A Telling Event

During four meetings on the budget the County Executive has remained silent. On Thursday the Chairman of the Budget Committee asked her directly "What do you think about it (the budget) Mrs Vanzant" to which she responded by looking to her left at Commissioner Jackson and stating, "whatever he thinks".

It was a moment much like in sixth grade when you been looking out the window daydreaming and the teachers ask you the question what is the volume of a six inch tall cone with a nine inch diameter base and the response is Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.

Leadership can not be possessed by those detached from the activities that surround them.