Okay, so you missed the Board of Supervisors' Meeting on Friday. Do you want to know what happened? This is hilarious...
Remember how we found out there really isn't a Board of Directors for the R. C. Irwin Library? And if our Board of Supervisors wanted to appoint somebody to this Advisory Board of Trustees they would have to first create an Advisory Board of Trustees? And so far they haven't chosen to create an Advisory Board of Trustees for the R. C. Irwin Library? Well, this same group of people who used to call themselves the Board of Directors of the R. C. Irwin Library are now calling themselves the Advisory Board of Trustees for the R. C. Irwin Library. And you know what else? Billy Pegram, Paul Battle and Bobby Williams all sat there and didn't say a word. Of course, the person representing this Advisory Board of Trustees is Billy Pegram's daughter.
Oh, Cedric Burnett wasn't there and James Dunn came in after Catherine Nathan, the Director of the First Regional Library introduced Lynn Ryals as a member of the Advisory Board of the R. C. Irwin Library.
The financial request from Tunica County to the Regional Library for 2011-2012 is $294,720. Last year there was an attempt to start a satellite at the Robinsonville Elementary School and this was not included in the request this time because the library says there were only 410 people who used the satellite and they (the library) didn't think Tunica County would want to spend money again for this same service.
Mr. Dunn asked the County Administrator if Ms. Nathan had talked with him about the satellite and the County Administrator said no.
So, let's see. We gave the First Regional Library...I think it was about $35,000...extra dollars last year to operate the satellite at Robinsonville Elementary. And there was no conversation between the County Administrator and Ms. Nathan about this operation until they showed up to ask for more money for next year?
Maybe they could have had a conversation about...let's see...the Book Wagon may be a better choice for Tunica County? First Regional Library does have a Book Wagon. How come it wasn't offered to Tunica County? I think Ms. Nathan owes Tunica County an explanation.
And how come Billy Pegram, Paul Battle and Bobby Williams sat there and didn't ask one question? And we still don't have an African American on the R. C. Irwin Advisory Board of Trustees because the Tunica County Board of Supervisors hasn't created it yet.
Why do these people spend so much time and money playing these games instead of doing the right thing? There was a problem. The problem was identified. Fix it. Don't cover it up. It makes you look silly.
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