Howorth & Chair removed from TVA

OXFORD, Miss. - Former Oxford Mayor Richard Howorth was removed from the Tennessee Valley Authority board along with its chair, Skip Thompson, by President Donald Trump on Aug. 3. The president criticized the federal-owned utility for hiring foreign workers. Thompson, of Decatur, Ala., was appointed by Trump in 2018. He also threatened to remove other board members if they continued hiring foreign labor. Howorth, who owns Square Books, said it “doesn’t bother me to be perfectly honest.” His term was about up, and would have been replaced next May. “I was expendable, but I’m very upset that they fired Skip Thompson because he was an exceptionally good chair and a very valuable part of the authority at TVA.” Trump nominated another Oxford businessman to the TVA board, Charles William “Bill” Cook Jr., who has more than 30 years of experience in telecommunications networks and business, and is CEO of Cook Consulting. (Source: Daily Journal 08/03/20)