The fight to get rid of Thames is going to be an uphill battle of proportions we cannot fathom. Most area businesses are spewing forth pro-Shelby propaganda to their employees, who are dutifully repeating said propaganda ad nasuem. I talked to a bank employee today who was adamantly pro-Shelby--" He's making professors work for thier pay, that is the only reason they are angry with Thames' administration." Other area businesses are doing much the same- and the unsuspecting, uninformed public soaks all of this pro-Shelby vomit like a sponge. The Thames admininstration is doing a stellar job in one area, and one area alone--PR. Then again, Mississippi is flooded with uneducated people who lack the ability to think for themselves, so Shelby's PR buffoons have a relatively easy task.

WE MUST get the national media involved on a larger scale. WE MUST get national organizations, as bad as I dislike some of them, involved!

WE MUST not give up- even though we will not be able to rid ourselves of Thames by relying on resources within our state borders!

I'll get off my normally quiet soapbox now,as I have to study. I really wish I could find these "lazy liberal arts professors" that do not give tests or paper assignments!

Tom P.,very concerned!!