Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Secretary of State Visits Louisville to Transfer State Property & Speaks of Voter ID

Sec of  State Hosemann and Mayor Will Hill
Louisville,Ms.- The Mississippi Secretary of State's Office transferred a portion of tax forfeited land to the City of Louisville today (Aug.1 ) to help promote economic development in the area.

"Upon surveys completed for the purpose of expanding our community Railroad Transload Facility in Louisville, we discovered tax forfeited property held by the State of Mississippi that would be critical to our expansion." says Mayor Will Hill. " The purpose of the expansion is to extend our current rail spur to provide access to a new and expanding business in Louisville. We, the City of Louisville, immediately contacted the Secretary of State's Office for assistance in this economic development project. I would like to thank the Secretary of State and his staff for their very prompt follow up and providing Louisville, the assistance needed to move this job creating project forward."

Secretary of State Hosemann and staff members met with Mayor Hill at Louisville City Hall to transfer a sixty foot (60') strip of a twenty seven acre tax forfeited parcel. The total parcel is valued at $16,819.

Hosemann indicated that this was the third similar transfer that his office had recently completed including the transfer of one hundred properties to the City of Greenville that would return them to the tax rolls, and thirty nine parcels of property in Jackson adjacent to Lanier High School.  "The State of Mississippi owns millions of dollars worth of tax forfeited property which is not generating any revenueor being put to good use," says Hosemann."Transferring this property to the City of Louisville will promote economic development in that area and help create jobs for Mississippians."

Hosemann stated that the State of Mississippi had about 8000 tax forfeited properties and that his office was constantly looking for the type of situations to put property back on the tax roll, accommodate economic development or support local needs.

Hosemann also spoke concerning Mississippi's Voter I.D. Law. He indicated that his office was in discussion with the Federal Department of Justice (DOJ) but that the prospects of approval of the current law were unlikely given current actions taken by DOJ in South Carolina, Texas and Pennsylvania. Said Hosemann, "We will play this out and do our best but realistically speaking, prospects of Voter I.D. approval are extremely dim."

From press release and W. McCully

No comments:

Post a Comment