One bill, to be introduced by Rep. John Reeves, R-Jackson, would require cell-phone contracts to go through a bid process and would regulate cell-phone use by state employees. This legislation "is terribly needed to show that something is being done to get this (cost) under control," Reeves said. "That's just good government." (...) Madison County spent an average of $9,659 a month during the past four months for 89 phones. Hinds County, which has 117 cell phones, spent an average of $7,469 a month during a six-month period for service last year.
Yikes! Now let's go through those $1000's worth of phone calls and see which ones were actually necessary, and couldn't have been replaced with a brief text message or e-mail.
