[Zeke]

When I was in AL for one year ('94) the acting governor was in because the elected one was in prison. The state senator from my county was in prison and my town mayor went to prison in that year. He came back to win the local election for another term as mayor before I left!!! That's gotta count for something. There was a long list of officials that went to jail over the years before I got there.

Mississippi is just downright poor. If you were looking for poverty and not just graft and criminals, Miss would win hands down, IMO.