Hall County Commission screws it again

The Hall County Commission has been cutting employees and services since 2010 with the election of Gibbs and Lutz.

Lutz has an Arnold Schwarzenegger complex, much worse than having a Jesus complex.

Gibbs is a toadie whatever that means.

So how did they screw it up again?

Converting a closed library into .... a doctor's office to be used only by county employees! OMG! Socialized and mandatory medicine.

Had Obama proposed this, the Commission would have gone all postal on socialized medicine, forcing employers to provide women with birth control, and 32 violations of secret agreements with dead men.

There are two versions of the real story. One at Access. Another at the Gainesville Times.

So we shut down this special needs library, fired the staff, and let it stand empty, justified by ... we don't have the money for non-essential services. Yup. A library geared to children with special needs really isn't life and death. Nope.

So it is small. Not much parking. Only one conference room. Single story. Rural.

Now we have the money to refurbish it into a medical office and pharmacy, hire a pharmacist(s) at $100,000 per year, several pharm techs, upgrade security for medicine storage, storage of medical records, medical wastes, hire at least one doctor for at least $200,000 per year, several nurses, ae receptionists, an office manager, and some one to have audit and oversight power.

Yeah.

Then who gets to go there?

County employees only.

Will they have a choice of providers?

Yes, as long as they chose the new health clinic.

Can they use a pharmacy located close to their homes.

Yes, As long as they live near Exit 24 in Hall County, Georgia.

Here's the fine print:

Hall County cut the budget for the Public Health Department to find the money for this government mandated medical clinic.

Do you know what that means to families with school aged children?

Yeah. It means we just shit on them.

New Chicken statue in Gainesville

Gainesville is the chicken capital of the United States. Just look at who runs for office there.

PETA wants to mark a spot on Highway 129 in memory of the chickens who never made it into local public office. These chickens lost their lives along Highway 129 on their way to slaughter at the polls.

The ambitious idea dwarfs the downtown statue and may eclipse the Big Chicken in Marietta.

Various non-comments were never heard today.

Commissioner Craig Lutz, "We will not raise taxes to remember losers."

Commissioner Gibbs, "We have no reason to remember our mistakes, especially those made behind closed doors when first elected."

Ex-Commissioner Ashley Bell, "I look past this time of grief knowing I can find a compromise to make me look good to true conservative donors."

Goobernator Make A. Deal, "I'm appointing a blue ribbon commission to review our response to poorly worded and ill timed reports of dead chickens blocking school buses."

Senator Miller, "Whatever the Goobernator said is alright with me if the Tea Party lets me say so. If the Tea Party honors me by sending me to the next Constitutional Convention, I'll act in the best interests of my betters."

You got that right!

Hall County Commissioner Scott Gibbs walking to re-election

He allegedly runs. I've never seen it. He's announced his intention to campaign for another term on the Hall County Board of Commissioner.

Commissioner Gibbs takes a lot of credit for Obama's economic recovery. But no blame for firing the County Attorney, Mr. Blalock, in 2011. And then rehiring him.

Blalock and 3 others were terminated after Gibbs, Lutz, and Bell held illegal closed door meetings on or before January 6th of 2011.

Many called the firings illegal. I called the closed door meetings of Gibbs, Lutz, and Bell a violation of the Open Meetings Act.

All three admitted to making the decision prior to any public meeting. Lutz called it a mandate of the voters. So his concept was all along to make these firings.

Bell said the timetable had to be moved up a day when the story leaked to the press.

Gibbs was along for the ride ... another pun about running for office. Such a bad one that I had to point it out.

So the merry threesome fired the county attorney, hired a temporary replacement firm at 4 times the going hourly rate, and then rehired Blalock.

How about a quote from our hero? “The County was on dangerous financial ground when I first took office and the board had to make some big changes very quickly," Gibbs said.

Yeah. They had to fire the existing attorney who charged $150 per hour and hire a company out of Atlanta which charged more than $400 per hour, plus per diem, and travel time.

And, that new attorney swore to the public that no deal had be struck between him and the county.

Why, there had been no discussion of fees. And, even when Gibbs voted to hire that Atlanta lawyer, there was no agreement on fees.

Great fiscal planning. Hiring a company which would not disclose or discuss fees until after being hired.

Want another four years of Gibbs?

I think he should be ... run ... out of the county.