Judge Halts Garnishment of Southaven Mayor's Pay

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Published: 8/16/2012 12:51 pm

Updated: 8/16/2012 1:51 pm

SOUTHAVEN, MS (abc24.com) - Southaven Mayor Greg Davis will keep getting his full paycheck for now, after a judge stopped the state auditor from garnishing the mayor's salary until a hearing scheduled for next week.

Davis had filed a restraining order to stop the Mississippi State Auditor's office from taking his paycheck to pay off the remaining $73,000 he owes from $170,000 of city money he's accused of misspending. A judge will hear the case on August 23 in Hinds County.

The mayor also filed suit against the City of Southaven. According to his attorney, Steve Farese, the Board of Aldermen acted illegally when it stripped Davis of a $35,000 utility stipend in January.

"In order for the Board of Aldermen to legally reduce one's salary they'd have to have a meeting on it and a vote on it and it would have to be included in the minutes." Farese noted, adding that since it didn't happen that way the process wasn't legal.

The board will meet August 28 to discuss the lawsuit.

Mayor Greg Davis, Southaven

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Frayserboi - 8/19/2012 6:06 PM

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What that boy, Davis, really needs is a good 'ol fashioned trip to the woodshed!

cop mom - 8/18/2012 10:53 PM

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Well, we wouldn't want Greg Davis standing in line at a food pantry, now would we! After all, he has a high priced attorney to pay! The Board of Alderman have been "having his back" for way too long. Hopefully, at their meeting this week, they will step up to the plate. Whenever an employer garnishes the wages of an employee, that employee usually doesn't have a high priced attorney stopping it. The creditor most always gets his money. What about the people of Southaven? When do they get their money back? This man has had more than enough time to pay back the $70,000 balance that he legally owes. Obviously, the state auditor agrees. I only hope that the people who contributed to his "fund" are now kicking themselves in the rear! I can't wait until election time...that unemployment line is getting longer!

missy22 - 8/18/2012 4:38 PM

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You're not worthy of wiping Ayn Rands a**, Jeff. Leech.

missy22 - 8/18/2012 4:35 PM

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The utility stipend is not salary. If he'd had any pride, he would have resigned long ago. His presence is clearly harming the city. Typical selfish gay guy. (take that, Jeff)

TigreNoir - 8/18/2012 1:15 AM

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Fascism is alive and well in Southaven. It can be expected since Southaven shares the same air and water as Memphis/Shelby County. Southaven residents are just a little bit more stupid than Memphians – to elect a dictator that can’t be removed. You get what you pay for Southaven.

larona - 8/17/2012 12:24 PM

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I don't understand why he can ask a judge to stop a garnishment when no one else can. I'm tired of people in power getting away with everything that is why the children of today think that it is okay to cheat, steal and bully to get what they wont. At one time I thought he was a good mayor but with everything that has come out I guess he fooled everyone.

KingWHerenton - 8/17/2012 10:37 AM

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Thank goodness. I thought Greggy was going to have to live off tube steak! Wait, he'd probably like that

JeffersonTao - 8/17/2012 6:53 AM

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NO, he is EXACTLY a conservative, a neo-conservative. Liars, crooks, and shysters, the lot of them. Ayn Rand following snake oil salesmen peddling supply-side economic policy to a gullible, uneducated electorate. The rational "Conservatives" of the Barry Goldwater type do not exist anymore.

UnoHoo - 8/16/2012 7:55 PM

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Only.... It isn't REALLY a 'conservative', it's a liberal demoncrat!