Representative Mark Baker from Rankin County spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at its December 27, 2016 meeting. Rep. Baker represents House District 74 in Rankin County. He is Chairman of the Judiciary A Committee. The subject of his talk was the upcoming 2017 legislative session.  He said that in addition to the normal budgetary issues, key subjects will be Education and campaign spending reform  he also discussed State support for a state funded district in the City of Jackson to help fund the City infrastructure and services that the State uses, which he says that the Rankin County delegation unanimously supports and he suspects the Madison County delegation also strongly supports. Representative Baker is shown in the accompanying photo with Club member Virginia Carlton who was first elected to the House of Representatives at the same time as Representative Baker in 2001 and who introduced him at the meeting. We thank Representative Baker for his presentation and for his service to the citizens of Mississippi.