petunia1's Blog

 JD,

 I would hazzard a guess that you personally will be better off in four years, Will you admit that the Democratic administration was the reason? I doubt it. 

 At least they will be "smarter than a fifth grader" which "W" was not. I do not hold him totally responsible on his own. he had lots of help with the people he chose to guide him and they let him down.

By the time a special audit is approved, paid for, and full report received it will not be of any benefit.  Wasted taxpayer money!

I would suggest that if the incoming council has specific concerns, they request special attention to these matters on the annual audit.  There may be an additional cost but less than ordering a new audit on past indiscretions.  This would be more pertinent to the improvement of the County spending and future budgeting than to spend $$$$$  to discover wrong doings of the past.

Seems to me that the new council needs to get to the business at hand.  They should be moving Anderson County forward in a fiscally responsible way. Wasting time and money to salve egos and in "one upmanship" and hate messages does not "fit the bill"

 I have hopes that the Anderson County Council that will be seated in January will set an example of how  hardworking, efficient, co operative council members can work togehther for the betterment of all Anderson County residents. 

 That would insure a Happy New year to one and all!

JD, I appreciate your reply and agree with it for the most part.  It has been painful to read the discussions on moderation.  I am grateful that those discussions will be taken to e-mail in the future.  I thought that you removed one of my posts that identified a menber that would like to remain anonymous. I may have been mistaken as I am once again "across the pond" and the interenet is sometimes to blame. I will try to obey the "New Rules".

Prevail, Once again you took out of context what JD stated.  I believe that I can state for many here that your position of speaking "for the majority of citizens" is not based on statistics.

Pappy,

 Once again you suckered me in to reading another diatribe on your water problem with the City.  I have offered my $50 deposit that they have now held illegally for six years plus the interest which they have collected on it to start a fund of all those interested in confronting the City of Anderson on this problem.  How much more can I do?

It took me three years to finally get to the Greek Festival.  Seems I am always in Germany when something new and exciting  happens  at the Farmer's Market.  Take it from me the Christmas Markets here are really fun.  I am trying to take in as many as possible.  Don't miss this chance to enjoy this fine tradition in Anderson. Be sure and try the Gluhwein. Keep taking sips it will taste better with each swallow.  If nothing else it keeps your hands warm.   Support this fine effort!

It has been some time since I have attended either of the two council meetings.  I thought you had to sign up at County Council meetings to speak.  Is there not a limit on amount of time allowed?  Should the rule on outbursts not be settled by removing a few of them from the meeting? 

 I have a concern that I took to the City Council Meeting of the former administration. I was given time to state my concerns and was treated very politely by all except the former Mayor.

There are rules of order that a proper chairman should be aware of and use to control the meetings.

What was the subject that brought up such an emotional response?

I've been to a bunch of county council meetings and I don't hear much hatred. All I hear is desperation with a county government that refuses to follow the law or listen to the will of the people.
If there is any hatred, the Fab Five and Preston have brought it on themselves.

-lee-cole

Lee,

Are you sure you were at an Anderson Country Council Meeting? I have attended two meetings (first and last) and if memory serves me right you were there, At that meeting I was shocked to hear a preacher stand up and speak in a hateful manner and an old guy removed by the Park police. I have not been back but may consider it now that the metal detector is up and running. It may not detect some objects (small knives and lighters) but definitely will detect guns.

 No one deserves hatred, especially from supposed Christians. Disagreements can be settled in a civil manner.

ART,

Maybe the "residents" are sick and tired of McAbee and Thompson acting like fools? If it weren't for a mob mentaility back in the ate l1700's, we would be singing "God Save the Queen", and talking with a bloody funny accent.

These folks have a right. Thompson and McAbee are not men enough to step up and listen to their concerns. Right or wrong, their concerns need to be heard and addressed.

Cheerio!

-willieh

Does this not consist of personal attacks on those council persons by Mr h ? I thought we were no longer allowed to personally attack anyone.

Sorry

Mrs Floyd will be on the County Council to represent her constituents for as long as she chooses and we will all be there to support her. 

Glad to see you back, Buster.  The amount of credible rhetoric has been sadly lacking. 

so now yer saying that Rick Driver and Crowd control over 60% of the county voters? What a bunch of crap.People are tired of higher taxes with little or no return on the investment. Infrastructure should have been taken care of incrementally. But no. We have to have the Kroger building, we have to have trips all over the country for Economic Development that brings no jobs. We have to have the old stitchery building, and new artsy fartsy buildings and oh yeah, the tourist magnet MUSEUM!Fix our roads and bridges with the money we have in the general fund and stop with the fluff.

-willieh

Republikin, this whole Palin-phobia thing just amazes me. The left is terrified that she's going to run for national office again, so they have to destroy her any way they can. Pitiful, I tell ya, pitiful. If they're so scared of one woman from Alaska, how can they be expected to protect us from REAL threats in the future?
By the way, the recurring joke that she said she can "... see Russia from my house" is a good example. She never said that. Tina Fey said that on Saturday Night Live, but no lie is too outrageous for the lefties to use in their ongoing politics of personal destruction, I guess.
I love politics, but I do with at the national level - and at the local level - those who play would, at the very least, occasionally put some element of truth to their posts.
That's my idea of a "Fairness Doctrine." I don't care which side you're on or what you say, as long as it is arguably true and not an outright lie or a total distortion of the truth.

-jdtippett

I certainly don't want a theocracy, Petunia, but I also don't want to live in under atheistic government where all mention of God is outlawed and those who do believe aren't allowed to participate without being punished.
There is a happy medium here. We have managed to survive just fine with the concept of religious freedom intact for more than two centuries now. Our laws and our Constitution currently protect us from being persecuted or prosecuted for having strong religious beliefs, having no religious beliefs, and everything in between.
Why are some so determined to change that? Do we need a new slogan? How's this:
Change: We can't believe.
Yeah, I didn't think so.

-jdtippett