JACKSON – The inauguration of the governor – any governor – is more about pomp and circumstance and little about specifics.
On Tuesday, Gov. Haley Barbour, in his inauguration for his second term, talked about the future of the state in broad terms, but offered few specifics. The specifics are for a state of the state speech, which will come later.
Many people might not realize it, but the inauguration is actually a joint session of the Mississippi Legislature, even though, it always is done outside, weather permitting.
It is not unusual for members of the Legislature to not attend the event, but to listen on television from inside the Capitol. Some people even raise the windows in the ornate Capitol building and listen.
But on Monday, Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, urged all members of the House to attend the event. While McCoy has at times been in well publicized disputes with Barbour, he always has been a stickler for honoring the process and the people involved in the process.
Read more from today in Wednesday’s Daily Journal.
