Rockco Represents the People on all Levels of Government: County, State, and Federal

Friday, 08 July 2011 11:20

As a proud republican, I was invited to join a group of 140 bipartisan women, called Women of the Storm. These ladies chartered a plane at their own expense and traveled to Washington in order to lobby congress. Our goal was to guarantee that at least 80 percent of the FINES collected from BP for the oil spill disaster (at least $21 million) did not go into the general fund but back to the five Gulf States (Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, and Texas). It is absolutely imperative that all parties work together for the betterment of our country. Upon returning home, Harrison County was the first to pass a resolution in support of this national legislation. Now there are two bills in the House and two in the Senate, as well as resolutions from local governments all over the Southeast with Harrison County leading the way.