Same Ole Thing

Rumors are bouncing all over Bullock County. There is some truth to them but I haven't taken the time to sort it out.

First up ---- Do you remember a couple of years ago a man was killed when hit by a county truck that was supposed to be parked for the weekend? County crews don't work on Fridays. The accident happened on Friday. Commission Chairman Ron Smith explained it away by stating the employees in the truck were gathering supplies for Monday morning. He wouldn't release pay records to show the employees were on the clock. It is common knowledge that employees use county equipment for personal reasons on the weekend. Of course, Smith denies this. So how will he explain a county employee getting arrested for DUI in a county truck on Hwy 110 on a Friday? He probably won't explain it. No one will ask.

Next--- It seems the Union Springs Mayor showed up for a city council meeting drunk. Rumor has it that Union Springs Herald editorialist Thomas May wrote a piece about this that the paper wouldn't print. That's par for the Herald.

There is also rumors about the county trying to slip a landfill into the county under the radar. Citizens around the proposed site at Hwy 82 and C/R 7 are protesting.

I used to blame the politicians for this kind of crap going on. But not any longer. Now I lay it at the feet of the voters. They keep on tolerating it. You get the kind of government you deserve. This also applies to the national government.