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TexasTowelie

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Fri Jun 8, 2018, 03:34 AM Jun 2018

Governor Vows to Fight Foster Care Takeover

JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant seemed prepared to fight to keep control over Mississippi's foster-care system last week after attorneys representing the children asked U.S. District Judge Tom Lee to hold the State in contempt of court and to turn over the system to a court-appointed receiver.

"You've got to remember that these plaintiffs' attorneys make a lot of money keeping this case going," the governor told reporters at the Capitol last week.

"They do not want to settle it; they do not want to admit that we are making tremendous progress in Child Protection Services, so we intend to vigorously go and defend our position and our belief that we are in compliance."

The more-than-decade-old lawsuit against the foster-care system had turned into one settlement agreement after another, with the state making some progress in recent years. That is, until May 31 when the attorneys moved for the takeover.

Read more: http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2018/jun/06/governor-vows-fight-foster-care-takeover/

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Governor Vows to Fight Foster Care Takeover (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2018 OP
Put tRump on the job. Scarsdale Jun 2018 #1

Scarsdale

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1. Put tRump on the job.
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 06:09 AM
Jun 2018

He destroys EVERYTHING in short order. No knowledge required. Just have the gop tell him what they want and BAM. This sounds like a job for "one of the World's great beauties, Ivanka" to take over. Since she knows all about being a mother (an absentee one!) So very sad that kids are being caught up in this system. Nobody wins.

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