E-mail topic: County Executive Column?
If the local paper was to offer the County Executive a regular (weekly ?) column to keep the taxpayers informed of what's happening in County Government would it be of interest to the readers?? Or would they rather just keep on reading who won the 9 yr olds baseball game ?
posted by J. Kendrick McPeters | 8:37 PM
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If the local paper was to offer the County Executive a regular (weekly ?) column to keep the taxpayers informed of what's happening in County Government. I think that would be an excellent idea. I know I would be very interested in reading the news about what's going on. Do you think this will ever happen? Maybe the candidates that are running for office could give us an answer?? (on this blog) What about it candidates? could we have your answer to this question?
Whitt
good idea! this would not only keep the people informed, it would work as good public relations with the entire community and government officials.
Hopefully the column will be done by a person with enough ability to understand what is going on. the current one could not explain anything because she can't understand it. Get he alone in a room and ask her to talk about the budget, audtis, even simple information. she'll call a lawyer. Just check the bills and see how many times she needed an attorney to explain simple stuff to her. too bad they did not explain the jail fiasco or the courthouse painting scenario faster.
Anonymous Tuesday, August 01, 2006 8:00:57 PM
too bad they did not explain the jail fiasco or the courthouse painting scenario faster.
Would you mind elaborating on this sentence further?
Congratulations Janet!!! All those negative post & lies helped you more than they hurt you as they were intended. You go girl.
Anonymous Friday, August 04, 2006 8:51:15 AM No, I beg your pardon, the only lies told were by Mrs. Janet herself and your choosing not to see them as the truth shows your own stupidity. She won by lying down with some of the lowest people that have not one ounce of integrity but I’m sure that doesn’t bother you one bit, does it?
Are you saying that Giles County doesn't have integrity? There sure was a lot of people that voted for her. I don't feel that I am stupid.
To aug4 3:53
Have you ever noticed who is the last person to know theres a smudge on there face. It's the same with stupid. The last one to know it, is the one who got it.
well everyone keeps talking about the lies she told, but i have yet to see one on here or hear one yet.
To Anonymous Aug 4 8:58
At first I wondered if you were the same one as the anonymous above my comment but that would mean you have to major handicaps stupid and blind. Then I thought you both must share the same brain, but thers not enough to go round.
Finaly I realized you were two different people... the J & J girls of the courthouse.
In my opinion, anyone who voted for Janet either does not know how sorry of a job she has done, or does not care!
Anonymous said...
Anonymous Friday, August 04, 2006 8:51:15 AM No, I beg your pardon, the only lies told were by Mrs. Janet herself and your choosing not to see them as the truth shows your own stupidity. She won by lying down with some of the lowest people that have not one ounce of integrity but I’m sure that doesn’t bother you one bit, does it?
Friday, August 04, 2006 12:01:56 PM
This site is truly ridiculous. You are calling 3,747 people in giles county 'the lowest people of giles county which have no integrety', 1/4 of the reigstered voters that reside here in a county of over 29,000 people. You and all the others are completely insane to consider that many people stupid who are simply exercising their rights given to them by our constitution. You and your buddies were probably one of or would have participated in the many actions in our history that tried to strip people that had different views from them the right to vote. Also you are giving the majority of those that voted fot Mr. Gordon a bad name. I', sure you nutballs that are making up and writing these obscure stories don't represent the majority of Gordon supporters or Mr. Gordon himself and if you do THANK GOD he didn't win.
Get over it the majority has spoken and disagreed with you. You have plenty of time to think up more crazy insults and stories over the next 4 years.
Good job Janet
Not all voters or residents are stupid, but the ones that chose to believe what ever Janet said are just plain stupid. If they saw her in action on daily basics then they might know the full extent of her lying. Janet and her helpers started sooooooooooo many lies during the campaign and if you and her other admirers are not aware of this fact then check for yourself.
Anonymous,
well everyone keeps talking about the lies she told, but i have yet to see one on here or hear one yet.
Friday, August 04, 2006 8:58:34 PM
I will just post a few:
She repeatedly told people she saw while campaigning, “I am just a single mother trying to raise a child.” NOT TRUE!
“I live in Giles County” NOT TRUE!
When questioned she said, “Oh that is just my summer home” NOT TRUE!
“The “lie” she told to influence the early voting” NOT TRUE!
Just before 8-3-06 on the news and in the paper she said, “We were never in non-compliance” NOT TRUE!
“She said, “I called the state to request a full audit” NOT TRUE!
She told the employees at the ambulance service, “If Mr. Gordon gets elected he plans to fire all of you” NOT TRUE!
There are so many, many more.
Remember this, the ones who are calling us stupid surely know better how we should live our lives here. They really think that....so be aware to beware of them and of their motives!
I would love to read a column from the CE every week but how would we get her to write it and the paper to print it?
To Anon Sun 8-31-00 AM
You can start by asking the editor if they'd make space to print it .His name is Scott and his email address is in every paper .
If ever'one reading this blog wuz ter ask him , mebbe he'd get the message
Please don't condescend .....it is tacky!
What about commissioners who try to use their "power" to get relatives jobs in exchange for votes when those people are not even qualified for the jobs. The good old boy system!! Or get their relatives out of tickets with the police department. I hope that the new commissioners will have more morals than that. I fully realize that the pay as a commissioner is next to nothing but the citizens of Giles County shouldn't have to pay the way for them in other ways.
To anonymous Monday @ 9-21 PM
That's called Nepotism and there is a place already on this blog for people to identify cases they know of personally . NO gossip, no rumors , just facts .
That way taxpayers can try to weed out who in Giles is responsible for this nepotism here. There's plenty out there ....
The Anonymous Post of Saturday, August 05, 2006 10:42:45 AM,
Just before 8-3-06 on the news and in the paper she said, “We were never in non-compliance”
This was reported on the radio and in the paper and Mr. Stoney Jackson called the radio station and complained because they reported it. I want to know why, Mr. Jackson?
So, I’m not convinced we could get a accurate account of what is really happening and who would actually be the author of it.
And how do you know Mr Jackson called the radio station or do we just have to take your word for it?
Anonymous Saturday, August 12, 2006 6:37:03 PM
And how do you know Mr Jackson called the radio station or do we just have to take your word for it?
I was present when it was discussed. Call the radio station and ask for the person Mr. Stoney Jackson spoke with and complained. They are both public figures!
doesn't everyone know why stoney jackson jumped to vanzant's defense? he is one of her favorite commissioners and the more committees she puts him on, the more money for him! this kind of behavior is the exact reason the commissioners took the power to nominate committees away from vanzant!
Here is a fact that caught my attention, if the paper printed if correctly, in the Ardmore precinct, Mrs Flacy and Mrs. Vanzant each got 150 votes!
how much do the commisioners get paid? Is it a flat fee or per meeting?
The question at hand and people are bird walking on is, Newspaper doing public service to community by letting County Executive report to citizens. I myself could care less about what is going on in Franklin County or Fayettville. So why would we want Janet writing an article about what's going on. AND YES SHE IS A LIAR ALONG WITH HER PARTNER'S IN CRIME. SHE KNEW WHEN SHE TOLD CHRIS MORRIS AND LYDIA CROSS THAT IT WOULD SPREAD LIKE WILD FIRE. And yes I was yelling. But only God can take care of people who use their mentally challenged child for their gain. He should be taken away from her and put in an environment that is more moral than his mother. I hope she squirms when she is in church knowing what she has done. If more people could hear some of the things that senior citizens have said about how she treated them and wanted them to deceive they would cringe. But they are good God fearing people that have gone on with their lives and letting her to continue to condemn herself. And God forgive me for this criticism but I have to let people know what this poor county has been deceived once again.
Anonymous Sunday, August 13, 2006 8:46:57 PM
Do you really think Janet drives from Lincoln County to attend Greenwood Church of Christ that she mentioned in her newspaper ad? As for her squirming in church it won’t happen the front will continue.
Mr. Gordon was given a ton of evidence Janet did over the pass four years and he would not use any of it during the campaign. I had never met him but I saw right there at that meeting what kind of person he was. I just hate the county missed out on such a great man to be our leader.
I would not waste my time reading anything Janet wrote because it won’t be the truth!
Anonymous Sunday, August 13, 2006 8:46:57 PM
Do you really think Janet drives from Lincoln County to attend Greenwood Church of Christ that she mentioned in her newspaper ad? As for her squirming in church it won’t happen the front will continue.
Mr. Gordon was given a ton of evidence Janet did over the pass four years and he would not use any of it during the campaign. I had never met him but I saw right there at that meeting what kind of person he was. I just hate the county missed out on such a great man to be our leader.
I would not waste my time reading anything Janet wrote because it won’t be the truth!
Anonymous, Sunday, August 13, 2006 6:12:57 PM
how much do the commissioners get paid? Is it a flat fee or per meeting?
They get paid per meeting, 60.00 for commission meeting and 30.00 for all committee meetings.
Commissioners’ average pay per year is, 500.00 to 600.00
But not the case with Mr. Stoney Jackson, who averages 3000.00 per year because he his on so many more committees.
All this done at the hands of our County Executive and people wonder how she got re-elected. The commissioners she favors went out in their own communities and campaigned for her and in return, she appoints them to more committees.
unbelievable!!!!!!!!!! who are her other favorites?
Would't the pay to each commisioner be public record? If he draws 3000,00 per yr. he would have to attend 6 times the meetings...doesn't he have a full time job? and by the way how many commities are there? DOes anyone have a list of the members on each commitee from last yr.?
Anonymous, who are her other favorites?
Ramona Flacy, Stoney Jackson, Chan Harris, Billy Beets, Connie Howell, Tim Risner and possibly three of the newly elected. If you attend meetings, it’s not hard to pick them out!
The Following Is A List Of
Committees For
2005-2006
Budget/Legislative
Chairman-Charles Green
Recording Sec.-Bill Holt
Garland Moore
Chris Morris
Edwin Lovell
Jeff Hatfield
Paul Walker
Public Service
(Airport,Rabies,Mental Health)
Chairman-Tommy Campbell
Recording Sec.-Edwin Lovell
Garland Moore
Barry McMasters
Tim Risner
Connie Howell
Butch White
School
Chairman-Chris Morris
Recording Sec.-Alfred C. Harris
Barry McMasters
Roger Reedy
Larry Worsham
Butch White
Terry Harwell
Law Enforcement/Safety
Chairman-Tommy Campbell
Recording Sec.-Garland Moore
Stoney Jackson
Tim Risner
Ronald Shirey
Larry Worsham
Stanley Newton
Highway
Chairman-Edwin Lovell
Recording Sec.-Paul Walker
Ramona Flacy
Charles Greene
Billy Beets
Stanley Newton
Connie Howell
Environmental
(Solid Waste,Water Exp/Districts,
Land Use Management)
Chairman-Roger Reedy
Recording Sec.-Jeff Hatfield
Ramona Flacy
Barry McMasters
Tim Risner
Bill Holt
Tommy Campbell
Ambulance/Rescue Squad
Chairman-Larry Worsham
Recording Sec.-Stanley Newton
Garland Moore
Charles Greene
Chris Morris
Roger Reedy
Terry Harwell
Building
(Prop.Building/renovation projects)
Chairman-Stoney Jackson
Recording Sec.-Connie Howell
Alfred C. Harrris
Billy Beets
Roger Reedy
Jeff Hatfield
Paul Walker
Recreational
Chairman-Tommy Campbell
Recording Sec.-Bill Holt
Ramona Flacy
Jeff Hatfield
Alfred C. Harris
Butch White
Stoney Jackson
Investment
County Exec.-Janet Vanzant
Trustee-JoAnn Townsend
Ramona Flacy
Stoney Jackson
Paul Walker
Agir-Park
Chairman-Ramona Flacy
Billy Beets
Connie Howell
Stoney Jackson
Stanley Newton
Alan Faulkner/Frankewing Lions Club
John Elliot/Lions Club
Ernie Chaffin/Civitan
Robert Brindley Jr./Rotary Club
Clyde Ables/Saddle Club
Myra Walker/Extension Service
Beer Board
Billy Beets
Alfred C. Harris
Stoney Jackson
Edwin Lovell
Chris Morris
Flood Zone Appeals
Tommy Campbell-July,2007
Billy Beets-July,2006
Alfred C. Harris-July,2009
Roger Reedy-July,2009
Charles Greene-July,2006
Edwin Lovell-July,2006
Adult Orientation
Chris Morris
Roger Reedy
Rev. William Suddarth
Kenneth Fields
Public Records 4 Year Term
Judge-John Damron
Genealogist-Clara Parker
County Archivist-Elizabeth White
County Historian-Pauline Cross
County Member-Bob Wamble
County Clerk-Carol Wade
County Register-Kay Gibbons
Commissioner-Stoney Jackson
Commissioner-Ramona Flacy
Circuit Court Clerk-Crystal Green
Clerk&Master Merry Merle Sigmon
Solid Waste-Dan Watson
Board Of Workhouse Comm. 1 Yr.Term
Paul Edgmon
Joe Parker
Shirley Proud
Eddie Bass
Equalization Board
John D. Neal-Eastern Division
R.E. Long-Western Division
Mary Barnes-Southern Division
William(Bill)Yancey-Northern
Division
Agricultural Extension Service Comm
Chairman-Steve Scott Due 1/08
Garland Moore Due 1/08
Shirlee Macklin Due 1/08
Edwin Lovell Due 1/07
Jeff Hatfield Due 1/07
Donna Horn Due 1/07
Tommy Mize Due 1/07
(T.M. replaced William sulcer)
Campbellsville Library Board
Phyllis Hannah elected 7/03 3Yr
Margaret Price " " "
Darlene Ferh " " "
Dorothy Bond " " "
Southern Water Authority
Ramona Flacy no term specified
Interlocal Solid Waste Authority
Wendell Pylant 1/3 6yr. term
Tommy Campbell finished out
term for Mr. Pylant due 03/09
Veteran Service Officer
Kevin Horan 9/5 1yr. term
due 09/06
Chairman-Janet Vanzant
Chairman Pro Tem - Bill Holt
Land Use Management Board Of
Appeals
Rudolph Rose
Robert Brindley Jr.
Chester Morris
James Bomar
Hardin Franklin
Any Committe not included in the assignment listing, the Budget committee will serve as that committee until further notice.
All Committees will serve a one year term.
October 1, 2005 until September 1, 2006.
Eddie Bass is not a member of the Workhouse Commission. It should have shown Janet Vanzant as Chair.
But thanks for the list.
I do apologize if the list is incorrect. I did wonder about Eddie being on the list because his name had been writen in and James Jackson had been crossed out. I do appreciate the correction and will find out why the list isn't accurate. I also do not have Janet listed as Chair of this committee. It should have been up to date for Tommy has most recently obtained it. Again I thank you for the correction.
Is this the list that Janet prepared or is this the one the committee prepared? You remember some of the newly elected commissioners in 2003 didn't like the committees that Janet prepared & formed a committe & changed everybody around.
We assumed (which could prove to be a very dangerous thing these days) that the list was the most up to date. Tommy went in to the Co. Exec. office and simply asked for the existing committee list and this is the one that was given to him. He still intends to check on this while at the commissioners meeting on Friday morning. I might add that this will be a very important meeting in which the citizens would also be interested in. From the information that we have, there may actually be a vote on the "Spring" issue. I can only speak for myself, but I'm very concerned for the rush to make such a decision which could potentially hurt or help our county residents for many years to come.
So, Stoney Jackson and Ramona Flacy each serve on 7 committees!
Yea! Just look how Minor Hill voted on some of the other races!?!?
Anonymous above, fill me in, I don’t know about the races you speak of?
But, I find it interesting, if I have counted right, Mr. Harwell serves on only 2 committees.
Mrs. Flacy is probably a very nice lady, but she has no business being on the Argi-Park committee. To my knowledge she never attends any events there and even wanted to sell it. I was in the Lions Club when the park was purchased and we moved the Giles County Fair there from Sam Davis Park and it is used now, for so many other functions.
There are many things coming out of Vanzant's office that are incorrect. We need to complain through our commissioner representatives. With two plus secretaries in Vanzant's office there should not be mistakes. However, maybe "too many cooks spoil the broth".
Whoa, are you the same "Faye" that defended Vanzant on the Ambulance thread??
faye, you know Mrs. Vanzant will not let Mrs. Jones go!!!!!! She is her "Liaison."
so is lydia cross!
Back to the Topic: County Executive Column
Does anyone believe the current CE would actually write a column in the newspaper that she has so much hatred for and who would believe a word she wrote?
she will have to do better this term. i really don't think she has the truth in her to tell.
The newspaper would probably consider a column as "free advertising" for the county or something to that effect. They won't put pictures of all the baseball teams in the paper because that would be "free advertising" for the sponsors.
Pam Gibson writes a column for the Senior Citizen’s Center, so I don’t see why it would be different than the County Executive writing one or do you?
You're right. It wouldn't be any different. Thanks for mentioning that.
Does anyone know if Mrs. Vanzant would be willing to write a column, if the newspaper would offer to do that for her?
Now how is she gonna writ for da newspaper when she has got so many other thangs to do. She hardly has time to git to DelRose till she has to turn round an come rite back to work. It had to take alot of time jus to git da commsioners comitees set up, you jus can't mess dat up so bad without taking your time an thinkin about it a long time. From da looks of it she must have thunk about it a very, very long time.
And just what seems to be your problem with the commission committees, Chuckles? Or are you just running off at the mouth about something you know nothing about, as usual? Do you even know who nominated the members for the various committees? Maybe they should just let you tell them how to run everything.
Anonymous, Chuckles pays taxes, so that gives him the right to question and speak about anything the commissioners or the CE does!!!!!!
Somethang I do no is that da commission comitees was either picked by da county xecutive by herself or else they was picked by her an some other comisioners in a meeting that werent told about so da public couldn't be their which makes it a vilating da sunshine law. If da paper wuz right vilating da sunshine law wus jus what thay done.
Even if I run off at da mouth I stil no more than you who cant see da pig pen fer all da pigs an mud.
Tanks to da nice anonmous that took up fer me, I do pay my tax an its a hole lot.
Chuckles,
I have asked the same questions on another thread as well as other people asking too. But, so far no answers!!!!
A column in the paper by the county executive would be a great opportunity for her to explain who selected the committees for this term and answer some of the questions posted on this blog about the open meeting laws.
A column in the paper by the county executive would be a great opportunity for her to explain why she voted twice for the spring deal and has now signed a petition to abort the deal!
A column in the paper by the county executive would be a great opportunity for her to explain why she told Mr. Barrett and Mrs. Flacy she would request an in-depth audit of the school system and three months later she had not ordered the audit after telling them, “I'm going in my office and call them right now. Something has got to be done about that school system". Three months later the state had received no request of any kind from Mrs. Vanzant.
A column in the paper by the county executive would be a great opportunity for her to explain why she told the veteran’s, she was the one that got their van for them, when she opposed buying it and a persistent commissioner was responsible for getting the purchase of the van. I believe this was in January ’05.
A column in the paper by the county executive would be a great opportunity for her to explain why she told the commission last year, when she took office, she would only need “her personal assistant” Jane for ONE year to get settled into office and after four years in office, she requested a $6000.00 raise for Jane and received it. It has been a long year!
A column in the paper by the county executive would be a great opportunity for her to explain why she allows the committee members to meet in private places without the public notification that is required.
Is there any proof of the request for a 6000.00 raise for Jane? I have attended many of the former and new commissioner meetings and I haven't heard anything mentioned about the request or the approval of a raise for her. I would think that would be a rather absurd request considering the fact that we cannot seem to get a mere 1000.00 raise for our teachers.
YES IT IS TRUE! When all departments submitted their budget request right before the new commission was elected, Janet included the $6,00.00 raise for Jane in her budget request and the commission voted for it. You can call Mr. Edwin Lovell or any of the other commissioners on the budget committee or any commissioners for that matter. When Janet took office, she asked the commission to allow her to hire Jane for one year to help her since it was her first term in office. This term she got four more years and a big raise.
I made a mistake in my post, it is $6,000.00.
The main reason you didn’t hear about Jane’s raise is, the budget meeting are conducted in a private place with only the budget committee members present & when the commission meetings take place, where the public attends, the votes are for Mrs. Vanzant’s budget as a whole and not an itemized list. So, if you were in attendance in that meeting, you would only be aware of Mrs. Vanzant’s budget being voted on as her total budget and unless you ask questions and hunt for information, you will never know what all the request are. I happened to get a copy of her budget before it was voted on.
We only see part of the puzzle at budget time.
Is the newspaper even trying to explain what is going on with the county government? don't let Janet write a column. it may be the only way we get any information about the workings of the county and that would be a shame. we know how truthful that would be.
Instead of a column which at best is only a dream, make a column by writing letters to the editor. There should be several letters each week about what and how things are being done in this county.
I'm surprised that Pulaski Publishing (Lake incorporated)does not charge for letters to the editor. They don't even put Little League baseball pictures in the paper any more because they consider it advertising.
A column in the paper would be nice for Mrs. Vanzant to explain why she doesn't want to accommodate the public (taxpayers) attending the commission meetings to hear what is discussed.
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