Aug 1, 2015: Clarion Ledger: Campaign money and how it’s spent? ‘Nunya’
Longtime politico Wayne Weidie opined, “State campaign finance reports are a farce.”
Longtime politico Wayne Weidie opined, “State campaign finance reports are a farce.”
May 27, 2015: Madison County Journal: PERRY/On Minor Errors
Another former journalist, Wayne Weidie, who himself covered Mississippi politics in a weekly column for nearly 20 years, took Minor to task in a recent piece in his online Weidie Report. Weidie said Minor was "a bitter person" with "fake objectivity" who even as a journalist participated in "bogus press conference that was no more than a paid campaign program" for then candidate William Winter.
Another former journalist, Wayne Weidie, who himself covered Mississippi politics in a weekly column for nearly 20 years, took Minor to task in a recent piece in his online Weidie Report. Weidie said Minor was "a bitter person" with "fake objectivity" who even as a journalist participated in "bogus press conference that was no more than a paid campaign program" for then candidate William Winter.
May 10, 2015: Wayne Weidie: Weidie Report: BILL MINOR’S CHEAP SHOT AT MIKE RETZER GETS RETURN FIRE
Mar 29, 2015: Wayne Weidie: Weidie Report: MESSY DIVORCE AT OLE MISS; AND THEN IT GOT WORSE
Mar 20, 2015: Wayne Weidie: Weidie Report: Transparency Test for House Speaker Philip Gunn
July 26, 2014: Wayne Weidie: Hotty Toddy: Would Cochran Have Retired If He Had Seen into the Future?
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Born in 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Weidie received his B.A. degree at Mississippi State University in 1962 and attended Louisiana State University from 1962-1963. From 1963-1970 he managed the Weidie Oil Company. For twenty years, 1970-1990, he was publisher and editor of the Ocean Springs Record and the Gautier Independent. He also was a syndicated columnist from 1988-1990. He served as a political analyst for a television station in Biloxi, Mississippi, for several years. In 1990, Weidie became Chief of Staff for U. S. Representative Gene Taylor, a Mississippi Democrat who represented District 5 until Mississippi lost a House seat. Taylor's district is now 4. Weidie remained as the top assistant on Taylor's staff until 2003 when he left to assume a position representing a Louisiana legal firm in Washington, D. C. In 2004 he joined the Washington office of the law firm of Adams & Reese LLP as a senior governmental affairs advisor. After five and one-half years in the firm’s D.C. office, he returned to Mississippi in the Jackson office of Adams & Reese until his recent retirement. During six of those years he was the practice team leader firmwide for the governmental relations team.
Born in 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Weidie received his B.A. degree at Mississippi State University in 1962 and attended Louisiana State University from 1962-1963. From 1963-1970 he managed the Weidie Oil Company. For twenty years, 1970-1990, he was publisher and editor of the Ocean Springs Record and the Gautier Independent. He also was a syndicated columnist from 1988-1990. He served as a political analyst for a television station in Biloxi, Mississippi, for several years. In 1990, Weidie became Chief of Staff for U. S. Representative Gene Taylor, a Mississippi Democrat who represented District 5 until Mississippi lost a House seat. Taylor's district is now 4. Weidie remained as the top assistant on Taylor's staff until 2003 when he left to assume a position representing a Louisiana legal firm in Washington, D. C. In 2004 he joined the Washington office of the law firm of Adams & Reese LLP as a senior governmental affairs advisor. After five and one-half years in the firm’s D.C. office, he returned to Mississippi in the Jackson office of Adams & Reese until his recent retirement. During six of those years he was the practice team leader firmwide for the governmental relations team.