You should have been there...

Ugh!!!  TCUD again.  What a mess.

Matt Young, the head of TCUD, addressed the Supervisors and asked for $87,000 to fund the employees' 401K accounts.  There was quite a discussion but no one...that's right no one asked why the former management company didn't fund these accounts in the first place.  Geez...

Somebody has got to get control of TCUD before anymore money is given to them.  TCUD is behind on their bills and the County is constantly having to send more money their way.  Tonight the Board approved $36,000 to bring a $100,000 loan current.  And get this, during the discussion of the $87,000 mentioned above, the County Administrator suggested that TCUD deposit into the County's General Fund what is surplus each month.  What????  There is no surplus.  What was stated in the report was that expenses for Apr 2016 were $60,000 less than what was received.  That is a month to month on paper only.  And you all wonder why I am so upset that Adrian McKay is our County Administrator?  He wasn't even a good Comptroller.

Before this Board votes on 6 Jun 2016 to give TCUD $87,000, you need to make sure this money is not really owed by the former management company.

Now, let's talk about the $300,000 Tunica County was supposed to receive from FEMA after the 2011 flood.  Last week, I was talking with a TCUD Board Member and was told that this money had been received and had been given to the Road Dept.  This is not true.  I have talked with several people and these are the facts: The former Road Manager did not fully comply with FEMA regulations pertaining to the 2011 Flood.  Therefore, we lost out on this reimbursement and this money was not received by Tunica County nor was it received by the Road Dept.  If someone else can show me otherwise, sing out.

Now, in my discussions with "several people", I did learn that TCUD owes the Road Dept. $85,000 for work they performed on TCUD's behalf.  Add that to your stack of bills TCUD.

And one more thing, whoever is spreading the story about Michael Thompson having "messed up this County" is spreading lies.  This County's financial problems stem from decisions made by anyone who served on the Tunica County Board of Supervisors before 31 Dec 2011.  That's right, your friends, your neighbors, your relatives and your fellow farmers.  You elected them and you are responsible for your vote.