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Answers to the Navigation District Chairman's Accusations

  This blog post is a mixture of my actual address to the District at the Nav District's scheduled meeting November 21st and events since then.   Thank you, Commissioners.   I will be nice and I will fit within your 3 minute time limit.   Malcomb, you recently sent a detailed letter to the Pilot taking me to task.   Unfortunately, none of your comments are accurate.   I will address only 3 of your accusations given the time limit.   The first item is the posting requirements of the Open Meetings Act.   You state that your posting is above reproach, even above the requirements.   Please note the 2 nd page of your Agenda of today’s meeting.   The Agenda was presented to the County Clerk’s office at 3:30 on Thursday, November 17 th .   Once the Agenda is date and time stamped, it is posted on a cork bulletin board outside the County Clerk’s office.   The public does not have access to that bulletin board after 5 p.m. and not ...

Material Inaccuracies, Good Stories Notwithstanding

  A former resident of Fulton recently recorded a podcast featuring Tommy Moore. The podcaster, who I consider a highly intelligent person, did most of the story telling on Tommy’s behalf. Tommy would occasionally echo the podcaster’s sentiments, add a comment, or answer a question. I want to point out some inaccuracies.   Tommy makes the statement that County Commissioner Pat Rousseau showed up at 4 p.m. on Friday before the Monday Commissioner’s Court meeting in early September. It is a true statement that Commissioner Rousseau showed up hoping to get a copy of the District’s budget, which she had previously requested. Tommy says that Keith Barrett was the only employee there and didn’t have a copy in his drawer. Couldn’t Keith have found time to round up a copy before 9 a.m. Monday morning? You remember Tommy’s ugly comments directed at Commissioner Rousseau at that meeting and an even uglier e-mail the following morning.     In the interview, Tommy calls ...