Newspaper Statement from the County Executive, "Enough is Enough".
I agree with the County Executive "Enough is Enough", and it is time for her to resign after the mess she has created through simple ignorance, incompetence and/or illegal activity.
The County Executive, in the 2 March Pulaski Citizen, stated, “I always follow the law as laid out by local, state and federal government.”
First thing that comes to mind in response to that statement is if it’s true why doesn’t she actually live in Giles County as required by law?
The main thing that stands out about this statement is, how can you follow the law if you don’t know what it is?
Clearly one violation of the law she committed is the simple fact that by her actions she vetoed the actions of the County Legislative Body.
Let us accept that it was as she claimed a simple mistake on her part in announcing that the vote would require a two thirds majority then declared that the measure had failed.
At that point is where the simple mistake ends and a more sinister activity began to take shape. When the County Executive, correctly or incorrectly, announced that the resolution had failed and it was recorded in the minutes as having failed with no objection from any Commissioner or other authority in the room that became officially the end of the issue.
Now she states “later during the week” she was told she had been incorrect. Legally the only way those minutes and that action could be changed was by another vote by the County Legislative Body, the only one authorized to pass or fail a resolution.
Mrs. Vanzant states, “I did not take it upon myself to make the correction, which I would never do except to follow the advice of the attorney and follow the law and protect our county”. I challenge Mrs. Vanzant to produce any and all statements where an attorney, either from CTAS, or any other source, authorized her to overturn the decision of the Commissioners. If the decision that was recorded in the minutes should have been overturned it could only legally have been done by another vote of the Commissioners.
Now understand the County Attorney had advised against issuing a beer permit to anyone until after the State Attorney General had issued an opinion about the legality of the actions. Mrs. Vanzant personally was involved in directing the Beer Board members that they could approve the permit immediately and gave the order to Carol Wade to issue the permit.
There is much that can be speculated about as to why the County Executive acted as she did but the one thing that stands out and can not be disputed is that she exceeded her authority as County Executive by vetoing the Commissioners and ordering a beer permit to be issued before the matter was cleared up. This is inexcusable behavior from anyone and especially from someone who has been the County Executive for over seven years and should have known better. Allen Barrett
The County Executive, in the 2 March Pulaski Citizen, stated, “I always follow the law as laid out by local, state and federal government.”
First thing that comes to mind in response to that statement is if it’s true why doesn’t she actually live in Giles County as required by law?
The main thing that stands out about this statement is, how can you follow the law if you don’t know what it is?
Clearly one violation of the law she committed is the simple fact that by her actions she vetoed the actions of the County Legislative Body.
Let us accept that it was as she claimed a simple mistake on her part in announcing that the vote would require a two thirds majority then declared that the measure had failed.
At that point is where the simple mistake ends and a more sinister activity began to take shape. When the County Executive, correctly or incorrectly, announced that the resolution had failed and it was recorded in the minutes as having failed with no objection from any Commissioner or other authority in the room that became officially the end of the issue.
Now she states “later during the week” she was told she had been incorrect. Legally the only way those minutes and that action could be changed was by another vote by the County Legislative Body, the only one authorized to pass or fail a resolution.
Mrs. Vanzant states, “I did not take it upon myself to make the correction, which I would never do except to follow the advice of the attorney and follow the law and protect our county”. I challenge Mrs. Vanzant to produce any and all statements where an attorney, either from CTAS, or any other source, authorized her to overturn the decision of the Commissioners. If the decision that was recorded in the minutes should have been overturned it could only legally have been done by another vote of the Commissioners.
Now understand the County Attorney had advised against issuing a beer permit to anyone until after the State Attorney General had issued an opinion about the legality of the actions. Mrs. Vanzant personally was involved in directing the Beer Board members that they could approve the permit immediately and gave the order to Carol Wade to issue the permit.
There is much that can be speculated about as to why the County Executive acted as she did but the one thing that stands out and can not be disputed is that she exceeded her authority as County Executive by vetoing the Commissioners and ordering a beer permit to be issued before the matter was cleared up. This is inexcusable behavior from anyone and especially from someone who has been the County Executive for over seven years and should have known better. Allen Barrett
posted by Allen Barrett | 11:09 PM
135 Comments:
wab...
There you go again showing your ignorance, your rear end, and your hatred and jealousy. Why can't you get over the fact that Mrs. Vanzant IS in charge and that you are politically impotent? I know the day is coming when people will have to tolerate your behavior even more than they do now. But I hope that's a long way off.
You should be totally ashamed of yourself. It just absolutely floors me that you would have any following in any realm whatsoever! You are outrageous!
Comntrary to what YOU say, Mrs. Vanzant is a good and decent woman who is following the law. Why do you think she consults with others when she is unsure of something? Answer. Mrs. Vanzant is trying to serve the people of Giles County. Oh, I know she's not nearly as smart as you are, but who is? Ridiculous.
Well, you can continue trying your best to smear and ruin her along with select other victims, but people are not as ignorant as you think they are. And before you smart off with this, let me just say that I am not related to Mrs. Vanzant or any of the other you crucify. Why don't you pray for them and invite them to your church? Wouldn't that be more effective in getting them to see things your way?
How do you know I don't pray for her? The thing you didn't address is the things she did wrong. Why didn't you say anything about her veto of the Commission, why don't you ask her to show one piece of paper that gives her the authority to change a decision of the commission, to show one piece of evidence that shows she had authority to change the minutes of the meeting without the approval and consent of the commission. No you would rather attack me and defend wrongdoing. This is not opinion what she did was ignore the County Attorney, and the Commissioner to have her way. She has put the county in jeopardy by doing away with the distance requirements between places that sale alcohol and places of worship, schools and public gathering places. Now you are anyone else can make me the biggest liar and fool
in the county simply by showing one thing, one little thing that gave her the authority to override the County Legislative Body, that gave her authority to change the commission minutes without approval of the commissioners, that gave her authority to suspend the distance rules.
The simple matter is that in her usual way she allowed her personal desires to unduly influence her then has tried to get someone else to be the scapegoat. This is not the kind of "mistake" a veteran politician makes it's the act of someone who is so incompetent they just didn't care. Allen Barrett
Janet needed to write the article to help recessitate (I can't spell) the victims that killed over when she pulled her stunt by getting the beer into the Campbellsville store. Now you can't tell me that was a premeditated on her part and the store owners. Okay Campbellsville voters you've been screwed and remember that when you go to vote.
PS I haven't decided on how I am going to vote so this has nothing to do about my supporting anyone.
To 6-13
Unfortunately it is YOUR rather uneducated posterior that is on display here .
What does it take for you to understand that Mrs Vanzant exceeded her authority in trying to change the law as established by the vote of the county commission previously ?
Do please tell us what simple part of that you dont understand ?. It truly is that simple .
There is NO subterfuge, no secret plot to taake over the courthouse . There is JUST the basic simple FACT that the woman who is PAID $70,000 a year plus excellent benefits and an assured retirement pension (doesnt that sound good ?) by Giles County taxpayers to know and help facilitate the law chose (or was ignorant enough ?) to ignore it .
Demos Kratos
Her words couldn't say it any better. Enough is enough - of her!
You can't fix STUPID, but you can vote it out of Office this Election year.
Past time for her to go! She does lie, does not live here as required by law.
She owes the County of Giles all the money she has been paid for the past 7-8 years plus the expence of the many law suits she caused, that the voters have never been told about.
Mrs. Vanzant is not a good or descent woman, she is a liar and a thief. A one word description is EVIL.
So come on Commissioners, get off your rear ends and bring charges against her now while she is still in office and let your Justice System do something for the voters of the County for ONCE!
Just a question~if in fact she doesn't live in the county (I don't know) could not someone file a complaint or challenge the issue? Like with the election commission or state agency instead of just arguing about it here? I know people can work to defeat anyone in an election, but why not (if there is a procedure) just file it and have the elected official put out, or just have to resign due to eligibility.Isn't there some process for doing so if in fact that is the case?
wab
You and your cronies are out in force I see. Welkl, you can whine and make mean-spirited statements all you want, but I pledge my support for her and that's that. She is NOT the evil and incompetent perosn that you so wantonly accuse her of being. Pardon me if I don't recognize your doing and behaving as you do becaus of a deep concern for Giles County. On the contrary, I see it (in my opinion) as an agenda you just can't let go of.
There is a process to get elected officials removed from office if the complaint filed is proved. However to make a complaint you also have to put up enough money to cover the officials salary while they are suspended also enough to cover the lawsuit if the official wins. Who in Giles Co can put up that kind of money?
Mrs. VanZant may not be evil, but she is incompetent!
No, she is a human being who is prone to mistakes...unlike some who think themselves perfect.
As I recall a certain man with a bucket full of rocks saying that anyone who is sinless should cast the first stone.
Is the election commission or someone not responsible to know if anyone runs for office if they don't live in Giles County?
I take it if Vanzant didn't live in Giles County she had to have gave a Giles county address.
Looks like they would have to prove they had lived in Giles County for awhile.
If not someone from another county and run for any office in Giles County.
I'm just asking..
1:53
I have a different slant on what constitutes evil. Would you agree with me that those who are contentious and continually stirring up strife are evil? Would you likewise agree with me that those whose feet are swift to mischief are evil? What about the haughty and high-minded. Let's include those with the proud look who think themselves wise in their own conceits?
Those are God's descriptors of things HE hates.
These qualities certainly do not describe Mrs. Vanzant. The continued attack on her by a very small minority is shameful. If she were my wife, I would not sit idly by and tolerate it.
Where she lives should be easy enough to prove. It is true then prove it. Is it the same as Jackson who lives in Giles County while owning a house in Athens? He lives in Giles County and spends most nights here while visiting his family in Athens some nights. If that is not right then someone needs to change that rule before another director is hired.
The positive I can say about JV is she has always owned property in Giles. Thus she has always been a tax paying citizen. Now TJ on the other hand is doing just as the idiots said in his contract!!Declare residency. They did not state that he was to own property and be a tax payer, thus the apartment. He gives very little sales tax to this county as well. So JV spends her time on East College Street like a good girl under the terms the election commission says. You have to have lived in the county a certain number of days before an election and she does. Since TJ is put in by board members (and by the way call your board members not to extend anymore time on his contract.) he doesn't really have to be here at all. But during the week and expected bad weather he stays close by. And back to his contract, that is one last good deed KN wants to do for him before she no longer is running.
thank you 5:39..that at least explains why no-one has filed if that is the case.(address) I for one couldn't afford to pay her salary while suspended or fight the leagle battle.....guess now a days you just can't depend on people to just do what is right? thanks
Friday, March 05, 2010 8:35:00 AM
Thanks, you answered my question.
8:35 answered nothing truthfully. JV never lived here before she ran for office. Unless you count when she was growing up.TJ neither except when he was growing up.
Tee and Janet grew up in Giles. Tee moved away and Janet married and moved to Lincoln County. Tee still lives in Athens with an apt. in Giles. Janet lives on East College Street so many months before election. She has always been a tax payer in the county due to owning property. Tee doesn't own jack in this county.
To 5:39. I have never heard of the answer you gave about putting up the amount of salary if not found guilty.
Can you quote T.C.A. Tennessee Code Annotadated (law) that says that.
We would like to dealing with fact here. You might want to contact the State D.A. Office and or the E.E.O.C. about the matter to get the facts, then repost your findings for everyone.
That way you and the rest of us can be assured of those FACTS.
JV owns property in Giles County, but has never spent enough time in the 7-years total that she has been in office to qualify as living here for one month.
She lives in Lincoln County.
TJ on the other hand is appointed and is not required by law to live here.
He could live in Alasaka and be legal.
She is not Legal...PERIOD...
Which in its'self makes her a LIAR.....
Removal from Office
Found in TCA 8-47-101 through 8-47-125. All should be read.
This question may have been asked before, but if there is so much corruption in Vanzant's office, why has she not been prosecuted. All the television stations are looking for stories, yet this one has never made it on the air. Seven years and still no charges! Maybe, a special prosecutor from D.C. could investigate. Call Rush Limbaugh, he can get onto it.
8:31
I'll be glad to answer that question. This witch hunt for Mrs. Vanzant was started by (in my honest opinion) none other than allen barrett. He has hounded this lady from day one, and is unrelenting in his attacks to this very day. He should be absolutely and totally ashamed. But guess what? He struts around like a litttle banty rooster demanding that he be heard.
You are right. If they had anything on Mrs. Vanzant, she would have been prosecuted long ago. But the fact is...they don't.
Answering you own questions now?
8:58
I believe if you will go back and read 8:31's post, you will see that I was addressing that question and not mine.
You have to have a District Attorney who is willing to prosecute and Mike Bottoms will not prosecute another elected official. District Attorneys have probably the most power of anybody.
It is in TJ's contract that he must live in Giles County.
Sad that nothing better can be discussed. Talk about jobs, gangs, banks, cops, cops giving tickets, etc. Move on people.
some say jannet
is from another plannet
where heads are of grannite
so see she really didn't plann it
Goodness twas my very bad luck
caus all of the n's got stuck
and I'm sure to be struck
by the dufus schmuck
Are you trying to be funny? Not very at all. Try harder.
11:16
No, I don't think "riddler" is very funny at all. He (or she) likes to come on here from time to time with the usual excellent prose and the always included smear and name-calling.
It's sad in a way. Instead of riddler's posting his work on a blog, I would think he (she) would be spending time getting published.
The left brain
missed the train
as right does strain
to ponder why the rain
Doesn't it bother others on here that the County now has a zero distance between places where alcohol is sold/ consumed to places of worship/schools/public gathering places.
Whatever Mrs Vanzant may be or may not be I can't say but she is the direct cause of this distance requirement being done away with.
I can accept that she might have made a mistake in her initially saying there was a two/thirds majority required to change things but it is what she did afterwards that is inexcusable. She did not have authority to change the existing rule without the Commissioners voting to do so.
riddler
Rose are red
Violets are blue
When I ponder the childish
I oft think of you.
8:36 Yes it bothers many people, including those who dont read this blog. It was inexcusable on Ms Vanzant's part. She over stepped her authority again.
For any and all who are disgusted with the current government of Giles Co here's a direct copy from the Giles website earlier this week
Stewart to Run for County Executive
Scott Stewart has announced he is a candidate for Giles County Executive and asks the people of Giles County to consider casting their vote for him in the Aug. 5 election.
A Giles County native, Stewart is a 1983 graduate of Giles County High School and has been on the PULASKI CITIZEN staff since 1995, serving the past 12 years as editor.
“My job has provided me an extraordinary opportunity over the past 15 years to gain extensive knowledge of this county,” Stewart said. “That knowledge includes the workings of our county government and other local governments as well as local and state laws. I know the issues, the communities, the people, the procedures, the responsibilities, the successes and the failures. I believe growing up here, combined with the experience my job has provided, gives me a unique perspective of our county and how our government works.”
So instead of whining ......why not get involved in his camapign and get rid of her ?
THIS IS AS GOOD A CHANCE AS THERE WILL BE FOR MANY YEARS
If nothing else , send him $ome $$ and put up one or more of his signs in your yard
5:30
I'm sure Scott is a good person, but my vote remains with Mrs. Vanzant. And, after the way a very vocal minority have treated her on this blog, I will be out working for her. No offense, but that's the democratic process. We must vote the way we think is best.
6:16 why exactly do you think that voting for her is best? Your post seems to indicate that it is because a couple of people on this site have treated her un-fairly. It is certainly arguable whether that is true or not, but is that your only reason for supporting her? How do you reconcile your support of her with 7 1/2 years of lackluster performance? Would you not agree that our community can and should do better?
~Henry
Henry
She has my support because I think that, contrary to what you might believe, she is doing a good job and certainly has a lot more intestinal fortitude than I do in putting up with the small band of attackers. It's shameful. My other reason for supporting her is simply because of the attackers.
Lackluster performance? That's your opinion. Vote your conscience; I certainly will.
Have you instigators not gotten the point yet? The more you crucify a person on here, the more the majority of people will support that person. You hurt your cause so much more than you think. Intelligence is missing with some of you. Whew!!
7:41
I've tried to tell them that as well. Myabe we both should have been silent. It's sorta like the old saying to give them enough rope and they will hang themselves.
1236
There once was trusty nematoid
pretended to be an asteroid
but a cerebellum destroyed
makes it just a hemoroid
you're nuts!
You hate wab
cause you're so drab
with a face like a crab
you'll take any you can grab
9:14
I would call you a kook, but that's just not my style. You really ought to get published. It has to be frustrating to be as brilliant as you are and nobody cares. What a laugher.
9:14
I would call you a kook, but that's just not my style. You really ought to get published. It has to be frustrating to be as brilliant as you are and nobody cares. What a laugher.
you're stuttering! temper, temper, temper! crawl out of that hole & the big bad woof's gonna get you.
March 07, 2010 7:41:00 PM
You are right, the more you crucify a person on here, the more the majority of people will support that person.
I don't know anything about WAB, but guess the above is why I would support him. He's sure talked about.
I have no intention of voting for the Charter, but some of you may change my mind.
10:06
Well, all you need do is ask around town. That may change your mind about wab.
I asked around town. Some are for WAB and some are not for him.
I didnot ask anyone working at the courthouse. I think I know their answer before asking is against.
Most was for him.
3:36 you are such a sniveling coward.
Whining with snot running across your shaking lying lips. Why don't you quite beating around the bush with your limp wristed whining and come out from under your rock and show a little integrity of character identify yourself and let everyone know just how credible you are or are not. You have no ideas and your only argument is that you don't like WAB therefore it's Okay to defend corruption and those who practice it. You must dearly love the obama administration.
5:43
Well ask yourself why those at the court house would give you a different slant on the great one? Hmmmmm?
howard...
There you go again with the name-calling. And you consider wab a man of integrity and character? I defend corruption? Have you ever heard of Hook, Line and Sinker Sayndrome? You seem to have an acute case of it. Are you nuts?
If there was a witch hunt, the only WITCH we know in the Court House Annix building is Janet Vanzant.
Before her it was Sandy Rosson in the Court House.
If your one of those who still think she is so good, Then vote for Janet Vanzant, Steve McGill and John Damnron all three. Since they all have been so good to the voters! DUUUUDDDDD!!!
11:07
Incredible~ Have you noticed the hatred your are spewing. Where did it come from? Ask yourself that question when you are calmed down. Just because someone who ought to know better is running around town spewing hatred and jealousy of Mrs. Vanzant doesn't mean you have to follow right along. HLSS is the disorder. You need to disassociate yourself from the root cause of your hatred. A little bird told me a lot of people have done just that.
Oh, be assurd that I will vote for Mrs. Vanzant. Not only will I vote for her; I plan to campaign for her as well because of people like you. However, I don't recall bringing up the names of Judge Damron or Steve McGill.
11:07
Incredible~ Have you noticed the hatred your are spewing. Where did it come from? Ask yourself that question when you are calmed down. Just because someone who ought to know better is running around town spewing hatred and jealousy of Mrs. Vanzant doesn't mean you have to follow right along. HLSS is the disorder. You need to disassociate yourself from the root cause of your hatred. A little bird told me a lot of people have done just that.
Oh, be assurd that I will vote for Mrs. Vanzant. Not only will I vote for her; I plan to campaign for her as well because of people like you. However, I don't recall bringing up the names of Judge Damron or Steve McGill.
6:29 There you are my Flower! Under the topic of the Charter Being Filed, you failed to continue the discussion about who or who does not know Ben Cunningham. What happened? Did you give up? You have about four answers but you failed to respond. I am beginning to worry lest you are sick (o).
9:17:00 PM
Oh sorry I didn't know you meant ask the court house people when you said ask around town.
I thought I knew what there answer would be. That didn't mean I blame them for how they felt.
I also didn't say what my thoughts were. Just answering you asking around town.
7:28:00 PM Ask around town means ask the people at the Court House.
9:31
We both know better than that, don't we? Yes, he's a laughing stock at the court house, but just ask at other locations around town. Go ahead. Then have the courage to accept the results.
9:31 Please forgive 10:33. This is my little Nincompoop who does not know any better. Unable to make themselves clear among other problems.
Let us see what there is to see
WAB is the laughing stock?
That means - the opposite - dufus bunch has to be the crying stock. very few in numbers very efficient on bungling & creating crisis.
Makes people hurt with high taxes
makes county hurt by incompetence
A school run by deception = mess!
WAB bothers you because he is publicizing information you'd rather he not share. Takes folks a lot of time to attend meetings and find out for themselves what is going on in local government. He takes the time. He goes. He reports. You squirm. Why? Used to having it the way you have had it and don't want it to change? Oh but change always comes.
Let me clarify what I meant. His behavior makes him a laughing stock. Pure and simple.
to 11:28
Wrong again. I have nothing to hide whatsoever. You miss the point completely.
What about his behavior is wrong, is it in the letter he wrote to the paper and what he posted on this thread about the incompetence of Vanzant.
It's not his behavior it's his words that scare you so badly. It's the fact that you and some of those like you have tried everything, including putting him jail, to intimidate him. The thing you can't stand is that his strength reveals your own weakness and fears. He has done more in the past few years to make this place better than you have in your whole lifetime.
10:33 No, WAB is not a laughing stock around the courthouse, more like they shudder when he walks through in case he finds out something they have been trying to keep under cover.
Yall will be glad to hear I have reliable sources in Shelby & Knox counties and both places love having the Home Rule charter & wish it had happened sooner.
Heard Bill Holt is running for commissioner again. Cant believe he would expect enough people to vote for him after his temper trantrum he pulled in front of kids and parents at the ball park just a few months ago.
James...
Calm down. You're about to pop a cork. You ask what about his behavior makes him a laughing stock? Are you serious? How many preachers do you know that act like he does? Do you condone his viciousness toward Mrs. Vanzant?
As for intimidation, I think you are confusing that word with troublemaking. There is a difference.You are right that people do not enjoy his presence, but it's not because they have something to cover up or hide. Put simply, he's a pest.
Now, as for "enough is enough", I think Mrs. Vanzant should consider hauling his rear end into court. That would give him an opportunity to prove his charges of illegal activities.
I agree. He should not be allowed to get away with this.
3:32 Don't talk down to me you arrogant skunk. I fully understand the difference between "intimidation" and "troublemaking". I am calm and stay calm until I meet someone like you with their head stuck in their large intestine.
I'll tell you one thing if we had more preachers that was as informed and involved as he is we'd all be a lot better off. You can look up to them lily livered getalong with anything preachers that test the wind before saying anything but I ain't got no respect form none of them.
I grew up listening to Billy Sunday and Lester Roloff and Billy Graham when he was young and preachers like them. They was a lot like Mr. Barrett cause nothing scared them but doing wrong. Another thing I didn't say nothing about people not enjoying his presence that was what you said. So don't make up things and say it was me who said them that makes you even more like Janet.
James...
Don't be dense and miss a simple point that YOU brought up. You were referring to people who have tried everything, including putting him in jail Well, he deserved that. I was merely responding to your comment by agreeing with you that some people do not like his presence. You missed that, but I see you had no problem with calling me a nasty name.
You mentioned those preachers who do not gain your respect. Well, if my preacher behaved like he did, I would go somewhere else. OK?
I'll say this. You have one of the worst cases of Hook, Line and Sinker Syndrome I've seen yet. And the hatred is going to affect your health sooner or later. Look what it's done for the one you seem to admire.
Yes, I hope she takes him to court this time. Enough truly is enough.
6:57 On what grounds would Janet Vanzant have to take Mr. Barrett to coutt? He spoke of nothing but true facts in his letter all documented, even by herself.
To 6:57 who apparently is the same brain dead person as 3:32. You really have some nerve, not that you are brave, but that you need one nerve to move your neck so you can nudge your beady little head out from under your rock every now and then. You criticize everyone but you do the very thing you criticize in others. I don't know if you are that dense or just so totally unaware of your own behavior. I have stopped trying to understand and reason with you. You are void of ideas and have nothing to offer a conversation except your whining about how you perceive me behaving. Try dealing with some facts sometimes instead of your narrow minded feelings. You would be amazed.
I have yet to understand why you continually attack me for being a minister, someone with your claimed religious background should know if God is displeased with me or my behavior He will deal with that situation not you. You have even claimed to know for whom I pray... now that is really putting yourself in God's place since its to Him I pray and not to you.
Now here's the main thing I want you to understand, you simply do not matter anymore. I have tried everything I know to do in reasoning with you and you just don't want to understand only whine. The second thing and really the main reason for me even responding to your gross exaggerations of reality is to encourage you, beg you to influence Mrs Vanzant to take me to court. You see one thing that she will never do is put herself in the position of being put under oath and having to tell the truth. So encourage her, plead with her if you must to take me to court because I can prove everything I have ever said about her and her behavior. She is an habitual liar and you are about the only one left who is too dense to understand it. Now here's the thing else... I'm putting my name to this post so there will be no question as to who wrote it that's how strongly I believe in what I do Mr Anonymous.... where is your name?
Allen Barrett
Way to go WAB it's about time you put that dumbo in his place.
wab
Wrong! I certainly don't run around town calling people names, attacking others, and accusing them of illegal activities. Perhaps that's the difference between mine and your Christianity. No, I would be amazed if you acted more in tune with what you have the "nerve" to profess. That is what would amaze me.
I'll not plead with Mrs. Vanzant to do anything other than to run for office again. But I do hope she hauls you into court. The burden of proof will be on you and not her.
wab
Oh, I forgot to address your asking me to plead with Mrs. Vanzant to take you to court. You sound just like a schoolyard bully who is spoiling for a fight. That's very unbecoming of you to say the least.
Hey, 9:16/9:17 did see your name at the end of your statement, still don't have the guts to take ownership of your words. What a coward. You're right WAB he don't matter, what a loser.
James
If you are the preacher I think you are, then you ought to be ashamed of yourself as well for being a partaker in this. I know you know better.
6:00 If you were the commissioner you think you are you'd know more about this matter. Not a preacher or deacon but know right from wrong and that God don't like wrong.
Same James that is now running for City of Pulaski?
9:16 You truly are a dumbo! If Mrs Vanzant took WAB to court accusing him of whatever, the burden of proof would be upon her as plaintiff, not WAB.
Being dumb has never stood in the way of dumbo shooting off his mouth.
I was glad to read about this item in the paper as many don't have the opportunity to read this blog. Mr Barrett has worked so hard for this county and exposed so much that is wrong I only hope he don't get discouraged by some of the hateful things some people say about him.
It would be nice if people would just stick to the truth about things and not get so tore up over personalities.
Ones on here plugging her are folks she's given jobs to. Course they want her to get back in. Duh?!?
James, James, Oh what must I do with you? I'm not a commissioner and have no connection whatsoever to those it seems you've been told to hate.
Yes, wab has worked hard to expose something, but it's his rear end.
It seems to me that the ones who are on here plugging are those who love to point fingers and call people names.
Mr. Barrett, I would like to let the readers of this blog know about something I witnessed today that made me proud. I was in the upstairs courtroom in the courthouse for jury duty along with several hundred other citizens. All of a sudden there was an awful scream. A man setting in one of the seats was having a seizure. Within seconds about four other citizens, who I believe were medically trained, rushed to help him along with the police officers in the room. They helped the man onto the floor and tended to him until the seizure let up. The citizens and police just reacted so quickly. It was more of a reflex than a response. An ambulance was on the way within seconds and arrived very soon. I was so impressed with the citizens that helped that man out of the goodness of their hart. I have seen places where he would have laid there until dead with people walking over him. This is one case where everyone can feel good about this place we live in and the friends we have in this community even the ones we don’t know we have yet. To the people who helped that man in the courtroom today I thank you.
7:43
Thank you for a wonderful post. Giles County is a great place to live, and I am just glad to see something positive said about it.
I guess the best thing we can do is vote her out next time. I don't know wgo is running, but I will compare candidates as always.
Not gonna happen deadman. You guys' best bet is the charter. LOL.
5:51 Too overly confident.
After the dust settles Monday Vanzant should be under it.
Yep; pretty confident. The smear campaigns and accusations will come back to bite you guys in the butt. You'll see. Then who will you blame that on?
8:02 YOU!!
8:06
GOOD! If I have helped people to see and to be aware of the smear campaigns, attempted character assassinations, and the like, then I am glad! I am honored to take at least some responsibility for that! Thank you so much for the compliment.
To Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:16:00 PM
Why don't you get off Mr. Barretts back and do something about the real problem.
Would you please specifically answer these four questions?
1.Do you support not having a set distance between places that sell alcohol and churches, schools are public gathering places? That's what we have now.
2.Do you support the county excutive having veto power over decisions made by the county commission? That's what we have now.
3.Do you believe the county excutive should have known better before calling for the vote?
4.Do you believe the County excutive was truthful when she said she knew of no one that was going to apply for a beer license when the woman from the store was sitting right in front of her with the paper work?
Your answers will clear up a lot.
#1. I support whatever the letter of the law dictates. If there's a violation, it needs to be turned over to the proper authorities.
#2. If the letter of the law grants the executive such power, then I would support same. If there's a violation of the law, it should be turned over to the proper authorities.
#3. I don't know. Do you?
#4. I do not believe the county executive would fabricate a story with the proof sitting right there in front of her. Do you?
I hope this clears up a lot of the reasons I have a problem with the continued witch hunt. You don't approve of mrs. Vanzant? Fine. Vote for someone else.
#1 The letter of the law said 1,000 feet.
#2 The letter of the law very specifically states Mrs Vanzant does NOT have veto power - instead she has the ability of a tie breaker.
#3 After almost 8 years in office she should know the laws covering how to run a meeting.
#4 She would know the folks ready to jump in and apply for a beer license were waiting for the vote to go in their favor because 1)she knows the family and 2)ordinarily they never attend meetings and 3) this was already prearranged with a handful of commissioners. And after the number of things she has fabricated in the past why not one more?
I am not 3:18
4:40 once more you fail to answer such simple questions. You have claimed to be a man of opinions but when asked specifically about those opinions you can't even offer one honest one in response to the specific questions. Such cowardice on your part.
Thanks 9:21 for the very helpful information.
11:19
Look, if you know all the answers why do you even bother asking questions? That has to be so frustrating for you guys. By the way, I asked you to answer at least two of my questions. You failed to do that.
Again, if Mrs. Vanzant has broken the law, why don't you and barrett take your evidence to the proper authorities? It makes you look rather foolish to keep making acusations.
Would you agree with me that barrett's recent newspaper article about Mrs. Vanzant places him dangerously close to libel? Despicable, indeed.
6:17 No. Not close to libel. Just plain facts. Know thats hard for you to swallow.
to 6:17 If I knew all the answers I wouldn't have to ask you any questions now would I. The only way I know what a person is thinking or their reasons for the positions they take is by asking, that is what I tried to do with you but you refuse to answer only make accusations.
I don't know what questions you have asked me but if you will repeat them I will be more than glad to answer.
I don't know what Mr. Barrett has on Mrs Vanzant I have never made any claim about having anything on her I just asked you some simple questions. If you don't want to answer them fine but don't try and put words are thoughts into my head.
About the newspaper article that Mr. Barrett wrote I'll use the same reason you have, if Mr. Barrett wrote something that was wrong then take it to the proper authorities and let them deal with him, isn't that what you suggested be done with Mrs Vanzant.
Why doesn't Allen Barrett write a letter of compliant to the Ethic Committee and that would clear up lots of things. The chairman of the Ehics committee is Tommy Pollard. from the 5th district. You may not agree with him but what he is telling you true.( Allen)
And if barrett had anything on Mrs. Vnazant, he would gladly turn them over to the law. No, if you want to know what I asked you, simply scroll back.
One thing was made abundantly clear in the County Commission Meeting this morning.... only those rules that are convenient will apply to the county executive.
During the meeting it was clearly presented by Commissioner Wilburn that the Tennessee Code Annotated and the Roberts rules of order were ignored by the county executive in her recent decision to veto the commissioners decision on the distance rules.
Mrs Vanzant simply dismissed each statement with the arrogance befitting the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland who is quick to decree "off with their heads" at the slightest offense.
After she dismissed both the T.C.A. and Roberts Rules of Order as authorities over her she then demonstrated the convenience of selective application by citing those rules in refusing to recognize Commissioner Wilburn to speak until after everyone else had spoken. Yet when Commissioner Jackson stood, interrupted or started speaking before being recognized there was no corrective ruling from the chair.
Allen Barrett
wab
You just never give up, do you? But go ahead on. You are winning votes every day for Mrs. Vanzant. You'll see that Giles County voters are not nearly as slow as you may assume they are. Your agenda is so obvious.
6:20 Honey, you are just hoping. You have no proof of what the voters do come August 5. Cant live on hope though.
620..yes the agenda IS obvious....follow proper procedure or be called out for it! Only votes that will HELP with are the ones in cahoots with control....
To 6:20AM You have never heard me say or seen anything I have written that said I thought Giles County people were slow, dumb, stupid or any other of the derogatory terms you have used and attributed to others.
As for my agenda it's really very simple try and keep the county from going broke, sucking the life blood out of taxpayers and help create an open, honest and accountable government where every citizen regardless of their financial or social status can feel a part of the governing process. Allen Barrett
wab
Right! Your selfless sacrifice is so commendable.
Hey 5-20puss !! Were YOU in yesterdays meeting of commissioners (@$60 each =$1260 of taxpayers $$ ) . If so please give us your written report regarding what the Queen Bee did and didnt do .
Seems Mr Barrett took the time and effort to be there , listen , take notes and report to this blog .
NOW IT'S YOUR TURN ..........COME ON ...PUT UP OR SHUT UP
8:43
My, my...aren't we angry? Your hatred is incredible; do you even see that in yourself? Do you even know how you came to this point? Who promotes it?
I don't have to take notes and report anything to you. I would think you people would be handling all of that.
By the way, are you referring to the budget meeting wherein barrett was IN FACT escorted out of the room?
Maybe they were referring to the meeting where Stoney Jackson attacked Mr. Barrett. By the way Mr. Barrett was in the hallway, during the adjourned meeting then came back in with everyone else when the next meeting was called to order. If yo must say anything try to be a little honest at least. I am a commissioner and was there and saw the whole thing both times.
8:42 didn't seem any more angry than 6:22 to me.
6:35
Well, did you see wab talking to the deputy? I did.
6:35---Oh dear, I've talked to a deputy at many of the meetings---does that mean I'm in trouble??
Sorry, the post should have been to 4:48
6:09
You know very well what I am talking about. We both do, don't we?
7:17 The only person that knows what you are talking about is you, vanzant, lovell, jackson and the other three brain dead people who live in the area.
7:31
You folks may be very surprised to find at election time that Giles County voters are not as brain dead as you might assume them to be.
ode to the dingbat:
who ate too much fat
til her mind went flat
and now she's spit & spat
There was an old shrew
who thought she knew
what not to do
she got into the glue
& off the roof she flew
riddler...
You seem so angry and jealous. HLSS got you in its grasp? Can you remember where you were when you first started hating...and who you were listening to? It's evil although well-disguised.
Some try to fix things when they're broke. Some don't know any better & do without. Some are happy to do things any old way. Then, many can't think for themselves and really need someone to tell them what to do 24 hours a day - they constantly wear a leash & search for anyone to pull them everywhere they wind up going.
Those who love life appreciate the freedom one must have to be happy - doing things they enjoy - creating things they enjoy - being around people who make things happen & preserving that independence & love of life, country, and a civilized society. There is little time for brooding & hate if you are really doing something worth while.
The other side of the coin is akin to the hog at the trough. As long as someone is feeding you, you are in charge of yourself & what you do (eating). You can grunt & squeel when you're hungry, which goes away when the slop hits the trough, cause you're in charge of eating again. You don't care where the food comes from, or who worked to produce it, as long as you you don't have to work, sacrafice (eating), or get distracted from what you do (eating).
You're only happy when you're oinking, cause that usually happens just before feeding time, which is just before eating. Of course, life is tied to the cycle of eating, resting, relieving yourself, & then starting all over again with the next meal. Because the magnetic force is the slop bucket, you're never far away from it or the cycle of food, sleep, and excrement. Thus, you see, comes the ageless wisdom of "there's nothing happier than a pig sleeping in a pile of (dung)". Thus some have an extremely happy life that real people simply avoid.
The conflict isn't necessary - just don't try to drag me into your little world of ESSS (eat, sleep & "S" syndrome) Maybe it should be "ESSOS" with "o" as in oink the trumpet that regenerates the cycle (eat is always first).
Did anyone see the Commissioners meeting on cable tv?
I saw the first part. When they adjourned, the school board meeting came on and I had to leave. Just wondered if the good part was televised? This was Thursday on cable.
9:50
You should be sharing your insights with the CAVE (Citizens Against Virtually Everything). In my opinion, they are the ones who brood and hate.
Do you all know who came up with the Abbreviation (CAVE) (Citizens Against Virtually Everything)????
It was Roger Reedy who by the way always votes like Tee Jackson wants him to. What would that make him, let's see BAIT (Basically Always Imitates Tee.)
So funny. I knew it was about time you guys got back around to attacking Roger Reedy who, by the way, is a fine example of a Christian man...a true Christian gentleman. He lives it daily.
If CAVE came from Roger Reedy, then it seems you are right in the middle of things at the court house just like everyone says you are. What's the matter? Scares you don't it?
what is the salary of the County Executive with elections coming up? I am told it is 25,000 if that a year? That could not be true?
Its around $72,000+, then add another 35% for benefits. Soooo
figure close to $100,000 a year.
Wouldn't that be the same thing Mr. Stewart would earn should he be elected?
That's the salary of the county executive regardless of who it is the difference is in the word "earn" I believe Mr. Stewart will earn his salary Mrs Vanzant has proven not to earn her's.
12:35
And of course you have proof that Mrs. Vanzant is not earning what she is paid? Or, have you too fallen hook, line, and sinker (HLSS) for the jealousy and hate-mongering?
Go Janet! We strongly support you even if these few aren't. Count on my vote and help in any way I can.
1:23 Anyone can follow her record and know for sure she is not earning her salary. After 8 years she cant even conduct a simple meeting. Have you ever tried to reach her in the office after 2 p.m. and she dont come in until after 8:30 most days. Fridays? Forget it! She and husband Joe hit the yard sales.
Of course, you can prove all this in court if need be?
Go Janet!
Yea, go Janet - back to Lincoln county.
I hope whoever is behind the witch hunt for the vanzant woman's job, gets her job, they obviously want the position, it will be fun to see how they handle the critism for every move they make! good luck! cant wait to get you in the hot seat!
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