Cowboy Maloney rides reign over Electric City. (Jackson's Cowboy Maloney's purchase of a large share of Mississippi Power's Electric City stores pleases National Federation of Independent Business)

From: Mississippi Business Journal | Date: September 30, 1991| Author: Yarbrough, Bob | Copyright information

Independent business group has protested Electric City from the beginning

The sale of a large share of Mississippi Power's embattled Electric City stores to Jackson's Cowboy Maloney's marked a victory of sorts for a business association.

"This points out that they (Electric City) were not able to compete in the retail market without significant support from their parent company," said Ron Aldridge, attorney for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)...