Watching the elected ones
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008I’ve already heard some blowback about this latest column from some saying it’s unfair, but it seems to me if you’re an elected officials, you ought to be willing to answer some tough questions from time to time. You also ought to be held to a higher standard, as you’re dealing with the public’s money.
In watching Mobile County Commissioner Mike Dean for the past several weeks, it seems obvious to me he’s been trying to dangle the potential for fixing people’s muddy and potholed private roads with public funds, even though he knows he can’t do it. He’s been recorded saying as much twice, and during an interview with a news reporter, admitted it’s something he says to people because he doesn’t want to tell them no.
As for School Board President Fleet Belle, the man has had many federal tax liens, on himself and his church, not to mention other judgments against him and his church. It’s hard to understand why someone who can’t manage his own checkbook should be in charge of a budget that’s nearly three-quarters of a billion buckaroos.