Now this is quite a pickle for Democrat A.G. Jim Hood. He owes the Boys and Girls Clubs of Mississippi $800,000, and $200,000 to the Cal Ripken Foundation, and is holding out on the pledge he made to these kids. $1 million for kids programs is a lot of money – no matter what part of the country you’re in. What makes this story even MORE interesting is that the Director for the Rural Boys and Girls Club in Mississippi mentioned in the article, Morgan Shands, managed Jim Hood’s first race for AG in 2003 – and then went on to serve as a special assistant attorney general.

Given all that Jim Hood’s been through over the past several months, and now with something seemingly little like this, you’ve got to wonder if Jim Hood realizes he might be the frog in the ever warming pot of water. If he keeps getting press hits like this ON TOP OF the stuff from Scruggs, Langston, DAGA and the rest, his pot of water may be boiling before he has any idea what’s going on and it’s too late to get on out.

UPDATE: Kudos to the alert SNS reader who drew the connection between former Mississippi Democrat AG Mike Moore and the Ripken Foundation.

Rural Boys and Girls Clubs could be in dire straights unless Attorney General Jim Hood turns over money pledged from a settlement with State Farm insurance companies.The Boys and Girls Clubs Alliance of Mississippi is expecting $800,000 of a $5 million settlement State Farm paid Hood’s office in exchange for his agreement to end an investigation of the company. Hood has said he planned to cover the cost of the criminal investigation, then turn over the rest of the money to the state’s general fund.

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