Aren't we curious about why our Fayette County Government worked so hard to take a whole seven-tenths of an acre of my property based on their 104-year-old deed?

They had never claimed or used the property before but once the county attorney's office discovered the deed they decided they could take my property. Although my family had farmed and paid taxes since 1936, the county saw fit to do what they did.

The county acted, through the county attorneys, over the wishes of hundred of people who were at various meetings and sent petitions to stop the action. But the county persisted. Aren't we curious as to why?

One of our commissioners said that if they just deeded the property back to me, someone in the southern part of the county might say they were giving away county property. Right!

These commissioner didn't seem to understand that anyone who knows the whole story knows the county is dead wrong in its actions. We don't have decent citizens in any part of this county who would want this property under these circumstances. What is "legal" is not always what is right!

Of course, the county attorney "advises" the actions to take. To get the commissioners to do the right thing would mean they would have to go against the county attorney. Will they? It will be interesting to see who really runs the county.

The county attorney Bill McNally sits on the board of the Water Department. He sits generally silent at the County Commission meetings then gives his "advice" behind closed doors in executive session. He is "unpaid counsel" to the Fayette County Development Authority but does get a "fee or commission" every time an industrial revenue bond is sold.

Now did you know that the Fayette County Water Department operates much like a business? This business grows every time a new water customer is added. Are you curious about why country growth happens over objections of so many, but still just seems to happen? I just wonder what all this has to do with taking my property and trying to force another water tower into a community that already has one.

What's really going on here? After 18 years of McNally, is it time for a change? Is it time for an in-house attorney?