LAUREL —
A letter circulating in Jones County District 4 claiming to be from the Mississippi Band of Choctaws is bogus.
The letter, which is mailed to residents of the district overseen by Andy Dial, president of the Jones County Board of Supervisors, attempts to discredit Dial and Governor Haley Barbour.
A copy of the letter obtained by the Laurel Leader-Call is dated August 14 and addressed to “Concerned Citizens.” The letter states that it’s from the “Mississippi Band of Choctaws” and references the “Bogue Homa Casino Development.”
The first paragraph reads: “This is an unofficial note from the Mississippi Band of Choctaws to Governor Barbour and the Jones County Board of Supervisors, led by Andy Dial, who may have forgotten how the ‘White eyes’ killed the Choctaws in Mississippi and took their land.”
The letter goes on to criticize Dial about decisions he has made as board president and charges that Dial and the governor “speak with a forked tongue.” The letter continues, “Where so these so-called leaders think the names Bogue Homa, Bogue Chitto, Tallahala, Tallahoma, and Standing Pines came from? In fact, the land these Supervisors live on in Jones County and Governor Barbour in Yazoo City belonged to the Choctaws before Mississippi was a state.”
The letter also makes allegations against Dial and his son, Charles R. Dial, causing Dial to charge that the letter is a “political attack.” Serving as a supervisor for 15 years, he is running for re-election next year.
Dial, who said he has received copies of the letter from his constituents, said “most of what’s in there is slanderous.”
“I’ve turned a copy of it over to authorities,” said Dial. “I don’t know who is behind this, but when I find out who it is everybody will know about it.”
When questioned about the letter, sources within the Mississippi Band of Choctaws said it did not come from their office. They said the first clues are that it does not contain the official letterhead of the Mississippi Band of Choctaws and the letter is not formatted properly.
Another clue is the letter did not have an official salutation and was not signed. Instead, the letter ended: “Also, it is not Chief Denson. It is Miko Denson.”
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