Disinterest, Neglect, Inconvenience, Incompetence What Ever The Reason The Result Is Commissioner Coleman Fails The 7th District.
When you read the duties of a County Commissioner the main thing it states is that the Commissioners are responsible for the finances of the county, setting the tax rate, budget etc. Part of the way for meeting this required responsibility is to form a Budget Committee made up of seven commissioners, one from each district.
This year the representative on the Budget Committee from the 7th District was Commissioner Vicki Coleman. Each member of the committee is elected by the commissioners from that district. Commissioner Harwell cannot vote on any financial matters so he’s essentially disqualified. Commissioner Coleman requested to be on the Budget Committee and since Commissioner Campbell had served before, she was placed on it to represent the 7th District.
It was almost immediately that Commissioner Coleman stated that she could not attend the traditional Tuesday meetings and they were rescheduled for Thursday Mornings.
According to the records maintained by the County Executive, since January the Budget Committee has met eight times with Commissioner Coleman actually attending four of those meetings, however of those four meetings she only attended two Budget Committee meetings from gavel to gavel.
This is the scheduled Budget Meetings since January 2014 along with Commissioner Coleman’s attendance
16 January 2014 – Commissioner Coleman was in attendance
20 February 2014 – Commissioner Coleman was in attendance
6 March 2014 – Commissioner Campbell sat in for Commissioner Coleman
24 April 2014 – Commissioner Campbell sat in for Commissioner Coleman. Commission Coleman arrived after the meeting was adjourned. She was signed in by the County Executive with a notation that both commissioners were to be paid $30.00 each.
30 April 2014 – Commissioner Harwell sat in for Commissioner Coleman.
1 May 2014 – Commissioner Harwell sat in for Commissioner Coleman
15 May 2014 – Commissioner Harwell sat in for Commissioner Coleman. Commissioner Coleman arrives for the 9:30 meeting at 9:46 and takes her seat at the committee table
21 May 2014 – Commissioner Campbell sits in for Commissioner Coleman. Commissioner Coleman arrives for the 9:30 meeting at 10:12 and takes her seat at the committee table, a recess is called at 11:20 and Commissioner Coleman leaves the room and does not return. Her seat remains empty for the remainder of the meeting.
An additional meeting to discuss ways to raise revenue for the Highway Department had been scheduled at Commissioner Coleman’s request, she failed to attend that meeting.
posted by Allen Barrett | 5:37 PM
295 Comments:
She will still defeat your sorry rear end in August. I know that's a bitter pill for you to swallow.
She might win an election but she will never have the intelligence or integrity of Barrett or even of my dog. She is a thief and you are her enabling pimp..
She might win an election but she will never have the intelligence or integrity of Barrett or even of my dog. She is a thief and you are her enabling pimp..
Integrity of Barrett? ARE YOU SERIOUS!
I am in the 7th District and all of this misuse of county funds angers me. There is no reason why two commissioners should be paid to "attend" the same meeting for the same seat. If a person is unable to attend a majority (if not all) of the meetings, he or she should not run for the position. Four more years and I will be running. I am tired of the backwards way this county is run.
I am more offended that our high school band was shut down while all of its sound equipment was being used at the Barrett home without ever a report or disclosure from Barrett. Talk about an Enabler of Theft.
6:40 Is that really true?
unfortunately yes
6:40, What time period was the band shut down? I know that you have no idea. So it takes a bus to move the band equip from game to game, how in the world did a couple of kids carry all of that equip out of the school without someone noticing?
Exactly! And how does Barrett walk around all that stuff without reporting it. Seems like Enabler of Theft was an appropriate label.
6:40 How did you find out about the ban thief? It wasn't on the news. sounds like someone was carrying tales out of police department.
Or maybe Mrs. Vanzant told you if you not her.
band thief.
6:40 To quote Mark Twain, "there are liars and then there are damn liars you sir are in the latter group"
Not only are you a liar but you are a coward to attack a kid who can't fight back. Two speakers and an amp were taken one night and recovered the next day and returned to the school. I suggest you ask Mr. Mark Carden if you are unwilling to take my . The band did not miss one minute of practice.
The simple truth of the matter is that your buddies got caught with their hands in the taxpayers pocket and you're trying to redirect the issue. I suggest you watch for my next post that shows just how much money was paid to this commissioner just since January this year. most people will be shocked.
Now if you have any other lies to tell about me I ask you to please come discuss them face to face instead of like a cowardly snake in the pig sty.
WAB, Way to go! Most people knew they were just trying to redirect the subject off their buddy.
Barrett is the chief attacker of kids here. I remember when he got mad at his sister's boss and came after his minor daughter with a vengeance on here. Save the piety.
8:31, You either don't have a very good memory or you don't care for the details. Mr. Barrett does not have a sister that lives anywhere near here. Is piety anything like pity? Are we gonna have us a piety party? Maybe an iedy, biety, piety party?
9:28 the fool that wrote 8:31 has no concern for the truth that's why he is a damn lying coward.
Wrong again Allen. Perhaps now would be a good time to abandon the hypocrisy.
Mr. Barrett...
You just keep on making enemies. What on earth is your problem? Is being a commissioner (you never will be one) worth it?
12:29, is that all you got?
12:29,
I don't really think Barrett cares if he makes enemies of those who are not accountable to the tax payer or abuse their positions. I don't think any good person would mind making enemies of those who do not respect the taxpayers. It is obvious you choose to associate with those types so it says volumes about you.
My vote goes to Barrett.
So telling the truth about criminal behavior makes enemies surely not of honest citizens. You people are just too much no wonder this county is losing people and moving backward.
1:24
He really doesn't care, and that is shocking. My vote and/or support goes to Mrs. Goolsby, Mrs. Coleman, and Mr. Harwell. Your candidate will again come in dead last1. Don't believe me? Just ask people who live in his district what they think of him.
There you go lying again enabler. I live in the 7th district and will be voting for Barrett. I know nothing about Goolsby but I'm going to pull a you and say that I will not vote for her for the simple reason you support her.
1:58
So you'd rather have somebody like Allen Barrett represent you? I don't get it.
Allen finishes a distant 5th this time. Suing the county and wasting all that money before he lost was not a very bright move.
Absolutely.
I think every one who has seen the Chili cook off video knows Terry can not represent the voters of his district fairly. Didn't he file a false police report against Hughes? He should not even be a commissioner once he accepted the job in the financial management office. If a commissioner can not vote on financial matters how can he be properly representing his district? That does not seem to be a concern of Harwell. He just wants to get his paycheck from the county and extra bumps for attending meetings when he should be working.
Coleman- if she can not attend meetings then I am not being represented. If she accepted money for a meeting she did not attend then I have issues with this and do not feel she is proper representation for the 7th district.
Campbell- He is just drooling for property tax increase and wheel taxes. Goes along with the abuse of taxpayers.
Goolsby- a known liar and troublemaker and enabler supports her. She can not be good for Giles County if the enabler supports her.
6:40 am My, you are opening yourself up to your identity. Instead of trying to rake up mischief on the youth of this fair city, why don't you get your nappy butt out there and arrest the adults breaking the law: a political sign fixed high up on a power pole on 31-A; another candidate with his sign slung across the rail bridge driving west just before Home Depot; the woman selling raw milk at the pulaski farmer's market. That should give you something to do for a while.
You really have a problem understanding what it means to do the right thing don't you dumbass. No doubt you voted for obama twice i9n each election.
Barrett isn't afraid to do what's right even if it doesn't make him any friends in the do wrong group.I would rather stand up with Barrett for what's right than kneel under the corruption and lies of you and your lowlife crook buddies.
I've been attending the budget meetings and I have to say that Barrett asked more questions about issues than anyone there. He also put Harwell in his place about not being able to vote on budget items. Ole Terry sure turned redfaced on that one. Barrett also had more answers than the commissioners, some of them was only interested in getting out of there not doing any real work on the budget. Campbell has decided that the only way is a property tax and $75.00 wheel tax on each car and truck and Coleman and Harwell are going along with him on it.
Coleman when she does show up don't have a clue as to what's going on and Harwell can't take a breath without checking for Vanzant's OK.
I don't know Goolsby as far as I know have never seen her. She may be good or bad I don't know but I will be casting one vote and it will be for Barrett the only one in my district that is looking out for me and my well being. I'm telling everyone I know top cast only one vote and that one for Barrett that way you don't cancel out your vote with one of the big taxers.
Did y'all notice that even after seeing coleman's record cg supported her? But he will still try and deny being an enabler. Hell, that is the very definition of enabler. Isn't that right, enabler? Stupid enabler.
No one should run for commissioner if they think they can't be at most meetings. Why would anyone do that if they couldn't be there?
5:30 Your name-calling is noted. And I see you are still enabling the lie Allen Barrett told. How on earth can you support someone like that? I'd rather have Vickie Coleman than half a dozen like him.
My support goes to Vickie Coleman, Terry Harwell, and Mrs. Goolsby. And you can like it or limp it as far as I am concerned. Neither you nor I know why Mrs. Coleman missed that meeting, but count on people like you and Allen Barrett to try to hurt her for it. Shame on both of you.
5:30. If not Coleman and Harwell that will leave the Enabler of Theft to serve. That is not acceptable
4:27. Is that you again Allen?
Sneaky sneaky sneaky
6:55 No Janet that was my post not Allen Barrett. Sneaky, sneaky sneaky you.
Enabler the problem isn't just that she missed the meeting but that she took the money knowing she had not earned it and did not deserve it. Your support of such behavior don't only make you a enabler of wrongdoing you have become a support of illegal doings. Why don't you ask your preacher about that.
Preacher says the Enabler of Theft was much much worse.
I agree 8:52 there is no excuse to enable the theft by elected officials of taxpayer dollars.
Nor by those running for elected offices.
8:44
No, you are the enabler of the lie Allen Barrett told on me simply because my opinions and views differ from his. That's right; the man you seem to admire (I can't imagine why) told a lie. I happen to be both a Christian and a gentleman. As for Mrs. Coleman's taking the money, I don't know anything about that. However, I will say that if she took the pay and didn't earn it, she should give it back. But neither you nor I know the circumstances, do we? Of course not. And you can't see that this is just another attempt by none other than Allen Barrett to destroy another 7th District candidate. May I suggest that you contact either Mrs. Vanzant or Mrs. Coleman to find out what really happened and stop enabling and promoting t3he evil of troublemaking?
6:46 I don't know your view of anything but you don't like WAB.
Maybe someone else does, but I don't.
The only way I would know you are a gentleman would be seeing you and I don't cared to do that. I really don';t care if you are male or female. Asa for believing you are a Christian, I will have to judge that by the way you post. With so many anonymous post I'm not sure if some of the bad ones are you are not.
As for Ms Coleman getting paid for not being at the meeting on time. I don't know but hope Barrett is watching and checking to see if she does get paid. Someone needs to be checking on taxpayers money.
If you are talking about why she was so late, if she can't fill her duties as commissioner she should resign. They can appoint you to take her place for all I care.
Okay Enabler, Mr. Barrett's grandson took something and gave it back just like you are suggesting Mrs. Coleman to do, if she did anything wrong. So why did you get his grandson thing started and why do you keep harping on it? Oh that's right, because you are a hypocritical enabler of wrong doing and illegal activity.
So sad Mr. B want let Mrs V run the county the way she wants to just like the president runs the country their way.
Why that's a good thing to do, say you can't come to the meeting and get someone else sit in for you then show up when it's about over and you both get paid. Why don't all the commissioners do that?
Lol. I don't think he "gave" back the Barrett family's new sound system.
Isn't Coleman supposed to be a preacher, guess that's where CG goes to church and learns how to act.
7:25/7:58
I didn't know Allen Barrett had a grandson, so please don't accuse me of something I knew nothing about.
By the way, isn't Allen Barrett supposed to be a preacher? Were he mine, I would go somewhere else.
Ok 8:11 I am going to have to accuse you of being an idiot. First off did you think Mr. Barrett went into the band room and took the equip and secondly, it's ok to accuse him of something he knew nothing about but you are going to whine like you are. That is a HYPOCRIT.
The equipment he knew nothing about was set up in his home.
8:29
LOOK, I knew nothing about this, and I am certainly not the accuser. OK? What is so hard to understand about that?
May I have your apology now?
8:40
Do you go in your children's room and check it out everyday?
What makes you think Barrett went in that part of the basement everyday?
You are so full of BS I wonder how your family stand to be around you.
If you aren't CG you sure do have people thinking you are.
The equipment was stole one day and gave back next day.
12:08
I posted 8:47. You, like Barrett, owe me an apology I'll never get. But that's ok.
CG
Again. I have to laugh at the implication he "gave" the much needed equipment of our children back.
12:45 I don't owe you an apology, you owe me one. I said: "If you aren't CG you sure do have people thinking you are." The person that goes on about the stolen property in Barrett house makes people think it's you. I read your post of 8:47, so what do you think about somebody trying to make people think you posted about the stolen property?
All of this pitiful back-and-forth when the sad truth is the 7th district has a ballot of idiots from which to choose. Goolsby is probably the only one with any sense.
CG, give up. I swear you sound like a real moron by taking up for the shit going on with Coleman. She has been worthless to this county. Barrett is just as worthless because he has cost the taxpayers much more than $30. You don't have to agree with one idiot to take up for another.
Surely there is someone in the 7th district with a brain that could run for office.
My vote goes to Barrett. I know many people in our government that have cost way more than Barrett and we would have no knowledge of it if it was not for Barrett. Let us take the EDC for example. Dan Speer, David Rackley and company have cost this county how much in lawsuits? So much they are ashamed to reveal it and have to have closed meetings to keep it hidden from the public. Was it in the millions? But David Rackley sure does worry about the cost of a legal republican primary. That has been news worthy all over WKSR and the Citizen. You have to wonder why there is an emphasis on that and not the vast amount of money EDC is costing us. Are we still paying a mortgage for property we know longer own. EDC and transparency my butt. If it was not for Barrett we would know nothing about the law suit in the first place.
Barrett has my vote and will be the only one receiving my vote. I encourage all that live in the 7th district to do the same.
And I encourage everyone in the 7th once again to rejecting soundly the idiotic charter-pushing lawsuit-filing Barrett. Let's elect those who will actually govern and get something done.
Like Terry Harwell, Tommy Campbell. and Vicky Coleman? HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
4:17
Yes, you DO owe me an apology for accusing me of starting the discussion about Barrett's stealing band equipment or whatever it was. But, like Barrett, you seem much too proud to admit that you were wrong. That's ok.
CG
7:18
WAB; is that you AGAIN? Do you honestly think the voters in your district can't see through all this...the war against each and every one of your opponents? Don't be naïve. They know. And, while we're at it, I think most people around town know why you feel such animosity toward both Mrs. Vanzant and Mrs. Coleman. I've heard it on the street myself. And yes, that's hearsay...but where there's smoke, you know.
Enabler,
7:18 is not WAB. It is from a voter in the 7th district who sees through your lies and stupid accusations. I am a voter who wishes to be represented and not by some idiot that should be in jail. "I'm a County Commissioner, what are you going to do about it?" "faggot". quote from your idol Terry Harwell.
I want some one who can represent the 7th district and show up for the meetings she gets paid for.
I want someone who is looking for ways to keep from burdening the taxpayers with higher taxes instead of going around screaming for wheel tax and increased property taxes. I guarantee they get those taxes and board member committee fees will be raised again. I want the EDC held accountable or abolished completely. Tommy Campbell sure is not the one.
We have seen what Harwell, Coleman and Campbell are capable of and that is not much. So again Terry Harwell, Tommy Campbell. and Vicky Coleman? HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
My vote goes to Barrett.
7:40 Then by all means, go vote for that guy. My support goes to his opponents....Mrs. Coleman, Mr. Harwell, and Mrs. Goolsby. Giles County does not need someone like Allen Barrett on the commission. That's why he's already been defeated twice.
Then go vote for them and get more of the same. No representation, an embarrassment to the commission and maybe Goolsby will be alright but since you are supporting her I doubt it.
Barrett for commissioner.
7:50 I will support Barrett's opponents even more now. You give me the resolve to do so. Thanks.
I'm sure your support of those candidates will drive more support to Barrett so please support Barrett's opponents. You probably are one 7:53.
Barrett all the way!!!!!
That was my exact thought. If she is supposed to be a minister, then why is she lying and accepting money she knows she doesn't deserve? They say there are always more hypocrites in church than out. And now she has a "gourmet cafe" on the north end of town. Guess us taxpayers helped to pay for that too.
Oh cg you dumbass you. Does your hypocrisy know no bounds? In your back-to-back post at 7:20 and 7:25, within the space of 5 minutes, you prove to be the ultimate hypocrite. In your 7:20 post you insist the poster owes you an apology for assuming you wrote the aforementioned comment, yet at 7:25, you accuse an anonymous poster of being Barrett. What in the name of the good Lord Jesus is your problem? Do you not read what you write or are you just firmly convinced that the rules you want everyone else to follow do not apply to you? Holy damn man, get yourself together. You are proving yourself the fool more and more with every post.
lol...cool off. its just a silly blog Buddy. Wow what language... invoke the Lord's name and then swear like a sailor. tsk tsk tsk
Obviously you've never spoken to a sailor. I don't think "dumbass" and "damn" would hardly qualify as serious cussing, dumbass. Also, with the information in that comment, the language is all you can find to post about. Unbelievable.
Did it ever occur to you that if the county officials would just follow the law they would not be sued. Barrett didn't cost the county money the county cost taxpayers money. I appreciate Barrett not backing down and that's why I'll vote for him. He's proven that you can't intimidate him and that's what scares the hell of of some people. He fights back and he stands up for the little guys who can't speak up without losing our jobs or else we can't attend the meetings because they are only held in the mornings. We can't get news from the radio or paper and Barrett's blog is the only source of information we have. Make fun of him all you want but he has shown to have more guts than anyione in the government. Someone said he was an idiot, that's the kind of thing the fool says about the genius. I listened to Coleman at the trial and the woman didn't even know you can only vote once, I guess her being a democrat obama supporter she thiught she was above the law. Guess she is by taking money she didn't earn, Of all the people on the commission coleman is the worse.
Wednesday, July 02, 2014 7:20:00 PM
I've just got back on here since my post of 4:17. Now I see why people call you names.
I never accursed you of starting the post about Barrett's grandson.
I stick by what I said: "If you aren't CG you sure do have people thinking you are."
That post was to the one posted this: Anonymous said...
The equipment he knew nothing about was set up in his home.
Wednesday, July 02, 2014 8:40:00 AM So now are you admitting to posting that?
I donot owe you an apology for saying that. You owe me an apology which I'm sure I'll never get!
You've got so upset over what Barrett said and signed his name to it, not cowards like you and me, you don't know what you are posting.
yawn
11:16, you are obviously a child too young to vote or an employee of the county who is quite happy with the status quo. Either way, you don't bring a hell of a lot to the table, do you?
The county has lost more lawsuits under Vanzant than any other county mayor. Millions were lost at the
highway department when the employees sued and won. Millions were lost when the people at the jail sued and won. Remember how she settled out of court over the mold that didn't even exist. There's been other lawsuits and dumb decisions that cost the county a lot more than Barrett or any individual has, just look at the way she pissed away the Hunter Smith building. We have lost industry because she doesn't know what to do or how to do it at the intetersate site so it just sits there. She led the way in giving the revenue from the sales tax option to the city. Think how far that tax would go in helping the highway department each year. It cost thousands of dollars when she changed the vote about selling beer at Campbellsvile then had to spend thousands more in legal fees when the state said she had violated her authority and left the county without a beer ordnance. She sat did nothing when the strip club violated the laws then dared her to do something about it. She threathened commisioners when they went to Nashville trying to do something about the insurance monoply and violations. She put Garner in as Finanec Director and kept her long after she had proved incompentent and cost the county millions of dollars. She gave commissioner Harwell a plum job he had no qualifications for after he had attacked a private citizen used hate speech against the man, lied to the police and made a general ass of himself before challengening the man to do something about it since he was a commissioner. She led the way in spending the 15 million dollars of hospital reserves.
The problem ain't Barrett the problem is Vanzant and her lack of leadership. The woman is clueless and now it's revealed that she is paying commissioners who don't even show up for meetings, paying Terry Harwell twice for the same time is bad enough but to pay them when they aren't there is criminal.
If you want to jump on Barrett go ahead that's no skin off my nose but you should try to be a little more trueful in what he's done to cost the county and what Vanzant has done. I'm like a poster whosaid earlier I admire Barrett for standing up and fighting back against an abusive government and some of its officials, I wish I had the time and will to do it. I think that some on here are jealous of Barrett because what he is doing shows them up as cowards.
early riser
Then by all means you should vote for that guy. I've decided that I am going to get out there and help get Mrs. Coleman, Mrs. Goolsby, and Mr. Harwell elected. We do not need someone like your guy sitting on the commission. Even if he could get elected, he would be one man out of 21, so what in the world do you think he could do besides rant and rave and cause trouble? You admire that? If so, I would say that you have been drinking far too much of his Kool-Aid. That's truly sad.
CG
Well that's why you are an enabler of wrongdoing. Supporting a proven thief and a double dipped and a person who will not be at meetings cause she never has. If Barrett can do nothing then why are you scared of him? You want nothing done to improve this county and voting for do nothing people is proof. BARRETT WOULD TURN THIS PLACE UPSIDE DOWN WITH IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT SCARES THE HE'LL OUT OF THE DEVILS.
6:44
That's simply not true. Oh, I'm sure he would shake things up, but that's what he likes to do. But keep in mind that even if he COULD get elected, he would only be one of 21. And I understand that most of the commissioners wouldn't want to work with him. Just my opinion.
Oh, and it's a lie on your part to suggest that people like me do not want what's best for our county.
Way to go Early Riser. I didn't know a lot of that. You sure pissed ole Cg off.
CG you are always bragging about how you are going out and campaign for someone. I wonder if you ever thought that might not be a good idea. People will then find out who you are. I have always thought when you've said that I bet you don't get off your rear.
Where is my apologize?
From the Enabler of Theft? Don't hold your breath waiting on that one. They will just accuse you of not being smart enough to know about something before it happens. What a joke.
9:26 Are you CG?
10:20 Nope. Wasn't me.
CG
People like 5:23 is the reason this county is in the shape it is. They are not interested in county improvements. Just keep the same people in positions that haven't done anything to move the county forward.
Dick
At least we know who we don't want in office...namely know-it-alls and troublemakers. We got along just fine without them before, and we will continue to do so long after they give up their dream of "being in charge".
3:15 you can't be serious about getting along just fine. The county is going no where. If anything it's going backwards. You need to wake up and look around.
I'm seeing over a 1,000 new jobs in less than a year. Looks pretty good to me.
had to go around the local edc and had to involve the state to get them. Maybe we should take the local edc funding and give it to the state that way we would not have a local edc losing large sums of money in law suits harassing people who want to do business here. how much did the edc's actions cost the taxpayers?
I am starting to feel certain that CG is a complete psychopath.
Dick...Oh, and you guys could fix everything, right? Our county may not be doing so well right now, but neither are the others. That's how it is these days. But, like I said, we got along just fine without them in the past, and we will manage just "fine and dandy" in the future.
Thursday, July 03, 2014 4:26:00 PM
Are these jobs in Giles County and would they be permanent? Or are they the ones that work you as part time where they want have to pay for your insurance?
6:19 I'm feeling the same way.
No they are full time with benefits. We lead all 4 surrounding Tennessee towns in job growth. Not bad
Thank you State of Tennessee EDC. Its not hard to come up a huge percentage with the location of one business and the expansion of other existing industries that had nothing to do with local EDC. We should look at how many businesses were blocked access, harassed and chased out of town, would not be considered unless locating on one Dan Speer predetermined site, or could not expand because of an unwillingness of the local edc to work with them.
7:45 I didn't say anything about fixing things. But it would be nice to have people in office that would try. Other counties around us are doing better. The 3 counties around us are all doing better.
7:25
That's not entirely true. Even if it were, there are things such as logistics, location, demographics, etc. that must be factored into the equation. But of course, it's easier to blame the elected officials in hopes that they will be voted out and replaced by more "knowledgeable and sophisticated" people. Right?
Sorry 10:38 but you are just plain wrong. Yes we have increased jobs thanks to the sate involvement. Now ask yourself how many of those jobs that pay well actually went to Giles County residents. The skilled jobs were brought here and the people live in other counties, their children go to school in other counties and they are spendingh their money in other counties.
Giles continues to lose population, the schools are losing students.and while there are still many great things about the county and its people the fact is that the current leadership has squandered many opportunities, and a great deal of money, to enhance the benefits. There is no vision in the county executive's office only inadequate crisis to crisis response and lies to cover other lies.
Thank you commissioner. Maybe some of these people will listen to you.
11:45 is right on. Yep, our EDC & 'independent' candidates love talking up the jobs that our state Republican leadership are responsible for. In the words of their hero Obama ... "You didn't create that!!!"
7:40 - We have a location problem? Are you kidding? I65 running N-S through the county, & 64 E-W, and we're tucked in between Nashville & Huntsville?
As for the 7th district & your hapless commissioners, I'd suggest you'd do better picking a random 3 from the phone book than the 3 you have.
8:55
Another cheap shot at the 7th District candidates (except Allen Barrett) I see. So predictable and almost laughable.
7:54
Would you by ANY POSSIBLE CHANCE be none other than Allen Barrett again? I could say I'm the Mayor of Nashville, but that wouldn't make me a mayor. I think your subtle attempt to malign Mrs. Vanzant gives you away.
Name one
9:23 - Read carefully ... I'm taking no cheap shots at "candidates", just calling the existing commissioners with feckless records of underwhelming performance "hapless."
You seem word-challenged, so let me help ... (Hapless = Unfortunate; Feckless = Incompetent)
Wanna know what's laughable - you poor 7th District folk continuing to elect unfortunate incompetents. What's NOT laughable - it adversely impacts the entire county.
Oh, cg's not laughable, he's delusional. He sees Allen behind every bush and tree. Hell, I bet Allen's even hiding behind his couch. Boo! Stupid enabler.
1000 $10.00 per hour jobs. Do you really think that that is helping the county?
Unbalanced budget for several years in a row?
The county has no direction, and it is going backwards.
Thanks to 9:39, 10:27, & 11:17 ... I'm encouraged that some people 'get it.' Praise God - everyone isn't fooled. Now I can go enjoy my 4th of July.
9:23 they are not cheap shots against 7th district commissioners, it's just the truth. It a shame that you don't see that they are doing nothing to help the county.
Maybe he sees Allen hiding behind his amp and speakers.....oh wait....where did they go????
10:27
Wrong. I see Allen Barrett as a sneaky, calculating, and devious person. That's just an opinion for which I am entitled. I'm surprised that you can't (or won't) see it.
2:34
And the rest of us are surprised you can't (or won't) see the criminality of 2 commissioners getting paid in a sneaky, calculating, & devious manner.
Let's just call it irreconcilable differences. Just please stop inflicting these same 3 incumbents on the rest of the county. Is it too much to ask that y'all elect representatives who will show up, are qualified to vote on budget matters, and won't bilk the taxpayers for meetings they don't attend? Is that such a high standard?
3:26 And the war in 7th District goes on. Such a stinking shame.
You would have to be an idiot to think that 1000 $10.00/hour jobs do not help the county. 11:17, you are either stupid or well....stupid.
3:59
$10.00 an hour to start with benefits? If you are claiming this is what magneti is starting new hires then you are misinformed. $9.00 no benefits and hired through temp agency. I am glad Magneti decided to locate hear and expand in spite of having to go around the local edc but wish the industries that located hear paid a decent wage. 25% less than surrounding counties for doing similar jobs is not a good wage or good for the citizens.
I can't decide if you are the stupid one, misinformed, or just trying to promote something that is not true 3:59
$10.00 per hour is not equivalent to the US poverty level for a family of 4. Thank goodness for food stamps, free lunches for the kids and Section 8 housing. At least my tax dollars are at work on the local level.
300 a week clear is not a get rich job but at least.it's a job and I DON'T take no welfare.
Just where is these jobs that start at $10.00 an hour with benefits?
I would like to see proof of that. I know several people that want it.
As someone said Magneti isn't paying that.
7:33 Since you said they located "hear" not once but twice, I will let others decide who is ....well...stupid.
I think the one who keeps saying someone told a lie "ON" them is the stupid one. Anyone can make a mistake but to continually whine the same ole song but what difference does it make other than redirect te conversation and attendtion away from the real problem.
2:34 if Barrett is a, "sneaky, calculating, and devious person" what does that make you? He takes responsibility for what he writes on here while you never identify yourself. Barrett puts facts and evidence to back up his claims while you admit to spreading gossip and rumors. Barrett has exposed some very shady unethical and even criminal behavior while you have defeded the wrongdoing and those who take part in it. Barrett is doing something to help the people while you are continuing to enable the wrongdoing. Even you have admitted that what Barrett states is not wrong it's just that you don't like his way of doing things. I'd like to know what could he do different that would be pleasing to you. If Barrett is a "sneaky, calculating, and devious person" then what are you?
yawn
8:45 I believe the reference to Barrett's being sneaky, calculating, and devious has only to do with his attempts to become a commissioner. Well, that "ain't" gonna happen.
A solution:
Those who live in the fairyland of the 7th District, where their commissioners are superior public servants, where anyone who raises ethical charges is raked over the coals, and where commonsense is displaced by partisan socialism, please start another blog. Leave the freespeechzone to those who live in the land of reality, right & wrong, and absolute truth (otherwise known as Giles County). Start a new blog - LivingInOz.blogspot.com. Enjoy it there ... secede if you want to ... and let us know how it works out for you.
Hey CG, I like that straw hat you had on.
9:16 since you are so sleepy you better go to bed and wake up after the election.
Looks like 9:16 is just plain old bored or trying to be cute.
To bad he/she don't care if commissioners are being paid when not at the meeting full time.
3:10 Straw hat? What a laugh.
No, I have work to do for my candidates between now and the August election.
9:34 You guys are just too obvious. Of course anybody in the world should give back what he or she doesn't have a right to. In fact, I have specifically stated that Mrs. Coleman should give the money back if she hasn't earned it. So stop lying ok?
My support still remains with Mrs. Coleman, Mr. Harwell, and Mrs. Goolsby. And, if need be, I will go out and work for Mr. Campbell. That is how strongly I resent the warring tactics against these individuals and how firmly I believe that your man should NEVER be a commissioner!
So the wrring tactics against Barrett don't bother you? By your words it's OK to steal as long as you don't get caught then if you just give it back all is well? You have got to be to be an obama support and probably worked for him to get elected like with Coleman and Harwell.
Barrett is the only person who has stood up for the 7th district and that is the only one I will vote for.
Coleman bankrupted and left others holdingh the bag, lied under oath, took money she didn't earn and doesn't show up for meetings and supports a property tax and wheel tax.
Harwell was given a job he's not qiualified for, physically assaulted a citizen, used extremely offensive lhate speech then dare the citizen to try and do something about it because he was a county commissioner, he double dips in taxpayer money and supports both the property tax increase and the wheel tax. Goolsby hasn't done anything in all the years she has lived here hasn't attended meetings and supports the wheel tax.
Barrett has a good record of working for the people and that is the only one I will vote for and ask others to cast only one vote and that for Allen Barrett.
Saturday, July 05, 2014 9:46:00 PM
What's wrong with straw hat? It helps when out in this heat and I liked it. I could see you was doing a lot of campaign.
I'm with you 8:05.
8:05 Wrong. I am asking Mr. Barrett to stop this war against his opposition. It's just the tackiest and sleaziest thing I've ever seen in Giles County politics. If you feel that he is right for Giles County, then by all means go out and vote one time for him. I just disagree, and I think you will see that the majority of 7th District voters agree with me. They have told him twice that they don't want him. Perhaps he will stop this stuff when they tell him a third time...in August.
I think 8:05 is Allen Barrett. Outrageous and sneaky.
So you openly support wrongdoing the lies,.the deception thief and fraud. The only thing Barrett has dine is expose the corruption that you are so comfortable with. You should be ashamed and would be if you had a conscience or any morals. How can anyone possibly justify supporting such behavior as Barrett has revealed. I thought some of those people were nice I even voted for Janet and Terry but never again.
Mr. Barrett...You have "revealed" nothing but your rabid desire to become a commissioner. Well, it's not going to happen, so why not stop attacking your opponents? Ok? You are totally naïve and delusional if you don't think people in your district are on to you.
I just don't understand. These people take the time and money to run for these elected positions and then don't fulfill their obligation to represent their constituents by attending the commissioner and committee meetings. They know when these meetings take place before they run for election. What the hell is the problem? And even worse, what in the hell is the problem with the people of this county to continue to re-elect them.
I could go on and lambast the elected officials and the majority of the voters of this county, but what purpose would that serve?
This county suffers because it deserves it.
8:05 You are right. It DOES sound like an unhappy little group of people trying to cause as much trouble as they can. It's just a shame. If you guys would expend as much effort and energy into positive things as you do trying to destroy those you resent, just think how much better Giles County would be...and ultimately, the state of Tennessee.
9:18
As the chief enabler of wrongdoing in Giles County you should not be giving advice to anyone. Maybe you can tell your crook buddies to quit abusing their positions 9:18. Think how much better Giles County would be if we had people in elected positions that actually showed up to commission and committee meetings, that did not go around attacking people and calling people faggots, filing false police reports, sitting in elected positions that conflict with their county job, or just did not blatantly steal from the taxpayers. I know that is hard for you to imagine since you are probably the worst offender and your post was more than likely made on the taxpayer's dime. Isn't that right Enabler? I'm sure you will just lie and deny it as you are a tremendous liar. Every one knows it. You have posted to much proof on this blog.
Everyone else think how much better Giles County would be if the enabler of those who are so willing to abuse their positions left Tennessee all together.
9:45 I stand by what I said. The trouble here in Giles County started with a jealous and resentful man who seems to despise certain elected officials, particularly females, whom he thinks wronged or slighted him in some way or have any authority over him. It doesn't seem to deter him one bit even though the VOTERS have twice screamed to him that they do not want him. I know that's a hard thing for you to swallow, but we both know it's true.
I have a better idea on who should leave Tennessee...or at least Giles County. Can you guess who those pleasant people might be?
Actually, July 8, 8:05 did not give the entire story on the corruption ratings. The ratings disregarded certain information which sieved through the data that allowed states in the northeast and California escape.
The post got their info from: http://fortune.com/2014/06/10/most-corrupt-states-in-america/
I suggest you all read the entire article and then go one step further.
Read the article from the liberal newspaper the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/01/22/the-most-corrupt-states-in-america/
Please note the time periods for which the data represents and what is and what is not included in the determination of "corruption".
And as a final note to these data, being caught, brought to trial and convicted is a lot different than not being caught, brought to trial and convicted.
Would you not consider that the apprehension and conviction rates in these "most corrupt states", i.e., the police and judicial systems in action, might be better than those states whereby the criminals are in bed with the same?
That's why I put the source so any one could make their own educated evaluation.
But what I posted does mirror what is going on here in Giles County at the present.
Tennessee: The Daily Beast used FBI arrest records to take a more concentrated look at wasteful spending, embezzlement and convictions for public corruption and ties to organized crime among the states in the decade between 1999 and 2008. Tennessee ranked number one overall, thanks to its top-10 rankings in fraud, forgery and counterfeiting and embezzlement.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/01/22/the-most-corrupt-states-in-america/
This report shows "the criminals are in bed with the same" here in Tennessee.
11:05 your speculation as to how other states may or may not act in prosecuting crimes is just that speculation. If you are going to state something, please provide factual info to support your claims.
CG, Did WAB keep Mrs. Coleman from attending the meeting until it was over?
What about the governor's race? Eveyone has been quiet on it.
To the 11:01 poster
You never cease to amaze me. Whether it’s your blatant enabling of wrong doing or your total disregard of facts in order to protect your criminal friends, it’s your willingness to simply make up the most bizarre stories and then turn them into very active rumors spread by you.
Your statement that, “the trouble here in Giles County started with a jealous and resentful man who seems to despise certain elected officials, particularly females, whom he thinks wronged or slighted him in some way or have any authority over him”, is so totally absurd it could only have been conjured up in the arrogant mind of someone so mentally unbalanced that they have totally suspended reality in their unhappy existence.
To think that “the trouble in Giles County started with me” requires the denial of all drug problems in the county; the tragic shooting at Richland; the brutal murders committed by the Bondurant twins; the beheading of a man in the middle of a city street, etc. Perhaps the birth of the KKK; the racial problems; school instability; the decrease in population; closing of several factories were my fault? Maybe you want to confine your statement to only the political aspects of the community but then that would require denial of a mayor being removed from office for misconduct; a vicious battle to impose county wide zoning on people who choose to live free? It wasn’t me that purchased the Hunter Smith building at an absurd price, spend an equally absurd amount to fix it up only to be shut down by the state then finally sold for a mere fraction of the cost. I’m not the one who put Mr. Little or Jackson or Webb in as School Directors. I’m not the one who caused a lawsuit that paid out thousands of dollars to highway department workers or the one who settled the million dollar “non existent mold” problem at the jail. I didn’t refuse to let a highly qualified applicant even be interviewed for the Financial Management Director position because she wasn’t the right color. I’m not the one who has lost millions of dollars to lawsuits involving the misconduct of the EDB/IDC. I could continue but would hate to be accused of “writing an epistle” though I would suggest you might need to read a few epistles, specifically those written by the Apostle Paul.
Let me point out to your totally inadequate thought process, that if you do not know a person you would probably appear to be less a fool by not attempting to define that person or their motivations.
I was raised and have been surrounded by strong intelligent women all my life. I was raised by my Granny and Mother, every teacher I had except one was a woman until I reached high school even then only three were men. College had a few more males than females. I have a wife of fifty years a daughter and granddaughter, six sisters, a dozen sister in laws and nieces and they each are very intelligent, successful, strong, independent women. I have worked with and for females some extremely competent with outstanding leadership, abilities but some were not worth spit on a hot stove. It wasn’t their being female that made them good or bad it was their attitude, abilities, focus and integrity that made them who they were.
So if you want to show off your psychiatric knowledge you should first get some, then at least talk to the subject of your amateurish analysis before committing to paper the evidence of your utter stupidity.
As for losing two elections that’s were we also differ, as I focus on the positive and seek to move forward while you see the negative and let it terrorize you into doing nothing. It’s obvious that you feel more comfortable with and would rather have a county that is moving backward and controlled by deceit and corruption than to make the necessary changes that would rid it of the corruption and deceit and move it into the twenty-first century. Actually you seem terrified of even coming into the twentieth century.
Mr. Barrett..
You never cease to amaze me as well. You continue telling that lie that I willfully enable wrong doing. That makes you the enabler and not me.
Exactly which of my so-called friends are criminals? Why don't you step right up and name them? Just because I don't agree with you doesn't make me an enabler of wrong anymore than it makes those you resent criminals.
Now, as far as what I perceive to be your disdain for females in power, that was strictly my opinion based on what think. Am I not entitled to an opinion here? If not, then you should change the name of this blog immediately.
And, it is my opinion that all this mischief and trouble here in the county started with non other than you. But of course, it has gained some degree of traction, and you now have a few loyal followers who defend you regardless of the hurtful things to say about others. By the way, you ought to be ashamed of that. The trouble I am referring to has nothing to do with the shootings at Richland and other murders you mentioned. Nor does it have anything to do with other problems you mentioned that are not at all peculiar to Giles County, save for the KKK. What do these things have to do with running down your opponents or smearing Mrs.Vanzant and a host of others who have crossed you in some way? NOTHING!
oh, I could go on and on, but what's the point? It's your way or the highway, and that, sir, is one of the main reasons why the voters do not want you to represent them in 7th District. Who will you blame when you are once again defeated? I wonder.
And you are also telling a falsehood about my not wanting our county to move forward. I think it can and will in spite of those like you.
I hate to be so blunt with you, but you need to hear it from someone. It might as well be me. Twentieth century? What a laugh!
Wow enabler, you're just wasting air a perfectly normal person could be breathing. You conveniently skipped over the hospital fund, Hunter Smith building and all the needless lawsuits. Is all that the fault of one man as well? You're the worst kind of fool if you say it is. The truth is staring you right in the face , but you refuse to see it. Again I say, I pity you.
3:54,
I am a 7th district voter and your statement is a lie. Many voters want Barrett. People like you who spread lies about Barrett and enable the corruption is what is wrong with this county.
You state Barrett started all the trouble in Giles County. His response does show you to be a liar. That is nothing new because everyone knows that.
But since you decided to back track in your statements, as you so often do when caught in a lie, please be specific of the actions Barrett has taken to start all the "trouble" in Giles County.
I won't hold my breath because I know you are just an opponent of Barrett's in the 7th district race that comes on here to attack him.
4:13/4:18 That's not true. I didn't conveniently skip over anything. Pity me if you will, but all this troublemaking did in fact begin with one man. That's my opinion.
Now, since you are a 7th District voter why don't you just go out and vote for your candidate or candidates and stop all this warring against those who are running against Mr. Barrett? And there may be many voter who will vote for him, but that "many" will ne small in comparison to what the others get. Why is that? I will say it again. People do not want Allen Barrett representing them. They have SCREAMED that message to him twice and will assuredly do it again. And no, I'm not a candidate for anything.
Why don't you make up your mind to stop enabling the lie Mr. Barrett told? He's apparently too proud to admit that he lied, but you don't have to follow along...hook, line and sinker.
Well, 6:03 if you don't skip over things then why didn't you address the issues that Mr. Barrett raised?
I think Mr. Barrett made it rather clear that your buddies, Vanzant is a criminal due to the fact she committed fraud against the people of the county. Coleman took money she knew she had not earned which is stealing and Harwell is taking money from the county twice for the same hours. You know the thing I don't understand is how you can continue to ignore the facts when they are there is black and white. Do you deny that eight people got paid when only severn were authorized. Do you deny that Coleman was absent when she was signed in as present. Do you really think it's OK to take money you did not legally have a right to. You sure seem to have a perverted idea of what a Christian Gentleman is.
Giles County truly deserves to suffer.
8:12
Then why don't you let Mr. Barrett step up and call her a criminal right here on this blog? I've never in my entire life seen such bitterness here in the county, and you happen to be part of that problem. Can't you see that? Let the jealous and resentful alone, and this will be a much better place for us all to live. You don't have to enable and promote that evil. And it is evil.
No, I clearly understand what it means to be a Christian and a gentleman. I never claimed to be perfect, but you won't find me running around with my hair on fire calling people names, cursing and threatening those who disagree with me, and such behavior. What I have anybody else can have. It's free to all.
Finally, exactly what is the matter with your head? Do you just choose to ignore what has been clearly and plainly stated? I have said at least twice that Mrs. Coleman should give back the money if she didn't earn it. Stop the lying. And what you say about Terry Harwell is just plain wrong. Can you not see the source of this war against Mrs. Coleman and Mr. Harwell...and occasionally against Mrs. Goolsby and Mr. Campbell? You are enabling and promoting it. Think about that.
How can one condemn WAB for his actions, and defend Terry Harwell for his?
I consider myself way more friendly towards Terry, but what he did and the way he acted was just plain wrong. There should have been consequences.
8:59 Consequences? Haven't the jealous and resentful delivered sufficient consequences already? Terry Harwell didn't start the trouble at the chili cook-off if that's what you are talking about. Will you guys be able to let this go after the August election?
CG What I see is you are just as bad as Barrett. Your comeback makes people come back at you. I think half the time saying things they don't really mean just to get you going.
It takes two to make a fight, fuss or baby.
Wednesday, July 09, 2014 9:16:00 AM
Was it let go after the last election Mrs. Vanzant was in?
I don't think the election will change the blog one bit.
Sorry Mrs. Vanzant to use your name, but I wanted Cg to know I wasn't tlking about the Republician election which was the last election.
9:26/9:31
I am simply standing up for both myself and for those who are being attacked here. It's nothing more than that.
The last election I was referring to was the last county election wherein Mrs. Vanzant was smeared and attacked by the same little group who is doing it again.
Please define "Start".
It really shouldn't matter who started what. Leaders and elected officials should be held to a higher standard. Terry Harwell has failed!
I am not part of the "Little Group", and I smear Janet Vanzant. She has done an absolutely horrible job running this county.
During her tenure, one can name several, several things that have gone wrong, been lost or just turned out bad. One will be hard pressed to name anything good that has come during the same period.
9:39/9:42
Well, instead of promoting this evil, why don't you simply talk about the things you like about your candidate and then go vote for him or her? Smearing the opposition is a dirty trick in small town politics, and you should be better than that. Besides, it makes one look desperate as we so clearly see right here on this blog. Think about that.
Unfortuneately, it's a part of all politics. The bottom line is that this county NEEDS A NEW EXECUTIVE!
This county should be desperate. She has damn near ruined it financially and other ways.
9:50,
You attack Barrett and try to smear him all over the county but come on here and try to control everyone's speech? You are an absolute idiot because you expect others to do as you say when you are incapable of setting a good example yourself.
Here is a little advice I know you are to dumb to take. If you do not want people to talk about the criminal activity of the candidates you support, quit supporting the criminals.
Us Mr. Barrett the one who accused people of being criminals? If so, why don't you let HIM make the charges since he signs his name to his posts?
CG You are so, I can't think of the word to describe you. You want people not to say anything about the ones you support and just go vote for the one they want. Why can't you do that. Practice what you preach.
Kettle calls the pot black.
Wednesday, July 09, 2014 9:16:00 AM
"Terry Harwell didn't start the trouble at the chili cook-off if that's what you are talking about." ?
Were you there and if so who started it?
1:59/2:05
The only thing I have said about any candidate running for office is Allen Barrett, and that is because of the war that's going on against his opponents and Mrs. Vanzant. Why can't he talk about his own "merits" and lay off his opponents? And why can't those like you do the same. You appear desperate and foolish, but that's your privilege.
I've seen the video. Terry Harwell was minding his own business when this started. Granted, he shouldn't have said some things, but what man among us isn't prone to saying things we wish we hadn't? I know from experience that I have been provoked into doing the same. Would you admit that you too are human?
Wow, I don’t know how I can possibly make it more clear than the topic I posted on 26 June 2014 but I’ll try to make it where even an enabling pinhead should be able to understand.
THE GILES COUNTY EXECUTIVE, JANET VANZANT DID ABUSE THE POWERS OF HER OFFICE AND COMMIT A FRAUD AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY ON 24 APRIL 2014 WHEN SHE WILLFULLY AND KNOWINGLY SIGNED COMMISSIONER VICKI COLEMAN’S NAME ON A SIGN IN SHEET AS HAVING ATTENDED A BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING THAT MRS VANZANT KNEW COMMISSIONER COLEMAN HAD NOT ATTENDED. MRS. VANZANT DID INSTRUCT ON THAT SIGN IN SHEET THAT BOTH COMMISSIONERS CAMPBELL AND COLEMAN BE PAID THE SUM OF $30.00 EACH.
COMMISSIONER COLEMAN BECAME A PART OF THE CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD WHEN SHE RAISED NO OBJECTION TO THE ILLEGAL ACTIONS BEING TAKEN BY MRS. VANZANT.
I HAVE THE VIDEO OF THE MEETING MADE BY THE EMS STAFF, THE SIGN IN SHEET, THE PAY RECORDS FROM 1 JANUARY 2014 THROUGH 4 JUNE 2014 AND COPIES OF ALL THE SIGN IN SHEETS FOR MEETINGS HELD DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
For the record I do not run around with my hair on fire, I don’t have that much hair left, nor do I go about calling people names or cussing at anyone. What I have done is write about what I observe in an effort to inform the community. There is nothing I have stated on this blog or else where that I did not have proof of.
HERE ARE SOME SIMPLE FACTS TO GO WITH THE CHARGE OF FRAUD AGAINST THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. FACT, COMMISSIONER TERRY HARWELL WAS APPOINTED TO A JOB HE WAS UNQUALIFIED FOR AND DID BRAG ABOUT IT TO CO-WORKERS.
FACT, HARWELL DID COMMIT AN UNPROVOKED PHYSICAL AND VERBAL ASSAULT AGAINST BOB HUGHES AT THE CHILI COOK-OFF, CALLING HIM A “FAGGOT” THEN DARING HIM TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT SINCE HE WAS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
FACT, HARWELL AND HIS WIFE VICKI DID LIE ON AN OFFICIAL POLICE REPORT ABOUT THE INCIDENT. VICKIE HARWELL DID FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY THEN SHE AND TERRY FAILED TO INCLUDE IT ON THEIR FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT TO THE STATE.
FACT, SINCE 1 JANUARY 2014 HARWELL HAS RECEIVED FROM THE COUNTY $660.00 FOR ATTENDING MEETINGS WHILE BEING PAID BY THE COUNTY FOR BEING IN THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OFFICE DURING THE EXACT SAME TIME. HOW ONE PERSON CAN BE IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME IS TRUELY AMAZING.
FACT, COMMISSIONER VICKI COLEMAN DID NOT OFFICIALLY WITHDRAW FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD RACE NOR DID SHE LEGALLY QUALIFY FOR THE COMMISSIONER RACE.
FACT, COMMISSIONER COLEMAN HAS MISSED MORE BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAN ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE, ATTENDING LESS THAN HALF AFTER DEMANDING THAT SHE BE ON THAT COMMITTEE.
FACT, SHE DID FILE BANKRUPCY AND FAILED TO DECLARE IN ON HER FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORM WITH THE STATE.
FACT, COMMISSIONERS HARWELL, COLEMAN AND CAMPBELL HAVE ON MANY OCCASIONS EXPRESSED THEIR DESIRE FOR A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE AND A WHEEL TAX.
FACT, THESE COMMISSIONERS EACH VOTED FOR USING AND THEN COVERED UP THE SPENDING OF THE HOSPITAL RESERVE FUNDS..
THESE THREE COMMISSIONERS HAVE FAILED THE COMMUNITY THEY REPRESENT BY NOT MAINTAINING A MEANS OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY, NOT RETURNING CALLS AND REFUSING TO ADDRESS ISSUES WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
2:19
So Terry was provoked by being recorded breaking local and state ordinances even though he took an oath of office to uphold them? Strange how you reason.
What about Terry and Vicky getting together and lying in a police report? Is that a part of being human? And no, as an adult I have never acted or desired to act in the way Terry did. It is a disgrace to the 7th district and Giles County.
You are an enabler.
Mr. Barrett..
FACT: You are continuing your attack on the 7th District candidates who are your opponents.
PRESEUMPTION: You are doing this because you feel threatened and desperate and feel that if you can "poison the water" concerning your opposition that you might have a chance of finally being a commissioner.
SHAME ON YOU! Why can't you just run a clean campaign? Who will you blame when you are defeated for a third time in August?
I will do all within my power to help your opponents for two reasons. First of all, our county doesn't need you. Secondly, the voters in your district have told you they don't want you, not once but twice. Why can't you just accept that?
Mr. Barrett
By the way, if you want to accuse someone of being a criminal, why don't you name them right here and make the accusations known? Who on earth do you think you are?
If I am defeated again I will do as I always do accept the responsibility and go on with my integrity and intact.
You asked for a in your 8:05 post for me to speak up and identify the thief and I did so you whine that I'm attacking opponents. Not at all I'm just describing their records.
When I have posted my record and the things that I have been involved in you whine that I'm being arrogant and blowing my own horn.
When I have posted what my plan for the county was and how to achieve it without a property tax increase or a wheel tax you whined that I was incapable of such things.
The only conclusion that can be drawn from my attempts to please you is that you will be there whining. It reminds me of a couple of years ago when I posted a blank topic and you whined about even that.
You aren't just a benign enabler you are an actively evil influence poisoning the desire to rid the county of corruption and those who take part in it. You are a pitiful parasite with no redeeming qualities expressed on this blog.
Why are most of the criminals that break civil law members of the Democrat Party in this county?
I enjoy watching Giles County suffer. It deserves to suffer.
Mr. Barrett...
Pardon my saying so, but I just had to laugh when you said you would go on with your integrity intact. I think you are either totally delusional or attempting to be a comedian.
Well, there you go again as Ronald Reagan used to say. Why do you keep telling the lie that I enable wrong? Why don't you allow some of your "integrity" to stop doing so? And as far as your blank topic is concerned, please explain why anyone would respond to it how you are so sure that I did? I think you need to be more honest in what you say here.
Just because I do not agree with you as to who should and should not be an elected official does not make me an enabler. Keep in mind that I definitely do not want you in any elected position whatsoever.
You say I am a pitiful parasite with no redeeming qualities. That's a lie. You falsely accuse me of poisoning the desire to rid the county of certain people. That's a laugh. I'd really like you to leave, so stop lying.
Hey cg, as you say there you go again changing the words to fit your answers. He showed the proof that you DO enable wrongdoing and your support of Vanzant committing fraud with Coleman is just the latest example. You continue to support Harwell in his double dipping in taxpayer money.
You say, "And as far as your blank topic is concerned, please explain why anyone would respond to it how you are so sure that I did?"
I remember that post and you made the first complaint. Maybe Mr. Barrett will repost that topic and your comment.
You said, "Just because I do not agree with you as to who should and should not be an elected official does not make me an enabler."
It has nothing to do with who you support or don't support and people have told you that over and over, you enable wrongdoing by supporting the behavior of the wrongdoer. I couldn't care less about Harwell or Vanzant but I do care that they are misusing taxpayer money which you don't have a problem with.
I don't know if you are a parasite or not but you are without a doubt a gossiping, rumor spreading and delusional person who is neck deep in the corruption that rules this county.
Since you are accusing Mrs. Vanzant and Mrs. Coleman of fraud, why don't you sign your name to the charges? And please stop enabling the lie Allen Barrett told. Ok? If you would do that, I will never have to defend myself against that lie again.
If a person robs a bank and I know who it i but refuse to tell the police is that being an enabler of the robber?
I'm even going to help him get away, was I enabling him?
Enabler,
You have accused many people of many things on here. Some have been attacks on private citizens. Why don't you sign your name since you demand it of others?
9:53
There you go again enabling and promoting a lie Allen Barrett told that I willfully go along with wrong. That's right; he told a lie and is too proud to make it right. And you are right; I just accused him of lying. That's because it is a lie.
CG you are a liar and a coward who keeps trying to change the subject. Barrett accused both Vanzant and Coleman and signed his name so why do you keep whining about someone signing their name, you never do.
You may tho k Barrett "lied on you" but everyone who has looked at the evidence he presented and read most of your comments can see for themselves that you are indeed an enabler of wrongdoing and that is not a lie on you or about you.
You're just like obama think if you just deny and avoid a problem it will go away.
10:38
Again, you are enabling a lie Allen Barrett told on me simply because I had the audacity to disagree with his so-called "truths". That's right; he told a lie, and he knows it. Give this up, and I will not have to keep reminding you.
5:37 I can understand why you would break out laughing at Mr. Barrett speaking of integrity, people who are unfamiliar with certain things usually deal with it by laughing, it helps release the stress of being confronted by unknown things.
4:17
That may be true in some if not many cases, but my laughter was because he claims to be a person of integrity. I think Allen Barrett is a snake in the grass. That's my opinion, and it is that opinion that caused the laughter.
Wonder if you will ever get the guts to say that to his face instead of sneaking around behind his back making up rumors and spreading gossip like some old woman that the Bible warns us about.
cg, how do you consider telling the truth about someone, especially a candidate for a county office, an attack? I believe the voters, with the exception of you, of course, want to know as much as they can about who they elect. You keep saying that the attacks should stop. What you really mean is Barrett should stop telling citizens the dishonest things some of the candidates have done, isn't that right? I assure you that is Allen was saying anything that wasn't true, there would be legal action in the works. See any of that happening? I didn't think so.
BTW, I will find the blank topic you deny commenting about and post it on here just to refresh your memory. I fear you change your stories so much that you have a difficult time keeping them straight. Grow up for a change.
9:07 As I said I hope Mrs. Vanzant and also Mrs. Coleman sue Allen Barrett, but I don't think they will. They should at least consider writing letters to the editor about that guy and what he's doing.
As for the blank thread...do what you feel you must. It doesn't matter one way or the other to me.
yawn
You know they won't sue, cg. You can't bring litigious action against someone for speaking of printing the truth. They will also not write any letters as that would open themselves up to the necessity of having to explain themselves. I'm quite sure that is something they wouldn't want to get into. Can't you just see it now? Allen Barrett is such a low-down troublemaker.Why, look at him. He went and told the truth about us. How dare he!
What a crock.
11:15
No, I think they should at least write letters to the editor to cast light on Allen Barrett so that people can see what he really is. But you are right that, most likely, neither of the two will do that. But it's not for the reason you say it is. Have you noticed that most if not all of the candidates and city officials Allen Barrett attacks and calls names never respond to him here or in the paper. That doesn't mean they shouldn't or that they have something to hide.
Let me see if I understand this, Dr. Webb resigned instead of fighting back so he must be guilty because an innocent person would fight back but if Mrs.Vanzant and Commissioner Coleman don't fight back it only proves the charges are false?
Here's what I think, Mrs. Vanzant nor Commissioner Coleman will sue because they know the truth and would never subject themselves to testifying under oath, many people remember what a catastrophe that was for Mrs. Coleman last time she was under oath. I would be doing the questioning in any new court action.
They will not write letters to the editor and deny they took the money illegally and call me a liar because they know I would sue and they would end up under oath with a whole can of worms to answer for.
They will not write letters to the editor and claim they did not take the money because it's too easily proven that they did.
They will not write letters to the editor because they have tried to keep this scandal as quiet as possible. Have you seen anything about the charges in any of the reports about the Public Hearing on the Budget where I first brought this matter up or in reports about the Legislative Committee where the matter was discussed by several commissioners. I fear the local news is filtered in favor of the offenders, just as the legal system is slanted to the benefits of the criminal.
I fully agree that a person who is right and has any fortitude at all will fight back to protect their integrity but who will fight to protect something they don't have.
Mr. Barrett....
Why can't you just run a clean campaign based on your own "merits"? What a laugh.
No, I don't suppose either of the ones you are attacking will sue you or write letters to the paper. I think it is THEY and not YOU who exhibits bot integrity and restraint. It's just sad that you can't see what so many out there see.
Check WKSR today. Webb had rescinded his resignation July 3rd. Why was the public not informed? Apparently he is going to fight.
"Have you noticed that most if not all of the candidates and city officials Allen Barrett attacks and calls names never respond to him here or in the paper."
6:31, with all the anonymous posting how can you truthfully make the claim? I have heard, in person, his opponents make attacks on Barrett when he was not around. It is my belief a majority of the attacks on Barrett come from elected and appointed officials he has exposed for corrupt behavior.
But that is ok because I hear we will find out, legally, in the coming months the identity of some of these anonymous posters who have made false claims and defamed some private citizens. We are going to get to see if those claiming that it is illegal to find the identity of someone who hides behind anonymous as they threaten and defame private citizens is a truthful statement. Or are those who make such claims responsible for their statements regardless of the way they sign or what they claim to be.
You are correct 10:19. There are many legal precedents of anonymous posters being prosecuted because of their comments. Anonymity does not give one the right to say anything they please. Many of the comments some people make on here damage the reputation of others, and that is most certainly against the law.
I think there's been a concerted effort here to damage the reputations of certain elected officials and candidates for election. It's sad.
They damaged their own reputations when they decided to steal from the people.
It boggles the mind how cg does the very things that he condemns. He makes veiled accusations about Barrett in the form of "Isn't it true?" or " I heard that Mr. Barrett." Perhaps it's worded differently because it originates from a cowardly poster, but it's the same thing. cg is obviously the only one who doesn't see it. Poor cg.
2:49 No matter how much you try to belittle and malign Mrs. Vanzant and the other 7th District candidates, your guy is going to come in a distant 5th behind the other four. Wait and see.
You can look at the school board and tell that the people of the county don't have a clue what they are doing when it comes to electing people. I Barrett loses only the county will pay the price.
3:28,
How old are you? Are you even an adult?
cg, kindly point out in my 2:49 post where I belittled and maligned anyone but you. You can't because it isn't there. Once again you have proved my point that you don't even take the time to read the posts. You just write what you're going to write regardless what you are responding to. You are definitely the weakest link in any chain.
10:26
You missed the simple point that this smear and malign campaign against Mrs. Vanzant and the 7th District opponents of Allen Barrett has been ongoing and relentless. In other words, there is a definite pattern. And of course you only belittled me in your post. Again, look at the pattern of attacks here against the above-mentioned and deny it if you would. But that would make you either dishonest or not so bright...or both.
Enabler,
Like you don't run a campaign to defame and belittle Barrett. The enabler is bound by different rules. The ones it commands of others. And the ones it lives by. What gutter trash.
12:41
Ok, so you continue to promote the lie Allen Barrett told on me that I willfully enable wrongdoings. As I have said before, that makes you the enabler (kettle calling the pot black).
I find it remarkable that you falsely accuse me of trying to defame and belittle Barrett. He does that by himself and doesn't need my help. I am only responding to the lie he told about me.
My offer to you, the other one, and to Barrett still stands. Stop lying, and I will have no further need to remind you.
cg, it was you that missed the simple point of my post. Once again you chose to interpret it to your delusional way of thinking. Try addressing the actual post and perhaps your response will make more sense.
Enabler,
you have earned the moniker. And will you stop promoting that lie you keep telling that Barrett told a lie on you? It's not very Christianly.
8:47/9:25
My offer to you, Barrett, and that other supporter still stands. Stop the lying, and I will no longer have a need to defend against the outright lie Allen Barrett told.
What did 9:25 say?
8:15
Sorry, that was meant for the enabler at 9:45.
CG why can't you stay with the subject at hand? You always divert from the subject and begin personal attacks upon anyone who does not agree with your way of thinking.
Never mind I shall answer for you.
You are totally incapable of discussing any subject, regardless what that subject might be, without diverting and attacking those who post; especially Barrett. Get over it! Your continuing whining has gotten very, very, very old.
So Barrett called you the Enabler of Trouble, , and that totally pisses you off and you can not or will not let that drop. OK fine!
I will state that you are not an Enabler of Trouble.
Rather; you are the most hypocritical, illogical, narrow mined, illiterate person I have had the displeasure of reading. You continue to whine and cry, like a little child.
So I now propose to any one who reads or posts upon this Blog that we all now start calling the CG ..... the WINING BABY.
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