Eleven month after Hurricane Katrina.

Eleven month after Hurricane Katrina, Jackson shire supervisors are still faced with removing storm debris, however the financial picture is getting brighter.

Mike Womack, interim director of the Mississippi exigency Management Agency, told supervisors Monday that about $1 million will be paid to the shire within the next few weeks.

Later, shire Finance Director Patty Hammons reported that shire revenues decreased 8 percent from 2005 to 2006 far les than the 25 percent minimum urgencyed to apply for a community disaster loan.

"I don't papal court that we've got that great of a loss" she said. "We contemplation we would to begin with," she added, and she ran the numbers to be steady Tax on personal property and vehicles have gone up more than enough to make up for the los of real exclusive right she said, as residents bought modern vehicles and household items to replace those misspent in the storm. ...