Has anyone else noticed that our fine County Commissioners have been conspicuous by their absence? Oh sure, they show up for their meetings, but they appear to have pretty much disappeared into the woodwork. Also, their meetings seem to be getting shorter and shorter….
Since the gas lease fever hit, you really don’t hear much from our State Senators or State Representatives either.
This writer feels each of these elected officials needs to weigh in as to their position on the (a) way properties are being leased, (b) how they will address the damage to the infrastructure, (c) how they intend to address the environmental issues, (d) how they intend to address the obvious violations to the Clean and Green program and (e) are they participating in the gas lease “play”.
These 5 issues are just the tip of the iceberg. There will be many other questions. The electorate deserve answers.
If the readers would like to add to, or correct this by giving examples of how they are currently serving their constituency, please post it here. Better yet, if we can get our elected officials to respond individually in this forum that could be construed as information directly from the horse’s mouth.
we have commissioners? thought we had a lawyer and two followers of the Democratic Party persuasion following their party leaders…….
A lawyer and 2 Democrat followers of the Democratic Party’s persuasion? Yes, we do have an attorney as one of the commissioners and I believe that the salary of the solicitor is at a reduced rate due to the fact that we DO have an attorney as a commissioner. Savings to the taxpayers, is that a bad thing?And as for the other two, I haven’t seen where one would do anything the democratic party wanted if it wasn’t in the best interest of the majority of the county’s taxpayers.Maybe one of the reasons the democratic following to commissioner’s meetings has diminished. And the other one could be just as you say because I personally haven’t seen or heard much.
How much following can there be in a nine minute meeting?
The Manual for County Commissioners contains the following:
“The County Code makes the chief clerk responsible for the minutes of official meetings of the Board of Commissioners. It is not required that the chief clerk physically take minutes. While the chief clerk might take notes of important actions, he or she should be free to participate in the meeting to the extent to which the board requests. In any event, the chief clerk must attest to the accuracy of the minutes and is the keeper of the minute book. The Sunshine Law requires that minutes are to be taken of all public meetings, promptly recorded, and open to public inspection.”
It would be very nice if someone could copy the minutes onto this blog! Perhaps that would stimulate more discussion here and in the county office building.