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When politicians are either running for something or trying to organize a movement they need to get other people involved. In this century, web pages may be a big part of that invitation to move. This page is set up to give heads up when (and if) I start doing anything other than keeping a business open 60+ hours a week. Right now I am not an official candidate for any thing and am not active in any kind of movement. I did run for the Rankin County School Board against a well entrenched political insider and the results was a little disappointing but not unexpected. If any thing changes I will report it here.
A Little About Me.
I was born in Brandon in 1960 and was raised in a rural area of Rankin County known then as Dry Creek (now Thomasville). In 1965 I was in the first race integrated first grade class at former all white Brandon Elementary School. In 1970 I was in the first integrated sixth grade class at the former all black McLaurin. In 1978 I graduated Florence High School. My parents were far from rich but my grand-father did have enough land to grow a good sized vegetable garden and keep 25 head of Black Angus cattle. My father worked in a factory by day and in the vegetable garden until dark. I probably got a better education from a hoe than from the books. I got my spending money from cutting grass, cleaning gutters, splitting fire wood and hauling hay for any farmer who needed a small boy willing to ride on top of a hay truck. I got more than just spending money by working hard. I got ethics that way too. Even with all that I managed to play in the marching band. My grand-father then later my father were Baptist deacons. My grand-mother was a Sunday school teacher. My mother was and still is the church pianist. Needless to say church was also a major part of my up bringing. In 1980 I graduated from the pre-vet-med program at Hinds Jr. College. I played in the Hinds Band, was very active in Circle K and for what ever it is worth was a student body senator. I had intended to get in the vet school at Mississippi State University but realized that I could not come up with the cash and changed my plans. In the summer of 1980 while Jimmy Carter occupied the White House and the Iotola was president of the USA, I joined the Mississippi Air National Guard. After Air Force basic training and tech school I went to Mississippi State and majored first in animal science then later changed to agricultural communications. I did my National Guard duties, played in the band and worked as many odd jobs as I could to keep going but I let church slip away. I found the hard way that when the habit of regular church attendance slips every thing else slips too. In 1985 I realized that I needed a more disciplined life so I left the National Guard and went into the Active Duty Air Force. I spent from 1985 until 1991 at Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco. While their I got involved in a local Southern Baptist Church, but the wife I had married in Starkville preferred a wilder life, so she left and never came back. Going threw a California divorce actually brought me much closer to God than ever before. I met my second wife while singing in the church choir in California and every thing from that point on was better. After that stint of active duty I stayed an extra two years in California to continue volunteer work in the church and work in the local school system. After that I rejoined the Mississippi Air National Guard and took a state job with the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. My wife established a small retail store in Magee in December 1995. I worked full time for the state plus nearly full time for the business. By 1997 the business had grown to the point where it took us both full time to run it so I quit the state job. In 2004 I retired from the National Guard.
Please visit www.freespeechroundtable.blogspot.com Committee To Elect Cliff Brown P.O. Box 86 Mendenhall, Mississippi. 39114 |
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