Biloxi......

which BTW in pronounced: Buh-lux-e. NOT: Buh-LOX-e as so many tv shows seem to do nowadays. ....Where are their fact-checkers?

Anywho....to set the stage, Louisiana and Mississippi have continuing little boarder wars that no one but LA and MS know or care about, so sometimes it's difficult to keep up with what's really going on in MS. (Our local newspaper has a special page [sometimes two if it's been a particularly interesting week] each Saturday devoted to MS news. And....needless to say, it's usually the most unflattering articles they can find to print. What can I say? When you're battling for the last spot on the list for most things that count, it gets competitive.

All that aside, I gather there are big changes coming for the MS coast (which never really had the best beaches). If plans pan out, and it seems as if plans are moving ahead at a fast pace, but if plans pan out, MS will become the biggest gambling destination between Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Ummmm....

Many of us here in Baton Rouge have long thought that the Saints would have a better chance if they were to move to some kind of sports complex on the MS coast where they'd have a draw from the casino crowd in addition to the NOLA folks. That may happen.

However it all plays out, I think the beautiful Gulf Coast I grew up with is in for some big changes -- in addition to the big changes it's already gone through, that is. Finding those little beach-tacky places I love so much is going to become harder and harder. And the many who were displaced from MS are having a hell of a time moving back because of developers buying up land for new casinos and high-rise apts and condos.

What a mess (in so many ways).