Rep. Steve Holland, D-Plantersville, reviews the state Democratic Party’s response to Republican Gov. Haley Barbour’s State of the State address, Tuesday at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
JACKSON – Gov. Haley Barbour and state Rep. Steve Holland of Plantersville don’t always see eye to eye, but they go way back to the early 1980s when the loyal Democrat Holland was, gulp, an active member of the state Republican Party.
Their relationship during Barbour’s tenure as governor has gone back and forth from warm and friendly to rocky.
During Tuesday night’s State of the State speech, Barbour called out his old friend, the colorful Holland, by name. “We’re back to find Rep. Steve Holland a shadow of his former self.
After losing 80 pounds, Steve’s the new poster boy for Let’s Go Walking, Mississippi, and Rep. Herb Frierson (of Poplarville) is not far behind having lost 40 pounds…You’ve put the governor back on his diet, guys,” said Barbour, who often jokes about his own weight and his fondness for food.
After the speech, Holland told first lady Marsha Barbour to have her husband meet him every morning for a walk, and he could help the
governor shed the pounds.
Considering their often adversary relationship, more calories than normal could be burned during those morning walks.
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