ledger: Neshoba Fair political stumping begins this week
Political columnist Sid Salter, a longtime fairgoer and commentator, recently reported that “the political signs and placards are already nailed or stapled to virtually every flat surface” at the fairgrounds.
Political columnist Sid Salter, a longtime fairgoer and commentator, recently reported that “the political signs and placards are already nailed or stapled to virtually every flat surface” at the fairgrounds.
June 12, 2015: MSGOP: There They Go Again! (Vol.1)
Columnist Sid Salter wrote that all of the failures Moak assigns to Republicans are things Moak and Democrats did nothing about in their decades of power in the legislature, before Republicans took control in 2012. Furthermore, Salter wrote, it was Republicans who this year appropriated more funds for public education than ever before in state history, to the tune of $2.5 billion.
Columnist Sid Salter wrote that all of the failures Moak assigns to Republicans are things Moak and Democrats did nothing about in their decades of power in the legislature, before Republicans took control in 2012. Furthermore, Salter wrote, it was Republicans who this year appropriated more funds for public education than ever before in state history, to the tune of $2.5 billion.
May 10, 2015: Weidie Report: BILL MINOR’S CHEAP SHOT AT MIKE RETZER GETS RETURN FIRE
Through the years Minor has also taken several very cheap shots at very respected, syndicated columnist Sid Salter.
Through the years Minor has also taken several very cheap shots at very respected, syndicated columnist Sid Salter.
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Apr 22, 2015: Sid Salter: Clarion Ledger: Term limits push in Mississippi begins again
Mar 2, 2015: Sis Salter: Daily Journal: Shock over state tax cut agenda defies logic
Jan 27, 2015: Clarion Ledger: Geoff Pender listed among nation's top political reporters
Pender is joined by Sid Salter and Emily Wagster-Pettus as the top political reporters in the state. Jan 17, 2015: Sid Salter: Clarion Ledger: Salter: Rapunzel was going to spin kudzu into black gold
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Jan 7, 2014: Sid Salter: DeSoto Times: House protest votes against Boehner more about optics than public policy
Dec 5, 2014: BuzzFeed: The Prison Reform Blues
“Some of the best farmland in America, some of the most successful plantations were in that area,” said Sid Salter, a longtime newspaper columnist in Mississippi. “You had this terrible pocket of poverty in Tchula that was surrounded by this genteel Delta society. So for a poor kid growing up in Tchula there would’ve been a whole lot of sense of being on the outside looking into the dime store.”
“Some of the best farmland in America, some of the most successful plantations were in that area,” said Sid Salter, a longtime newspaper columnist in Mississippi. “You had this terrible pocket of poverty in Tchula that was surrounded by this genteel Delta society. So for a poor kid growing up in Tchula there would’ve been a whole lot of sense of being on the outside looking into the dime store.”
Jan 7, 2013: Sid Salter: DeSoto Times: Clarksdale mayoral race offers unique choices