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Regional development or political ploy? Will East Mississippi- West Alabama partnership bear...

By Jeter, Lynne W.
Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Date: Monday, April 14 2003

MERIDIAN -- On April 1, Gov. Ronnie Musgrove announced the creation of an East Mississippi- West Alabama regional economic development cooperative agreement. It was no April Fool-ery that the two states agreed to work together on a mutually beneficial alliance. But whether or not the strategically timed pact can live up to the hype is questionable.

When Hyundai announced last year it would build a new automotive plant near Montgomery instead of East Mississippi, Musgrove took a lot of heat for the loss of the multi-billion dollar project, in particular for allegedly pu

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