Comments on: Our Turn: Are these the Supervisors we deserve?

By: Gwen Bell Perkins

Gwen Bell Perkins — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:16:31 +0000

I agree without hesitation we need a house cleaning on the supervisor and other levels of county government. This is the reason for candidates coming out for election. The August 2, 2011 primary will be the test of the people. Are the people going to sit back in August and then complain? Not this time! People are tierd of the high taxes (at least I am) and the dusty back roads and the trash that litters our back roads and even some of the paved roads. The supervisors at this time look at the budget like it is a gift to spend as they please and needed items stay undone. It is election time now and road work is being done at this time but, why wait until D-Day to get out and work. Culberts need to be fixed because of flood control, gravel is in the ditches, trash is on the roads, and I could go on and on about the sorry state of affairs. Supervisors are the most powerful people in the state and should be picked for their fiscal responsibility, pride in their county, pride in their work ethic, and most of all pride in a job well done. Another thing a supervisor should think about and it is not who pays the most in taxes or who voted for them. They should be thinking about that little lady on Water Well Road that the ditches had not been cleaned out in the last eight years. The culberts on A.W.Williams road that are open on the down side and not open on the side that catches the water. The bureauracy is such that the left hand literally does not know what the right hand is doing (Bibical-right?).

By: David Lewis

David Lewis — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:23:11 +0000

Jim Gafford,
I am not sure what the duties and responsibilities of the Starkville Transportation Committee consist of. Can you give me a synopsis of what the committee does?

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:59:06 +0000

Sounds like a cleaning house on the county level deeds to happen like it did in the city. Come on Starkville we need to clean up our County offices as well!

By: Jim Gafford

Jim Gafford — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:53:06 +0000

Robbie, yes, these are the supes we deserve until we demand better. Many new educated voices have shown up at the discussion table regarding city issues in the wake of the recent municipal election. The timbre of the discussion seems to have a more balanced and progressive tone in the city these days. Can this enthusiasm be sustained? I believe it can. But, can this enthusiasm be tapped for dealing with county issues as well? I hope so.

By: StarkvilleGal

StarkvilleGal — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:10:32 +0000

Wow. . .it seems the County needs to learn from the City. The citizens of Starkville will vote for change when they want change.