I for one am refusing to drink the Kool Aide that has been served year after year by our elected officials and their friends.
"Section 25-1-59 Vacancy by removal or default.
If any state, district, county, county district, or municipal officer during the term of his office shall remove out of the state, district, county or municipality for which he was elected or appointed, such office shall thereby become vacant and the vacancy be supplied as by law directed."
In August 2009, this Committee asked the Board of Supervisors (Beat 1, Beat 3, Beat 4 and Beat 5) to vote to remove the Beat 2 Supervisor from his seat and to hold a Special Election for his replacement. There was no response from any of the Supervisors.
Refresh your memory: Reread our letter the the Tunica County Democratic Election Committee.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Democratic Executive Committee
Tonight we attended the DEC meeting to watch their certification of candidates for the upcoming Primary Election on 2 Aug 2011. Another reason for our attendance was that the Transparency Committee had sent a letter voicing our concern about candidates not living at the address they declare on their qualifying statements. (A copy of that letter was posted to this site earlier.)
Actually, we didn't learn anything we didn't already know about this residency problem that seems so prevelant in Mississippi. I personally thought it was sort of amusing when one of the committee members said something like...well someone can have more then one house. This statement was following a discussion about it being common knowledge that the Superintendent of Education doesn't live in the state of MS.
So, here is my light bulb moment. How sad and shame on us. Not only is it common knowledge that this Superintendent doesn't live here...we keep electing him and we have a low performing school system. Our children deserve better.
Don't we have enough faith in ourselves to elect people who live here full time? Are these elected officials so arrogant that they think they are the only people who can be elected to office? I think we can find enough good people who want to live here full time to help make Tunica County a better place to live and work for all and not just the few.
Actually, we didn't learn anything we didn't already know about this residency problem that seems so prevelant in Mississippi. I personally thought it was sort of amusing when one of the committee members said something like...well someone can have more then one house. This statement was following a discussion about it being common knowledge that the Superintendent of Education doesn't live in the state of MS.
So, here is my light bulb moment. How sad and shame on us. Not only is it common knowledge that this Superintendent doesn't live here...we keep electing him and we have a low performing school system. Our children deserve better.
Don't we have enough faith in ourselves to elect people who live here full time? Are these elected officials so arrogant that they think they are the only people who can be elected to office? I think we can find enough good people who want to live here full time to help make Tunica County a better place to live and work for all and not just the few.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Letter to Tunica County DEC
Last night three members of the Transparency Committee met with the Election Commission. Today we are sending the following letter to the Democratic Executive Committee.
9 Mar 2011
Mildred Conley
Democratic Executive Committee
P. O. Box 2424
Tunica, MS 38676
Dear Ms. Conley:
This letter is being written to express concern about the residency of candidates for public office in Tunica County. I will use my Supervisor, Cedric Burnett, as an example.
During the summer of 2009, it was brought to the attention of this committee that Burnett was not living at the address he used to declare for office in 2007.* Upon inspection, it was obvious that no one was living at this address as one could see from the road that this residence was packed with debris. Also, during the summer of 2009, one could observe a Jeep with the license plate stating “BAMBAM” was parked in the carport. Was this vehicle parked there to make us think the house was occupied?
Our Committee addressed this situation with Burnett without receiving a satisfactory answer.
In January 2010, some sort of remodeling and/or construction began at 1370 Beatline Road. We can only suppose this to be in preparation for the 2011 elections.
The problem is this: What happened in 2007 and before?
This community is depending on the Democratic Executive Committee to make sure each candidate for office actually lives where he or she states residency. The well being of Tunica County depends on it.
Sincerely,
Barbara R. Tuchel
Cc: Hand delivered: Sharon Reynolds, Tunica County Circuit Clerk
Hand delivered: Elijah Williams, President of the Tunica County Election Commission
*1370 Beatline Road
9 Mar 2011
Mildred Conley
Democratic Executive Committee
P. O. Box 2424
Tunica, MS 38676
Dear Ms. Conley:
This letter is being written to express concern about the residency of candidates for public office in Tunica County. I will use my Supervisor, Cedric Burnett, as an example.
During the summer of 2009, it was brought to the attention of this committee that Burnett was not living at the address he used to declare for office in 2007.* Upon inspection, it was obvious that no one was living at this address as one could see from the road that this residence was packed with debris. Also, during the summer of 2009, one could observe a Jeep with the license plate stating “BAMBAM” was parked in the carport. Was this vehicle parked there to make us think the house was occupied?
Our Committee addressed this situation with Burnett without receiving a satisfactory answer.
In January 2010, some sort of remodeling and/or construction began at 1370 Beatline Road. We can only suppose this to be in preparation for the 2011 elections.
The problem is this: What happened in 2007 and before?
This community is depending on the Democratic Executive Committee to make sure each candidate for office actually lives where he or she states residency. The well being of Tunica County depends on it.
Sincerely,
Barbara R. Tuchel
Cc: Hand delivered: Sharon Reynolds, Tunica County Circuit Clerk
Hand delivered: Elijah Williams, President of the Tunica County Election Commission
*1370 Beatline Road
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