Financial Committee Public Hearing On The Budget
It's rather amazing that in an effort to discredit my questions during the Budget Hearing this morning the reporter chose to focus on one, possibly, miss stated question instead of any of the other nine questions.
I was given three minutes to ask my questions and even though I was the only person who was allowed to speak, my request for additional time was denied, thus I had to say everything within that three minutes, I had to skip part of the prepared questions, then the meeting which started at 9am was adjured at 9:06 and commissioners were paid for a full meeting.
Now for the possibly of a miss stated question. On 23 June WKSR reported under the title "E-911 Recesses Budget Meeting".The problem was reported as "the 911 Board Meeting was adjured because of budget problems" ."Members voted to contract with Putman and Hancock for an audit".
24 June under the title Pulaski Board Approves Budget this statement was made "A yearly resolution for the city to enter into an interlocal agreement with Giles County E-911 was tabled until board members are able to read the agreement".
I wonder why there was nothing reported about the hearing being a totally non responsive hearing or the denial by the chairman that he had the authority to adjust the time allotted to speak.
Tennessee Code Annotated 5-21-111. Budget -- Hearings -- Supporting documents -- County action. states "(2) Such publication shall also contain a notice of a public hearing to be conducted by the budget committee at which any citizen of the county upon five (5) days' written request shall have the right to appear and state such citizen's views on the budget.". The statue says nothing about a three minute time limit that the committee has chosen to impose nor does it state anything about answering questions or altering the time allowed for speakers. What the law does not define the committee has the authority to define, in other words the whole thing of limiting one person to three minutes and not answering questions is completely decisions made by the Committee, which like many other things refuses to take responsibility for.
I was given three minutes to ask my questions and even though I was the only person who was allowed to speak, my request for additional time was denied, thus I had to say everything within that three minutes, I had to skip part of the prepared questions, then the meeting which started at 9am was adjured at 9:06 and commissioners were paid for a full meeting.
Now for the possibly of a miss stated question. On 23 June WKSR reported under the title "E-911 Recesses Budget Meeting".The problem was reported as "the 911 Board Meeting was adjured because of budget problems" ."Members voted to contract with Putman and Hancock for an audit".
24 June under the title Pulaski Board Approves Budget this statement was made "A yearly resolution for the city to enter into an interlocal agreement with Giles County E-911 was tabled until board members are able to read the agreement".
I wonder why there was nothing reported about the hearing being a totally non responsive hearing or the denial by the chairman that he had the authority to adjust the time allotted to speak.
Tennessee Code Annotated 5-21-111. Budget -- Hearings -- Supporting documents -- County action. states "(2) Such publication shall also contain a notice of a public hearing to be conducted by the budget committee at which any citizen of the county upon five (5) days' written request shall have the right to appear and state such citizen's views on the budget.". The statue says nothing about a three minute time limit that the committee has chosen to impose nor does it state anything about answering questions or altering the time allowed for speakers. What the law does not define the committee has the authority to define, in other words the whole thing of limiting one person to three minutes and not answering questions is completely decisions made by the Committee, which like many other things refuses to take responsibility for.
posted by Allen Barrett | 1:55 PM
9 Comments:
This is a very simple problem to correct.
Call the Nashville TV stations and tell them what's going on down here in Giles county.
They will send reporters down who will shove a microphone in front of these crooks and have them on television. Now THAT will be a site.
Then, the TBI will come swooping in and put all of these hillbillies in prison.
Problem solved.
12:21 Seems you know who to call so do it instead of posting.
Just another example of abuse of power by the officials that have no respect for the public.
It seems like from what the law says that they have to have the meeting but everything else is up to them that are holding the meeting. I talked to my commissioner yesterday and the said that Barrett was right. They said they was in the meeting and was disgusted by the way Barrett was treated and the lies that was told. They didn't answer when I asked them why they didn't do anything to stop it.
Barrett was not treated badly. He took his 3 minutes plus and said what he wanted. Everything he ask was discussed in all the Committee meetings which he did not attend. He would have known the answers if he had bothered to attend otherwise,he should have kept his stupid mouth shut. No one was rude to him. He was the one with the sorry attitude. Typical Barrett.
Sounds like you're the one with the sorry attitude 10:39. If only you were as smart in reality as you are in your own mind, you could probably solve all of the county's problems. Unfortunately, you are nothing but a dumbass who has nothing to offer in the way of solutions. You should also follow your own advice and keep your stupid mouth shut.
10:39 CG or TH?
10:39 It would have been better had you kept your "stupid mouth shut" as Allen was hospitalized and could not attend the committee meetings.
Jerk!
If he was not treated badly why did they have to lie about the state requiring the speakers be given only three minutes. If they hd discussed the questions then why wouldn't they simply answer them.
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