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It's campaign time in small town Mississippi.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 25-MAY-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: It's campaign time in small town Mississippi.(From the Stennis Institute)(Viewpoint essay)

Article Excerpt
Grassroots politics is not all that it's cracked up to be. Electioneering at the grassroots level is often portrayed as being characterized by friends and neighbors gathering under the shade of oak trees around a table groaning with homemade foods and deciding who will make the crucial decisions in their behalf for the next four years. Similarly, the search for votes is nothing more than an occasional stroll down a tree-lined street to engage those same friends and neighbors on the politest of terms. Many politicians craving the chance to serve in a municipal office have visions of economic development grandeur dancing in their heads as they await the certain voter endorsement.

Most candidates for municipal office quickly discover that reality is quite a bit different....

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