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County leaders showed maturity
Published Thursday, November 6, 2008
Dear Editor,
I am thankful to Sheriff Kevin Davis and to our county commissioners for displaying maturity and sensibility in settling the lawsuit.
I have known Kevin Davis all his life and I know Sheriff Davis is a very sensible man and he can work with anybody who is sensible, but Sheriff Davis is strong willed with a compassionate heart.
I am thankful that he will not sit back and allow the people of Chilton County to be neglected nor deprived when he has the power to do what is right for the people.
From knowledge gained from past experience I can’t say that about our commissioners. I just hope in the future we can all learn from our mistakes, if we are going to make mistakes we might as well make the consequences useful.
It takes more than a sheriff and commissioners to make this county a good place to visit and a great place to live.
It takes all the citizens working together under the supervision of the Holy Spirit to produce what is best for the people and who would know better than anyone what is best for the people but the One who created the people.
– Margie McMinn, Maplesville
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Posted by November162000 (anonymous) on November 7, 2008 at 7:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I mostly agree, but pitching a hissy fit and filing a lawsuit didn't seem really mature to me. I rarely take up for the commission, make that almost never, but not bugeting to spend more money than they expected to take in did seem pretty mature to me.
Posted by NoSugar (anonymous) on November 8, 2008 at 2:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Often doing such a thing as pitching a hissy fit and filing a law suit are the only alternatives to taking matters into your own hands like the Old West. I know Sheriff Davis personally and know that he tried every opportunity to talk this issue out and look at other alternatives before filing suit. It was not something that he did on a whim or to show off. Those commissioners are as stubborn as goats who refuse to see the light of day some times. They often have to be pushed to act on anything. They almost never want to take action on anything until it creates a public problem. If you havent already, just attend a meeting or two, they are some times as entertaining as 3 ring circus, and often accomplish very little.
Posted by November162000 (anonymous) on November 8, 2008 at 4:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I couldn't agree more about the commissioners. I have attended lots of meetings, though not in the last year and a half, and sometimes I think that there are seven different egos competing with each other and meanwhile not much gets done. It is a big job that I don't want, but they obviously do since they went to the trouble of running, so they owe it to us to take care of business. Maybe they will start doing that.
I don't know Sheriff Davis personally like you do, but I will admit that while I see some things occasionally that I would like to see changed, I do think he has made some improvements in several ways. I voted for him, and who knows, if he decides to run again I might do it again.
Posted by NoSugar (anonymous) on November 8, 2008 at 10:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You are so right about the egos and as I am sure you have seen it often seems they are there representing a personal agenda rather than the business of the people. It is very disappointing to say the least.
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