Who is Running The Pulaski Police Department????

Who is in charge of discipline at the Pulaski Police Department? Is it the Mayor, the City manager, the Police Chief or some small time political hacks with an ax to grind? It seems this should have a very simple answer but with recent events one has to wonder just what is going on at the Police Department.
A former state employee and current political appointee was charged with a crime but he apparently thought one in his position should be given much greater consideration than the average citizen so he demanded that the officer, who has a long history of integrity and professionalism as a Police Officer, should be fired or severely reprimanded.
The newspaper reported that according to the Police Chief, Lt. Glossip the officer with the professional attitude, rather than some who may feel entitled to special privileges, would not be demoted or fired. Most thought this was the end of the caper but there was no fat lady singing only a fat guy squealing.
The next thing we're told is that Lt. Glossup is now moved into the "community welfare" division which seems to consist of only Lt. Glossup. This was reported to be a lateral transfer with no loss of rank or pay. Now in the most recent issue of the newspaper we're told that Lt. Glossup is no longer a lieutenant that his pay has been reduced but that is not a demotion. Is there a duck quacking somewhere?
In my opinion Lt. Glossup did his job with professionalism and did it correctly and punishing him to quiet the elitist crowing of a rooster is disrespectful to every citizen in the county.

Vote To Approve Extension For Charter Committee

The Charter Committee has asked for an extension or more accurately a delay in the time frame they have for submitting the proposed Charter for the County.
It's my understanding that this request was made so that the committee could go into the county areas and hold community meetings to discuss and fine tune the Charter proposal before submitting it for a vote.
The alternative to this proposal is to buy advertising on TV, the radio and in the newspapers, make direct mailings and pamphlets available as directed by the state which requires the county to spend up to fifty thousand dollars on this procedure.
The Charter Committee has been very, very frugal with their expenses thus far and should be congratulated.
It seems to me that those interested in saving the county a bundle of money would be voting to alter the time frame for submission of the Charter. When I tried to address this subject in the Budget Committee some Commissioners such as commissioners Jackson and Campbell were simply not interested. It seems some may have already made up their minds that if they vote not to alter the time frame this will somehow defeat the Charter, it will not. The Charter will be voted on by the people the only question is how much delay and expense is the Legislative Body willing to subject the County too. I can only hope others will be more responsive and foresighted.

Wastewater Treatment at the Highway 64/ Interstate 65 junction

This morning in the Budget Meeting what could become the most important investment to be made by the County in the past fifty years was discussed.
With the installation of a wastewater treatment facility at the I-65 junction with Hwy 64 two very strong business opportunities await.
Pilot Refueling station is looking to be in business by 2013 and Capitol Brands Distillery is ready to start groundbreaking on their 17 million dollar investment including a 150,000 square foot facility that will need approximately 120 employees. They estimate their facility, much like the Jack Daniels Distillery will be a tourist destination with about 125,000 visitors stopping and shopping each year, Jack Daniels has about 300,000 visitors a year.

The cost to the county will be minimal. A vote will be taken by the commission to issue bonds up to 4 million dollars to build the wastewater treatment facility, an Activated Growth System capable of treating 50,000 gallons a day. Pat of the four million will be used for other projects the county hopes to develop.

Responsibility for Drug Clean-ups

The request was made that this be a topic for blog discussion. A recent newspaper article stated that the county will now be responsible for the expense of cleaning up any illegal or hazardous chemical, (including Meth. related sites), discovered in the county.

Why don't we put something in the proposed charter as a local ordinance that requires the owner, operator, accomplice or anyone convicted of any offending 'chemical dump' (to include meth labs ) shall be automatically required to pay for 100% of cleanup costs and if necessary the sheriff shall be authorised to confiscate property/business or any other personal assets sufficient to cover such costs plus the costs associated with the confiscation.