Wednesday, July 24, 2002
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Wednesday, July 24, 2002 |
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Commissioners have 2 functions; word has 2 M's Mike Wheat seems to be running for office without understanding what he'd be doing if elected. In a letter to the editor from his campaign, they referred to the county commission job as just a "policy-making job that takes only three or four meetings per month." The county commission is not just policy-making; it also encompasses the executive function of the county government. That is a much broader scope of responsibility. One of Mike's campaign pieces, I believe it is on his website, says he wants to make the county chairman's position an elected position. If he really believes the commissioners are just policy-makers attending four meetings a month, why would he want to go through the expense of electing a chairman separately? What's the point? When I vote for a commissioner now, I look at them all as potential chairmen. If I don't think they can handle the responsibilities, I don't vote for them. Seems reasonable to me that if we keep that in mind when we're voting, we'll elect a much higher caliber commissioner. On another more humorous note, I was curious to know if Mike was aware that the word "commissioner" was spelled incorrectly on his yard signs? The commissioner's position has two functional scopes of responsibility and the word "commissioner" has two M's. Lyn Murphy gopmurphy@yahoo.com
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