Thursday, May 10, 2012
We made the national news tonight
....as the most impoverished state in the United States of America. And you know what the focus was? Education in the Delta. We should be so proud. NOT!!!
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Tunica County Second Chances Program
The following is a copy of the letter this Committee sent to the Tunica Times.
"This letter is being written in response to the front page article in the 4 May 2012 issue of the Tunica Times. The title of the article is “Former sheriff back on county payroll.”
Let’s start with the “second chances” idea. This program may be beneficial to our community but it cannot be a program completely supported by our local government. If implemented, this program needs to be a joint effort between private and public entities.
Second, if implemented, the “second chances” program should not include those who broke the law while serving as an elected official. For our local government to thank these people by giving them a job is disrespectful to the rest of us. And as for these former elected officials not being given “desk jobs”? Are you kidding me? One of these people heads up the Meals on Wheels Program…a desk job.
And finally, if the Board of Supervisors wants to implement a new program don’t shoot from the hip. Work out the details, put it on paper, let the public know about it and then implement it. Not just on this idea, on everything. That’s how you gain the public’s trust and get re-elected."
Since submitting this letter, I have learned that there is a document being written to put this program in place. Here's hoping former elected officials will be "officially" excluded and private companies will participate.
Expanding on the contents of the Tunica Times article, it does seem preposterous that the District 1 Supervisor would vote against employing these individuals. The District 1 and District 2 Supervisors have been in office for a very long time. So, these two individuals can be held responsible for hiring prior to 1 Jan 2011. As a matter of fact, many moons ago I personally had a conversation with the District 1 Supervisor about the employment of the individual at Meals on Wheel. I remember what was said to me when I questioned this employment. I was told by the District 1 Supervisor that he would have vote for this individual because he was also his neighbor. As a point of interest, this Meals on Wheels individual is not listed with the agency. This individual is listed in the County Administrator's Department. Why is that?
Of course, we already know that the District 2 Supervisor was absent from this meeting. Seems he is absent alot when something that is really important comes up.
"This letter is being written in response to the front page article in the 4 May 2012 issue of the Tunica Times. The title of the article is “Former sheriff back on county payroll.”
Let’s start with the “second chances” idea. This program may be beneficial to our community but it cannot be a program completely supported by our local government. If implemented, this program needs to be a joint effort between private and public entities.
Second, if implemented, the “second chances” program should not include those who broke the law while serving as an elected official. For our local government to thank these people by giving them a job is disrespectful to the rest of us. And as for these former elected officials not being given “desk jobs”? Are you kidding me? One of these people heads up the Meals on Wheels Program…a desk job.
And finally, if the Board of Supervisors wants to implement a new program don’t shoot from the hip. Work out the details, put it on paper, let the public know about it and then implement it. Not just on this idea, on everything. That’s how you gain the public’s trust and get re-elected."
Expanding on the contents of the Tunica Times article, it does seem preposterous that the District 1 Supervisor would vote against employing these individuals. The District 1 and District 2 Supervisors have been in office for a very long time. So, these two individuals can be held responsible for hiring prior to 1 Jan 2011. As a matter of fact, many moons ago I personally had a conversation with the District 1 Supervisor about the employment of the individual at Meals on Wheel. I remember what was said to me when I questioned this employment. I was told by the District 1 Supervisor that he would have vote for this individual because he was also his neighbor. As a point of interest, this Meals on Wheels individual is not listed with the agency. This individual is listed in the County Administrator's Department. Why is that?
Of course, we already know that the District 2 Supervisor was absent from this meeting. Seems he is absent alot when something that is really important comes up.
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